Development Lunch, Fall 2007

Department of Economics
University of California, Berkeley

Tuesdays 12:30-1:30, Room 608-7 Evans

General information:
The purpose of this weekly lunch is to give students in development economics the opportunity to present work in progress and receive feedback in an informal setting.
For scheduling or inquiries, please contact:
or Professor Jeremy Magruder.

Date Presenter Title
Sep 11 Eric Chaney
UCB Economics
Diversity, Religious Competition and the Rise and Fall of Muslim Science
Sep 18 James Manley
UCB ARE
Cooking Down:
Indoor cooking fuels and child height in Indonesia
Sep 25 Emily Conover
UCB Economics
Manipulation of a Poverty Index?
Oct 2 Jessica Leino
UCB Economics
Gender and Community Management of Water Infrastructure:
Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya
Oct 9 Pamela Jakiela
UCB Economics
Do Fair Shares Compare?
Effort and Reciprocity in Two Cultures.
Oct 16 Jenny Aker
UCB ARE
Do Cell Phones Divide or Provide?
The impact of information technology on Niger's cereal markets
Oct 23 Prasad Krishnamurthy
UCB Economics
Financial Deregulation and Banking Market Structure
Joint with Financial Economics Seminar
Oct 30 Philippe Wingender
UCB Economics
Tax Compliance and Financial Development
Nov 6 Peter Kelly
UCB ARE
Farmland Reforestation in China
Nov 13 Pauline Grosjean
UCB ARE Postdoctoral Fellow
Should Market Liberalization Precede Democracy?
The Citizens' Point of View
Nov 20 Professor David Levine
UCB Haas School of Business
Choosing and Using Safe Water Solutions in Kenya
(With Jill Luoto)
Nov 27 Suresh Naidu
UCB Economics
Labor Market Frictions and Development:
Theory and Evidence from the Post-Civil War U.S. South
Dec 4 Melissa Knox
UCB Economics
Evaluating the Impact of Mexico's Seguro Popular Program
Dec 11 Paulina Oliva
UCB Economics
A Structural Model for Corruption in Smog Check Centers


Other links:

ECON 271: Development seminar, Fall 2007
ECON 270A / ARE 251: Microeconomics of Development, Elisabeth Sadoulet and Ethan Ligon, Fall 2007
Economics seminars this week
Economics Departmental Seminars, Fall 2007
ARE Departmental Seminars, Fall 2007
Past Development Lunch schedules: [Spring 2007] [Fall 2006] [Spring 2006 and Fall 2005]
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