G˛LM|LIC & BREAD Conference on Development Economics
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Program
+++ long presentation: 45 minutes +++ Q&A: 15 minutes +++
+++ short presentation: 20 minutes +++ Q&A: 10 minutes +++
Friday, December 15
08:30 - 08:50
Registration
08:50 - 09:00
Introductory Remarks
Session A
Chair: Jenny Aker (Tufts University and BREAD)
09:00 - 10:00
Eoin McGuirk (Tufts University), Nathan Nunn (University of British Columbia)
"Development Mismatch: Evidence from Agricultural Projects in Pastoral Africa."
10:00 - 11:00
Gisella Kagy (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Morgan Hardy (NYU Abu Dhabi)
"Mind the Data Gaps: An Examination of Women-owned Enterprise Representation"
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
Session B
Chair: Ahmed Elsayed (American University in Cairo and IZA)
11:30 - 12:30
Mai Mahmoud (Tufts University)
"Pricing and Allocative Efficiency of a New Agricultural Technology"
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
Session C
Chair: Monica Lambon-Quayefio (University of Ghana)
14:00 - 14:30
Christina Fille (University of Dar es Salaam)
"The Impact of Underwear on Schooling: Evidence from Tanzania"
14:30 - 15:00
Godfrey Kamutando (University of Cape Town), Lawrence Edwards (University of Cape Town and IZA)
"Labour Market Segmentation and Rent Sharing in the Formal and Informal Manufacturing Sector in Zimbabwe"
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break
Session D
Chair: Ibrahim Okumu (Makerere University Uganda)
15:30 - 16:30
18:30
Conference Dinner
Saturday, December 16
Session E
Chair: Mauricio Romero (ITAM, BREAD and IZA)
09:00 - 09:30
Wilfried Adohinzin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Tenure Reform, Selection and Student Achievement in Developing Countries: Evidence from Peru"
09:30 - 10:00
Barbara Zelu (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Susana Iranzo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Alejandro Perez-Laborda (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)
"Pension Policy Reform and Fertility: Micro Evidence from Ghana"
10:00 - 11:00
Long Coffee Break (Opportunity for mentee-mentor pairs to meet)
Session F
Chair: Pascaline Dupas (Princeton University and BREAD)
11:00 - 12:00
Danila Serra (Texas A&M University), Donna Harris (University of Oxford), Oana Borcan (University of East Anglia), Henry Telli (International Growth Centre, Ghana), Bruno Schettini (Finance State Secretariat, Brazil), Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford and IZA)
"Proud to Belong: The Impact of Ethics Training on Police Officers in Ghana"
12:00 - 13:00
Martin Mwale (Stellenbosch University), Jacob Ricker-Gilbert (Purdue University)
"What's Hers Isn't Mine: Gender-differentiated Tenure Security, Agricultural Investments and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa"
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Session G
Chair: Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics, BREAD and IZA)
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00
Sara Lowes (UC San Diego), Etienne Le Rossignol (University of Namur), Eduardo Montero (University of Chicago)
"Fallow Lengths and the Structure of Property Rights"
16:00
Concluding Remarks
Followed by Coffee and Snacks
Mentors
Christian Ahlin (Michigan State University), Siwan Anderson (Vancouver School of Economics), Lorenzo Casaburi (University of Zurich), Giacomo de Giorgi (University of Geneva), Pascaline Dupas (Princeton University and BREAD), Andrew Foster (Brown University), Sara Lowes (UC San Diego), Eoin McGuirk (Tufts University), David McKenzie (World Bank and IZA), Dina Pomeranz (University of Zurich), Mauricio Romero (ITAM, BREAD and IZA), Rebecca Thornton (Baylor University), Jack Willis (Columbia University)