Events and Seminars

Development Economics Workshop

Spring 2014

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Risk, Insurance and Wages in General Equilibrium
Mark Rosenzweig (Yale)
February 05, 2014
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Wealth Heterogeneity, Income Shocks, and International Migration: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
Sam Bazzi (Boston University)
February 12, 2014
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

How Natural Disasters Affect Political Attitudes and Behavior: Evidence from the 2010-11 Pakistani Floods
Jake Shapiro (Princeton University)
February 19, 2014
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Experience Matters: Human Capital and Development Accounting
Ben Moll (Princeton University)
February 26, 2014
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Payments Infrastructure and the Performance of Public Programs: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India
Sandip Sukhtankar (Dartmouth visiting Harvard Kennedy School)
March 05, 2014
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Trade Liberalization, the Price of Quality, and Inequality: Evidence from Mexican Store Prices - joint with Harvard Development and MIT Development Workshops
Ben Faber (UC Berkeley)
March 12, 2014
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Networks and Conflicts: Theory and Evidence from Fighting Groups in Africa
Fabrizio Zilibotti (University of Zurich)
April 02, 2014
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Deal with the Devil: The Successes and Limitations of Bureaucratic Reform in India
Rema Hanna (Harvard Kennedy School)
April 09, 2014
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Swords into Bank Shares: Financial Solutions to the Political Economy Challenges of Development
Saumitra Jha (Stanford GSB)
April 16, 2014
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Employing and Empowering Marginalized Women: A Randomized Trial of Microenterprise Assistance
Chris Blattman (Columbia University)
April 23, 2014
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Tax Farming Redux: Experimental Evidence on Incentive Pay for Tax Collectors - joint with Micro
Asim Khwaja (Harvard Kennedy School)
April 28, 2014
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E62-650

The Inequality Deflator: Interpersonal Comparisons without a Social Welfare Function - joint with Microeconomic Applications and IO
Nathan Hendren (Harvard University)
May 05, 2014
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E62-650

Housing Market Responses to Transaction Taxes: Evidence From Notches and Stimulus in the UK - joint with Seminar in Micro Applications
Henrik Klevin (London School of Economics)
May 12, 2014
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E62-650