Monday, July 21
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Asymmetric Information and Digital Technology Adoption: Evidence from Senegal

Deivy Houeix, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:50 am

Endogenous Sample Selection

Niclas Moneke, University of Oxford
Torsten Figueiredo Walter, New York University Abu Dhabi
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am

The Gains from Foreign Multinationals in an Economy with Distortions

Isabela Manelici, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Mauricio Ulate, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Jose P. Vasquez, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Roman Zarate, The World Bank
12:00 pm
Lightning Round I

Fighting Silent Killers: How India’s Public Healthcare Staffing Expansion Saves Lives by Improving Access and Market Quality

Patrick Agte, Yale University

Escaping Patriarchy: Familial Insularity and Gender Attitudes in Oman

Erica M. Field, Duke University and NBER
Seema Jayachandran, Princeton University and NBER
Munir Squires, University of British Columbia

Payments Under the Table: Tax Distortions and Optimal Taxation

Ana Paula Franco, University of Michigan
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Efficiency Gains from Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

Paul Brimble, University of Michigan
Rob Garlick, Duke University
Kate Orkin, University of Oxford
2:20 pm

The Economic Consequences of Knowledge Hoarding

Luisa Cefala, University of California, Berkeley
Pedro Naso, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Nicholas G. Swanson, Stanford University
Franck Irakoze, University of Burundi
3:10 pm
Break
3:40 pm

Meritocracy across Countries

Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Ananya Kotia, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Ilse Lindenlaub, Yale University and NBER
Christian Moser, Columbia University and NBER
Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 22
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Invited Lecture
Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am

Wage theft, Reneging and Liquidity Constraints in Informal labor markets

Varun Kapoor, University of Chicago
11:20 am

Public Roads on Private Lands: Land Costs and Optimal Road Improvements in Urban Uganda

Jeanne Sorin, University of Chicago
12:10 pm
Lunch
1:10 pm

Moving to Profitability? Alleviating Constraints on Microentrepreneur Location

Carolyn Pelnik, Tufts University
2:00 pm
Lightning Round II

The Spatial Distribution of Income in Cities: Cross-Country Evidence and Theory

Peter Deffebach, Boston University
David Lagakos, Boston University and NBER
Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University

What Do Market-Access Subsidies Do? Experimental Evidence from Tunisia

Nadia Ali, Columbia University
Giacomo De Giorgi, University of Geneva
Aminur Rahman Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University and NBER

Development Mismatch? Evidence from Agricultural Projects in Pastoral Africa

Eoin F. McGuirk, Tufts University and NBER
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Urban Costs around the World

Jordan D. Rosenthal-Kay
3:50 pm

Environmental Beliefs and Adaptation to Climate Change

Dev Patel, Harvard University
4:40 pm
Adjourn