SI 2019 Productivity, Development, and Entrepreneurship
Nicholas Bloom, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Tavneet Suri, and Christopher Woodruff, Organizers
July 17, 2019
Charles Room B
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
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| 5:15 pm | Reception at the Royal Sonesta Hotel | |||
| Wednesday, July 17 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee & Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Workhorses or White Elephants: The Impacts of Earned Autonomy on State-Owned Enterprises
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| 9:45 am |
Johannes Boehm, Sciences Po Swati Dhingra, London School of Economics John M. Morrow, London School of Economics The Comparative Advantage of Firms
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Jing Cai, University of Maryland and NBER Adam Szeidl, Central European University Direct and Indirect Effects of Financial Access on SMEs
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| 11:45 am |
Sascha Kerbert, University of Sydney Russell Toth, University of Sydney Banking on Persistence: The Impacts of a Credit Guarantee on Bank Lending in Indonesia
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Laura E. Boudreau, Columbia University and NBER Multinational Enforcement of Labor Law: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh's Apparel Sector
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| 2:15 pm |
Erin M. Kelley, The World Bank Gregory V. Lane, University of Chicago and NBER David Schoenholzer, University of California at Berkeley The Impact of Monitoring Technologies on Contracts and Employee Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Kenya's Transit Industry
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:15 pm |
Leonardo Iacovone, The World Bank David McKenzie, The World Bank Shortening the Supply Chain: Experimental Evidence for Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota's Slums
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| 4:00 pm | Adjourn | |||