These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Brian Jacob (Harvard University)

Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM

Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM
Session: Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Education:? Theory, Policies and Practice (AEA)
Presiding: Ngina Chiteji (Skidmore College)

Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Achievement: Evidence from Florida
Cecilia Rouse (Princeton University)
David Figlio (University of Florida)

The Impacts of Choice and Accountability on African-American versus Latino Children in Chicago
Brian Jacob (Harvard University)

Within-School Variation in the Quality of Instruction across Course Levels and Racial Groups
Ronald Ferguson (Harvard University)


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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.

Michael Frakes' (Cornell Law School) article on medical liability standards from the February issue of the American Economic Review was discussed as part of a Bloomberg opinion piece on medical malpractice.

Slate Magazine recently discussed former AEA president, George Akerlof's classic behavioral research and a 2012 American Economic Review study conducted by German and Swiss researchers to explore how gifting can motivate some employees more than cash incentives do in the workplace.

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