Development Program Meeting
Organized by Lori A. Beaman, Erica M. Field, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Benjamin A. Olken, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Nancy Qian
December 2, 2022
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge and on Zoom
Thursday, December 1
6:00 pm
Dinner, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Somerset Room
Friday, December 2
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:45 am

Can Pollution Markets Work in Developing Countries? Experimental Evidence from India

Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER
Rohini Pande, Yale University and NBER
Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER
Anant Sudarshan, University of Warwick
9:35 am

Educational Investment in Spatial Equilibrium: Evidence from Indonesia

Allan Hsiao, Stanford University and NBER
10:25 am
Break
10:50 am

Local Elites, Land Rents and Incentives for Development: Evidence from Village Chiefs in Indonesia

Gedeon J. Lim, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
11:40 am
Lightning Round 1
11:41 am

Age Set vs. Kin: Culture and Financial Ties in East Africa

Jacob Moscona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Awa Ambra Seck, Harvard University
11:50 am

Residential Segregation and Unequal Access to Local Public Services in India: Evidence from 1.5m Neighborhoods

Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago and NBER
Sam Asher, Imperial College London
Kritarth Jha, Development Data Lab
Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College and NBER
Brandon Tan, International Monetary Fund
12:00 pm

Can Education be Standardized? Evidence from Kenya

Guthrie Gray-Lobe, University of Chicago
Anthony Keats, Wesleyan University
Michael Kremer, University of Chicago and NBER
Isaac Mbiti, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Owen Ozier, Williams College
12:10 pm

Water, Water Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink? Ocean Salinity, Early-Life Health, and Adaptation

James Ji, University of Florida
Amanda Guimbeau, Université de Sherbrooke
Zi Long, Brandeis University
Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University
12:20 pm
Lunch - Skyline Room
1:20 pm

Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces and Police Patrolling: Experimental Evidence from Urban India

Sofia Amaral, The World Bank
Girija Borker, The World Bank
Nathan Fiala, University of Connecticut
Nishith Prakash, Northeastern University
Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER
2:10 pm
Lightning Round 2
2:11 pm

Tackling Sexual Harassment: Short and Long Run Experimental Evidence from India

Karmini Sharma, Imperial College London Business School.
2:20 pm

Technology and Tax Capacity: Evidence from Local Governments in Ghana

James Dzansi, International Growth Centre
Anders Jensen, Harvard University and NBER
David Lagakos, Boston University and NBER
Henry Telli, International Growth Centre
2:30 pm

Becoming Legible to the State: The Role of Detection and Enforcement Capacity in Tax Compliance

Oyebola Okunogbe, World Bank Research Group
2:40 pm
Break
3:10 pm

Data Science for Justice: Evidence from a Randomized Judicial Reform in Kenya

Matthieu Chemin, McGill University
Daniel L. Chen, Toulouse School of Economics
Vincenzo Di Maro, The World Bank
Paul Kimalu, Judiciary of Kenya
Manuel Maqueda, The World Bank
Momanyi Mokaya, Conference Board of Canada
4:00 pm

The Benefits and Costs of Guest Worker Programs: Experimental Evidence from The India-UAE Migration Corridor

Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
Yaw Nyarko, New York University and NBER
Shing-Yi Wang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
4:50 pm
Adjourn