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“The Money Value of a Man”

• Mark Huggett (Georgetown University) and Greg Kaplan (University of Pennsylvania)
• Discussion leader: Luca Benzoni (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
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“Human Capital Risk, Contract Enforcement, and the Macroeconomy”

• Tom Krebs (University of Mannheim), Moritz Kuhn (University of Bonn), and Mark Wright (UCLA)
• Discussion leader: Matthias Doepke (Northwestern University
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“Understanding the Income Gradient in College Attendance in Mexico: The Role of Heterogeneity in Expected Returns”

• Katja Kaufmann (Bocconi University)
• Discussion leader: Salvador Navarro (University of Western Ontario)
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“The Macroeconomics of Microfinance”

• Francisco Buera (UCLA), Joseph Kaboski (University of Notre Dame) and Yongseok Shin (Washington University, St. Louis)
• Discussion leader: Mark Wright (UCLA, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and NBER)
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“Equilibrium Effects of Education Policies: A Quantitative Evaluation”

• Giovanni Gallipoli (University of British Columbia), Costas Meghir (Yale University), and Giovanni Violante (New York University)
• Discussion leader: Mariacristina De Nardi (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and NBER)
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“The Production Function of Human Capital in Developing Countries”

• Orazio Attanasio (University College London)

Concluding Remarks

• James J Heckman (University of Chicago)
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