Oberlin College and Conservatory

Learning and Labor Economics Conference Session IV

Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 3:30pm to 5:30pm

Hallock Auditorium, Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies
122 Elm Street, Oberlin, OH 44074

Moderator: Frank Sloan ’64

The Black-White Test Score Gap from Kindergarten to 7th Grade: The Fragility of Results and an Imperfect Solution

Presenter: Kevin Lang

Discussant: Darrick Hamilton

Cognitive Skills and Youth Labor Market Outcomes

Presenter: David Newhouse ’95

Discussant: Nzinga Broussard

Frank Sloan is the J. Alexander McMahon Professor of Health Policy and Management and professor of economics at Duke University.

Kevin Lang is a professor of economics at Boston University and an elected fellow of the Society of Labor Economists.

Darrick Hamilton is an associate professor of economics and urban policy at the New School, an affiliate scholar at the Center for American Progress, and a research affiliate at the Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality at Duke University.

David Newhouse joined the World Bank’s Social Protection unit as a labor economist in November 2008.

Nzinga Broussard is a postdoctoral fellow in the department of economics at Ohio State. Her research interests are in development and labor economics.  

Part of Learning and Labor Economics, a conference recognizing the 100th anniversary of Oberlin’s economics department and honoring Albert Rees ’43.

Event Type

Lectures/Symposia/Workshops

Departments

Academic, Economics

Cost

Free

Contact Person

Terri Pleska

Contact E-mail Address

terri.pleska@oberlin.edu

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