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BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION |
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9:00 - 10:40 AM |
SECTION 1 |
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SESSION 1: |
Food & Nutrition |
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Chair: Simone Schaner, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeny 108 |
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The Long-Term Cognitive Consequences of Early Childhood Malnutrition: The Case of Famine in Ghana |
Chih Ming Tan; Clark University Samuel Ampaabeng; Clark University |
Li |
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Stephan Litschig, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Marian Meller; Pompeu Fabra |
Singh |
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Spillovers in learning and behavior: Evidence from a nutritional information campaign in urban slums |
Prakarsh Singh; Amherst College |
Tan |
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Can caloric needs explain three food consumption puzzles? Evidence from India |
Nicholas Li; University of Toronto Shari Eli; University of Toronto |
Litschig |
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SESSION 2: |
Schooling Incentives |
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Chair: Richard Akresh, University of Illinois |
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Location: Kemeny 105 |
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Carlos Chiapa; El Colegio de Mexico Laura Juarez; Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México |
Majlesi |
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Parental Response to Changes in Return to Education for Children: The Case of Mexico |
Kaveh Majlesi; Lund University |
Chiapa |
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Closing the Education Gender Gap: Estimating the Impact of Girls' Scholarship Program in The Gambia |
Ousman Gajigo; African Development Bank |
Barham |
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Tania Barham; University of Colorado, Boulder Karen Macours; Paris School of Economics John Maluccio; Middlebury College |
Gajigo |
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SESSION 3: |
Electricity |
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Chair: Erin Mansur, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeney 006 |
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Anant Sudarshan; Harvard University / IFMR |
Abeberese |
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Ama Abeberese; Columbia University |
Ryan |
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The Impact of Electricity Sector Restructuring on Coal-fired Power Plants in India |
Kabir Malik; University of Maryland |
Sudarshan |
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The Competitive Effects of Transmission Infrastructure in the Indian Day-Ahead Electricity Market |
Nicholas Ryan; MIT |
Malik |
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SESSION 4: |
Insurance |
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Chair: Marcel Fafchamps, Oxford University |
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Location: Kemeney 008 |
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Muthoni Ngatia; J-PAL Africa Xavier Gine; The World Bank Dean Karlan; Yale University |
Bauchet |
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Price and Information in Life Microinsurance Demand: Experimental Evidence from Mexico |
Jonathan Bauchet; New York University |
Batsaikhan |
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Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson; Yale University |
Wang |
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Xiao Yu Wang; MIT |
Gunnsteinsson |
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SESSION 5: |
Conflict - Political Economy |
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Chair: Sandip Sukhtankar, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Haldeman 41 |
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War's Enduring Effects on the Development of Egalitarian Motivations and In-group Biases |
Michal Bauer; CERGE-EI and Charles University Alessandra Cassar; University of San Francisco Julie Chytilová; Charles University Joseph Henrich; University of British Columbia |
Maldonado |
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War and the Political Zeitgeist: Evidence from the History of Female Suffrage |
Daniel Hicks, University of Oklahoma |
Bauer |
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Benjamin Crost; University of Colorado Denver Joseph Felter; Hoover Institution Patrick Johnston; RAND Corporation |
Hicks |
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The Cost of Dissidence: International Commodity Prices and Political Unrest in Latin America |
Beatriz Maldonado; College of Charleston |
Crost |
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SESSION 6: |
Poverty Persistence |
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Chair: Garance Genicot, Georgetown University |
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Location: Kemeny 007 |
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Poverty Dynamics in Rural Orissa: Transitions in Assets and Occupations over Generations |
Magnus Hatlebakk; Chr. Michelsen Institute |
Azam |
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Like Father, Like Son? Intergenerational Education Mobility in India |
Mehtabul Azam; World Bank, IZA Vipul Bhatt; James Madison University |
Hatlebakk |
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Farhan Majid; UC Riverside |
Genicot |
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Garance Genicot; Georgetown University Debraj Ray; New York University |
Majid |
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10:40 - 11:00 AM |
BREAK |
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11:00 - 12:40 PM |
SECTION 2 |
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SESSION 7: |
HIV/AIDS |
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Chair: Erick Gong, Middlebury College |
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Location: Kemeny 108 |
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Jacob Bor; Harvard University, Public Health |
Baranov |
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The AIDS Epidemic, Antiretroviral Therapy, and Subjective Mortality Risk |
Daniel Bennett; University of Chicago Hans-Peter Kohler; University of Pennsylvania Victoria Baranov; University of Chicago |
Friedman |
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The Impact of AIDS Treatment on Savings and Human Capital Investment in Malawi |
Victoria Baranov; University of Chicago Hans-Peter Kohler; University of Pennsylvania |
Bor |
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Willa Friedman; UC Berkeley |
Bennett |
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SESSION 8: |
Child Labor |
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Chair: Eric Edmonds, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeney 006 |
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Richard Akresh; University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Emilie Bagby; Mathematica Damien de Walque; The World Bank Harounan Kazianga; Oklahoma State University |
Shrestha |
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Alice Mesnard; City University, London |
Kirchberger |
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Preferences over leisure and consumption of siblings and intra-household allocation |
Martina Kirchberger; University of Oxford |
Mesnard |
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Maheshwor Shrestha, MIT Eric Edmonds, Dartmouth College |
Akresh |
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SESSION 9: |
Infrastructure |
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Chair: Richard Hornbeck, Harvard University |
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Location: Kemeny 105 |
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Access to the North-South Roads and Farm Profits in Rural Nepal |
Slesh Shrestha; University of Michigan |
Dinkelman |
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Colonial Investments and Long-Term Development: Evidence from Ghanaian Railways |
Remi Jedwab; George Washington University and LSE Alexander Moradi; Sussex University |
Shrestha |
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Taryn Dinkelman; Dartmouth College |
Jedwab |
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SESSION 10: |
Risk Sharing in Migration |
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Chair: Randy Akee, Tufts University |
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Location: Haldeman 41 |
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Francisca Antman; University of Colorado |
Ambler |
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Kalle Hirvonen; University of Sussex Joachim De Weerdt; EDI |
Morten |
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Don't Tell on Me: Experimental Evidence of Asymmetric Information in Transnational Households |
Kate Ambler; University of Michigan |
Antman |
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Melanie Morten; Yale |
Hirvonen |
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SESSION 11: |
Political Economy - India |
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Chair: Sandip Sukhtankar, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeney 008 |
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Sheetal Sekhri; University of Virginia Sriniketh Nagavarapu; Brown University |
Sukhtankar |
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Party Favors: How party politics affects firm growth in India |
Paul Novosad; Harvard University |
Goldston |
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Two Commitment Problems Are Better than One: Credit and Local Politics in Rural India |
Jacob Goldston; Brown University |
Sekhri |
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Much Ado about Nothing? Corruption in the Allocation of Wireless Spectrum in India |
Sandip Sukhtankar; Dartmouth College |
Novosad |
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SESSION 12: |
Growth and Development |
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Chair: James Feyrer, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeny 007 |
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Kathryn Marshall; California Polytechnic State University |
Aniket |
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Marcella Alsan; NBER |
Porzio |
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Escaping the Deadly Waters: Role of Capital Markets in Accumulating Public and Private Capital Stock |
Kumar Aniket; University of Cambridge |
Marshall |
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Experience Matters: Human Capital and Development Accounting |
Tommaso Porzio; Yale University David Lagakos; Arizona State University Benjamin Moll; Princeton University Nancy Qian; Yale University |
Alsan |
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12:40 - 2:00 PM |
LUNCH |
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2:00 - 3:40 PM |
SECTION 3 |
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SESSION 13: |
Health Care Delivery |
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Chair: Simone Schaner, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeny 108 |
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The effect of publicly provided health insurance on academic performance in Mexico |
María José Orraca; Banco de México Alejandrina Salcedo; Banco de México Carlo Alcaraz; Banco de México Daniel Chiquiar; Banco de Mexico |
Wilson |
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Nicholas Wilson; Williams College |
Qin |
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Alexander Eble; Brown University Peter Boone; Effective Intervention |
Orraca |
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Bei Qin; IIES, Stockholm University |
Eble |
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SESSION 14: |
Children |
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Chair: Eric Edmonds, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeney 006 |
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Learning your Child's Price: Evidence from Anticipated Dowry Payments in Rural India |
Amalavoyal Chari; RAND Annemie Maertens; University of Pittsburgh |
Dumas |
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Rene Osorio; Inter-American Development Bank Ana Corbacho; Inter-American Development Bank Steve Brito ; Inter-American Development Bank |
Chari |
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The Fertility-Sex Ratio Trade-Off: Unintended Consequences of Financial Incentives |
S Anukriti; Columbia University |
Osorio |
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Sex is a gift from God: For whom? Evidence from the Manila contraceptive ban |
Christelle Dumas; U. of Cergy Pontoise |
Anukriti |
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SESSION 15: |
Water & Sanitation |
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Chair: Taryn Dinkelman, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeny 105 |
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Dean Spears; Princeton University |
Menon |
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Elena Gross; University of Göttingen Isabel Guenther; D-GESS Youdi Schipper; VU University |
Lechtenfeld |
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Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Infant and Child Health in India |
Nidhiya Menon; Brandeis University Elizabeth Brainerd; Brandeis University |
Spears |
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Why does piped water not reduce diarrhea for children? Evidence from urban Yemen |
Tobias Lechtenfeld; University of Göttingen |
Gross |
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SESSION 16: |
Migration and Remittances |
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Chair: Randy Akee, Tufts University |
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Location: Haldeman 41 |
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Shamika Ravi; Indian School of Business |
Pan |
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Does Asymmetric Information in Transnational Households Affect Remittance Flows? |
Ganesh Seshan; Georgetown University |
Ravi |
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The Effect of Labor Mobility Restrictions on Human Capital Accumulation in China |
Yao Pan; The George Washington University |
Seshan |
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SESSION 17: |
Elections-Political Economy |
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Chair: Sandip Sukhtankar, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeney 008 |
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Anh Tran; Indiana University Edmund Malesky; Duke University Cuong Nguyen; Wageningen University |
Arbesu |
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Voting and Peer Effects: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique |
Pedro Vicente; Nova University of Lisbon Marcel Fafchamps; Oxford University Ana Vaz; University of Oxford |
Callen |
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Do Fair Elections Enhance Government Legitimacy?: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan |
Michael Callen; UC San Diego Eli Berman; UC San Diego Clark Gibson; UC San Diego James Long; UC San Diego |
Vicente |
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The Effect of Clientelism on Election and Policy Outcomes: Evidence from Communal Lands in Mexico |
Horacio Alejandro Larreguy Arbesu; (PhD students at) MIT |
Tran |
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SESSION 18: |
Firms and Capital |
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Chair: Marcel Fafchamps, Oxford University |
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Location: Kemeny 007 |
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Family Financing and Productivity Among Small Manufacturing Firms in Ghana |
Andrea Szabo; University of Houston |
Quinn |
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Networks and Manufacturing Firms in Africa: Initial Results from a Randomised Experiment |
Simon Quinn; University of Oxford Marcel Fafchamps; Oxford University |
Szabo |
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Factory Farming: The Impact of Agricultural Output on Local Economic Activity in India |
Samuel Asher; Harvard University |
Ali |
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Merima Ali; Chr. Michelsen Institute |
Asher |
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3:40 - 4:00 PM |
BREAK |
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4:00 - 5:40 PM |
SECTION 4 |
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SESSION 19: |
Consequences of Conflict and Crime |
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Chair: Sandip Sukhtankar, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeny 007 |
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Andres Moya; UC Davis |
Monteiro |
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Armed Conflict, Household Victimization, and Child Health in Cote d'Ivoire |
Olga Shemyakina; Georgia Institute of Technology Camelia Minoiu; International Monetary Fund |
La Mattina |
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Armed Conflict and Domestic Violence: Evidence from the Rwandan Genocide |
Giulia La Mattina; Boston University |
Shemyakina |
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Drug War and School Achievement: evidence from Rio de Janeiro's favelas |
Joana Monteiro; CID/Harvard Rudi Rocha; IE-UFRJ |
Moya |
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SESSION 20: |
Microfinance |
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Chair: Garance Genicot, Georgetown University |
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Location: Haldeman 41 |
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Jonathan de Quidt; London School of Economics Thiemo Fetzer; London School of Economics Maitreesh Ghatak; Department of Economics |
Allen |
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Alberto Motta; University of New South Wales Pushkar Maitra; Department of Economics Sandip Mitra; Indian Statistical Institute Dilip Mookherjee; Boston University Sujata Visaria; HKUST |
Gine |
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Treb Allen; Princeton University |
de Quidt |
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The Quality of Financial Services: Evidence from an Audit Study in Mexico |
Xavier Gine; The World Bank Cristina Martinez; World Bank Rafael Mazer; CGAP |
Motta |
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SESSION 21: |
Environment |
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Chair: Richard Hornbeck, Harvard University |
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Location: Kemeny 105 |
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Evan Peet; Duke University |
Taraz |
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Mining, Pollution and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from Ghana |
Juan Pablo Rud; Royal Holloway, University of London Fernando Aragon Sanchez; Simon Fraser University |
Macours |
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Adaptation to Climate Change: Historical Evidence from the Indian Monsoon |
Vis Taraz; Yale University |
Peet |
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Karen Macours; Paris School of Economics Patrick Premand; The World Bank Renos Vakis; The World Bank |
Rud |
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SESSION 22: |
Behavioral Issues in Development |
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Chair: Jonathan Zinman, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeny 108 |
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"White Man's Burden?" A Field Experiment on Generosity and Foreigner Presence |
Jacobus Erasmus Cilliers; University of Oxford Oeindrila Dube; NYU Bilal Siddiqi; Stanford University |
Laajaj |
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Does credit card spending respond to credit card statement date? Evidence from India |
Molly Lipscomb; University of Virginia Amit Bubna; Indian School of Business Sumit Agarwal; National University of Singapore |
Dillon |
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Closing the Eyes on a Gloomy Future: Psychological Causes and Economic Consequences |
Rachid Laajaj; Paris School of Economics, INRA |
Cilliers |
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Do the poor, or the impatient, pay more? Evidence from consumption diaries in Tanzania |
Brian Dillon; Harvard University Joachim De Weerdt; EDI Ted O'Donoghue; Cornell University |
Lipscomb |
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SESSION 23: |
Social Interactions |
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Chair: Eliana La Ferrara, Bocconi University |
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Location: Kemeney 008 |
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Uniter or Divider? Religion and Social Cooperation: Evidence from Indonesia |
Arya Gaduh; USC |
La Ferrara |
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Berber Kramer; VU University Amsterdam |
Czura |
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Kristina Czura; Goethe University Frankfurt |
Kramer |
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Eliana La Ferrara; Bocconi University Annamaria Milazzo; Bocconi University |
Gaduh |
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SESSION 24: |
Trade |
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Chair: Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeney 006 |
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Farther on down the road: transport costs, trade and urban growth in sub-Saharan Africa |
Adam Storeygard; Tufts University |
Teshima |
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Leonardo Iacovone; World Bank |
Hakobyan |
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The Impact of Credit Constraints on Exporting Firms: Empirical Evidence from India |
Mudit Kapoor; Indian School of Business Priya Ranjan; UC-Irvine Jibonayan Raychaudhuri; Department of Economics, UEA |
Iacovone |
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Did Trade Crisis Affect Different Exporters Differently? Case of Mexico |
Kensuke Teshima; Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México Rahul Giri; Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México |
Storeygard |
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6:00 - 9:00 PM |
DINNER |
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8:00 - 9:00 AM |
BREAKFAST |
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9:00 - 10:40 AM |
SECTION 5 |
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SESSION 25: |
Early Childhood Development |
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Chair: John Maluccio, Middlebury College |
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Location: Kemeny 108 |
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Poverty Raises Levels of the Stress Hormone Cortisol: Evidence from Weather Shocks in Kenya |
Johannes Haushofer; MIT Joost de Laat, World Bank Matthieu Chemin; McGill University |
Lin |
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Dara Lee; University of Missouri |
Kagy |
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Long Run Impacts of Famine Exposure: A Study of the 1974 - 1975 Bangladesh Famine |
Gisella Kagy; University of Colorado |
Lee |
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Ming-Jen Lin; National Taiwan University Elaine Liu; University of Houston |
Haushofer |
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SESSION 26: |
Human Capital and Skill Production |
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Chair: Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University |
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Location: Kemeney 006 |
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Does Access to Secondary Education Affect Primary Schooling? Evidence from India |
Soham Sahoo; Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi) Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay; Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi) |
Garlick |
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The production function of cognitive skills: nutrition and caste test gaps |
Florencia Lopez Boo; IDB Maria Canon; Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis |
Sahoo |
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Micro Entrepreneurship Training and Assets Transfers: Short Term Impact on the Poor |
Claudia Martinez, University of Chile Esteban Puentes; University of Chile Jaime Ruiz-Tagle; University of Chile |
Blunch |
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Academic Peer Effects with Different Group Assignment Policies: Tracking versus Random Assignment |
Robert Garlick; University of Michigan |
Martinez |
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SESSION 27: |
Political Economy |
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Chair: Sandip Sukhtankar, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeney 008 |
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Skimming Off the Top: The Unintended Consequences of Market Expansion in the Indian Dairy Industry |
Emily Breza; Columbia Business School Arun Chandrasekhar; Microsoft Research, New England Ashish Shenoy; MIT |
Peck |
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Interventions & Institutions: Experimental Evidence on Scaling up Education Reforms in Kenya |
Justin Sandefur; Center for Global Development Tessa Bold; IIES Stockholm Mwangi Kimenyi; Brookings Institution Germano Mwabu; University of Nairobi Alice Ng'ang'a; Strathmore University |
Jia |
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Jennifer Peck; MIT |
Sandefur |
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Ruixue Jia; Stockholm University |
Breza |
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SESSION 28: |
Institutions |
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Chair: Robyn Meeks, University of Michigan |
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Location: Kemeny 105 |
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Disease Control, Demographic Change, and Institutional Development in Africa |
Will Masters, Tufts University |
Meeks |
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Estefania Santacreu-Vasut; ESSEC Business School and THEMA and Visiting at UC Berkeley, BEHL Amir Shoham; FOX school of Business Temple University |
Masters |
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Hui Wang; Guanghua School of Management, Peking University Yuyu Chen; Peking University Se Yan; Peking University |
Santacrreu-Vasut |
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Culture and gender roles: Evidence from a natural experiment in Post-Soviet Central Asia |
Robyn Meeks; University of Michigan |
Wang |
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SESSION 29: |
Entrepreneurship |
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Chair: Xavier Gine, The World Bank |
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Location: Kemeny 007 |
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Are Entrepreneurs Jacks-of-all-trades? Evidence from A Return Migration Survey in Rural China |
Feng Hu; University of Science & Technology Beijing Yuyu Chen; Peking University |
Gine |
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The Impact of Insurance Provision on Households' Production and Financial decisions |
Jing Cai; University of Michigan |
Berge |
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Lars Ivar Berge; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) |
Cai |
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Money or Ideas? A Field Experiment on Constraints to Entrepreneurship in Rural Pakistan |
Xavier Gine; The World BankGhazala Mansuri; World Bank |
Hu |
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SESSION 30: |
Information and Social Networks |
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Chair: Silvia Prina, Case Western Reserve University |
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Location: Haldeman 41 |
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Dany Jaimovich; Goethe University Frankfurt |
Fernando |
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The Importance of Parental Knowledge and Social Norms: Evidence from Weight Report Cards in Mexico |
Silvia Prina, Case Western Reserve University Heather Royer; University of California-Santa Barbara |
Breza |
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The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile Phone-Based Agricultural Extension |
A. Nilesh Fernando; Harvard University Shawn Cole; Harvard Business School |
Jaimovich |
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Come Play With Me: Experimental Evidence of Information Diffusion about Rival Goods |
Emily Breza; Columbia Business School Abhijit Banerjee Arun Chandrasekhar; Microsoft Research, New England Esther Duflo; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Matthew Jackson; Stanford University |
Prina |
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10:40 - 11:00 AM |
BREAK |
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11:00 - 12:40 PM |
SECTION 6 |
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SESSION 31: |
Fertility |
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Chair: Xi Chen, Yale University |
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Location: Kemeny 108 |
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Family Planning Policy in China: Measurement and Impact on Fertility |
Fei Wang; University of Southern California |
Kalsi |
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The Value of Children: Fertility and Financial Transfers in China and Indonesia |
Jaqueline Oliveira; Yale University |
Salas |
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John Michael Ian Salas; University of California, Irvine |
Oliveira |
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The Effect of Sex Selection on Female Education Outcomes in Taiwan |
Priti Kalsi; University of Colorado at Boulder |
Wang |
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SESSION 32: |
Education Delivery |
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Chair: Adrienne Lucas, University of Delaware |
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Location: Haldeman 41 |
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Teacher Labor Markets, School Vouchers and Student Cognitive Achievement: Evidence from Chile |
Michela Tincani; University College London |
Kazianga |
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Harounan Kazianga; Oklahoma State University Dan Levy; Harvard University Leigh Linden; The University of Texas at Austin Matt Sloan; Mathematica Policy Research |
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Andrew Zeitlin; Georgetown University Abigail Barr; University of Nottingham Frederick Mugisha; Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development Pieter Serneels; University of East Anglia |
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Improving Primary School Quality: Experimental Evidence from Kenya and Uganda |
Adrienne Lucas; University of Delaware Patrick McEwan; Wellesley College Moses Ngware; APHRC Moses Oketch; University of London |
Zeitlin |
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SESSION 33: |
Public Goods |
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Chair: Sandip Sukhtankar, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeney 008 |
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The Effect of Coercion on Voluntary Contributions: Evidence from Ecuador |
Georgi Boichev; Simon Fraser University |
Jack |
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Local leadership and the provision of public goods: Field evidence from Bolivia |
Kelsey Jack; Tufts University Maria Recalde; University of Pittburgh |
Boichev |
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Matthieu Chemin; McGill University Joost de Laat; University of Quebec at Montreal |
Blakeslee |
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David Blakeslee; Columbia University |
Chemin |
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SESSION 34: |
Savings |
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Chair: Simone Schaner, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeny 105 |
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Valuing Asset Insurance in the Presence of Poverty Traps: A Dynamic Approach |
Sarah Janzen; University of California, Davis Michael Carter; University of California at Davis Munenobu Ikegami; ILRI |
Schaner |
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Savings as Insurance: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment among Low-Income Micro-Entrepreneurs in Chile |
Dina Pomeranz; Harvard University |
Janzen |
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The Effect of Financial Access on Networks: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nepal |
Margherita Comola; Paris School of Economics Silvia Prina; Case Western Reserve University |
Pomeranz |
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The Cost of Convenience? Transaction Costs, Bargaining Power, and Savings Account Use in Kenya |
Simone Schaner; Dartmouth College |
Comola |
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SESSION 35: |
Agriculture |
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Chair: Jenny Aker, Tufts University |
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Location: Kemeny 007 |
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Willingess to pay for index based crop microinsurance in India |
Janani Ramasubramanian; University of Sussex |
Tjernstrom |
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Investing in Small-Farm Productivity: Impact Dynamics and Heterogeneity in Nicaragua |
Emilia Tjernstrom; University of California, Davis Michael Carter; University of California at Davis Patricia Toledo; Ohio University |
Ramasubramanian |
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Vivian Hoffmann; University of Maryland Samuel Mutiga; Cornell University |
Walker |
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Encouraging the adoption of nitrogen-fixing trees: A field experiment in Zambia |
Elizabeth Walker; Harvard University B. Kelsey Jack; Tufts University Paulina Oliva; University of California at Santa Barbara Samuel Bell; Cornell University |
Hoffmann |
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SESSION 36: |
Labor Markets |
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Chair: Daniel Keniston, Yale University |
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Location: Kemeney 006 |
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Farms, Families, and Markets: New Evidence on Agricultural Labor Markets |
Daniel LaFave; Colby College Duncan Thomas; Duke University |
Gutierrez |
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Illness Shocks, Implicit Contracts and Labor Outcomes in Mexico |
Federico Gutierrez; Vanderbilt University |
LaFave |
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Do Job Networks Disadvantage Women? Evidence from a Recruitment Experiment in Malawi |
Jeremy Magruder; UC-Berkeley Lori Beaman; Northwestern University Niall Keleher; Innovations for Poverty Action |
Guiteras |
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Incentives, Productivity and Selection in Labor Markets: Evidence from Rural Malawi |
Raymond Guiteras; University of Maryland B. Kelsey Jack; Tufts University |
Magruder |
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12:40 - 2:00 PM |
LUNCH |
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2:00 - 3:40 PM |
SECTION 7 |
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SESSION 37: |
Marriage |
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Chair: Simone Schaner, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeny 108 |
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Does Marriage Work as a Savings Commitment Device? : Experimental Evidence from Vietnam |
Hisaki Kono; Institute of Developing Economies |
Hoel |
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Does HIV Increase the Risk of Spousal Violence in sub-Saharan Africa? |
Yoo-Mi Chin; Missouri University of Science and Technology |
Fenske |
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James Fenske; University of Oxford |
Chin |
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Heterogeneous Models of the Household: Highlighting the Difference between Mean and Modal Behavior |
Jessica Hoel; University of Michigan |
Kono |
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SESSION 38: |
Secondary and Tertiary Education |
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Chair: Taryn Dinkelman, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Haldeman 41 |
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Andrew Dustan; University of California, Berkeley Elisabeth Sadoulet; University of California at Berkeley Alain de Janvry; University of California at Berkeley |
Pugatch |
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Safety Valve or Sinkhole? Vocational Schooling in South Africa |
Todd Pugatch; Oregon State University; IZA |
Dustan |
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Returns to College Quality: Prestige, Peers, and College Majors |
Steven Simpson; Columbia University |
Sen |
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Anindya Sen; Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Prodyumna Goutam; Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Chirantan Chatterjee; Indian Institute of Management Bangalore |
Simpson |
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SESSION 39: |
Taxes and Corruption |
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Chair: Daniel Keniston, Yale University |
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Location: Kemeney 008 |
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The Welfare Cost of Lawlessness: Evidence from Somali Piracy |
Thiemo Fetzer; London School of Economics |
Keniston |
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Gabriela Aparicio; The George Washington University M. Shahe Emran; George Washington University |
Aparicio |
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Crime, Punishment and Monitoring: Deterring Drunken Driving in India |
Daniel Keniston; Yale Esther Duflo; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abhijit Banerjee; MIT Nina Singh; Rajasthan Police |
Fetzer |
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SESSION 40: |
Gender |
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Chair: Eric Edmonds, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Kemeny 105 |
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Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay; Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi) Farzana Afridi; Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi) Soham Sahoo; ISI Delhi |
Milazzo |
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Why Are Adult Women Missing? Son Preference and Maternal Survival in India |
Annamaria Milazzo; Bocconi University |
Liu |
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Beggar-Thy-Women: Domestic Reponses to Foreign Bride Competition, the case of Taiwan |
Elaine Liu; University of Houston Lena Edlund; Columbia University Jin-Tan Liu; Department of Economics, National Taiwan University |
Mukhopadhyay |
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Migration, Sex Ratios and Violent Crime: Evidence from Mexico's Municipalities |
Carlos Chiapa; El Colegio de Mexico Jesus VIejo; Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey |
Chen |
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SESSION 41: |
Property Rights |
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Chair: Rachel Heath, University of Washington |
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Location: Kemeny 007 |
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Certified to Migrate: Property Rights and Migration in Rural Mexico |
Kyle Emerick; UC Berkeley |
Health |
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To Share is To Keep: Politicians, Property Rights and Firm Ownership in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
Rafael Santos Villagran; Yale |
Emerick |
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Reallocating wealth? The impact of village-level land reallocations in China |
Jessica Leight; MIT |
Villagran |
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Women's Access to Labor Market Opportunities, Control of Household Resources, and Domestic Violence |
Rachel Heath; University of Washington and the World Bank |
Leight |
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SESSION 42: |
Targeting and Transfers |
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Chair: Jenny Aker, Tufts University |
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Location: Kemeney 006 |
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Motivating Knowledge Agents: Financial Incentives versus Social Proximity |
Erlend Berg; University of Oxford |
Ngo |
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Fernanda Estevan; University of Ottawa |
Aker |
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TVs, Toilets, and Thresholds: Measuring Household Wealth Comparably Using an Asset-based Index |
Diana Lee Ngo; UC Berkeley |
Estevan |
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How do In-Kind Transfers Fare? Testing the Impacts of Cash versus Vouchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
Jenny Aker; Tufts University |
Berg |
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SESSION 43: |
Immigrant and Adult Labor |
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Chair: Ethan Lewis, Dartmouth College |
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Location: Haldeman 031 |
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Jose Tessada; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Carolina Gonzalez Velosa; University of Maryland Jeanne Lafortune; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
Guintella |
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Why Does Immigrant Health Deteriorate? An Intergenerational Perspective |
Osea Giuntella; Boston University |
Tessada |
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The Economic Consequences of Excess Men: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan |
Xiaobo Zhang; IFPRI |
Dai |
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Tianran Dai; Brown University |
Zhang |
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3:40 PM |
ADJOURN |
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