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Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College
Columbia University
The Campaign for Educational Equity
The Campaign for Educational Equity
Fall 2005 Symposium on the “Social Costs of Inadequate Education”
Fall 2005 Symposium on the “Social Costs of Inadequate Education”

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October 24th and 25th at  Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University

Cecilia E. Rouse


Princeton University

Presentation Topic:

  • The Labor Market Consequences of an Inadequate Education [Summary]

Cecilia E. Rouse is a Professor of Economics and Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and Princeton University , as well as Director of the Education Research Section . Her primary research and teaching interests are in labor economics with a particular focus on the economics of education. She has studied the economic benefit of community college attendance, evaluated the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, examined the effects of education inputs on student achievement, and tested for the existence of discrimination in symphony orchestras. Her current research examines the efficiency of schooling in the United States and unions in South Africa , and she is conducting a long-term evaluation of Florida 's new school voucher program. In 1998–99 she served a year in the White House at the National Economic Council. Dr. Rouse received her Ph.D. from Harvard University.


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