SESSION III 8:30-10:30 am |
| Session III-A Child Labor; Luce Hall #202 |
| Chairperson: Carol Rogers |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Bacolod, Marigee and Ranjan, Priya |
Why Philippine Children Work: The Role of Credit Constraints
and Ability |
Takashi Kurosaki |
| Beegle, Kathleen;
Dehejia, Rajeev; and Gatti, Roberta |
Why Should We Care about Child Labor? |
Ranjan Ray |
| Dessy, Sylvain and Pallage, Stéphane |
The Economics of Child Trafficking |
Carol Rogers |
| Schrepler, Ramona |
Child Labor and Fertility |
Harounan Kazianga |
| Session III-B Financial Contracts; Luce Hall #203 |
| Chairperson: John Maluccio |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Ahlin, Christian Robert and Townsend, Robert |
Selection into and across Credit Contracts: Theory and Field
Research |
Xavi Gine |
| Anderson, Siwan; Baland, Jean-Marie; and Moene,
Karl Ove |
Sustainability and organizational design in informal groups,
with some evidence from Kenyan Roscas |
John Maluccio |
| Caselli, Francesco and Gennaioli, Nicola |
Dynastic Management |
Sharon Mukand |
| Klonner, Stefan
and Rai, Ashok |
Does Credit Rationing Reduce Defaults? Evidence from South
Indian ROSCAs |
Magnus Hatlebakk |
| Session III-C International Organizations and
Capital Flow; 28 Hillhouse #Tobin Lounge |
| Chairperson: Rohini Pande |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Joyce, Joseph P. |
Promises Made, Promises Broken: A Model of IMF Program
Implementation |
Felix Rioja |
| Matsui, Akihiko
and Morduch, Jonathan |
The Strategy of Global Public Goods |
Rohini Pande |
| Pallage,
Stéphane and Robe, Michel |
Asymmetric Information, Counterpart Funds, and the
Procyclicality of Foreign Aid |
Robert Fleck |
| Session III-D Social Capital; 28 Hillhouse #B8 |
| Chairperson: Vijayendra Rao |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Chen, Daniel |
Economic Distress and Religous Intensity: Evidence from Islamic
Resurgence during the Indonesian Financial Crisis |
Vijayendra Rao |
| Fafchamps, Marcel
and Moser, Christine |
Crime, Isolation, and Law Enforcement |
Leonard
Wantchekon |
| Karlan, Dean |
Monitoring and Enforcement: Understanding Why Social Capital
Generates Higher Repayment Rates |
Laura Schecter |
| Rigolini, Jamele |
Economic Development under Political Activism |
Stephen Parente |
| Session III-E International Technology; 28 Hillhouse
Ave #106 |
| Chairperson: Irene Brambilla |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Chaudhuri,
Shubham; Goldberg, Pinelopi; and Jia, Panle |
Will product
patents for pharmaceuticals raise prices and hurt consumers in poor economies? Evidence
from India |
Faruk Khan |
| Savvides, Andreas
and Zachariadis, Marios |
International Technology Diffusion and Growth of TFP in
the Manufacturing Sector of Developing Economies |
Arnab Basu |
| Topalova, Petia |
Trade Liberalization and Firm Productivity: the Case of
India |
Irene Brambilla |
| SESSION IV 10:45-12:45 |
| Session IV-A Agriculture; Luce Hall #202 |
| Chairperson: Siwan Anderson |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Batabyal, Amit and Beladi, Hamid |
Swidden Agriculture in Developing Countries |
Markus Goldstein |
| Romani, Mattia |
The Impact of Extension Services in Times of Crisis: Côte
D'Ivoire (1997-2000) |
Toan Do |
| Stifel, David and Minten, Bart |
Transaction Costs and Agricultural Productivity: Implications
of Isolation for Rural Poverty in Madagascar |
Berk Ozler |
| de Braw, Alan |
Are Women Taking over the Farm in China? |
Siwan Anderson |
| Session IV-B Health; Luce Hall #203 |
| Chair: John Strauss |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Laxminarayan, Ramanan and Moeltner, Klaus |
Malaria, Adaptation and Crop Choice |
John Strauss |
| Maccini, Sharon |
The Health Effects of Unconditional Grants to the Most Local
Government Level: The Philippine Health Sector Devolution |
Kenneth Leonard |
| Madajewicz, Malgosia and Pfaff, Alex |
Impact of an Information Campaign about Arsenic in
Drinking Water in Bangladesh |
Esther Duflo |
| Session IV-C Determinants of Migration; 28
Hillhouse #Tobin Lounge |
| Chairperson: Ana Paulson |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Cuecuecha, Alfredo |
Combining Micro Data Sets to Study Immigration from Mexico
to the US |
Ana Paulson |
| Mayda, Anna Maria |
International Migration: A Panel Data Analysis of Economic and
Non-Economic Determinants |
Louise Grogan |
| Yang, Dean |
Risk, Migration, and Rural
Financial Markets: Evidence from Earthquakes in El Salvador |
Una Osili |
| Mishra, Prachi |
Emigration and Wages in Source Countries: Evidence from Mexico |
David McKenzie |
| Session IV-D Intergenerational; 28
Hillhouse #B8 |
| Chairperson: Peter Orazem |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Bourguignon,
François; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; and
Menéndez, Marta |
Inequality of Outcomes and Inequality of Opportunity in
Brazil |
Yoko Kijima |
| Dunn, Christopher |
Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in Brazil and its
Determinants |
Peter Orazem |
| Witoelar, Firman |
Inter-Household Allocations within Extended Households:
Evidence from the Indonesia Family Life Survey |
Richard Akresh |
| Joshi, Shareen and Sinha, Nistha |
The Effect of Household Partition on Educational Outcomes in
Rural Bangladesh |
Magnus Lindelow |
| Session IV-E Growth; 28
Hillhouse #106 |
| Chairperson: Patrick Francois |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra |
Polarisation, Stratification and Convergence Clubs:
Some Dynamics and Explanations for Unequal Economic Growth across Indian states |
Petia Topalova |
| Chatterjee, Santanu |
Capital Utilization, Economic Growth and Convergence |
Patrick Francois |
| Hsih-chia, Hsieh and Hsieh, Pei-Gin |
Convergence, Probability, Oscillation, and Causality |
Erik Hjalmarsson |
SESSION V 1:45-3:45 |
| Session V-A Human Capital; Luce Hall #202 |
| Chairperson: Ann Velenchik |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Falaris, Evangelos |
A Quantile Regression Analysis of Wages in Panama |
Hugo Nopo |
| Frazer, Garth |
Learning the Master's Trade: Apprenticeship and Human Capital
in Ghana |
Ann Velenchik |
| Giles, John; Park, Albert; and Zhang, Juwei |
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to
Education, and Returns to Schooling in Urban China |
Djavad
Salehi-Isfahani |
| Kaboski, Joseph P. |
Endogenous Mincerian Returns: Explaining Cross-Country
Variation in the Returns to Schooling |
Tom Mroz |
| Session V-B Financial Markets; Luce Hall #203 |
| Chairperson: Asim Khwaja |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Ravi, Shamika |
Borrowing Behaviour of Rural Households |
Gwendolyn
Alexander |
| Suri, Tavneet |
Spillovers in Village Consumption: Testing the Extent of Partial
Insurance |
Dean Karlan |
| Swaminathan, Hema and Findeis, Jill |
Impact of Credit on Labor Allocation and Consumption
Patterns in Malawi |
Marigee Bacolod |
| Menon, Nidhiya and Subramanian, Narayanan |
Learning and Insurance in Project Choice -- The Case of Group
Lending |
Asim Khwaja |
| Session V-C Land Tenure; 28 Hillhouse #Tobin Lounge |
| Chairperson: Andrew Foster |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Bardhan, Pranab
and Mookherjee, Dilip |
Political Economy and Land Reforms in West Bengal 1978-98 |
Andrew Foster |
| Bellemare, Marc F. and Christopher B. Barrett |
An Asset Risk Theory of Share Tenancy |
Theresa Osborne |
| Gine, Xavier |
Cultivate or Rent
out? Land Security in Rural Thailand |
Ashok Rai |
| Macours, Karen |
Ethnic Divisions, Interlinkages and Search Costs in the
Guatemalan Land Rental Market |
Ben Olken |
| Session V-D Incentives; 28 Hillhouse #B8 |
| Chairperson: Jonathon Morduch |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Besley, Tim and Ghatak, Maitreesh |
Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents |
Sendhil
Mullainathan |
| Huysentruyt, Marie |
Grant-Giving and the Collective Contract Idea |
Jonathon Morduch |
| Mohapatra, Sandeep; Goodhue, Rachael; and
Rozelle, Scott |
Incentive Complementarity: Increasing Performance in
China's Rural Firms with Profit Sharing and Investment-Bonding |
Judith Dean |
| Session V-E Growth and Productivity; 28 Hillhouse
#106 |
| Chairperson: Francesco Casselli |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Beaudry, Paul and
Francois, Patrick |
On-the-Job Skills Acquisition and Development |
Francesco
Casselli |
| Chanda, Areendam and Dalgaard, Carl-Johan |
Dual Economies and International Total Factor Productivity
Differences |
Douglas Gollin |
| Khan, Faruk |
The Incidence of Convergence among Close Trading Partners: A
Robust Finding |
Seema
Jayachandran |
SESSION VI 4:00-6:00 pm |
| Session VI-A Coping with Risk; Luce Hall #202 |
| Chairperson: Michael Boozer |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Howe, E. Lance |
Risk Coping among Indigenous Smallholders in sub-Tropical
Bolivia |
Abigail Barr |
| Maluccio, John A. |
Coping with the "Coffee Crisis" in Central
America: The Role of the Nicaraguan Social Safety Net Program |
Michael Boozer |
| Mu, Ren |
Risk, Consumption, Wealth and Human Capital: Evidence from Russia |
Malgosia
Madojewicz |
| Session VI-B Intrahousehold; Luce Hall #203 |
| Chairperson: Sylvain Dessy |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Fletschner, Diana and Carter, Michael |
When Preferences are Disputed: Social Interactions and
Women's Demand for Entrepreneurial Capital |
Sylvain Dessy |
| Ghosh, Sumanand Kanbur, Ravi |
Male Wages and Female Welfare: Private Markets, Public Goods,
and Intrahousehold Inequality |
Dean Joliffe |
| Horowitz, Andrew W. and Souza, Andre Portela |
Dispersion and Distortion of Intra-Household Human Capital
in LDCs |
|
| Fafchamps, Marcel and Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
Marriage and Assortive Matching in Rural Ethiopia |
John Strauss |
| Session VI-C Institutions; 28 Hillhouse #Tobin
Lounge |
| Chairperson: Timothy Guinnaine |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Conning, Jonathan |
Labor Repressive Economies |
Garance Genicot |
| Iyer, Lakshmi |
The Long-term Impact of Colonial Rule: Evidence from India |
Timothy Guinnaine |
| Parente, Stephen L. and Zhao, Rui |
Path Dependence, Uneven Industrialization and Special
Interests |
Maitreesh Ghatak |
| Session VI-D Firms; 28 Hillhouse #B8 |
| Chairperson: Ethan Ligon |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Amiti, Mary and Cameron, Lisa |
Economic Geography and Wages |
Forhad Shilpi |
| Das, Jishnu; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz; and Mian, Atif |
Divided We Fail?
An Examination of Retail Clusters |
None |
| Schündeln, Matthias |
Firm Dynamics in
the Presence of Financing Constraints: Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms |
Ethan Ligon |
| Soderbom, Mans |
The Causes of Earnings Growth in African Manufacturing: A
Matched Employer-Employee Panel Data Analysis |
Garth Frazer |
| Session VI-E Environment Panel; 28 Hillhouse #106 |
| Chairperson: Douglas Gollin |
Paper: |
Discussant: |
| Sills, Erin O. and Pattanayak, Subhrendu K. |
Markets, Modernization, and the Mentawai: Explaining
Differences in Forest Dependence |
Amit Batabyal |
| Misra, Dinesh and Kant, Shashi |
Economic Efficiency and Shadow Prices of Social and Biological
Outputs of Village-Level Organizations of Joint Forest Management in Gujarat, India |
Klaus Moeltner |
| Basu, Arnab K. and Qaim, Matin |
On the
Distribution and Adoptation of Genetically Modified Technology in Developing Countries |
Douglas Gollin |