SESSION I 1:00-3:00 pm |
| Session I-A Determinants of Schooling; Luce Hall #202 |
| Chairperson: Paul Schultz |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Gunnarsson, Victoria; Orazem, Peter F.; and Sanchez, Mario A. |
Child Labor and School Achievement
in Latin America |
Eric Edmonds |
| Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John; Martorell,
Reynaldo; Quisumbing, Agnes; and Stein, Aryeh D. |
The Impact of Experimental Nutritional Interventions on
Education into Adulthood in Rural Guatama: Preliminary Longitudinal Analysis |
Paul Schultz |
| Ray, Ranjan and Geoffrey Lancaster |
Does Child Labour Affect School Attendance and School
Performance? Multi Country Study on SIMPOC Data |
Tavneet Suri |
| Sukontamarn, Pataporn |
Girls' Educational Outcomes in Bangladesh and the Role of
Non-Formal Schools |
Geeta Kingdon |
| Session I-B Program Evaluation; Luce Hall #203 |
| Chairperson: Lakshmi Iyer |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Das, Jishnu; Dercon, Stefan; Habyarimana, James;
and Krishnan, Pramila |
When
Can School Inputs Improve Test Scores |
Shawn Cole |
| Rao, Vijayendra and Ibanez,
Ana Maria |
The
Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation,
Targeting and Collective Action in Community Driven Development |
Matthias Schuendeln |
| Dearden, Kirk; Pritchett, Lant; and Brown, Jeff |
Learning from Neighbors: Social Learning about Child
Feeding During Diarrheal Episodes |
Lakshmi Iyer |
| Session I-C Assimilation in Labor Markets; 28 Hillhouse #Tobin Lounge |
| Chairperson: John Giles |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Jolliffe, Dean and Campos, Nauro |
Does Market Liberalisation Reduce Gender Discrimination?
Econometric Evidence from Hungary, 1986-1998 |
Joseph Kaboski |
| Nopo, Hugo; Saavedra, Jaime; and Torero, Máximo |
Ethnicity
and Earnings in Urban Peru |
John Giles |
| Osili, Una Okonkwo and Paulson, Anna |
Institutional Quality and Financial Market Development:
Evidence from International Migrants in the U.S. |
Dean Yang |
| Session I-D Measuring Poverty; 28 Hillhouse, #B8 |
| Chairperson: T.N. Srinivasan |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Dhongde, Shatakshee |
Measuring the Impact of Growth and Income Distribution on
Poverty in India |
T.N. Srinivasan |
| Kijima, Yoko and Lanjouw, Peter |
Poverty in India during the 1990s: A Regional Perspective |
Harsha Thirumurthy |
| Okamoto, Ikuko; Kurosaki, Takashi; and Fujita, Fujita |
Rich Periphery, Poor Center: Myanmar's Rural Economy under
Partial Transition to Market Economy |
Seema Jayahandran |
| Lokshin, Michael; Umapathi, Nithin; and Paternostro, Stefano |
Robustness of Subjective Welfare Analysis in a Poor
Developing Country: Madagascar 2001 |
Christine Moser |
| Session I-E Foreign Aid & Capital Flows; 28 Hillhouse #106 |
| Chairperson: Markus Goldstein |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Cowan, Kevin and Do, Quy-Toan |
Financial
Dollarization and Central Bank Credibility |
Jiahua Che |
| Fleck, Robert and Kilby, Christopher |
Politics
and Aid: The Effects of Liberal-Conservative Shifts on U.S. Bilateral Aid Allocations |
Markus Goldstein |
| Rioja, Felix |
Populist
Budgets and Long Run Growth |
Santanu Chatterjee |
| SESSION II
3:30-5:30 pm |
| Session II-A Child Health; Luce Hall
#202 |
| Chairperson: Habiba Djebbari |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Block, Steven A.; Keiss, Lynnda; Webb, Patrick;
Kosen, Soewarta; Moench-Pfanner, Regina; Bloem, Martin W.; and C. Peter Timmer |
Macro
Shocks and Micro(scopic) Outcomes: Child Nutrition During Indonesia's Crisis |
Daniel Chen |
| Edmonds, Eric |
Child Nutritional Status during Economic Growth |
Habiba Djebbari |
| Rukumnuaykit, Pungpond |
Crisis and Child Health Outcomes: The Impacts of
Economics and Drought/smoke Crises on Infant Mortality and Birthweight in Indonesia |
Ramona Schrepler |
| Session II-B Shocks & Transitions; Luce Hall #203 |
| Chairperson: Dilip Mookherjee |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Jayachandran, Seema |
The Poor Get Poorer: General Equilibrium Effects of
Labor Supply as a Smoothing Mechanism |
Dilip Mookherjee |
| McKenzie, David |
Aggregate Shocks and Labour Market Responses: Evidence from
Argentina's Financial Crisis |
Christian Ahlin |
| Gibson, John; Stillman, Steven; and Le, Trinh |
CPI Bias and Real Living Standards in Russia During the
Transition |
Valery Lazarev |
| Tochkov, Kiril |
Interregional Risk Sharing and Fiscal Decentralization in
China |
Francisco Ferreira |
| Session II-C Household Structure; 28 Hillhouse #Tobin Lounge |
| Chairperson: Andrew Horowitz |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Akresh, Richard |
Risk, Network Quality, and Family Structure: Child Fostering
Decisions in Burkina Faso |
John Hoddinott |
| Rangel, Marcos A. |
Marriage, Cohabitation, and Intrahousehold Bargaining:
Evidence from Brazilian Couples |
Shareen Joshi |
| Kazianga, Harounan and Klonner, Stefan |
The Intra-Household Economics of Polygyny: Fertility and
Child in Rural Burkina Faso |
Andrew Horowitz |
| Session II-D Poverty, Vulnerability, & Income Dynamics; 28 Hillhouse
#B8 |
| Chairperson: Evangelos Falaris |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Kuhl, Jesper J. |
Disaggregating
Household Vulnerability -- Analyzing Fluctuations in Consumption Using a Simulation
Approach |
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay |
| Ligon, Ethan |
Estimating
Vulnerability: Static Welfare Measures in a Dynamic World |
Evangelos Falaris |
| Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad |
Mobility and the Dynamics of Poverty in Iran: What
Can We Learn from the 1992-95 Panel Data? |
Christopher Dunn |
| Session II-E Environment; 28 Hillhouse #106 |
| Chairperson: Chris Timmins |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil;
Cropper, Maureen |
The Political Economy of Health Services Provision and Access
in Brazil |
Chris Timmins |
| Dean, Judith M.; Lovely, Mary E.; and Wang, Hua |
Foreign
Direct Investment and Pollution Havens: Evaluating the Evidence from China |
Steve Colt |
| Wiig, Henrik |
The
Productivity of Social Capital: An Econometric Analysis of 49 Peruvian Highland
Communities |
Karen Macours |
RECEPTION AT LUCE HALL - 5:30 pm |