SI 2018 Productivity, Development, and Entrepreneurship
Nicholas Bloom, Chang-Tai Hsieh, and Christopher Woodruff, Organizers
July 18, 2018
Charles Room
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
| Tuesday, July 17 | ||||
| 5:15 pm | Reception at the Royal Sonesta Hotel (Grand Ballroom Foyer) | |||
| Wednesday, July 18 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Ruochen Dai, Central University of Finance and Economics Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University and NBER Kaivan Munshi, Yale University and NBER Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University Community Networks and the Growth of Private Enterprise in China
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| 9:45 am |
Natalia Rigol, Harvard University and NBER Benjamin N. Roth, Harvard University Reshmaan N. Hussam, Harvard University and NBER Targeting High Ability Entrepreneurs Using Community Information: Mechanism Design in The Field
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Vittorio Bassi, University of Southern California and NBER Aisha Nansamba, BRAC Screening and Signaling Non-Cognitive Skills: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
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| 11:45 am |
Melissa Dell, Harvard University and NBER Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER Kensuke Teshima, Doshisha University The Violent Consequences of Trade-Induced Worker Displacement in Mexico
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Giorgia Barboni, Warwick University Parul Agarwal, IFMR-LEAD Knowing What’s Good for You: Can a Repayment Flexibility Option in Microfinance Contracts Improve Repayment Rates and Business Outcomes?
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| 2:15 pm |
Andrew Foster, Brown University and NBER Mark Rosenzweig, Yale University and NBER Are There Too Many Farms in the World? Labor-Market Transaction Costs, Machine Capacities and Optimal Farm Size
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:15 pm |
Michael D. Gechter, Pennsylvania State University Nick Tsivanidis, University of California, Berkeley The Welfare Consequences of Formalizing Developing Country Cities: Evidence from the Mumbai Mills Redevelopment
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| 4:00 pm | Adjourn | |||