SI 2020 Productivity, Development, and Entrepreneurship
Nicholas Bloom, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Tavneet Suri, and Christopher Woodruff, Organizers
July 15, 2020
on Zoom.us
| Wednesday, July 15 | ||
| 11:00 am | Introduction by Organizers | |
| 11:05 am |
Girum Abebe, Ethiopian Development Research Institute Marcel Fafchamps, Stanford University and NBER Michael Koelle, University of Oxford Simon Quinn, Imperial College London Learning Management Through Matching: A Field Experiment Using Mechanism Design |
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| 11:35 am | Break | |
| 11:40 am |
Jing Cai, University of Maryland and NBER Shing-Yi Wang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Improving Management through Worker Evaluations: Evidence from Auto Manufacturing |
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| 12:10 pm | Break | |
| 12:15 pm |
Matthew Pecenco, Brown University Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, University of California, Berkeley Hamilton Taveras, Dirección General de Impuestos Internos Opportunities and Entrepreneurship: Evidence on Advanced Labor Market Experience |
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| 12:45 pm | Break | |
| 12:50 pm |
Julia Seither, Universidad del Rosario Keeping Up with the Joneses: Ranking Effects on Effort, Cooperation, and Firm Performance |
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| 1:20 pm | Break | |
| 1:25 pm |
Serguey Braguinsky, University of Maryland and NBER Atsushi Ohyama, Hitotsubashi University Tetsuji Okazaki, Meiji Gakuin University Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER Product Innovation, Product Diversification, and Firm Growth: Evidence from Japan's Early Industrialization |
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| 1:55 pm | Closing comments by Organizers | |
| 2:00 pm | Adjourn | |
| FORMAT: 20 minutes presentation, 10 discussion. | ||