SATURDAY, November 12th
[SUNDAY, November 13th]
8:00 – 9:00 AM: Breakfast & Registration,
Location: Commons, 168 Grove Street
9:00 – 10:40 AM: SECTION 1
SESSION 1: HEALTH: INCENTIVES, CHAIR: Paul Schultz
Location: Room WLH 116
SESSION 2: SOCIAL CAPITAL, CHAIR: Chris Udry
Location: Room WLH 119
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| The Diffusion of Microfinance |
Abhijit Banerjee, MIT; Arun
Chandrasekhar, MIT; Esther Duflo, MIT; Matthew O. Jackson, Stanford University |
Chutima Tontarawongsa |
| Network Effect and Technology Adoption: Anti-Malarial bed nets and
Insecticide Treatments in Orissa, India |
Chutima Tontarawongsa, Duke University;
Alessandro Tarozzi, Duke University; Aprajit Mahajan, Stanford
University |
Arun Chandrasekhar |
| Social Interactions and Individual Reproductive Decisions |
Muthoni Ngatia, Yale University |
Garance Genicot |
| Tolerance and Compromise in Social Networks |
Garance Genicot, Georgetown University |
Muthoni Ngatia |
SESSION 3: EDUCATION IMPACT EVALUATION, CHAIR: Andrew Foster
Location: Room WLH 114
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| The Short-Term Impacts of the One Laptop per Child Program: A Randomized
Evaluation |
Julian Cristia, Inter-American
Development Bank; Pablo Ibarraran, Inter-American Development Bank; Santiago Cueto, GRADE;
Ana Santiago, Inter-American Development Bank; Eugenio Severin, Inter-American Development
Bank |
Gunther Fink |
| Testing for Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Experimental Data: False
Discovery Risks and Correction Procedures |
Gunther Fink, Harvard University;
Margaret McConnell, Harvard University; Sebastian Vollmer, Harvard University |
Andriana Camacho |
| Assessing the Long-term Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers on Human
Capital: Evidence from Colombia |
Adriana Camacho, Universidad de los
Andes; Javier Baez, The World Bank |
Julian Cristia |
SESSION 4: INTRA-HOUSEHOLD, CHAIR: Nancy Qian
Location: Room WLH 117
SESSION 5: SELF-EMPLOYMENT, CHAIR: Eric Edmonds
Location: Room WLH 207
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| Self Employment in Developing Countries: a Search-Equilibrium Approach |
Renata Narita,
World Bank |
Anant Nyshadham |
| Self-employment and Informality in Africa: Panel Evidence from
Satisfaction Data |
Bob Rijkers, World Bank, Paolo Falco,
Oxford University, Centre for the Study of African Economies, William Maloney, World Bank; Mauricio Sarrias, Universidad Catolica del
Norte |
|
| Determinants of income in informal self-employment: new evidence from a
long African panel |
Paolo Falco,Oxford University; Centre for
the Study of African Economies |
Bob Rijkers |
| Learning about Comparative Advantage in Entrepreneurship: Evidence from
Thailand |
Anant Nyshadham, Yale University |
Renata Narita |
SESSION 6: POLITICAL ECONOMY: NETWORKS, CHAIR: Eric Weese
Location: Room WLH 208
SESSION 7: CORRUPTION, CHAIR: Rema Hanna
Location: Room WLH 113
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| Can Developing Countries Export Corruption? Evidence from Corporate Tax
Evasion in the United States |
Ngoc Anh Tran, Indiana University |
Stephan Litschig |
| Audit Risk and Rent Extraction: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in
Brazil |
Stephan
Litschig,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra,
Yves Zamboni, Controladoria-Geral da Uniao |
Ngoc Anh Tran |
| Institutional Corruption and Election Fraud: Evidence from a Field
Experiment in Afghanistan |
Michael Callen, UCSD,
James Long, UCSD |
Ngoc Anh Tran |
| One Mandarin Benefits the Whole Clan: Panel Data Evidence from Hometown
Infrastructure in an Autocracy |
Kieu-Trang Nguyen, Indiana University
Quoc-Anh Do, Singapore Management University, Anh Tran, Indiana University |
Michael Callen |
10:40 – 11:00 AM: BREAK
11:00 – 12:40
PM: SECTION 2
SESSION 8: AGRICULTURE, CHAIR: Tavneet Suri
Location: Room WLH 119
SESSION 9: TRADE, CHAIR: Eric Verhoogen
Location: Room WLH 208
SESSION 10: CONFLICT, CHAIR: Chris Blattman
Location: Room WLH 117
SESSION 11: CHILDREN’S HUMAN CAPITAL, CHAIR:
Cristian Pop-Eleches
Location: Room WLH 114
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| Oportunidades and its Impact on Child Nutrition |
Gabriela Farfan, Duke University |
Tomas Rau |
| Son-Preference, Gender Differentials in Child Labor and Schooling, and
Efficiency |
Alok Kumar, University of Victoria |
Kaveh Majlesi |
| Lead Exposure and its Effects on Academic Achievement: Evidence from an
Environmental Negligence |
Tomas Rau, Universidad Catolica de
Chile, Loreto Reyes, Ministry of Finance, Sergio Urzua, University of Maryland |
Gabriela Farfan |
| Labor Market Opportunities and (Sex-Specific) Investment in Children's
Human Capital: Evidence from Mexico |
Kaveh Majlesi, University of Texas at
Austin |
Alok Kumar |
SESSION 12: PROPERTY RIGHTS, CHAIR: Chris Udry
Location: Room WLH 20
SESSION 13: POLITICAL ECONOMY: ELECTIONS, CHAIR: Elisabeth
Sadoulet
Location: Room WLH 113
SESSION 14: PROBLEMS OF CREDIT MARKETS, CHAIR: Ashok Rai
Location: Room WLH 116
12:40 – 2:00 PM: LUNCH, Commons, 168 Grove
Street
12:40 – 2:00 PM: NEUDC COMMITTEE
MEETING
2:00 – 3:40 PM: SECTION
3
SESSION 15: HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT, CHAIR: Timothy Guinnane
Location: Room WLH 207
SESSION 16: SAVINGS, CHAIR: Dan
Keniston
Location: Room WLH 208
SESSION 17: GROWTH, CHAIR: Douglas Gollin
Location: Room WLH 119
SESSION 18: MIGRATION & MOBILITY, CHAIR: Mark Rosenzweig
Location: Room WLH 116
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| Magical Transition? Intergenerational Educational and Occupational
Mobility in Rural China: 1988-2002 |
M. Shahe Emran, George Washington
University, Yan Sun, George Washington University |
Christine Binzel |
| Decline in Social Mobility: Unfulfilled Aspirations among Egypt's Educated
Youth |
Christine Binzel,
University of Heidelberg |
Yan Sun |
| Mexicans in
America |
Maria Genoni, Duke University, Luis Rubalcava, CIDE, Graciela Teruel, Calif. Center for Population Research; Duncan Thomas,
Duke University |
Joyce Chen |
| Chinese Immigration to the United States: History, Selectivity and Human
Capital |
Joyce Chen, Ohio State University |
Maria Genoni |
SESSION 19: HEALTH: OUTCOMES, CHAIR: John Strauss
Location: Room WLH 113
SESSION 20: EDUCATION, CHAIR: Rema Hanna
Location: Room WLH 117
SESSION 21: LABOR: INCENTIVES, CHAIR: Paul Schultz
Location: Room WLH 114
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| Efficient Non-market Institution with Imperfect Labor Market: Cooperative
Sharing for Tropical Forest Clearing |
Yoshito Takasaki, University of Tsukuba;
Oliver Coomes, McGill University; Christian Abizaid, University of Toronto; Stephanie
Brisson, McGill University |
Celment Imbert |
| Bidding Up Agricultural Wages: Public Works and Rural Labor Markets |
Clement Imbert, Paris School of Economics |
Yoshito Takasaki |
| Incentives and Social Preferences in a Traditional Labor Contract:
Evidence from Rice Planting Field Experiments in the Philippines |
Jun Goto, University of Tokyo; Takeshi
Aida, University of Tokyo; Keitaro Aoyagi, University of Tokyo; Yasuyuki Sawada,
University of Tokyo |
Jane Zhang |
| Do Women in China Compete Just as Much as Men? Experimental Evidence
from a Cultural Laboratory |
Jane Zhang, UC Berkeley |
Yasuyuki Sawada |
3:40 – 4:00 PM: BREAK
4:00 – 5:40 PM: SECTION 4
SESSION 22: POLITICAL ECONOMY, CHAIR: Eric Weese
Location: Room WLH 113
SESSION 23: HEALTH: LEARNING & BELIEFS, CHAIR: Andrew
Foster
Location: Room WLH 207
SESSION 24: RISK, CHAIR: Ethan Ligon
Location: Room WLH 119
SESSION 25: FIRMS, CHAIR: Eric Verhoogen
Location: Room WLH 117
SESSION 26: MIGRATION, CHAIR: Mushfig Mobarak
Location: Room WLH 208
SESSION 27: INSTITUTIONS, CHAIR: Richard Hornbeck
Location: Room WLH 114
SESSION 28: POVERTY, CHAIR: Dan Keniston
Location: Room WLH 116
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| Multidimensional Poverty and Interlocking Poverty Traps: Framework and
Application to Ethiopian Household Panel Data |
Sungil Kwak, George Washington University; Stephen
Smith, George Washington University |
Christopher Blattman |
| Can Social Benefits Reach the Poorest Families? |
Michael Amior, UCL; Pedro Carneiro, UCL;
Emanuela Galasso, The World Bank; Rita Ginja, Uppsala University |
Rachel Heath |
| Can Employment Programs Reduce Poverty and Social Instability?
Experimental Evidence from a Ugandan Aid Program |
Christopher Blattman, Yale
University; Nathan Fiala, World Bank; Sebastian Martinez, World Bank |
Stephen Smith |
| Supply and Demand Constraints on Educational Investment: Evidence from
Garment Sector Jobs and the Female Stipend Program in Bangladesh |
Rachel Heath, University of
Washington and the World Bank; Ahmed Mobarak, Yale School of Management |
Rita Ginja |
6:00 – 8:00 PM: DINNER & POSTER
SESSION, Commons, 168 Grove Street
| Poster |
Authors |
| The Two Sides of Envy |
Boris Gershman, Brown University |
| Mobilizing Investment Through Social
Networks: Evidence from a Lab Experiment in the Field |
Emily Breza, MIT, Arun
Chandrasekhar, MIT, Horacio Larreguy Arbesu, (PhD students at) MIT |
| Public Good Provision in Indian Rural
Areas: the Returns to Collective Action by Self-Help Groups |
Paolo Casini, Ku Leuven; Lore Vandewalle, FUNDP |
| The Impact of Young Cohort Size on Adult
Educational Upgrading: Evidence from Population Control Policies in China |
Tianran Dai, Brown University |
| The Impact of Drinking Water Infrastructure
on Labor Allocation and Farm Production: Evidence from the Kyrgyz Republic |
Robyn Meeks, Harvard |
| Are Survey Measures of Trust Correlated
with Experimental Trust? Evidence from Cameroon |
Alvin Etang Ndip,Yale University |
| TESTING MODELS OF SOCIAL LEARNING ON
NETWORKS: EVIDENCE FROM A FRAMED FIELD EXPERIMENT |
Juan Xandri,
MIT; Arun
Chandrasekhar, MIT; Horacio Larreguy Arbesu, MIT |
| The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Child
Mortality and Sex Ratios: Evidence from Rural India |
S. Anukriti, Columbia University;
Todd Kumler, Columbia University |
| The Bargaining Power of Missing Women:
Evidence from Indian Sanitation Policy |
Yaniv Stopnitzky, Yale University |
| El Nino and Mexican Children: Medium-term
Effects of Early-life Weather Shocks on Cognitive and Health Outcomes |
Arturo Aguilar Esteva, Harvard University;
Marta Vicarelli, Yale University |
SUNDAY, November 13th [SATURDAY, November 12th]
8:00 – 9:00 AM: BREAKFAST, Commons, 168
Grove Street
9:00 10:40 AM: SECTION 5
SESSION 29: LABOR MARKETS, DISASTER & RISK, CHAIR: Eric
Edmonds
Location: Room WLH 117
SESSION 30: POLITICAL ECONOMY & DECENTRALIZATION, CHAIR:
Nancy Qian
Location: Room WLH 211
SESSION 31: HEALTH: LONG RUN INVESTMENT, CHAIR: Achyuta
Adhvaryu
Location: Room WLH 208
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| Height, Height Shrinkage and Health at Older Ages: Evidence from China |
Wei Huang, Peking University and Harvard;
Xiaoyan Lei, Peking University; Geert Ridder, University of Southern California; John
Strauss, University of Southern California, Yaohui Zhao, Peking University |
Ava Gail Cas |
| Keeping the Doctor Away: Experimental Evidence on Investment in
Preventative Health Products |
Jennifer Meredith, University of
Washington; Jonathan Robinson, UC Santa Cruz; Sarah Walker, University of
Wisconsin; Bruce Wydick, University of San Francisco |
Katrina Kosec |
| The Child Health Implications of Privatizing the Urban Water Supply in
Africa |
Katrina Kosec, IFPRI |
Sarah Walker |
| Early Life Public Health Intervention and Adolescent Cognition: Evidence
from a Safe Motherhood Program in Indonesia |
Ava Gail Cas, Duke University |
John Strauss |
SESSION 32: MICROCREDIT, CHAIR: Ashok Rai
Location: Room WLH 119
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| Funding Microfinance under Asymmetric Information |
Eric Van Tassel, Florida Atlantic
University |
Andreas Madestam |
| Does Flexibility in Microfinance pay off? Evidence from a Randomized
Evaluation in Rural India |
Kristina Czura, Goete University
Frankfurt; Dean Karlan, Yale University; Sendhil Mullainathan; Harvard University |
Kristin Johnson |
| On the Impact of Microcredit: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in
Rural Ethiopia |
Jaikishan Desai, Children and Youth Unit,
Human Development Network; Kristin Johnson, Duke University; Alessandro Tarozzi,
Duke University |
Kristina Czura |
| Sex and Credit: Is There a Gender Bias in Microfinance? |
Thorsten Beck, Tilburg University; Patrick
Behr, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration; Andreas Madestam,
Bocconi University |
Eric Van Tassel |
SESSION 33: NATURAL RESOURCES, CHAIR: Tavneet Suri
Location: Room SSS 114
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| The Evolving Impact of the Ogallala Aquifer: Agricultural Adaptation to
Groundwater and Climate |
Richard Hornbeck, Harvard University and
NBER; Pinar Keskin, Wellesley College |
Francois Libois |
| Evolving Patterns of Firewood Collections in Nepal: A Household Panel
Analysis 1995-2003 |
Jean Marie Baland, Department of Economics;
Francois Libois, University of Namur, Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University |
Pinar Keskin |
| Forest Conservation and Slippage: Evidence from Mexico's National Payments
for Ecosystem Services Program |
Jennifer Alix-Garcia, University of
Wisconsin; Elizabeth Shapiro,Duke University; Katharine Sims, Amherst College |
Fernando Aragon Sanchez |
| Natural Resources and Local Communities: Evidence from a Peruvian Gold
Mine |
Fernando Aragon Sanchez, Simon
Fraser University, Juan Pablo Rud, Royal Holloway, University of London |
Katharine Sims |
SESSION 34: INEQUALITY, CHAIR: Alain deJanvry
Location: Room WLH 207
10:40 – 11:00 AM: BREAK
11:00 – 12:40
PM: Yale Economic Growth Center 50th Anniversary Plenary Session
Location: Room SSS 114
What Have We Learned from Development Economics?
Speakers: Daron Acemoglu, Abhijit Banerjee, Angus Deaton, and Alain deJanvry |
12:40 – 2:00
PM: LUNCH, Commons, 168 Grove Street
2:00 – 3:40 PM: SECTION
6
SESSION 36: FIRMS & CAPITAL, CHAIR: David Atkin
Location: Room SSS 114
SESSION 37: MIGRATION & RISK, CHAIR: Randall Akee
Location: Room WLH 207
SESSION 38: POLITICAL ECONOMY & ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE,
CHAIR: Eric Weese
Location: Room WLH 208
SESSION 39: HEALTH: HIV/FERTILITY, CHAIR: Achyuta Adhvaryu
Location: Room WLH 211
SESSION 40: EDUCATION - TRANSITIONS, CHAIR: Cheryl Doss
Location: Room WLH 117
SESSION 41: INSURANCE, CHAIR: Mushfiq Mobarak
Location: Room WLH 119
| Paper |
Authors |
Discussant |
| Social Networks and the Development of Insurance Market: Evidence from
Randomized Experiments in China |
Jing Cai, UC Berkeley |
Pamela Jakiela |
| Does Africa Need a Rotten Kin Theorem? Experimental Evidence from Village
Economies |
Pamela Jakiela, Washington
University in St. Louis;
Owen Ozier, UC Berkeley |
Jing Cai |
| Social Networks, Financial Literacy and Index Insurance |
Xavier Gine, The World Bank; Dean Karlan,
Yale University; Muthoni Ngatia, Yale University |
Maisy Wong |
| Evaluating Seasonal Food Security Programs in East Indonesia |
Karna Basu, Hunter College, CUNY; Maisy
Wong, University of Pennsylvania |
Muthoni Ngatia |
SESSION 42: IMPROVING CREDIT MARKETS,
CHAIR: Timothy Guinnane
Location: Room WLH 116
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