SI 2019 Development Economics
Organized by Robin Burgess, Taryn Dinkelman, Seema Jayachandran, Dean Karlan, Benjamin A. Olken, Manisha Shah, and Daniel Xu
July 21-23, 2019
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Sunday, July 21
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm

Master Lecture: Weight Gains: Measuring Inequality in Panel Data and Other Adventures in Sampling

Andrew Foster, Brown University and NBER
2:15 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Financial Technology Adoption

Sean Higgins, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Tavneet Suri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
4:00 pm

Migrants and Firms: Evidence from China

Clement Imbert, Sciences Po
Marlon Seror, UQAM
Yifan Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Yanos Zylberberg, University of Bristol

Discussant:
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
5:15 pm
Adjourn, followed by Methods Lecture, Charles Suite
Monday, July 22
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Do Research Findings Influence Policy? Experimental Evidence from 2,145 Brazilian Municipalities

Jonas Hjort, University College London
Diana B. Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER
Gautam Rao, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Juan Franc. Santini, Innovations for Poverty Action

Discussant:
Rachel Glennerster, University of Chicago and NBER
10:15 am
Break
10:45 am

Hierarchical Corruption

Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, University of Chicago and NBER
Kristof Titeca, Antwep University

Discussant:
Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm

Taxation and Supplier Networks: Evidence from India

Lucie Gadenne, Queen Mary, University of London
Roland Rathelot, ENSAE Paris
Tushar K. Nandi, CTRPFP

Discussant:
Michael C. Best, Columbia University and NBER
2:15 pm

Can Wealth Taxation Work in Developing Countries? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Colombia

Juliana Londono Velez, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Discussant:
David G. Seim, Stockholm University
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Social Signaling and Childhood Immunization: A Field Experiment in Sierra Leone

Anne Karing, University of Chicago

Discussant:
Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
5:15 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 23
8:15 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am

Job Search and Hiring with Two-sided Limited Information about Workseekers' Skills

Eliana Carranza, The World Bank
Rob Garlick, Duke University
Kate Orkin, University of Oxford
Neil Rankin, University of Stellenbosch

Discussant:
Rachel M. Heath, University of Washington, Seattle
10:00 am

Labor Market Flows and Development

Kevin Donovan, Yale University and NBER
Jianyu Lu, Central Bank of Chile
Todd Schoellman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Discussant:
David Lagakos, Boston University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:45 am

Master Lecture: The Challenges of Social Protection in the Developing World (slides)

Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
1:00 pm
Adjourn and Lunch