Conference Program
Monday, November 23, 1998.
| 9.00-9.10 | Introduction Mats Persson, IIES, Stockholm University, Vice Chairman of the Economic Council of Sweden. |
| 9.10-10.10 | Human Capital and Growth in Cross-Country Regression. Robert J. Barro, Harvard University. Discussant: Fabrizio Zilibotti, IIES, Stockholm University. |
| 10.10-11.10 | Education for Growth in Sweden and the World, Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University and Mikael Lindahl, SOFI, Stockholm University. Discussant: Kjetil Storesletten, IIES, Stockholm University. |
| 11.10-11.30 | COFFEE |
| 11.30-12.30 | Sweden - a Learning Society? Åsa Sohlman, The Commission for Adult Education and Training. Discussant: Anders Forslund, Uppsala University and IFAU - The Office of Labour Market Policy Evaluation |
| 12.30-13.30 | LUNCH |
| 13.30-14.30 | Are National Exit Examinations Important for Educational Efficiency? John H. Bishop, Cornell University. Discussant: Anders Björklund, Stockholm University |
| 14.30-15.30 | Indicators of Investment and Returns to Investment in Human Capital - a critical review, Ingemar Fägerlind, Stockholm University. Discussant: Magnus Henrekson, IUI, The Research Institute of Industrial Economics. |
| 15.30-16.00 | COFFEE |
| 16.00-17.00 | Corporate Job Ladders in Europe: Wage Premia for University vs. High School Level Positions, Erik Mellander and Per Skedinger, IUI, The Research Institute of Industrial Economics. Discussant: Peter Fredriksson, Uppsala University. |
| 17.00-18.00 | Meet the researchers. Snack and chat. |