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November 7 - 8, 2009
Cabot Intercultural Center at Tufts University, Medford, MA Brief Schedule: NOTE: Each paper is allotted 25 minutes; 15 for the paper
presentation and 10 for the discussant presentation and discussion.
SATURDAY, 7 November 2009
|
8:00 9:00
AM |
Breakfast and Registration, Cabot Hall of
Flags |
| 9:00 10:40 AM |
Section 1 |
| |
1: Education 1: Gender: Cabot 200
2: Within the Household 1: Cabot 205
3: Social Capital 1: Cabot 206
4: Elections: Rewards, Technology, and Violence: Mugar 235
5: Exchange Rates, Immigration, and Trade: Cabot 102 |
|
10:40 11:00 AM |
Break, Cabot Hall of Flags |
| 11:00 12:40 PM |
Section 2 |
| |
6: Education 2: Achievement and Incentives: Cabot 200
7: Within the Household 2: Fertility: Cabot 205
8: Social Capital 2: Identity and Networks: Cabot 206
9: Firms 1: Size, Survival, Patents, and Information: Mugar 235
10: Conflict, Violence, and War: Cabot 102 |
|
12:40 2:00 PM |
Lunch, Cabot Hall of Flags |
| 2:00 3:40 PM |
Section 3 |
| |
11: Discrimination and Affirmative Action: Cabot Auditorium
12: Within the Household 3: Fertility: Cabot 200
13: Class, Identity, and Religion: Cabot 205
14: Markets and Property Rights: Cabot 206
15: Firms 2: Incentives and Contracts: Mugar 235
16: In Space: Agglomeration, Borders, and Clusters: Cabot 102 |
| 3:40 4:00 PM |
Break, Cabot Hall of Flags |
| 4:00 5:40 PM* |
Section 4 |
| |
17: Rationality, Information, and Persuasion: Cabot Auditorium
18: Children: Cabot 200
19: Theories of Collusion, Corruption, and Social Capital: Cabot 205
20: Growth: Democracy, Conquest, and Religion: Cabot 206
21: Explaining Growth: Democracy, Agriculture, and War: Mugar 235*
22: Labor Markets: Cabot 102 |
| 6:00 7:30 PM |
Buffet Dinner and Poster Session, Cabot Hall of Flags |
SUNDAY, 8 November 2009
| 8:00 9:00 AM |
Breakfast, Cabot Hall of Flags |
| 9:00 10:40 AM |
Section 5 |
| |
23: Health 1: Agriculture, SES, and Development: Cabot Auditorium
24: Poverty Traps, Cash Transfers, and Poor Households: Cabot 200
25: Savings, Insurance, and Social Security:
Cabot 205
26: Intergenerational Inheritances:: Cabot 206
27: Migration 1: Mugar 235
28:
Measuring and Explaining Poverty: Cabot 102 |
|
10:40 11:00 AM |
Break, Cabot Hall of Flags |
|
11:00 12:40 PM |
Section 6 |
| |
29:
Inequality: Food, Fertility, and Education: Cabot Aud.
30: Health 2: Infrastructure, Immunization, Networks, and Agency:
Cabot 200
31:
Water and Climate: Cabot 205
32: Credit Markets 1: Cabot 206
33:
Migration 2: Cabot 102
34: Trade, Borders, and Globalization: Mugar 235 |
|
12:40 2:00 PM |
Lunch, Cabot Hall of Flags |
|
2:00 3:40 PM |
Section 7 |
| |
35: Health 3: Nutrients and Nutrition: Cabot Auditorium
36: Corruption, Misallocation, and Targeting: Cabot 200
37: Climate, Weather, and Natural Disasters: Cabot 205
38: Credit Markets 2: Cabot 206
39: Politics as Usual: Mugar 235 |
Detailed Schedule
*PRESENTERS LISTED IN BOLD*
SATURDAY, 7 November 2009
8:00 AM 9:00 AM: Breakfast and Registration
Location:
Fletcher School, Cabot Building, Hall of Flags, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford,
Massachusetts
9:00 AM 10:40 AM: Section 1
Session 1: Education 1: Gender Chair: Eric Edmonds
Location:
Cabot
200
Session
2: Within the Household 1: Marriage, Sex Selection, and Gender
Bias Chair: Manisha Shah
Location: Cabot
205
Session
3: Social Capital 1: New Technology and Healthcare Utilization
Chair: Kartini Shastry
Location:
Cabot 206
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
The Role of Social Capital in the Adoption of Firewood Efficient Stoves
in Northern Peruvian Andes |
Marcos Agurto Adrianzen, University of British Columbia,
Universidad de Piura-Peru |
Mushfiq Mobarak |
|
Indoor Air Pollution and Household Cookstove Choice in Bangladesh |
Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale SOM:
Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School/NBER: Lynn Hildemann, Stanford
School of Engineering: Paul Wise, Stanford Medical School/BRAC |
Marcos Agurto Adrianzen |
|
Who
Cares What Others Think (or Do)? Social Learning, Social Pressures and
Imitation in Three Villages in India |
Annemie Maertens, Cornell University |
Vincenzo Di Maro |
|
Spillover Effect in Healthcare Programs: Evidence on Social Norms and
Information Sharing |
Ciro Avitabile, University of Naples Federico II, Vincenzo Di Maro,
UCL and Inter-American Development Bank |
Annemie Maertens |
Session
4: Elections: Rewards, Technology, and Violence
Chair: Steve Block
Location:
Mugar
235
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Political Violence and Social Networks: Experimental Evidence from a
Nigerian Election |
Marcel Fafchamps, Oxford University :
Pedro Vicente, Trinity College, Dublin |
Stephen
Litschig |
|
Pro-Poor Targeting and Electoral Rewards in Decentralizing to
Communities the Provision of Local Public Goods in Rural Zambia |
Alain de Janvry, University of California, Berkeley : Hideyuki Nakagawa,
University of California, Berkeley: Elisabeth Sadoulet, University of
California, Berkeley |
Thomas
Fujiwara |
|
Electoral Effects of Fiscal Transfers: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from
Local Executive Elections in Brazil, 1982-1988 |
Stephen Litschig, Universitat Pompeu Fabra : Kevin Morrison, Cornell
University |
Marcel
Fafchamps |
|
Can Voting Technology Empower the Poor? Regression Discontinuity
Evidence from Brazil |
Thomas Fujiwara, University of British Columbia |
Alain de
Janvry |
Session
5: Exchange Rates, Immigration, and Trade
Chair: Heiwei Tang
Location:
Cabot 102
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Making Fair Trade More Effective at Generating Long-Term Benefits in a Disequilibrium Market |
Alain de Janvry, University of California, Berkeley: Craig McIntosh,
University of California, San Diego, Elisabeth Sadoulet, University
of California, Berkeley |
Andre
Zlate |
|
Exchange Rates and Wages in an Integrated World |
Prachi Mishra, Research Department, IMF : Antonio Spilimbergo, Research
Department, IMF |
Mahvash
Saeed Qureshi / Charalambos Tsangarides |
|
The Empirics of Exchange Rate Regimes and Trade
|
Mahvash Saeed Qureshi, International Monetary Fund: Charalambos
Tsangarides, International Monetary Fund |
Prachi
Mishra |
|
Immigration and the Macroeconomy |
Federico S. Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Andrei Zlate,
Federal Reserve Board |
Elisabeth Sadoulet |
10:40 AM - 11:00
AM: Break
Coffee
Break Location: Cabot, Hall of Flags, 160 Packard Avenue
11:00 AM 12:40
PM: Section 2
Session
6: Education 2: Achievement and
Incentives Chair: Esther Duflo
Location:
Cabot
200
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Do Public Colleges in Developing Countries Provide Better Education Than
Private Ones? Evidence from General Education Sector in India |
Yona Rubinstein, Brown University: Sheetal Sekhri, University of
Virginia |
Li Han |
|
Centralized Deployment and Teach Incentive: Evidence from Reforms in
Rural China |
Li Han, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Mingxing Liu, Peking University:
Xuehui An, National Center for Education Development Research, Beijing |
Sheetal
Sekhri |
|
Using Achievement Tests to Measure Language Assimilation and Language
Bias Among the Children of Immigrants |
Richard Akresh, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign:
Ilana Redstone Akresh, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
Felipe
Kast |
|
Housing Assistance and Student Achievement in Low-Income Households
|
Felipe Kast, Harvard University |
Richard
Akresh |
Session
7: Within the Household 2: Fertility
Chair: Rajeev Dehejia
Location: Cabot
205
Session
8: Social Capital 2: Identity and
Networks Chair: Marcel
Fafchamps
Location:
Cabot
206
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Contract Enforceability and the Evolution of Social Capital |
Ken Jackson, Wilfrid Laurier University |
Benjamin Feigenberg |
|
Building Social Capital Through Microfinance |
Benjamin Feigenberg, MIT:
Rohini Pande, Harvard University: Erica Field, Harvard University |
Ken Jackson |
|
Labor Migration and Social Network Participation: Evidence from Southern
Mozambique |
Juan M. Gallego, University of Milan, Bicocca: Mariapia Mendola,
University of Milan |
Farzana Afridi |
|
Social Identity and Inequality: The impact of China's Hukou System |
Farzana Afridi, Syracuse University: Sherry Xin Li, University of Texas,
Dallas: Yufei Ren, University of Texas, Dalla |
Mariapia Mendola |
Session
9: Firms 1: Size, Survival, Patents, and Information
Chair: Dan Richards
Location:
Mugar 235
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Inter-Firm Information Sharing Under Liquidity Constraints: Theory and
Evidence from Madagascar |
Vesela Grozeva, University of Maryland |
Christine Richmond |
|
Distortions, Efficiency and the Size Distribution of Firms
|
Giovanni
Gallipoli, University of British Columbia: Jonathan Goyette,
University of British Columbia |
Lisa D. Cook |
|
Patterns of Business Creation, Survival and Growth: Evidence from a
Developing Country |
Leora F. Klapper, The World Bank: Christine Richmond, University of
California, Los Angeles |
Vesela Grozeva |
|
Are Developing Countries Converging on Intellectual Property Rights?
Evidence from Plant Patents and Non-Patents, 1977-2007 |
Lisa D. Cook, Michigan State University:
Chaleampong Koncharoen, Michigan State University |
Giovanni
Gallipoli |
Session
10: Conflict, Violence, and War
Chair: Enrico Spolaore
Location: Cabot 102
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Together or Separate? Post-Conflict Partition, Ethnic Homogenization,
and the Provision of Public Schooling |
Eik Swee, University of Toronto |
Gianmarco Leon |
|
Guns and Roses: The Impact of the Kenyan Post-Election Violence on
Flower Exporting Firms |
Christopher Ksoll, University of Oxford:
Rocco Macchiavello, University of Oxford/CEPR: Ammet Morjaria, London
School of Economics/STICERD |
Oeindrila Dube |
|
Bases, Bullets and Ballots: The Effect of U.S. Military Aid on Political
Conflict in Colombia |
Oeindrila Dube, New York University and Center
for Global Development :
Suresh Naidu, Harvard Academy |
Christopher Ksoll |
|
Civil Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation: The Long Term Effects of
Political Violence in Peru |
Gianmarco Leon, University of California, Berkeley |
Eik Swee |
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM:
Lunch
Location:
Cabot, Hall of Flags, 160 Packard Avenue
2:00 PM 3:40 PM:
Section 3
Session
11: Discrimination and Affirmative
Action Chair: Rohini
Pande
Location:
Cabot Auditorium
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Discrimination and Affirmative Action |
Nishith Prakash, Dartmouth College:
Tauhidur Rahman, University of Arizona |
Thomas
Gall |
|
Segregation, Affirmative Action and Investment
|
Thomas Gall, University of Bonn: Patrick
Legros, ECARES ULB/CEPR: Andy Newman, Boston University/CEPR |
Nishith
Prakash |
|
Discrimination Goes to School? Understanding Racial Differences in
Non-Blind Grading |
Fernando B. Botelho, FIPE: Ricardo A. Madeira, University of Sao
Paolo: Marcos A. Rangel, University of Chicago |
Zahra
Siddique |
|
Caste Based Discrimination: Evidence and Policy |
Zahra Siddique, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |
Ricardo
A. Madeira |
Session
12: Within the Household 3:
Fertility Chair:
Manisha Shah
Location: Cabot
200
Session
13: Class, Identity, and Religion
Chair: Stelios Michalopoulos
Location:
Cabot 205
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Made in Dignity: The Redistributive Impact of Social Labeling |
Jean-Marie Baland, CRED, FUNDP, Namur Belgium:
Cedric Duprez, CRED, FUNDP, Namur Belgium |
Erik Meyersson |
|
Does Living with Neighbors from a Different Religious background Reduce
Negative Stereotypes?: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Indian
Public Housing |
Sharon Barnhardt, Harvard Kennedy School |
James Berry |
|
Islamic Parties and the Emancipation of the Poor and Pious- Evidence
from Turkey |
Erik Meyersson, IIES, Stockholm University |
Jean-Marie Baland |
|
Bridge Classes and Peer Networks Among Out-of-School Children in India |
James Berry, Cornell University:
Leigh Linden, Columbia University |
Sharon Barnhardt |
Session
14: Markets and Property Rights: Contestability, Entry Regulation, and Land
Titling
Location:
Cabot
206
Chair: Dilip Mookherjee
Session
15: Firms 2: Incentives and
Contracts Chair:
Lynne Pepall
Location:
Mugar
235
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Productivity Responses to Changes in Incentive Pay: Evidence from Tea
Pluckers in India |
Rajshri Jayaraman, ESMT Berlin:
Dora Simroth, ESMT Berlin: Francis de Vericourt, ESMT Berlin |
Shawn
Cole |
|
The Value of Relational Contracts: Evidence from a Supply Shock to
Kenyan Flower Exports |
Ameet Morjaria, London School of Economics:
Rocco Macchiavello, Oxford University |
Jeremy
R. Magruder |
|
High Unemployment Yet Few Small Firms: The Role of Centralized Bargaining in South Africa |
Jeremy R. Magruder, University of California, Berkeley |
Ameet
Morjaria |
|
Ownership Delegation and Agency Cost: Evidence from Firm-Level Data |
Shawn Cole, Harvard Business School:
Anh Tran, Indiana University: Khan Tran, MIT |
Rajshri
Jayaraman |
Session
16: In Space: Agglomeration, Borders, and Clusters
Chair: Andrew Foster
Location:
Cabot 102
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Capital Subsidies and Agglomeration Economies: Evidence from Brazilian
Cities |
Leo Feler, Brown University |
Lisa Moorman |
|
A Common Factor Approach to Spatial Heterogeneity in Agricultural
Productivity Analysis |
Markus Eberhardt, University of Oxford :
Francis Teal, University of Oxford |
Michael Klein |
|
Do Borders Matter? Borders and Markets and Welfare in West Africa |
Jenny C. Aker, Tufts University, Michael Klein, Tufts University,
Steve O'Connell, Swarthmore College |
Markus Eberhardt |
|
Infrastructure and Cluster Development: A Case Study of Handloom Weavers
in Ethiopia |
Gezahegn Ayele, EDRI: Jordan Chamberlain, Michigan State University:
Lisa Moorman, IFPRI: Kassu Wamisho, University of Nebraska at
Lincoln: Xiaobo Zhang, IFPRI |
Leo Feler |
3:40 PM - 4:00
PM: Break
Coffee
Break Location: Cabot, Hall of Flags
4:00 PM 5:40 PM*:
*
This session is extended until 6:05 pm.
Session
17: Rationality: Information, and
Persuasion Chair: Michael
Klein
Location:
Cabot
Auditorium
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Making Water Safe: Price, Persuasion, Peers, Promoters, or Product
Design? |
Michael Kremer, Harvard University/Brookings Institution/NBER/:
Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley/NBER: Sendhil
Mullainathan, Harvard University/NBER: Clair Null, Emory University:
Alix Peterson Zwane, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
Alessandro Tarozzi |
|
Bounded Rationality as Deliberation costs: Theory and Evidence from a
Pricing Field Experiment in India |
Dean Spears, Princeton University |
Jill Luoto |
|
Information and Persuasion: Achieving Safe Water Behaviors in Kenya |
Jill Luoto, University of California, Berkeley |
Dean Spears |
|
Subjective Risk Assessment and Reactions to Health-Related Information:
Evidence from Bangladesh |
Alessandro Tarozzi, Duke University:
Soumya Balasubramanya, Nicholas School, Duke University: Lori Bennear,
Nicholas School, Duke University: Alex Pfaff, Sanford Institute, Duke
University |
Michael Kremer |
Session
18:
Children
Chair: Eric Edmonds
Location:
Cabot
200
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
The Impact of Parental Death on Children's Well-Being: Evidence from an
Exogenous Shock in Indonesia |
Ava Gail Cas, Duke University:
Elizabeth Frankenberg, Duke University: Wayan Suriastini, SurveyMETER
Indonesia: Duncan Thomas, Duke University |
Loren Brandt |
|
Substitution Effects in Parental Investment
|
Loren Brandt, University of Toronto:
Aloysius Siow, University of Toronto: Hui Wang, University of Toronto |
Ava Gail Cas |
|
Leveling the Intra-Household Playing Field: Compensation and
Specialization in Child Labor Allocation |
Ximena Del Carpio, World Bank: Karen Macours, Johns Hopkins
University |
Kelly M. Jones |
|
Growing Up Together: Benefits of Age-Grouped Children |
Kelly M. Jones, University of California, Berkeley |
Karen Macours |
Session
19: Theories of Collusion, Corruption, and Social
Capital Chair: Marcel Fafchamps
Location:
Cabot
205
Session
20: Growth: Democracy, Conquest, and Religion
Chair: Chih Ming Tan
Location: Cabot
206
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Commitment and Conquest: British Rule in India |
Mandar Oak, University of Adelaide, Australia: Anand Swamy, Williams
College |
Roger R.
Betancourt |
|
Is God in the Details? A reexamination of the Role of Religion in
Economic Growth |
Stephen N. Durlauf, University of Wisconsin: Andros Kourtellos,
University of Cyprus: Chih Ming Tan, Tufts University |
Stelios
Michalopoulos |
|
The Political Will to Democratize in Cuba: An Implication for US Policy |
Roger R. Betancourt, University of Maryland and Development Research
Center:
Jorge A. Sanguinetty, Devtech Systems and Development Research Center |
Anand
Swamy |
|
The Economic Origins of Islam: Theory and Evidence |
Stelios Michalopoulos, Tufts University: Alireza Naghavi,
Bologna University: Giovanni Prarolo, Bologna University |
Andros
Kourtellos |
Session
21: Explaining Growth: Democracy, Agriculture, and War *
Chair: Steve Block
Location:
Mugar 235
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space |
Vernon
Henderson, Brown University: Adam Storeygard, Brown University:
David N. Weil, Brown University |
Enrico Spolaore |
|
War and Relatedness |
Enrico Spolaore , Tufts University:
Romain Wacziarg, UCLA |
Quy-Toan Do |
|
Democracy and Reforms |
Paola Giuliano, UCLA/IZA/NBER: Prachi Mishra, IMF: Antonio
Spilimbergo, CEPR/IMF/CreAM |
Xiadong Zhu |
|
Explaining China's Growth |
Loren Brandt, University of Toronto: Xiaodong Zhu, University of
Toronto |
Pachi Mishra |
|
U.S. and Them: The Geography of Economic Research |
Jishnu Das, World Bank: Quy-Toan Do, World Bank: Karen Shaines,
World Bank, IMF: Sowmya Srinivasan, World Bank |
Adam Storeygard |
* This
session is extended until 6:05 pm.
Session
22: Labor Markets: Wages, Unemployment, and Public
Service Chair: Margaret McMillan
Location:
Cabot
102
6:00 PM - 7:30
PM: Dinner and Poster Session
Location:
Fletcher School, Cabot Building, Hall of Flags, 160 Packard Avenue
|
Paper
|
Authors |
|
"Workfare in Low Income Countries: An Effective Way to Fight Poverty?
The Case of NREGS in India" |
Shamika Ravi, Indian School of Business: Monika Engler, SEW-HSG,
Universitat St. Gallen |
|
"Delayed Monsoon Onset in Rural Indonesia" |
Mafalda Duarte, World Bank: Outi Korkeala, University of Sussex: David
Newhouse, World Bank |
|
"The Humanitarian Impact of Economic Sanctions" |
Ioana M. Petrescu, American Enterprise Institute |
|
"Supply of Casual Wage Labor in Rural Malawi" |
Jessica Goldberg, University of Michigan |
|
"Did the Raj Put a Spell on You? British Law and Caste Identity
Manipulation: The Punjab Alienation of Land Act" |
Guilhem Cassan, Paris School of Economics |
|
"Oil Price Shocks and Labor Exports" |
AKM Mahbub Morshed, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale: Basharat
A. Pitafi, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale |
|
"Effects of Colombia's Social Protection System on Workers' Choice
Between Formal and Informal Employment" |
Emily Conover, Hamilton College: Adriana Camacho, Universidad de los
Andes: Alejandro Hoyos, Universidad de los Andes |
|
"Intrahousehold Redistribution of Targeted Transfer Benefits:
Nutritional Spillovers to Preschoolers from Food for Education Programs" |
Sarah W. Adelman, Mount Holyoke College: Daniel O. Gilligan,
International Food Policy Research Institute: Harold Alderman, World
Bank, Joseph Konde-Lule, Makerere University |
|
"Natural Hazards and Child Health" |
Claus C. Portner, University of Washington |
|
"Social Interactions and School Achievement in Argentina" |
Maria Ana Lugo, University of Oxford |
|
"The Impact of Hospital Integration on Black-White Differences in
Mortality: A case Study of Motor Vehicle Accident Death Rates" |
Chao Zhou, Boston University |
|
"Cluster Based Industrialization in China: Finance and Performance
|
Cheryl Long, Colgate University: Xiaobo Zhang, International Food Policy
Research Institute |
|
"Labor Markets and Representative Institutions: Evidence from Colonial
British America" |
Elena Nikolova, Princeton University |
|
"Rank of Robustness of Composite Indices" |
James E. Foster, Vanderbilt University/University of Oxford: Mark
McGillivray, Australian Agency for International Development: Suman
Seth, Vanderbilt University |
|
"Conditional Cash Transfer Programs and Spillover Effects Within
Household in Nicaragua" |
Shinya Takamatsu, University of Minnesota |
|
"Anticipated and Unanticipated Rainfall and Their Link to Fertility and
Early Child Health" |
Yeon Soo Kim, University of Maryland, College Park |
|
"The Production Function of Cognitive Skills: Health, Parental
Investment and Caste Test Gaps in India" |
Florencia Lopez Boo, Inter-American Development Bank |
|
"Aid Allocation, Incentives, and Occupational Mobility in Post-Tsunami Aceh: Evidence from Field Survey Data" |
Manabu Nose, Brown University |
|
"Comparative Advantage, Segmentation and Informal Earnings: A Marginal
Treatment Effects Approach:" |
Omar Arias, World Bank: Melanie Khamis, IZA, Bonn |
|
"The Value of Vocational Education: High School Type and Labor Market
Outcomes in Indonesia" |
David Newhouse, World Bank: Daniel Suyadrama, Australian National
University: Daan Pattinasarany, World Bank |
| "Inequality and HIV/AIDS: The Case of Malawi" |
Dick Durevall, University of Gothenburg
Annika Lindskog, University of Gothenburg |
SUNDAY, 8 November 2009
8:00 AM - 9:00
AM: Breakfast
Location:
Fletcher School, Cabot Building, Hall of Flags, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford,
Massachusetts
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM:
Section 5
Session
23: Health 1: Agriculture, SES, and
Development Chair: Steve Block
Location:
Cabot Auditorium
Session
24: Poverty Traps, Cash Transfers, and Poor
Households Chair: Melanie Khamis
Location:
Cabot
200
Session
25: Savings, Insurance, and Social Security
Chair: Jenny Aker
Location:
Cabot 205
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Social Security Effects on Income Distribution: Counterfactual Analysis
for Brazil |
Rodrigo Leandro de Moura, EPGE/FGV:
Paul Serio Braga Tafner, IPEA, Jaime de Jesus Filho, University of
Chicago: Ligia Helena da Cruz Ourives, EPGE/FBV and BNT |
Hisaki Kono |
|
Why Is the Take-up of Microinsurance So Low? Evidence from a Health
Insurance Scheme in India |
Seiro Ito, Institute of Developing Economies: Hisaki Kono, Institute
of Developing Economies |
Rodrigo Leandro de Moura |
|
Peers as a Savings Commitment Device: Evidence from a Field Experiment
among Low-Income Micro-Entrepreneurs in Chile |
Felipe Kast, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile: Dina Pomeranz,
Harvard University |
Cynthia Kinnan |
|
Does Savings Crowd Out Informal Insurance: Evidence from a Lab
Experiment in the Field |
Arun G. Chandrasekhar, MIT: Cynthia Kinnan, MIT: Horacio
Larreguy, MIT |
Dina Pomeranz |
Session
26: Intergenerational Inheritances: Health, Wealth, and Human Capital
Chair: Heiwei Tang
Location:
Cabot
206
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
The Schooling Decision: Family Preferences, Intergenerational Conflict
and Moral Hazard in the Brazilian Favelas |
Leonardo Bursztyn, Harvard University:
Lucas C. Coffman, Harvard University |
Aparajita Goyal |
|
Gradients of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Developing
Countries |
Sonia Bhalotra, University of Bristol UK:
Samantha Rawlings, University of Bristol UK |
Deon
Filmer / Norbert Schady |
|
School Enrollment, Selection, and Test Scores |
Deon Filmer, World Bank; Norbert Schady, World Bank |
Samantha Rawlings |
|
Can Changes in Inheritance Legislation Improve Female Asset Ownership?
Evidence from India's Hindu Succession Act |
Klaus Deininger, World Bank (DECRG), Aparajita Goyal, World Bank
(DECRG), Hari K. Nagarajan, NCAER |
Leonardo
Bursztyn |
Session
27: Migration 1
Chair: Hillel Rapoport
Location:
Mugar 235
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting
Experiment |
Catia Batista, Trinity College, Dublin/IZA:
Pedro Vicente, Trinity College, Dublin/Oxford University/BREAD |
Claudia
Martinez |
|
Peer Migration in China |
Yuyu Chen, Peking University: Ginger Z. Jin, University of
Maryland/NBER, Yang Yue, Peking University |
Francisca Antman |
|
How Does Adult Child Migration Affect Elderly Health? Evidence from
Mexico |
Francisca Antman, University of Colorado, Boulder |
Ginger
Z. Jin |
|
Remittances and the Problem of Control: A Field Experiment Among
Migrants from El Salvador |
Nava Ashraf, Harvard Business School: Diego Aycinena, Francisco
Marroquin University: Claudia Martinez, University of Chile: Dean
Yang, University of Michigan |
Catia
Batisita |
Session
28: Measuring and Explaining
Poverty Chair: John
Strauss
Location:
Cabot
102
10:40 AM 11:00
AM: Break
Location:
Cabot Building, Hall of Flags, 160 Packard Avenue
11:00 AM 12:40
PM: Section 6
Session
29: Inequality, Food, Fertility, and Education
Chair: Lakshmi Iyer
Location:
Cabot
Auditorium
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Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Wage Inequality, Comparative Advantage and Skill Biased Technical Change
in South Africa |
Jorn Rattso, Norwegian University of Science and Technology: Hildegunn
E. Stokke, Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
Silvia
Prina |
|
The Evolution of Income Inequality in Vietnam, 1993-2006 |
Brian McCaig, Australian National University:
Dwayne Benjamin, University of Toronto: Loren Brandt, University of
Toronto |
Nzinga
Broussard |
|
Endogenous Fertility, Inequality and Human Capital |
Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University: Silvia Prina, Case Western
Reserve University: Debraj Ray, New York University |
Jorn
Rattso, Hildegunn Stokke |
|
Aid and Agency in Africa: Explaining Food Disbursements Across Ethiopian
Households, 1994-2004 |
Nzinga Broussard, Claremont McKenna College:
Stefan Dercon, University of Oxford: Rohini Somanathan, University of
Delhi |
Brian
McCaig |
Session
30: Health 2: Infrastructure, Immunization, Networks, and
Agency Chair: Andreea Balan-Cohen
Location:
Cabot
200
Session 31:
Water and Climate
Chair: Jenny Aker
Location:
Cabot
205
Session
32: Credit Markets 1: Microfinance and Access to
Credit Chair: Rajeev Dehejia
Location:
Cabot 206
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Identification Strategy: A Field Experiment on Dynamic Incentives in
Rural Credit Markets |
Jessica Goldberg, University of Michigan: Dean Yang, University of
Michigan: Xavier Gine, World Bank |
John Papp |
|
The Miracle of Microfinance: Evidence from Randomized Evaluation |
Abhijit Banerjee, MIT/NBER: Esther Duflo, MIT/NBER: Rachel Glennerster,
JPAL/MIT: Cynthia Kinnan, MIT |
Mir M. Salim, |
|
Does Microfinance Repayment Flexibility Affect Entrepreneurial Behavior
and Loan Default? |
Erica Field, Harvard University: Rohini Pande, Harvard University,
John Papp, Princeton University |
Xavier Gine |
|
Revealed Objective Functions of Microfinance Institutions |
Mir M. Salim, Yale University |
|
Session
33: Migration 2
Chair: Randy
Akee
Location:
Cabot
102
Session
34: Trade, Borders and Globalization
Chair: Enrico
Spolaore
Location:
Mugar
235
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM:
Lunch
Location:
Cabot Building, Hall of Flags, 160 Packard Avenue
2:00 PM 3:40 PM:
Section 7
Session
35: Health 3: Nutrients and
Nutrition Chair:
Andreea Balan-Cohen
Location:
Cabot Auditorium
Session
36: Corruption, Misallocation, and
Targeting Chair: Lakshmi
Iyer
Location:
Cabot
200
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Targeting with Agents: Theory and Evidence from India's Targeted Public
Distribution System |
Antonia Attanasova, OC&C Strategy Consultants: Marianne Bertrand,
University of Chicago: Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard University: Paul
Niehaus, University of California, San Diego |
Lakshimi
Iyer |
|
Political Representation and Crime: Evidence from India's Panchayati Raj |
Lakshmi Iyer, Harvard Business School:
Anandi Mani, University of Warwick: Prachi Mishra, IMF: Petia Topalova,
IMF |
Paul
Niehus |
|
State Misallocation and Housing Prices: Theory and Evidence from China |
Shing-Yi Wang, New York University |
Yongxiang Wang |
|
Corruption in State Asset Sales: Evidence from China |
Raymond Fisman, Columbia Business School: Yongxiang Wang, Columbia
business School |
Shin Yi
Wang |
Session
37: Climate, Weather, and Natural
Disasters Chair: Randy Akee
Location:
Cabot
205
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
Seasonal Food Consumption in West Timor |
Karna Basu, University of Chicago:
Maisy Wong, Wharton University of Pennsylvania |
Dave
Donaldson |
|
Do Natural Disasters Shape Risk Attitudes? |
Lisa Cameron, University of Melbourne: Manisha Shah, University of
California, Irvine |
Ruben
Durante |
|
Weather and Death in India: Mechanisms and Implications for Climate
Change |
Robin Burgess, LSE: Olivier Deschenes, UCSB: Dave Donaldson, MIT:
Michael Greenstone, MIT |
Karna
Basu |
|
Climate, Risk, Cooperation, and the Economic Origins of Social Trust: An
Empirical Investigation |
Ruben Durante, Brown University |
Manisha
Shah |
Session
38: Credit Markets 2: Banks, Usury, Financial Literacy
Chair: Kartini Shastry
Location:
Cabot
206
|
Paper
|
Authors |
Discussants |
|
How Access to Credit Affects Self Employment: Differences by Gender
During India's Rural Banking Reform |
Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University:
Yana Rodgers, Rutgers University |
M. Shahe Emran, |
|
Lazy Banks? Government Borrowing and Private Credit in Developing
Countries |
M. Shahe Emran, George Washington University:
Subika Farazi, George Washington University |
Nidhiya Menon |
|
Financial Literacy, Financial Decisions, and the Demand for Financial
Services: Evidence from India and Indonesia |
Shawn Cole, Harvard Business School: Thomas Sampson, Harvard University: Bilal Zia, World Bank |
Jeremy Shapiro |
|
The Fruits of Usury: Interest Rate Regulation and Agricultural Sector
Development in United States History |
Jeremy Shapiro, MIT |
Thomas Sampson |
Session 39:
Politics as Usual: Incentives, Instability, Risk, and
Reservations Chair: Melanie Khamis
Location:
Mugar 235
Questions
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