
G²LM|LIC/path2dev/BREAD Academic and Policy Conference on Development Economics
Program
+++ long presentation: 45 minutes +++ Q&A: 15 minutes +++
+++ short presentation: 20 minutes +++ Q&A: 10 minutes +++
Thursday, September 11
09:00 - 09:15
Registration
09:15 - 09:30
Introductory Remarks
Session A
09:30 - 10:30
Christina Brown (University of Chicago)
"Understanding Gender Discrimination by Managers"
10:30 - 11:00
Zahra Mansoor (University of Bristol), Garance Genicot (Georgetown University), Ghazala Mansuri (World Bank)
"Incentivizing Frontline Workers and their Supervisors: Experimental Evidence from Agricultural Extension in Pakistan"
11:00 - 11:30
Torsten Figueiredo Walter (NYU Abu Dhabi), Niclas Moneke (University of Oxford)
"Endogenous Sample Selection"
11:30 - 12:00
Tea Break
Session B
12:00 - 12:30
Zubaria Andlib (Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology)
"Breaking the Scroll (BTS): A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing Social Media Use and Youth Mental Health in the Context of a Developing Economy"
12:30 - 13:00
Debasish Kumar Das (Khulna University, Bangladesh), ZhenxuanWang (Duke University)
"Prepayment and Electricity Usage in Temperature Extremes: Implications for Energy Poverty and Climate Justice"
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Session C
14:00 - 15:00
Lelys Dinarte Diaz (World Bank and IZA), James Gresham (World Bank), Renata Lemos (World Bank), Harry Patrinos (University of Arkansas and IZA), Rony Rodriguez-Ramirez (Harvard University)
"Investing in Human Capital During Wartime: Experimental Evidence from Ukraine"
15:00 - 16:00
Faiz Ur Rehman (Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi), Adeel Malik (University of Oxford), Rinchan Ali Mirza (University of Kent)
"Frontier Rule and Conflict "
16:00 - 16:30
Tea Break
Session D
16:30 - 17:00
Farah Imami (Lahore School of Economics)
"Intra-Household Information Sharing and Female Labour Force Participation: A Case of Pakistan"
17:00 - 17:30
Rikhia Bhukta (Researcher), ONLINE PRESENTATION
"Signing for Safety: Can Mandatory Marriage Registration Reduce Domestic Violence?"
18:30
Dinner
Friday, September 12
Session E
09:30 - 10:30
Kate Vyborny (World Bank), Robert Garlick (Duke University and IZA), Erica Field (Duke University, BREAD and IZA)
"Women’s Mobility and Labour Supply: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan"
10:30 - 11:00
Axel Eizmendi Larrinaga (Tufts University), Germán Reyes (Middlebury College)
"Cash and Cognition: The Impact of Transfer Timing on Standardized Test Performance and Human Capital"
11:00 - 11:30
Till Wicker (Tilburg University), Patricio Dalton (Tilburg University), Daan van Soest (Tilburg University)
"Mental Accounting and Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from a Humanitarian Setting"
11:30 - 12:00
Tea Break
Session F
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:00
Sila Mishra (Researcher), ONLINE PRESENTATION
"Delivering to the Gig Workers: Time Use and Social Protection in the Gig Economy"
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch
Session G
14:30 - 15:30
Ali Cheema (Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)), Ali Abbas (International Monetary Fund), Michael Carlos Best (Columbia University and BREAD), Ahsan Zia Farooqui (University of Sussex), Adnan Qadir Khan (FCDO), Shandana Khan Mohmand (University of Sussex)
"The Political Economy of Progressive Tax Reform: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan"
15:30 - 16:30
Varun Kapoor (University of Chicago), ONLINE PRESENTATION
"Wage Theft, Reneging and Liquidity Constraints in Informal Labour Markets"
Saturday, September 13
09:30 - 10:30
Keynote
Imran Rasul (University College London, BREAD and IZA)
"-- to be announced --"
10:30 - 11:00
Tea Break
11:00 - 12:30
Panel Session 1
Macro/Governance
Moderation: Shahrukh Wani (Senior Country Manager for Zambia, International Growth Centre)
Opening Remarks: Ijaz Nabi (Country Director, IGC Pakistan & Honorary Executive Director, CDPR)
Rashid Langrial (Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue, Government of Pakistan)
Roberta Gatti (Chief Economist MENAAP Region, World Bank)
Ali Cheema (Vice Chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences)
Murtaza Jafferjee (CEO of JB’s Securities and Chairperson of Advocata Institute, Sri Lanka)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Panel Session 2
Gender
Moderation: Farah Said (Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS))
Opening Remarks: Annabelle Krause-Pilatus (Deputy Programme Director, G²LM|LIC Programme and IZA)
Ume Laila Azhar (Chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW))
Hamna Ahmed (Associate Professor, Lahore School of Economics)
Raymond Robertson (Academic Program Director, Bush School DC, Texas A&M University and IZA)
Kate Vyborny (Economist, South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab, World Bank)
15:00 - 15:30
Tea Break
15:30 - 17:00
Panel Session 3
Maternal Health and Nutrition
Moderation: tba
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