Archive: Seminar Series – Fall 2017
Please note: All seminars will take place on Thursday afternoons from 3:15-4:45pm in ICC 550
Fernanda Brollo,
University of Warwick
September 14, 2017
To the Victor Belongs the Spoils? Party Membership and Public Sector
Employment in Brazil
Hanan Jacoby,
World Bank Group
September 21, 2017
Decentralizing Rent-seeking: Water and Power in Pakistan’s Indus Basin
Emily Breza,
Harvard University
October 5, 2017
Isaac Mbiti,
University of Virginia
October 12, 2017
Addressing Youth Unemployment Through Training and Grants: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Imran Rasul,
University College London
October 19, 2017
Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda
Samuel Bazzi,
Boston University
October 26, 2017
Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism” in the United States
Tom S. Vogl,
Princeton University
November 2, 2017
Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Economic Outcomes in the Next Generation? Evidence from Mexico
Tim Besley,
London School of Economics
November 9, 2017
State Capacity, Peace and Development (lecture held in Riggs Library)
Remi Jedwab,
George Washington University
November 16, 2017
Pamela Jakiela,
University of Maryland
November 30, 2017
Gendered Language
Asim Khwaja,
Harvard Kennedy School
December 7, 2017
Crossing Boundaries: Experimental Evidence on Access Constraints for Women