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Inequality of Opportunity in Education: Evidence and Policies
Workshop
Location 48 Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France
Location Daniel Cohen Amphitheater
Presence On site
Hourly –
This workshop will provide a forum for presenting and discussing economic research on the determinants and consequences of inequality of opportunity in education, along with potential policy interventions to address this critical issue. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: social, racial, and gender disparities, school segregation, vocational education, affirmative action policies, and the intergenerational transmission of inequality. The workshop welcomes research spanning primary, secondary, and higher education.
The event will be a small, in-person event at the Paris School of Economics and is open to faculty members, researchers, and PhD students.
The keynote presentation will be delivered by David Figlio (University of Rochester).
This workshop is organized by the Education Policy and Social Mobility Chair, a partnership between PSE, the Ardian Foundation, and the DEPP (Direction de l’évaluation, de la prospective et de la performance) of the French Ministry for National Education and Youth.
Organizers:
- Julien Grenet (PSE, CNRS)
- Nina Guyon (PSE, ENS-PSL)
Program
08:30-09:00 – Registration and coffee
09:00-10:30 – Session 1: Parent and Student Finances
- Christine Valente (University of Bristol)
Parental Minimum Wages, Children’s Education, and Racial Inequality (with Luyang Chen and Hans H. Sievertsen) - Jeffrey T. Denning (University of Notre Dame)
A Family Affair: The Effects of College on Parent and Student Finances (with Palaash Bhargava, Sandra E. Black, Robert Fairlie and Oded Gurantz)
10:30-10:45 – Coffee break
10:45-12:15 – Session 2: Who Gets to College and Why?
- Jacob French (NYU Stern School of Business)
Understanding Gaps in College Outcomes by First-Generation Status (with Esteban M. Aucejo, Paola Ugalde, and Basit Zafar) - Andrea Ichino (European University Institute)
College, Cognitive Ability, and Socioeconomic Disadvantage: Policy lessons From the UK in 1960–2004 (with Aldo Rustichini and Giulio Zanella)
12:15-13:30 – Lunch
13:30-15:00 – Session 3: Effects of Social and Ethnic Desegregation at School
- Krzysztof Karbownik (Emory University)
Integrating Minorities in the Classroom: The Role of Students, Parents, and Teachers (with Alexandra de Gendre, Nicolas Salamanca, and Yves Zenou) - Élise Huillery (Université Paris Dauphine-PSL)
Social Diversity at School: Evidence from a French Desegregation Experiment (with Ghazala Azmat, Julien Grenet, Youssef Souidi, and Yann Algan)
15:00-15:15 – Coffee break
15:15-16:45 – Session 4: Long-Term Effects of School Desegregation
- Petter Lundborg (Lund University)
Exposure to Inequality, Human Capital Investment, and Labor Market Outcomes (with Jan Bietenbeck, Matthew Collins, and Kaveh Majlesi) - Liam Wren-Lewis (PSE, INRAE)
The Impact of Childhood Inter-Ethnic Contact on Managers’ Hiring Decisions (with Max F. Steinhardt, Lucas P. Merlino, and Philip Rosenbaum)
19:00-21:00 – Workshop dinner
08:30-09:00 – Welcoming coffee
09:00-10:15 – Keynote Lecture: David Figlio (University of Rochester)
Rules versus Discretion in Educational Testing
10:15-10:30 – Coffee break
10:30-12:00 – Session 5: Keeping Teenagers at School
- Marc Gurgand (PSE, CNRS)
Breaking the Barriers to Higher Education: The Long-Term Benefits of a Boarding School for Disadvantaged Students (with Clément de Chaisemartin and Luc Behaghel) - Nick Ridpath (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
Money for nothing? Short- and Long-run Effects of Paying Disadvantaged Teenagers to go to School (with Jack Britton, Carmen Villa, and Ben Waltmann)
12:00-13:00 – Lunch
13:00-14:30 – Session 6: School Choice and Quota Policies
- Genia Rachkovski (Tel Aviv University)
Beyond Test Scores: Does Public Information on School Satisfaction and Violence Levels Affect Parental School Choice? - Ana Gazmuri (Toulouse School of Economics)
Affirmative Action in Centralized Admissions: Effects on Education Equality (with Lisa Botbol)
14:30-14:45 – Coffee break
14:45-16:15 – Session 7: Long-term Effects of Early-age Educational Policies
- Matteo Sandi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Crime and Basic Skills (with Stephen Machin and Sandra McNally) - Analia Schlosser (Tel Aviv University)
Short- and Long-Term Effects of Universal Preschool: Evidence from the Arab Population in Israel (with Elad DeMalach)
16:15-16:30 – Coffee break
16:30-18:30 – Table ronde (in French):
Lutter contre les inégalités sociales et territoriales: comment bâtir une école plus équitable?
- Pascal Bressoux (Professor of Education Sciences at the University of Grenoble-Alpes)
- Jérôme Deauvieau (Professor of Sociology at the École Normale Supérieure – PSL and researcher at the Maurice Halbwachs Center)
- Christophe Kerrero (Advisor to the School Evaluation Council and former Rector of the Paris Education Authority)
- Catherine Moisan (Member of the Ethical and Scientific Committee of Parcoursup)
- Bénédicte Robert (Inspector General for Education, Sports and Research and former Rector of the Poitiers Education Authority)
- Magda Tomasini (Director of the DEPP – Directorate for Evaluation, Forecasting and Performance – at the Ministry of National Education)
18:30-19:30 – Drinks
The Education Policy and Social Mobility Chair aims to identify the causes of inequalities in access to education, and to identify the policies and actions best suited to correct them. This is a key issue for all citizens, which concerns not only public decision makers but also civil society and philanthropic groups that devote much“ effort to supporting young people and their families.
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