Events and Seminars

Development Economics Seminar

Spring 2019

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Do Credit Constraints Limit Entrepreneurship? Heterogeneity in the Returns to Microfinance
Cynthia Kinnan (Tufts University)
February 6th, 2019
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
E51-395 E51-395

In Vaccines We Trust? The Effects of the CIA’s Vaccine Ruse on Immunization in Pakistan
Monica Martinez-Bravo (CEMFI)
February 13th, 2019
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
E51-395 E51-395

How Important are Nonconvexities for Savings and Development? Experimental Evidence from Uganda
Joe Kaboski (University of Notre Dame)
February 20th, 2019
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
E51-395 E51-395

A New Engel on Price Index and Welfare Estimation
David Atkin (MIT)
February 27th, 2019
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
E51-395 E51-395

Does Financial Strain Lower Worker Productivity?
Frank Schilbach (MIT)
March 6th, 2019
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
E51-395 E51-395

Decentralized Targeting of Agricultural Credit Programs: Private versus Political Intermediaries
Dilip Mookherjee (Boston University)
March 13th, 2019
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
E51-395 E51-395

Taxation and Supplier Networks: Evidence from India
Lucie Gadenne (University of Warwick)
April 3rd, 2019
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
E51-395 E51-395

Does Poverty Increase Labor Supply? Evidence from Multiple Income Effects
Chris Udry (Northwestern University)
April 10th, 2019
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
E51-395 E51-395

Can Audits Backfire? Evidence from Public Procurement in Chile
Dina Pomeranz (University of Zurich)
April 17th, 2019
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
E51-395 E51-395

Welfare Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Paul Niehaus (UC San Diego)
April 24th, 2019
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
E51-395 E51-395

Contract Enforcement and Productive Efficiency: Evidence from the Bidding and Renegotiation of Power Contracts in India
Nicholas Ryan (Yale University)
April 29th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

TBA
JP Dube (Chicago Booth)
May 13th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164