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"Institutions and Social Norms in Development and History" CAGE conference

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"Institutions and Social Norms in Development and History" CAGE conference

Joint conference with Delhi School of Economics and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Organiser: Bishnupriya Gupta

Programme

Friday 10th July

Time Speaker Title

8.45-9.00

Welcome and Introduction

 

9.00- 9.45

Rohini Somanathan (DSE)

"Community Contracts: An Experimental Investigation into Rule formation in Indian Villages"

9.45-10.30

Ashwini Deshpande and Deepti Goel (DSE)

“Caste Identity and Institutions: Remunerative Earnings from Self Employment in India”

10.30-11.00

Tea and Coffee

 

11.00-11.45

Luigi Pascali (Warwick)

“Wind of Change: Maritime Technology, Trade and Development”

11.45-12.30

Stephan Heblich (Bristol)

“Economic Shocks and Political Radicalization in the Long and Short: Evidence from Germany”

12.30-14.00

Lunch

 

14.00 - 14.45

Amrita Dhillon (Kings College) and Pramila Krishnan (Cambridge)

“The Natural Resource Curse Revisited: Theory and Evidence from India”

14.45-15.30

Ram Singh (DSE)

"Litigation over eminent domain compensation in India: Bureaucracy and Judiciary in Law"

15.30-16.00

Tea and Coffee

 

16.00-16.45

James Kung (HKST)

"Long Term Persistence of China’s Civil Service Exams"

16.45-17.30

James Lee and Cameron Campbell (HKST)

"Elite Education and Chinese Historical Development 1865-2014"

17.30-18.15

J.V Meenakshi (DSE)

"The Utilization of ICDS Services and their impact on anthropometric outcomes in three East Indian" (view additional document of tables)

20.00

Dinner

 

Saturday 11th July

Time Speaker Title

9.00- 09.45

Sanchari Roy (Sussex)

"Sex Selection, Inheritance Rights and Ultrasound Technology in India"

9.45- 10.30

Saqib Jafarey and Gabriel Montes-Rojas (City University London)

"Anticipation Effects of Marriage of Female Education"

10.30-11.00

Tea and Coffee

 

11.00-11.45

Liang Bai (Edinburgh)

"Economic Legacies of the Cultural Revolution"

11.45-12.30

Lingwei Wu (HKST)

"The Invisible Wound: The Long Term effect of China’s Cultural Revolution on Trust"

12.30-1.15

Mark Harrison (Warwick)

"You Have Been Warned: Managing Threats to State Security in Soviet Lithuania"

1.15-14.30

Lunch

 

14.30-15.15

James Choy (Warwick)

"Constructing Social Division to Support Cooperation"

15.15-16.00

Mausumi Das (DSE)

"Education and Development: Moving Beyond Labour Productivity"

16.00- 16.45

Sugata Bag (DSE)

":A Comparative Study of Living Conditions in Slums of Three Metro Cities in India"