SI 2020 Development Economics

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• Clare A. Balboni, Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Maitreesh Ghatak, Johannes A. Heil
  Why Do People Stay Poor?
  Discussant:
  Joseph P. Kaboski [upload slides]
• Yuan Tian, Maria Caballero, Brian K. Kovak
  Social Learning Along International Migrant Networks
• Susan Athey, Arthur Baker, Juan Camilo Castillo, Rachel Glennerster, Michael Kremer, Jean Lee, Christopher Snyder, Alex Tabarrok, Brandon Joel Tan
  COVID-19 Vaccine Investment Strategy for Developing Countries
• Nicolás Ajzenman, Tiago V. Cavalcanti, Daniel da Mata
  More Than Words: Leaders’ Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic
• Marcella Alsan, Abhijit Banerjee, Emily Breza, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Esther Duflo, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Benjamin A. Olken
  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
• Michael W. Walker, Dennis Egger, Johannes Haushofer, Edward Miguel
  How Deep is the Covid-19 Recession, and Can Unconditional Cash Transfers Mitigate Its Effects? Evidence from Kenya
• Suanna Oh
  Does Identity Affect Labor Supply?
  Discussant:
  Matt Lowe (slides) [upload slides]
• Saravana Ravindran, Manisha Shah
  Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns: COVID-19 and the Shadow Pandemic
• Radhika Jain, Pascaline Dupas
  The Effects of India’s COVID-19 Lockdown on Non-COVID Health Care-seeking, Morbidity, and Mortality
• Natalie Bau, Adrien Matray
  Misallocation and Capital Market Integration: Evidence From India
  Discussant:
  Peter J. Klenow [upload slides]
• Jørgen Juel Andersen, Niels Johannesen, Bob Rijkers
  Elite Capture of Foreign Aid: Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts
  Discussant:
  Eric Werker [upload slides]
• Juliana Londoño-Vélez, Pablo Querubín
  The Impact of Emergency Cash Assistance in a Pandemic: Experimental Evidence from Colombia
• Cory B. Smith
  Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States
  Discussant:
  Melissa Dell [upload slides]
• Abhijit Banerjee, Michael Faye, Paul Niehaus, Tavneet Suri
  Some Effects of Universal Basic Income During a Pandemic
• Samuel Bazzi, Masyhur Hilmy, Benjamin Marx
  Islam and the State: Religious Education in the Age of Mass Schooling
  Discussant:
  Rema Hanna [upload slides]
• Samuel Bazzi, Masyhur Hilmy, Benjamin Marx
  Islam and the State: Religious Education in the Age of Mass Schooling
  Discussant:
  Natalie Bau [upload slides]
• Igor Asanov, Thomas Astebro, Bruno Crepon, David McKenzie
  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
• Anne Brockmeyer, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato
  Taxing Property in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Mexico
  Discussant:
  Joana Naritomi [upload slides]
• Marcella Alsan, Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer, Joyce Kim, Stefanie Stantcheva, David Y. Yang
  Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis

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