SI 2021 Development Economics
Organized by David Atkin, Frederico Finan, Andrew Foster, Rema Hanna, Seema Jayachandran, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, and Shing-Yi Wang
July 26-27, 2021
on Zoom.us
Monday, July 26
11:00 am

The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics

Clare A. Balboni, London School of Economics
Robin Burgess, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:50 am
Lightning Round 1

Coordination and Commitment in International Climate Action: Evidence from Palm Oil

Allan J. Hsiao, Stanford University and NBER

Holding Up Green Energy (slides)

Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER

Subjective Expectations and Demand for Contraception

Grant Miller, Stanford University and NBER
Áureo de Paula, University College London
Christine Valente, University of Bristol
12:20 pm
Break
12:50 pm

Financial Incentives in Multi-layered Organizations: An Experiment in the Public Sector (slides)

Erika Deserranno, Northwestern University
Stefano Caria, University of Oxford
Philipp M. Kastrau, Open Philanthropy
Gianmarco Leon-Ciliotta, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
1:40 pm
Lightning Round 2

Job Displacement, Unemployment Benefits and Domestic Violence

Sonia R. Bhalotra, University of Warwick
Diogo Britto, Bocconi University
Paolo Pinotti, Bocconi University
Breno Sampaio, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Union Leaders: Experimental Evidence from Myanmar

Laura E. Boudreau, Columbia University and NBER
Rocco Macchiavello, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Virginia Minni, University of Chicago
Mari Tanaka, The University of Tokyo

The State Capacity Ceiling on Tax Rates: Evidence from Randomized Tax Abatements in the DRC

Augustin Bergeron, Harvard University and NBER
Gabriel Z. Tourek, University of California, Davis and NBER
Jonathan L. Weigel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:10 pm
Break
2:30 pm

The Psychosocial Value of Employment (slides)

Reshmaan N. Hussam, Harvard University and NBER
Erin M. Kelley, University of Chicago and NBER
Gregory V. Lane, University of Chicago and NBER
Fatima T. Zahra, Harvard University
3:20 pm
Adjourn and informal get-together on Wonder
Tuesday, July 27
11:00 am
Master Lecture
Beyond the Market: Economic Disparities and Conflict
Debraj Ray, New York University and NBER

Debraj's talk will focus on conceptual and modeling issues rather than a review of the large empirical literature. Here is a review paper that won't be covered, but gives the backdrop for the talk
(slides)
12:00 pm
Break
12:10 pm

Medical Worker Migration and Origin-Country Human Capital: Evidence from U.S. Visa Policy (slides)

Paolo Abarcar, Mathematica
Caroline B. Theoharides, Amherst College
1:00 pm
Break
1:30 pm

Racial Inequality, Minimum Wages, and the Informal Sector (slides)

Ellora A. Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
François Gerard, University College London
Lorenzo Lagos, Brown University and NBER
Claire Montialoux, Sciences Po
2:20 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations (slides)

Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Duke University and NBER
Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Yale University and NBER
Costas Meghir, Yale University and NBER
Gabriel Ulyssea, University College London
3:20 pm
Adjourn