Seminar Series Spring 2014
A weekly seminar featuring guest speakers presenting cutting edge research in development economics.
Ben Olken
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
January 16th, 2014
David Weil
Brown University
January 30th, 2014
Malaria and Early African Development: Evidence from the Sickle Cell Trait
ICC 550
4:15pm-5:45pm
Chris Blattman
Columbia
February 6th, 2014
Employing and empowering marginalized women: A randomized trial of microenterprise assistance
ICC 550
4:15pm – 5:45pm
Tavneet Suri
MIT Sloan School of Business
February 13th, 2014
There is No Free House: Ethnic Patronage and Property Rights in a Kenyan Slum
Old North 205
4:15pm – 5:45pm
Ariel Ben Yishay
University of New South Wales
February 20th, 2014
Childhood Shocks and Trust in Adulthood: Impacts of Early-Life Rainfall in Sub-Saharan Africa
ICC 550
4:15pm – 5:45pm
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern
February 27th, 2014
Hoyt Bleakley
University of Chicago
March 6th, 2014
Up from Poverty? The 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery and the Long-run Distribution of Wealth
Old North 205
4:15pm – 5:45pm
Miguel Urquiola
Columbia University
March 20th, 2014
Prashant Bharadwaj
UCSD
April 3rd, 2014
Perverse Consequences of Well Intentioned Regulation: Evidence from India’s Child Labor Ban
Old North 205
4:15pm – 5:45pm
Annamaria Milazzo
World Bank
April 10th, 2014
Why Are Adult Women Missing? Son Preference and Maternal Survival in India
Old North 205
4:15pm – 5:45pm
Dean Yang
Michigan
April 24th, 2014
Kiki Pop-Eleches
Columbia
May 1st, 2014