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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 22 | Avi Ebenstein RWJ Scholar |
Social Insurance in Rural China: A Way to Balance the Sex Ratio? |
| Jan 29 | Jorgen Juel Andersen Visiting Scholar |
Identification in political economy: A natural resource experiment |
| Feb 5 | Pauline Grosjean UCB ARE Postdoctoral Fellow |
Why Populist Democracies are Good for the Market |
| Feb 12 | Fabrice Murtin Visiting Scholar, Stanford Economics |
HIV/AIDS and Poverty in South Africa: a Bayesian Estimation |
| Feb 19 | Cristine Campos de Xavier Pinto UCB Economics |
Semiparametric Estimation of the Education Production Function and Peer Effects |
| Feb 26 | Owen Ozier UCB Economics |
Fair Trade Coffee: Industry Models and Evidence from Guatemala |
| Mar 4 | Melissa Knox UCB Economics |
Social Security Reform and Employment: The Case of Seguro Popular |
| Mar 11 | Lori Beaman RWJ Scholar |
Powerful Women: Female Leadership and Gender Discrimination in India |
| Mar 18 | Celine Ferre UCB ARE |
Does Migration Foster Polarization in Urban Centers? The Case of Brazil - 1995-2000 |
| Mar 25: Spring Break | ||
| Apr 1 | Mame-Fatou Diagne UCB Economics |
Learning from siblings? Subjective expectations and education decisions among youth in South Africa |
| Apr 8 | Daniel Egel UCB Economics |
Religion and American Economic Development |
| Apr 15 | Clair Null UCB ARE |
Giving with Strings Attached: Donor Control, The Level of Contributions, and the Efficiency of Charities |
| Apr 22 | Shanthi Nataraj UCB ARE |
Trade, Informality, and the "Missing Middle" - Evidence from India's Organized and Unorganized Manufacturing Sectors. |
| April 29 | Brian Scholl UCB Economics |
Engineering Institutions: The Effects of Community-Driven Development on Civic Participation, Social Capital and Voter Turnout |
| May 6 | Gianmarco Leon UCB ARE |
School
Characteristics and Academic Achievement in Peru: Is the Geographical Distribution of Resources Reinforcing Social Exclusion? |
| May 13 | Leeza Perova UCB ARE |
To Test or Not To Test? Empirical Investigation in the Determinants of Getting Tested for HIV in Malawi |
| May 20 | No lunch. | No lunch. |
ECON 271:
Development seminar, Spring 2008
ECON 270C Syllabus: Development Economics,
Bryan Graham, Spring 2008
Economics seminars this week
Economics Departmental Seminars, Spring 2008
ARE Departmental Seminars, Fall 2007
Past Development Lunch schedules:
[Fall 2007]
[Spring 2007]
[Fall 2006]
[Spring 2006 and Fall 2005]
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