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Monday, July 25
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8:30 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:00 am
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Highly Powered Analysis Plans
Michael L. Anderson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jeremy Magruder, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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9:50 am
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Gangs, Labor Mobility and Development
Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER
Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, University of California, Berkeley
Nikita Melnikov, Nova School of Business and Economics
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10:40 am
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Break
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11:10 am
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How Important are Investment Indivisibilities for Development? Experimental Evidence from Uganda
Joseph P. Kaboski, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Molly Lipscomb, University of Virginia
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER
Carolyn Pelnik, Tufts University
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Lightning Round:
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12:00 pm
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The Social Tax: Redistributive Pressure and Labor Supply
Eliana Carranza, The World Bank
Aletheia A. Donald, The World Bank
Florian Grosset, CREST - ENSAE Paris
Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change and Conflict in Africa
Eoin F. McGuirk, Tufts University and NBER
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER
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Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning
Kelsey Jack, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Seema Jayachandran, Princeton University and NBER
Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Rohini Pande, Yale University and NBER
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12:30 pm
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Lunch
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1:30 pm
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Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Peru
Matteo Bobba, Toulouse School of Economics
Tim Ederer, Carnegie Mellon University
Gianmarco Leon-Ciliotta, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Christopher Neilson, Yale University and NBER
Marco G. Nieddu, University of Cagliari
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2:20 pm
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Abundance from Abroad: Migrant Income and Long-Run Economic Development
Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego
Emir Murathanoglu, University of Michigan
Caroline B. Theoharides, Amherst College
Dean Yang, University of Michigan and NBER
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3:10 pm
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Break
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3:40 pm
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Cultural Institutions and Structural Change: Dowries as Pensions When Sons Migrate
Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego
Corinne Low, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Alessandra Voena, Stanford University and NBER
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4:30 pm
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Adjourn
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Tuesday, July 26
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8:30 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:00 am
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Master Lecture: Firm-Level Upgrading in Developing Countries ( slides) Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University and NBER |
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10:00 am
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Break
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10:30 am
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Responsible Sourcing? Theory and Evidence from Costa Rica
Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Central Bank of Costa Rica
Benjamin Faber, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Isabela Manelici, London School of Economics
Jose P. Vasquez, London School of Economics
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11:20 am
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The Real Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad
Remi Jedwab, The George Washington University
Federico Haslop, The George Washington University
Roman Zarate, The World Bank
Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan, The World Bank
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12:10 pm
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Lunch
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Lightning Round:
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1:15 pm
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Affirmative Action and Demand for Schooling: Evidence from Nationwide Policies
Ana Paula Melo, Howard University
Ursula M. Mello, INSPER Education and Research
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Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico’s Labor Courts
Enrique Seira, Michigan State University
Christopher Woodruff, University of Oxford
Joyce Sadka, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
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Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees
Asadul Islam, Monash University
Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder, BRAC University
Tabassum Rahman, University of Newcastle
Tanvir Shatil, BRAC University
Abu Siddique, Royal Holloway University of London
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1:45 pm
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Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Augustin Bergeron, Harvard University and NBER
Pedro Bessone, Uber Technologies
John Kabeya Kabeya, Provincial Tax Ministry of Kasai-Central, DRC
Gabriel Z. Tourek, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
Jonathan L. Weigel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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2:35 pm
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Break
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3:05 pm
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Trade, Labor Market Concentration, and Wages
Mayara Felix, Yale University and NBER
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Lightning Round:
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3:55 pm
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Political Decentralization and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from India
Veda Narasimhan, University of Zurich
Jeffrey Weaver, University of Southern California
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The Media or the Message? Experimental Evidence on Mass Media and Modern Contraception Uptake in Burkina Faso
Rachel Glennerster, University of Chicago and NBER
Joanna Murray, Development Media International
Victor Pouliquen, University of Essex
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The Long-Run Effects of Psychotherapy on Depression and Beliefs
Jonathan de Quidt, Institute for International Economic Studies
Johannes Haushofer, Stockholm University and NBER
Gautam Rao, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Frank Schilbach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Pierre-Luc P. Vautrey, Meta
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4:25 pm
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Adjourn
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