SI 2019 Productivity, Development, and Entrepreneurship
Organized by Nicholas Bloom, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Tavneet Suri, and Christopher Woodruff
July 17, 2019
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Tuesday, July 16
5:15 pm
Reception at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Wednesday, July 17
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am

Workhorses or White Elephants: The Impacts of Earned Autonomy on State-Owned Enterprises

Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER
9:45 am

The Comparative Advantage of Firms

Johannes Boehm, Geneva Graduate Institute
Swati Dhingra, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
John M. Morrow, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Direct and Indirect Effects of Financial Access on SMEs

Jing Cai, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Adam Szeidl, Central European University

Discussant:
Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:45 am

Banking on Persistence: The Impacts of a Credit Guarantee on Bank Lending in Indonesia

Sascha Kerbert, The University of Sydney
Russell Toth, The University of Sydney

Discussant:
Tavneet Suri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Multinational Enforcement of Labor Law: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh's Apparel Sector

Laura E. Boudreau, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Daniela Scur, Cornell University
2:15 pm

The Impact of Monitoring Technologies on Contracts and Employee Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Kenya's Transit Industry

Erin M. Kelley, University of Chicago and NBER
Gregory V. Lane, University of Chicago and NBER
David Schoenholzer, University of Southern California and NBER

Discussant:
Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Shortening the Supply Chain: Experimental Evidence for Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota's Slums (slides)

Leonardo Iacovone, The World Bank
David McKenzie, The World Bank

Discussant:
Lauren F. Bergquist, Yale University and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn