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Events and Seminars

Development Economics Seminar

Spring 2021

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Scaling Agricultural Policy Interventions: Theory and Evidence from Uganda
Lauren Falcao Bergquist (Michigan)
February 17th, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


Multinationals, Monopsony & Local Development: Evidence from the United Fruit Company
Diana van Patten (Princeton)
February 24th, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


Does Identity Reduce Labor Supply?
Suanna Oh (Paris)
March 3rd, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


Universal Basic Income: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Tavneet Suri (MIT)
March 10th, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


The Psychosocial Impacts of Forced Idleness
Reshmaan Hussam (Harvard)
March 17th, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


Private Input Suppliers as Information Agents for Technology Adoption in Agriculture
Elisabeth Sadoulet (Berkeley) and Kyle Emerick (Tufts)
March 24th, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


The Role of Finance in the Process of Development: Improving Access versus Reducing Frictions
Maitreesh Ghatak (LSE)
April 7th, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


Optimal Vaccine Subsidies for Endemic and Epidemic Diseases
Michael Kremer (Chicago) and Chris Snyder (Dartmouth)
April 14th, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


When Women March: The 1929 Aba Women's Tax Revolt and Gender Gaps in Political Participation in Nigeria
Belinda Archibong (Columbia)
April 21st, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


When is Debt Odious?
Raghuram Rajan (Chicago)
April 28th, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


TBD
May 3rd, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


TBD
May 10th, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


TBD
May 17th, 2021
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm


Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Department of Economics
The Morris and Sophie Chang Building • E52-300
50 Memorial Drive • Cambridge, MA 02142
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