SI 2015 Development Economics

Duncan Thomas, Andrew Foster, and Tavneet Suri, Organizers

July 23-24, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 23
8:00 am
8:00 am

Networks and Misallocation: Insurance, Migration, and the Rural-Urban Wage Gap
9:15 am
9:15 am

The Demand for Insurance under Limited Trust: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
11:00 am
11:00 am

The Adoption of Network Goods: Evidence from the Spread of Mobile Phones in Rwanda
1:30 pm
1:30 pm

Decentralization and Efficiency of Subsidy Targeting: Evidence from Chiefs in Rural Malawi
2:45 pm
2:45 pm

Debates: The Impact of Voter Knowledge Initiatives in Sierra Leone
4:30 pm
4:30 pm

Resilience to Early Life Shocks
Friday, July 24
8:00 am
8:00 am

Technology Adoption under Uncertainty: Take Up and Subsequent Investments in Zambia
9:15 am
9:15 am

Ambiguity Aversion and Learning in a Changing World: The Potential Effects of Climate Change from Indian Agriculture
11:00 am
11:00 am

Market Anomalies Under Saving Constraints: Evidence from the Kenya Dairy Industry
1:30 pm
1:30 pm

Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia