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Monday, July 20
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12:30 pm
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Elite Capture of Foreign Aid: Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts
Jørgen Juel Andersen, BI Norwegian Business School
Niels Johannesen, University of Oxford
Bob Rijkers, The World Bank
Discussant:
Eric Werker, Simon Fraser University
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1:25 pm
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Break
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1:35 pm
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Does Identity Affect Labor Supply?
(slides)
Suanna Oh, Paris School of Economics
Discussant:
Matt Lowe, University of British Columbia
( slides)
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2:30 pm
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Break
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3:00 pm
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Misallocation and Capital Market Integration: Evidence From India
Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Adrien Matray, Princeton University and NBER
Discussant:
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
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3:55 pm
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Break
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4:00 pm
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Short presentations on COVID-19 research
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The Effects of India’s COVID-19 Lockdown on Non-COVID Health Care-seeking, Morbidity, and Mortality
Radhika Jain, University College London
Pascaline Dupas, Princeton University and NBER
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Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns: COVID-19 and the Shadow Pandemic
Saravana Ravindran, National University of Singapore
Manisha Shah, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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Messages on COVID-19 Prevention in India Increased Symptoms Reporting and Adherence to Preventive Behaviors Among 25 Million Recipients with Similar Effects on Non-recipient Members of Their Communities
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Emily Breza, Harvard University and NBER
Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Stanford University and NBER
Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Yale University and NBER
Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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More Than Words: Leaders’ Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic
Nicolás Ajzenman, McGill University
Tiago V. Cavalcanti, University of Cambridge
Daniel da Mata, Sao Paulo School of Economics-FGV
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Social Learning Along International Migrant Networks
Yuan Tian, University of Nottingham
Maria Caballero, American University
Brian K. Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
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Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Luca Braghieri, Bocconi University
Sarah Eichmeyer, Bocconi University
Joyce Kim, University of Michigan
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
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The Impact of Emergency Cash Assistance in a Pandemic: Experimental Evidence from Colombia
Juliana Londoño-Vélez, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Pablo Querubín, New York University and NBER
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Some Effects of Universal Basic Income During a Pandemic
Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Michael Faye, Give Directly
Paul Niehaus, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Tavneet Suri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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How Deep is the Covid-19 Recession, and Can Unconditional Cash Transfers Mitigate Its Effects? Evidence from Kenya
Michael W. Walker, University of California, Berkeley
Dennis Egger, Univeristy of Oxford
Johannes Haushofer, Stockholm University and NBER
Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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Impacts of Personal Initiative and Negotiations Training on Remote-Learning, Time-Use, and Mental Health of Ecuadorian High-School Students during the COVID-19 Quarantine
Igor Asanov, University of Kassel
Thomas Astebro, HEC Paris
Bruno Crepon, CREST
David McKenzie, The World Bank
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COVID-19 Vaccine Investment Strategy for Developing Countries
Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER
Arthur Baker, University of Chicago
Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Rachel Glennerster, University of Chicago and NBER
Michael Kremer, University of Chicago and NBER
Jean Lee, World Bank
Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER
Alex Tabarrok, George Mason University
Brandon Joel Tan, International Monetary Fund
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5:00 pm
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Adjourn
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Tuesday, July 21
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12:30 pm
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Why Do People Stay Poor?
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Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics
Robin Burgess, London School of Economics
Maitreesh Ghatak, London School of Economics
Johannes A. Heil, University of California at Berkeley
Discussant:
Joseph P. Kaboski, University of Notre Dame and NBER
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1:25 pm
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Break
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1:35 pm
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Taxing Property in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Mexico
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Anne Brockmeyer, The World Bank
Manuel Alejandro Estefan Davila, University of Notre Dame
Karina Ramirez, Ministry of Finance, Mexico
Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER
Discussant:
Joana Naritomi, London School of Economics
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2:30 pm
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Break
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3:00 pm
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Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States
Cory B. Smith, University of Maryland
Discussant:
Melissa Dell, Harvard University and NBER
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3:55 pm
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Break
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4:05 pm
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Islam and the State: Religious Education in the Age of Mass Schooling
Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Masyhur Hilmy, University of New South Wales
Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER
Discussant:
Rema Hanna, Harvard University and NBER
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5:00 pm
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Adjourn
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FORMAT: Each paper will have a 30 min presentation followed by 10 min discussant comments followed by 15 min Q&A.
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Friday, April 30
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2:45 pm
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Islam and the State: Religious Education in the Age of Mass Schooling
Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Masyhur Hilmy, University of New South Wales
Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER
Discussant:
Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
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