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, International Finance Corporation (IFC) 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, College Park 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, College Park 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. | ||