SI 2015 Productivity, Development, and Entrepreneurship

nicholas_bloom, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Christopher Woodruff, Nicholas Bloom, and Antoinette Schoar, Organizers

July 15, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Wednesday, July 15
9:00 am
9:00 am	Gharad T. Bryan, London School of Economics Melanie Morten, Stanford University and NBER Economic Development and the Spatial Allocation of Labor: Evidence from Indonesia
9:45 am
9:45 am	Christopher Blattman, University of Chicago and NBER Stefan Dercon, University of Oxford More Sweatshops for Africa? A Randomized Trial of Industrial Jobs and Self-employment
11:00 am
11:00 am	Jamie L. McCasland, University of California at Berkeley Morgan L. Hardy, New York University Abu Dhabi Are Small Firms Labor Constrained? Experimental Evidence from Ghana
11:45 am
11:45 am	Cynthia Kinnan, Tufts University and NBER Do Credit Constraints Limit Entrepreneurship? Heterogeneity in the Returns to Microfinance
1:30 pm
1:30 pm	Achyuta Adhvaryu, University of California, San Diego and NBER Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Anant Nyshadham, University of Michigan and NBER Management and Shocks to Worker Productivity: Evidence from Air Pollution Exposure in an Indian Garment Factory
2:15 pm
2:15 pm	Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER Vincent Pons, Harvard University and NBER Tavneet Suri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization
3:15 pm	Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER Alexander M. Bell, Georgia State University Xavier L. Jaravel, London School of Economics Neviana Petkova, Department of the Treasury John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER The Lifecycle of Inventors
3:15 pm	Alexander M. Bell, Georgia State University Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER Xavier L. Jaravel, London School of Economics Neviana Petkova, Department of the Treasury John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER The Lifecycle of Inventors