Economics of Education.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

Members of the NBER's Economics of Education Program met April 28-29 at Stanford University and online. Program Director Caroline M. Hoxby of Stanford University organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* David Johnson, Wilfrid Laurier University, "Variation in High School Grading: Evidence from Alberta, Canada"

* Andrew Johnston, University of California, Merced and NBER, and Jonah E. Rockoff, Columbia University and NBER, "Pension Reform and Teacher Labor Supply"

* Christina L. Brown, University of Chicago, and Tahir Andrabi, Pomona College, "Subjective versus Objective Incentives and Employee Productivity"

* William Arbour, University of Toronto, and Marlene Koffi and Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER, "What Does a Good Teacher Sound Like ? Using Machine Learning and Voice to Predict Teacher Effectiveness"

* Zachary Bleemer, Harvard University, and Aashish Mehta, University of California, Santa Barbara, "College Major Restrictions and Student Stratification"

* Sandra E. Black, Columbia University and NBER; Jeffrey T. Denning, Brigham Young University and NBER; Lisa J. Dettling and Sarena Goodman, Federal Reserve Board; and Lesley J. Turner, Vanderbilt University and NBER, "Taking It to the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Attainment, Earnings, and Financial Well-Being" (NBER Working Paper 27658)

* Andres Barrios Fernandez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Christopher Neilson, Princeton University and NBER; and Seth D. Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER, "Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human and...