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Friday, April 4
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6:00 pm
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Group Dinner at Bambara
Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA (across the street from the
Royal Sonesta Hotel )
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Saturday, April 5
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8:15 am
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Shuttle vans (2) depart from the
Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
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8:30 am
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Coffee and pastries
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9:00 am
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Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Gerard Roland, University of California at Berkeley
Culture,
Institutions and Democratization
Discussant: Pierre Yared, Columbia University and
NBER
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9:50 am
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Davide Cantoni, University
of Munich
Yuyu Chen, Beijing University
David Yufan Yang, Stanford University
Noam Yuchtman, University of California at Berkeley
and NBER
Jane Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Curriculum
and Ideology
Discussant: Nancy Qian, Yale University and NBER
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10:40 am
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Break
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11:10 am
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Yann Algan, Sciences Po
Elizabeth Beasley, Mrs, Sciences Po
Frank Vitaro, University of Montreal
Richard E. Tremblay, Université de Montréal - GRIP
The Long-Term Impact of Social Skills Training at
School Entry: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Discussant: David Yanagizawa-Drott,
Harvard University
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12:00 m
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Lunch
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1:00 pm
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Ruixue Jia, University
California at San Diego
Torsten Persson, IIES and
NBER
Ethnicity
in Children and Mixed Marriages: Theory and Evidence from China
Discussant: Giorgio Topa, Federal Reserve Bank of
New York
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1:50 pm
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Benjamin Enke, Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Anke Becker, Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Thomas Dohmen, Maastricht University
Armin Falk, University of Bonn
The Ancient Origins of the Cross-Country Heterogeneity in Risk Preferences
Discussant: Matthias Doepke, Northwestern
University and NBER
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2:40 pm
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Break
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3:00 pm
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Xi Chen, Yale University
Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University
Xiaobo Zhang, International Food Policy Research
Institute
Peer Effects, Risk Pooling, and Status Seeking: What Explains Gift
Spending Escalation in Rural China?
Discussant: Leonardo Bursztyn, University of
California at Los Angeles and NBER
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3:50 pm
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Marianna Belloc, Sapienza University of Rome
Francesco Drago,
University of Naples Federico II & CSEF
Roberto Galbiati,
Science Po & CNRS
Earthquakes,
Religion, and Transition to Self-Government in Italian Cities
Discussant: Luigi Pascali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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