Education Program meets.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Program on Education, directed by Caroline M. Hoxby of Stanford University, met in Cambridge on May 5, 2011. The following papers were discussed:

* Elizabeth U. Cascio and Douglas O. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER, "Skill, Standardized Tests, and Fadeout in Educational Interventions"

* Aaron Sojourner, Kristine L. West, and Elton Mykerezi, University of Minnesota, "When Does Teacher Incentive Pay Raise Student Achievement? Evidence from Minnesota's Q-Comp Program"

* Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University and NBER, and Victor Lavy, Hebrew University and NBER, "How Responsive is Investment in Schooling to Changes in Returns? Evidence from an Unusual Pay Reform in Israel's Kibbutzim"

* Brian Cadena, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Benjamin Keys, Federal Reserve Board, "Human Capital and the Lifetime Costs...