Seminar in Economic Development

Date: 

Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 2:45pm to 4:15pm

Location: 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E51, Room 395

"Does Poverty Lower Productivity?"

Speaker:

Frank Schilbach, Gary Loveman Career Development Assistant Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
jwinner@fas.harvard.edu

Chairs:

Michael Kremer, Faculty Associate. Gates Professor of Developing Societies, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Jie Bai, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

Anders Jensen, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

Melissa Dell, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Asim Khwaja, Faculty Associate. Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School.

Gautam Rao, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University.