Topic:

Education Production and Investments in Schoolingin the Short, Medium, and Long Run

Abstract:

In a typical human capital production setup, there are two inputs: innate ability and investments by parents and schools. These investments take the form of school funding, teacher quality, and school resources, and have immense long-term payoffs. In this talk, Prof. Kendall Kennedy (Mississippi State University) will discuss the research on how school inputs benefit students at all stages of their life: in the short run through test scores and attendance, in the medium run through educational attainment and college attendance, and in the long run through wages and employment. He will conclude by discussing his new work in progress on measuring the full lifecycle returns to school inputs, using a newly created historical data source from the US in the early 20th century.

Lecturer: Kendall Kennedy

Kendall Kennedy, Assistant Professor, School of Business and Management, Mississippi State University. Her research interests include labor economics, public economics, and health economics. Received his PhD from Purdue University in 2018 and conducted research as a visiting scholar in the Economics Department at Brown University. His research has been published in reputable Economics journals such as Labour Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,Economic Inquiry, etc. Chaired the National Science Foundation and W.E.Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Foundation.

Time: May 23 ,2024 19:00-21:00

Venue: B423,ZhixinBuilding,Central Campus