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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SI 2012 Development and Productivity

 

Chang-Tai Hsieh, Christopher Woodruff, and Nicholas Bloom, Organizers

 

July 19, 2012

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

University B/C

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, July 19:


8:00 am


Coffee and pastries


8:30 am


Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER
Paola Conconi, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Harald Fadinger, University of Vienna
Andrew Newman, Boston University
Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration? Evidence from Trade Policy


9:20 am


Jan De Loecker, Princeton University and NBER
Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Yale University and NBER
Amit Khandelwal, Columbia University and NBER
Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College and NBER
Prices, Markups and Trade Reform


10:10 am


Break


10:30 am


Ajay K. Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER
Nicola Lacetera, University of Toronto and NBER
Elizabeth Lyons, University of Toronto
How Do Online Platforms Flatten Markets for Contract Labor?


11:20 am


Jessica Goldberg, University of Maryland
Kwacha Gonna Do? Experimental Evidence about Labor Supply in Rural Malawi


12:10 pm


Lunch


1:10 pm


Achyuta Adhvaryu, Yale University
Amalavoyal Chari, Cornell University
Siddharth Sharma, The World Bank
Firing Costs and Flexibility: Evidence from Firms' Labor Adjustments to Shocks in India


2:00 pm


David McKenzie, World Bank
Christopher Woodruff, University of Warwick and NBER
What Generates Growth in Microenterprises? Experimental Evidence on Capital, Labor and Training


2:50 pm


Break


3:10 pm


Chang-Tai Hsien, University of Chicago and NBER
Peter Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
The Life Cycle of Plants in India and Mexico


4:00 pm


Todd Kumler, Columbia University
Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University and NBER
Judith Frias, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Enlisting Workers in Monitoring Firms: Payroll Tax Compliance in Mexico


4:50 pm


Adjourn