SI 2015 Development Economics
Duncan Thomas, Andrew Foster, and Tavneet Suri, Organizers
July 23-24, 2015
Royal Sonesta Hotel
| Thursday, July 23 | ||
| 8:00 am | ||
| 8:00 am |
Kaivan Munshi, Yale University and NBER Mark Rosenzweig, Yale University and NBER Networks and Misallocation: Insurance, Migration, and the Rural-Urban Wage Gap |
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| 9:15 am | ||
| 9:15 am |
Stefan Dercon, University of Oxford Jan Willem Gunning, VU University Amsterdam Andrew F. Zeitlin, Georgetown University The Demand for Insurance under Limited Trust: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya |
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| 11:00 am | ||
| 11:00 am |
Daniel Bjorkegren, Columbia University The Adoption of Network Goods: Evidence from the Spread of Mobile Phones in Rwanda |
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| 1:30 pm | ||
| 1:30 pm |
Pia M. Basurto, University of California, Santa Cruz Pascaline Dupas, Princeton University and NBER Jonathan Robinson, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER Decentralization and Efficiency of Subsidy Targeting: Evidence from Chiefs in Rural Malawi |
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| 2:45 pm | ||
| 2:45 pm |
Katherine Casey, Stanford University and NBER Debates: The Impact of Voter Knowledge Initiatives in Sierra Leone |
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| 4:30 pm | ||
| 4:30 pm |
Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson, Juno Insurance Group, PBC Resilience to Early Life Shocks |
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| Friday, July 24 | ||
| 8:00 am | ||
| 8:00 am |
Kelsey Jack, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Paulina Oliva, University of Southern California and NBER Christopher Severen, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Elizabeth Walker, Harvard University Samuel Bell, Cornell University Technology Adoption under Uncertainty: Take Up and Subsequent Investments in Zambia |
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| 9:15 am | ||
| 9:15 am |
Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Ambiguity Aversion and Learning in a Changing World: The Potential Effects of Climate Change from Indian Agriculture |
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| 11:00 am | ||
| 11:00 am |
Lorenzo Casaburi, University of Zurich Rocco Macchiavello, London School of Economics Market Anomalies Under Saving Constraints: Evidence from the Kenya Dairy Industry |
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| 1:30 pm | ||
| 1:30 pm |
Christopher Blattman, University of Chicago and NBER Julian C. Jamison, University of Exeter Margaret Sheridan, University of North Carolina Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia |
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