"E-governance, Accountability and Leakages in Public Programs: Experimental Evidence from a Financial Management Reform in India"

Speaker:

Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

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

Contacts:

Caitlin Kupsc
kupsc@fas.harvard.edu

Jeanne Winner
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"The Value of Reference Letters: Experimental Evidence from South Africa"

Speaker:

Martin Abel, PhD Candidate in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Contacts:

Caitlin Kupsc
kupsc@fas.harvard.edu

Jeanne Winner
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"Time vs. State in Insurance: Experimental Evidence from Contract Farming in Kenya"

Speaker:

Jack Willis, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Contacts:

Caitlin Kupsc
kupsc@fas.harvard.edu

Jeanne Winner
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“The Morale Effects of Pay Inequality”

Speaker:

Emily Breza, Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School.

Contacts:

Caitlin Kupsc
kupsc@fas.harvard.edu

Jeanne Winner
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“Nation Building through Foreign Intervention: Evidence from Discontinuities in Military Strategies”

Speaker:

Pablo Querubín, Assistant Professor of Politics and Economics, New York University.

Contacts:

Caitlin Kupsc
kupsc@fas.harvard.edu

Jeanne Winner
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"Labor Markets and Poverty in Village Economies"

Speaker:

Oriana Bandiera, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
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"Contract Labor and Firm Growth in India"

Speaker:

Chang-Tai Hsieh, Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Professor of Economics, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
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"The Costs of Spatial Misallocation: Evidence from Indonesia"

Speaker:

Gharad Bryan, Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
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"Do Government Audits Reduce Corruption? Estimating the Long-Term Impacts of Exposing Corrupt Politicians"

Speaker:

Claudio Ferraz, Associate Professor of Economics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio; Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, 2015-2016, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
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"Valuing Peace: The Effects of Financial Market Exposure on Votes and Political Attitudes"

Speaker:

Saumitra Jha, Associate Professor of Political Economy, Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
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"Experimental Evidence on the Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification"

Speaker:

Edward Miguel, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
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"Channeling Fisher: Randomization Tests and the Statistical Insignificance of Seemingly Significant Experimental Results"

Speaker:

Alwyn Young, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
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"Expanding Governance as Development: Evidence on Child Nutrition in the Philippines"

Speaker:

Eli Berman, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
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"The Daily Grind: Cash Needs, Labor Supply and Self-Control"

Speaker:

Pascaline Dupas, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Stanford University.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
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"Determinants and Consequences of Bureaucrat Effectiveness: Evidence from the Indian Administrative Services"

Speaker:

Marianne Bertrand, Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.

Contact:

Jeanne Winner
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