SI 2021 Development Economics

David Atkin, Frederico Finan, Andrew Foster, Rema Hanna, Seema Jayachandran, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, and Shing-Yi Wang, Organizers

July 26-27, 2021

on Zoom.us

Monday, July 26
11:00 am	The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics
11:50 am	Lightning Round 1
	Coordination and Commitment in International Climate Action: Evidence from Palm Oil
	Holding Up Green Energy (slides)
	Subjective Expectations and Demand for Contraception
12:20 pm	Break
12:50 pm	Financial Incentives in Multi-layered Organizations: An Experiment in the Public Sector (slides)
1:40 pm	Lightning Round 2
	Job Displacement, Unemployment Benefits and Domestic Violence
	Union Leaders: Experimental Evidence from Myanmar
	The State Capacity Ceiling on Tax Rates: Evidence from Randomized Tax Abatements in the DRC
2:10 pm	Break
2:30 pm	The Psychosocial Value of Employment (slides)
3:20 pm	Adjourn and informal get-together on Wonder
Tuesday, July 27
11:00 am	Master Lecture Beyond the Market: Economic Disparities and Conflict Debraj Ray, New York University and NBER Debraj's talk will focus on conceptual and modeling issues rather than a review of the large empirical literature. Here is a review paper that won't be covered, but gives the backdrop for the talk (slides)
12:00 pm	Break
12:10 pm	Medical Worker Migration and Origin-Country Human Capital: Evidence from U.S. Visa Policy (slides)
1:00 pm	Break
1:30 pm	Racial Inequality, Minimum Wages, and the Informal Sector (slides)
2:20 pm	Break
2:30 pm	Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations (slides)
3:20 pm	Adjourn