2018 Nov 05 Seminar in Economic Development 3:00pm to 4:15pm Location: Harvard Hall 104 "Scabs: the Social Suppression of Labor Supply" Speaker: Supreet Kaur, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California Berkeley. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Seminar in Economic Development
2018 Oct 29 Seminar in Economic Development 3:00pm to 4:15pm Location: Harvard Hall 104 "The Aggregate And Distributional Effects Of Urban Transit Infrastructure: Evidence From Bogotá’s TransMilenio" Speaker: Nick Tsivanidis, International Economics Fellow, Dartmouth College. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Seminar in Economic Development
2018 Oct 22 Seminar in Development Economics 3:00pm to 4:15pm Location: Harvard Hall 104 "How Do Political Dynasties Affect Economic Development? Theory and Evidence from India" Speaker: Siddharth George, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This event is part of Worldwide Week at Harvard, celebrated from October 20–27, 2018. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Seminar in Development Economics
2018 Oct 15 Seminar in Development Economics 3:00pm to 4:15pm Location: Harvard Hall 104 "The Effect of Perceived Preference Heterogeneity on Choices between Allocation Mechanisms" Speaker: Abraham Holland, PhD Candidate, Public Policy, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Seminar in Development Economics
2018 Oct 01 Seminar in Economic Development 3:00pm to 4:15pm Location: Harvard Hall 104 "Experimental Evidence of an In-Service Teacher Coaching Program in Peru" Speaker: Stephanie Majerowicz, PhD Candidate, Public Policy, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Seminar in Economic Development
2018 Sep 24 Seminar in Economic Development 3:00pm to 4:15pm Location: Harvard Hall 104 "Taxes, Reference Dependence, and Regressivity: Evidence from Rwandan Firms" Speaker: Gabriel Tourek, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Seminar in Economic Development
2018 Sep 17 Economic Development Seminar 3:00pm to 4:15pm Location: Harvard Hall 104 "Complements or Substitutes: How Institutional Choices Shape the Interaction Between Traditional Leaders and the State in Africa" Speaker: Soeren Henn, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Economic Development Seminar
2018 Apr 25 Economic Development Workshop 2:45pm to 4:00pm Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E51, Room 395 "Unemployment and Development" Speaker: David Lagakos, Associate Professor of Economics, University of San Diego. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Economic Development Workshop
2018 Apr 18 Economic Development Workshop 2:45pm to 4:00pm Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E51, Room 395 "Information as an Incentive: Experimental Evidence from Delhi's Municipal Elections" Speaker: Rohni Pande, Rafik Hariri Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Economic Development Workshop
2018 Apr 04 Economic Development Workshop 2:45pm to 4:00pm Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E51, Room 395 "Ethnic Investing and the Value of Firms" Speaker: Jonas Hjort, Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Economic Development Workshop
2018 Mar 21 Economic Development Workshop 2:45pm to 4:00pm Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E51, Room 395 "Trust in State and Non-State Actors: Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan" Speaker: Daron Acemoglu, Elizabeth and James Killian 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 Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Economic Development Workshop
2018 Feb 21 Economic Development Workshop 2:45pm to 4:00pm Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E51, Room 395 "Maternal Depression, Women's Empowerment, and Paternal Investment, Evidence from a Large Randomized Control Trial" Speaker: Victoria Baranov, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Economic Development Workshop
2018 Feb 28 Economic Development Workshop 2:45pm to 4:00pm Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E51, Room 395 "Kinship Systems, Cooperation, and the Evolution of Culture" Speaker: Benjamin Enke, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Economic Development Workshop
2018 Feb 07 Economic Development Workshop 2:45pm to 4:00pm Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E51, Room 395 "The Dynamic Effects of Computerized VAT Invoices on Chinese Manufacturing Firms" Speaker: Nancy Qian, Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Northwestern University. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Economic Development Workshop
2018 Feb 14 Economic Development Workshop 2:45pm to 4:00pm Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E51, Room 395 "Slum Upgrading and Long-run Urban Development: Evidence from Indonesia" Speaker: Maisy Wong, Associate Professor of Real Estate, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contact: Jeanne Winnerjwinner@fas.harvard.edu ... Read more about Economic Development Workshop
