SI 2022 Development Economics

Jishnu Das, Benjamin Faber, Eric V. Edmonds, Seema Jayachandran, Costas Meghir, Dilip Mookherjee, Melanie Morten, and Tom Vogl, Organizers

July 25-26, 2022

Parkview Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 25
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Michael L. Anderson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Jeremy Magruder, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Highly Powered Analysis Plans
9:50 am	Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, University of California, Berkeley Nikita Melnikov, Nova School of Business and Economics Gangs, Labor Mobility and Development
10:40 am	Break
11:10 am	Joseph P. Kaboski, University of Notre Dame and NBER Molly Lipscomb, University of Virginia Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER Carolyn Pelnik, Tufts University How Important are Investment Indivisibilities for Development? Experimental Evidence from Uganda
	Lightning Round:
12:00 pm	Eliana Carranza, The World Bank Aletheia A. Donald, The World Bank Florian Grosset, CREST - ENSAE Paris Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley and NBER The Social Tax: Redistributive Pressure and Labor Supply
	Eoin F. McGuirk, Tufts University and NBER Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change and Conflict in Africa
	Kelsey Jack, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Seema Jayachandran, Princeton University and NBER Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Rohini Pande, Yale University and NBER Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Matteo Bobba, Toulouse School of Economics Tim Ederer, Carnegie Mellon University Gianmarco Leon-Ciliotta, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Christopher Neilson, Yale University and NBER Marco G. Nieddu, University of Cagliari Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Peru
2:20 pm	Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego Emir Murathanoglu, University of Michigan Caroline B. Theoharides, Amherst College Dean Yang, University of Michigan and NBER Abundance from Abroad: Migrant Income and Long-Run Economic Development
3:10 pm	Break
3:40 pm	Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego Corinne Low, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Alessandra Voena, Stanford University and NBER Cultural Institutions and Structural Change: Dowries as Pensions When Sons Migrate
4:30 pm	Adjourn
Tuesday, July 26
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Master Lecture: Firm-Level Upgrading in Developing Countries (slides) Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University and NBER
10:00 am	Break
10:30 am	Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Central Bank of Costa Rica Benjamin Faber, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Isabela Manelici, London School of Economics Jose P. Vasquez, London School of Economics Responsible Sourcing? Theory and Evidence from Costa Rica
11:20 am	Remi Jedwab, George Washington University Federico Haslop, George Washington University Roman Zarate, The World Bank Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan, The World Bank The Real Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad
12:10 pm	Lunch
	Lightning Round:
1:15 pm	Ana Paula Melo, Howard University Ursula M. Mello, INSPER Education and Research Affirmative Action and Demand for Schooling: Evidence from Nationwide Policies
	Enrique Seira, Michigan State University Christopher Woodruff, University of Oxford Joyce Sadka, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico’s Labor Courts
	Asadul Islam, Monash University Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder, BRAC University Tabassum Rahman, University of Newcastle Tanvir Shatil, BRAC University Abu Siddique, Royal Holloway University of London Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees
1:45 pm	Augustin Bergeron, Harvard University and NBER Pedro Bessone, Uber Technologies John Kabeya Kabeya, Provincial Tax Ministry of Kasai-Central, DRC Gabriel Z. Tourek, University of Pittsburgh and NBER Jonathan L. Weigel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2:35 pm	Break
3:05 pm	Mayara Felix, Yale University and NBER Trade, Labor Market Concentration, and Wages
	Lightning Round:
3:55 pm	Veda Narasimhan, University of Zurich Jeffrey Weaver, University of Southern California Political Decentralization and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from India
	Rachel Glennerster, University of Chicago and NBER Joanna Murray, Development Media International Victor Pouliquen, University of Essex The Media or the Message? Experimental Evidence on Mass Media and Modern Contraception Uptake in Burkina Faso
	Jonathan de Quidt, Institute for International Economic Studies Johannes Haushofer, Stockholm University and NBER Gautam Rao, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Frank Schilbach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Pierre-Luc P. Vautrey, Meta The Long-Run Effects of Psychotherapy on Depression and Beliefs
4:25 pm	Adjourn