SI 2020 Development Economics
Christopher Blattman, Shawn Cole, Dave Donaldson, Kelsey Jack, Seema Jayachandran, Paul Niehaus, and Alessandra Voena, Organizers
July 20-21, 2020
on Zoom.us
| Monday, July 20 | ||||
| 12:30 pm |
Jørgen Juel Andersen, BI Norwegian Business School Niels Johannesen, University of Oxford Bob Rijkers, The World Bank Elite Capture of Foreign Aid: Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts
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| 1:25 pm | Break | |||
| 1:35 pm |
Suanna Oh, Paris School of Economics Does Identity Affect Labor Supply?
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
| 3:00 pm |
Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Adrien Matray, Princeton University and NBER Misallocation and Capital Market Integration: Evidence From India
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| 3:55 pm | Break | |||
| 4:00 pm | Short presentations on COVID-19 research | |||
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Radhika Jain, University College London Pascaline Dupas, Princeton University and NBER The Effects of India’s COVID-19 Lockdown on Non-COVID Health Care-seeking, Morbidity, and Mortality |
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Saravana Ravindran, National University of Singapore Manisha Shah, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns: COVID-19 and the Shadow Pandemic |
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Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Emily Breza, Harvard University and NBER Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Stanford University and NBER Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Yale University and NBER Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Messages on COVID-19 Prevention in India Increased Symptoms Reporting and Adherence to Preventive Behaviors Among 25 Million Recipients with Similar Effects on Non-recipient Members of Their Communities |
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Nicolás Ajzenman, McGill University Tiago V. Cavalcanti, University of Cambridge Daniel da Mata, Sao Paulo School of Economics More Than Words: Leaders’ Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic |
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Yuan Tian, University of Nottingham Maria Caballero, American University Brian K. Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Social Learning Along International Migrant Networks |
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Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER Luca Braghieri, Bocconi University Sarah Eichmeyer, Bocconi University Joyce Kim, University of Michigan Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis |
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Juliana Londoño-Vélez, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Pablo Querubín, New York University and NBER The Impact of Emergency Cash Assistance in a Pandemic: Experimental Evidence from Colombia |
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Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Michael Faye, Give Directly Paul Niehaus, University of California, San Diego and NBER Tavneet Suri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Some Effects of Universal Basic Income During a Pandemic |
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Michael W. Walker, University of California, Berkeley Dennis Egger, Univeristy of Oxford Johannes Haushofer, Stockholm University and NBER Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER How Deep is the Covid-19 Recession, and Can Unconditional Cash Transfers Mitigate Its Effects? Evidence from Kenya |
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Igor Asanov, University of Kassel Thomas Astebro, HEC Paris Bruno Crepon, CREST David McKenzie, The World Bank Impacts of Personal Initiative and Negotiations Training on Remote-Learning, Time-Use, and Mental Health of Ecuadorian High-School Students during the COVID-19 Quarantine |
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Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER Arthur Baker, University of Chicago Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Rachel Glennerster, University of Chicago and NBER Michael Kremer, University of Chicago and NBER Jean Lee, World Bank Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER Alex Tabarrok, George Mason University Brandon Joel Tan, International Monetary Fund COVID-19 Vaccine Investment Strategy for Developing Countries |
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, July 21 | ||||
| 12:30 pm |
Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics Robin Burgess, London School of Economics Maitreesh Ghatak, London School of Economics Johannes A. Heil, University of California at Berkeley Why Do People Stay Poor?
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| 1:25 pm | Break | |||
| 1:35 pm |
Anne Brockmeyer, The World Bank Manuel Alejandro Estefan Davila, University of Notre Dame Karina Ramirez, Ministry of Finance, Mexico Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER Taxing Property in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Mexico
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
| 3:00 pm |
Cory B. Smith, University of Maryland Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States
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| 3:55 pm | Break | |||
| 4:05 pm |
Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER Masyhur Hilmy, University of New South Wales Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER Islam and the State: Religious Education in the Age of Mass Schooling
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| FORMAT: Each paper will have a 30 min presentation followed by 10 min discussant comments followed by 15 min Q&A. | ||||
| Friday, April 30 | ||||
| 2:45 pm |
Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER Masyhur Hilmy, University of New South Wales Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER Islam and the State: Religious Education in the Age of Mass Schooling
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