SI 2017 Productivity, Development, and Entrepreneurship
Organized by Nicholas Bloom, Chang-Tai Hsieh, and Christopher Woodruff
July 19, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Tuesday, July 18
5:15 pm
Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Reception
Grand Ballroom Foyer/ West Tower
Wednesday, July 19
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
9:00 am

Mentors or Teachers? Microenterprise Training in Kenya

Wyatt Brooks, Arizona State University
Kevin Donovan, Yale University and NBER
Terence R. Johnson, University of Virginia

Discussant:
Daniel Keniston, Louisiana State University and NBER
9:45 am

Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations: Evidence from Ethiopia

Margaret S. McMillan, Tufts University and NBER
Michel Serafinelli, University of Essex
Girum Abebe, Dr, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Discussant:
Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Exporting Sweatshops? Evidence from Myanmar

Mari Tanaka, The University of Tokyo

Discussant:
Gregory M. Distelhorst, University of Toronto
11:45 am

The Life-cycle Growth of Plants in Colombia: Fundamentals vs. Distortions

Marcela Eslava, Universidad de los Andes
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER

Discussant:
Diego Restuccia, University of Toronto and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
Afternoon joint with Innovation in Ballroom B
1:30 pm

E-Commerce Integration and Economic Development: Evidence from China

Victor Couture, University of Toronto
Benjamin Faber, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Yizhen Gu, Peking University
Lizhi Liu, Georgetown University

Discussant:
Jonas Hjort, University College London
2:15 pm

The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age

Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
John Grigsby, Princeton University and NBER
Tom Nicholas, Harvard University

Discussant:
Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Measuring Technological Innovation over the Long Run

Bryan T. Kelly, Yale University and NBER
Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER
Amit Seru, Stanford University and NBER
Matt Taddy, Amazon, Inc.

Discussant:
Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn