Development Program Meeting
Lori A. Beaman, Erica M. Field, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Benjamin A. Olken, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Nancy Qian, Organizers
December 2, 2022
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge and on Zoom
| Thursday, December 1 | ||
| 6:00 pm | Dinner, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Somerset Room | |
| Friday, December 2 | ||
| 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:45 am |
Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER Rohini Pande, Yale University and NBER Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER Anant Sudarshan, University of Chicago Can Pollution Markets Work in Developing Countries? Experimental Evidence from India |
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| 9:35 am |
Allan Hsiao, Princeton University Educational Investment in Spatial Equilibrium: Evidence from Indonesia |
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| 10:25 am | Break | |
| 10:50 am |
Gedeon J. Lim, The University of Hong Kong Local Elites, Land Rents and Incentives for Development: Evidence from Village Chiefs in Indonesia |
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| 11:40 am | Lightning Round 1 | |
| 11:41 am |
Jacob Moscona, Harvard University Awa Ambra Seck, Harvard University Age Set vs. Kin: Culture and Financial Ties in East Africa |
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| 11:50 am |
Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago and NBER Sam Asher, Imperial College Business School Kritarth Jha, Development Data Lab Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College Brandon Tan, International Monetary Fund Residential Segregation and Unequal Access to Local Public Services in India: Evidence from 1.5m Neighborhoods |
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| 12:00 pm |
Guthrie Gray-Lobe, University of Chicago Anthony Keats, Wesleyan University Michael Kremer, University of Chicago and NBER Isaac Mbiti, University of Virginia and NBER Owen Ozier, Williams College Can Education be Standardized? Evidence from Kenya |
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| 12:10 pm |
James Ji, University of Florida Amanda Guimbeau, Université de Sherbrooke Zi Long, Brandeis University Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University Water, Water Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink? Ocean Salinity, Early-Life Health, and Adaptation |
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| 12:20 pm | Lunch - Skyline Room | |
| 1:20 pm |
Sofia Amaral, The World Bank Girija Borker, The World Bank Nathan Fiala, University of Connecticut Nishith Prakash, Northeastern University Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces and Police Patrolling: Experimental Evidence from Urban India |
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| 2:10 pm | Lightning Round 2 | |
| 2:11 pm |
Karmini Sharma, Stanford University Tackling Sexual Harassment: Short and Long Run Experimental Evidence from India |
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| 2:20 pm |
James Dzansi, International Growth Centre Anders Jensen, Harvard University and NBER David Lagakos, Boston University and NBER Henry Telli, International Growth Centre Technology and Tax Capacity: Evidence from Local Governments in Ghana |
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| 2:30 pm |
Oyebola Okunogbe, World Bank Research Group Becoming Legible to the State: The Role of Detection and Enforcement Capacity in Tax Compliance |
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| 2:40 pm | Break | |
| 3:10 pm |
Matthieu Chemin, McGill University Daniel L. Chen, Toulouse School of Economics Vincenzo Di Maro, The World Bank Paul Kimalu, Judiciary of Kenya Manuel Maqueda, The World Bank Momanyi Mokaya, Conference Board of Canada Data Science for Justice: Evidence from a Randomized Judicial Reform in Kenya |
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| 4:00 pm |
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER Yaw Nyarko, New York University and NBER Shing-Yi Wang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER The Benefits and Costs of Guest Worker Programs: Experimental Evidence from The India-UAE Migration Corridor |
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| 4:50 pm | Adjourn | |