VARC Employment Talks

January 26, 2010, 10:30-12:00 Room 247 Educational Sciences
Kylie Goggins, University of Kentucky
Public School Choice: Charter and Magnet Schools and the Public-Private School Decision
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January 28, 2010, 10:30-12:00 Room 378 Educational Sciences
Jaime Lynn Thomas, University of California, San Diego
Information Capital and Early-Career Wages
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Combination Classes and Educational Achievement
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February 2, 2010, 10:30-12:00 Room 247 Educational Sciences
Marc Luppino, University of California, Los Angeles
Classmate Turnover and Student Achievement: New Findings from Project STAR
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February 8, 2010, 10:30-12:00 Room 247 Educational Sciences
Andrew Rice, Pennsylvania State University
Uncovering the Causal Pathways Between Education Investment and Reduced Mortality
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February 9, 2010, 10:30-12:00 Room 247 Educational Sciences
Charles Hokayem, University of Kentucky
Health, Human Capital Accumulation, and Life Cycle Labor Supply
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February 15, 2010, 10:30-12:00 Room 247 Educational Sciences
Andrew McGee, Ohio State University
Skills, Standards, and Disabilities: How Youth with Learning Disabilities Fare in High School and Beyond
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February 16, 2010, 10:30-12:00 Room 247 Educational Sciences
Liang Choon Wang, University of California, San Diego
Peer Effects in the Classroom: Evidence from A Natural Experiment in Malaysia

March 10, 2010, 10:30-12:00 Room 253 Educational Sciences
Mikhail Pyatigorsky, Boston University
Mexican-Americans in US Schools
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March 16, 2010, 10:30-12:00 Room 253 Educational Sciences
Erkan Erdem, Bates White, LLC
An Empirical Model of Investment Behavior in Dynamic Oligopolies

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