The Economics of School Choice
Conference
Centre for Market and
Public Organisation
PROGRAMME
To be held on Thursday 8th June 2006 in
Royal Fort House, Tyndall Avenue, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1UJ
Thursday 8th June 2006
10:00
Coffee and Registration
10:30
Robert McMillan
(University of Toronto and NBER)
Choice and Competition in Local Education Markets
11:30
Victor Lavy
(Hebrew University and NBER)
From Forced Busing to Free Choice in Public Schools: Quasi-Experimental
Evidence of Individual and General Effects
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Simon Burgess
(University of Bristol and CMPO)
School Choice in England
14:30
Coffee
15:00
John Elliott
(Chief Economist, DfES)
Analytical Underpinnings of Policy
16:00
Paul Gregg
(University of Bristol and CMPO)
The Results of 11 Plus Selection: An Investigation into Equity and Efficiency of
Outcomes for Pupils in Selective LEA’s
17:00
Close
To book a place contact Alison Taylor: alison.taylor@bristol.ac.uk or telephone 0117 9289019