Yale Department of Economics

Economics 750b
Development Workshop

Organized by: Mark Rosenzweig, Christopher Udry, Dean Karlan, Mushfiq Mobarak

Faculty Contacts for 2007-2008 Seminar Series: Mark Rosenzweig and Mushfiq Mobarak

This workshop is designed as a forum for graduate students, faculty and outside speakers with research-in-progress on the economics of development.  The scope of topics includes the behavior of individuals, households and firms in developing countries, agricultural and rural development, and both macro-economic and micro-economic aspects of the development process.

Graduate students who anticipate or are currently doing dissertation research in these or related areas are invited to attend the Workshop, to register for credit as appropriate and to arrange to make a presentation of their prospectus and/or work-in-progress.  They should also check out the Development Lunch.

You can join the Development Mailing List if you want to receive announcements about the Development Workshop.  Papers will be available in Room 29, 27 Hillhouse Ave.
 

Spring 2008 Mondays, 3:30–5:00 pm, 28 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 106
March 3 Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University (Economics), "Middlemen Margins and Globalization"
March 24 Nathan Nunn, Harvard University (Economics), "Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa"
March 31 Dean Yang, University of Michigan (Economics), "Insurance, Credit, and Technology Adoption: Field Experimental Evidence from Malawi"
April 7 John Giles, Michigan State University (Economics), "Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China"
April 14 Ethan Ligon, UC Berkeley (ARE), "The Value of Social Networks in Rural Paraguay"
April 21 Lant Pritchett, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, "The Great Discrimination: Borders as a Labor Market Barrier"
April 28 Aprajit Mahajan, Stanford University (Economics)
May 5 Manuela Angelucci, Yale University (Economics), "Insurance and Family Networks," Meet the Speaker.

Past Workshops        Development Lunch       Fall 2008

Schedule maintained by Barrett Strickland (432-3620)

Last updated: May 07, 2008