November 20-21, 2009
Organizers
- Gary S. Becker, University of Chicago
- Isaac Ehrlich, State University of New York at Buffalo
This conference explored our understanding of how human capital is acquired and formed, as well as its measurement and impact on various sectors of the economy. Conference participants examined the roles of education, health, and school accountability in the development of human capital. Additionally, scholars investigated the global rise in highly educated women. (Co-sponsored with the Center of Human Capital at the State University of New York at Buffalo)
Sponsors
- The Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics
- The Center of Human Capital at SUNY Buffalo
Program
Education and Health
- James Heckman (University of Chicago)
- Gabriella Conti (University of Chicago)
- Philipp Eisenhauer (University of Mannheim)
- Rémi Piatek (University of Konstanz)
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Trends in Quality-Adjusted Skill Premia in the United States, 1960-2000
- Pedro Carneiro (University College London)
- Sokbae Lee (University College London)
- Paper (.pdf) » | Watch Video »
Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: New Evidence from Boston's Charters and Pilots
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu (Duke University)
- Joshua Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Susan Dynarski (University of Michigan)
- Thomas Kane (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
- Parag A. Pathak (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Paper (.pdf) » | Watch Video »
The Dynamics of Age Structured Human Capital and Economic Growth
- Jesus Crespo Cuaresma (University of Innsbruck and IIASA)
- Wolfgang Lutz (Vienna Institute of Demography
- Austrian Academy of Sciences and IIASA)
- Warren Sanderson (SUNY Stony Brook)
- Paper (.pdf) » | Watch Video »
Endogenous Gentrification and Housing Price Dynamics
- Veronica Guerrieri (University of Chicago)
- Dan Hartley (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
- Erik Hurst (University of Chicago)
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Human Capital, Endogenous Information Acquisition, and "Home Bias" in Financial Markets
- Isaac Ehrlich (SUNY Buffalo)
- Jong Kook Shin (SUNY Buffalo)
- Yong Yin (SUNY Buffalo)
- Paper (.pdf) » | Watch Video »
Explaining the World Wide Boom in Higher Education of Women
- Gary Becker (University of Chicago)
- William Hubbard (University of Chicago)
- Kevin M. Murphy (University of Chicago)
- Paper (.pdf) » | Watch Video »
