These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
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John A. List (University of Chicago)

Saturday, January 5, 8:00 AM

Saturday, January 5, 8:00 AM
Session: Incentives and Pro-social Behavior: Evidence from Field Experiments (AEA)
Presiding: Roland Benabou (Princeton University)

A Hidden Cost of Incentives: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
Craig Landry (East Carolina University)
Andreas Lange (University of Maryland)
John A. List (University of Chicago)
Michael K. Price (University of Nevada)
Nick Rupp (East Carolina University)

Blood Donation and Incentives: Evidence From a Large-Scale Field
Lorenz Goette (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Alois Stutzer (University of Basel)

Incentives and the Signal of Behaving Pro-Socially: Evidence from Field and Lab Experiments
Dan Ariely (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Anat Bracha (Tel Aviv University)
Stephan Meier (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

What Motivates Volunteers? : Field and Lab Experiments
Sera Linardi (California Institute of Technology)
Margaret Anne McConnell (California Institute of Technology)

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: a Study of Italian Blood Donors, 1980-2005
Nicola Lacetera (Case Western Reserve University)
Mario Macis (University of Chicago)

Saturday, January 5, 10:15 AM

Saturday, January 5, 10:15 AM
Session: Gender Differences in Careers, Education, and Games (AEA)
Presiding: Ronald G. Fryer, Jr. (Harvard University)

Transitions:Career and Family Cycles of the Educational Elite
Claudia Goldin (Harvard University)
Lawrence Katz (Harvard University)
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Understanding the Gender Gap in the First 6 Years of School
Roland G. Fryer Jr. (Harvard University)
Steven Levitt (University of Chicago)

The Economics of Matrilineal Services: Comparing Men and Women in Simple Economic Game
Uri Gneezy (University of California-San Diego)
John A. List (University of Chicago)


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An article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives entitled, "The Growth of Finance" by Harvard Business School professors, Robin Greenwood and David Scharfstein, was recently explored by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. News & World Report cites Princeton-based Burton Malkiel's article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives as a preferred source of "sound financial advice" for investors.

The Huffington Post reports on a study addressing the influence of lifestyle factors on shrinking height in the elderly published in the April issue of AEJ: Applied Economics.

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