Workshop on Development Economics
Workshop on Development Economics
Friday 20 Mar 201520th - 22nd August 2013
Monash University
Melbourne
Location: Level 9, Room N902, Building 11 (Menzies Building) Monash University, Clayton Campus
Tuesday 20th August 2013
9:45 Opening by Professor Colm Kearney, Dean,
Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
Morning Session Chair: Pushkar Maitra
10:00 Jordi Vidal-Robert (CAGE, University of Warwick )
Habemus Papam? Polarization and Conict in the Papal States
11:00 Morning Tea
11:15 Lata Gangadharan (CDE, Monash University)
Letting the Briber Go Free: An Experiment on Mitigating Harassment Bribes
12:15 Lunch
Afternoon Session Chair: Michael Ward
13:30 Dennis Novy (CAGE, University of Warwick )
Trade and Uncertainty
14:30 Afternoon Tea
14:45 Paulo Santos (CDE, Monash University)
Investment, wealth shocks and preferences
15:45 Brett Inder (CDE, Monash University)
Coffee, Poverty and Consumption Smoothing in Timor-Leste
Wednesday 21 August 2013
Morning Session Chair: Youjin Hahn
10:00 Patricio Dalton (CAGE, Tilburg University )
Does the Unemployment Benefit Institution affect Workers' Productivity? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Colombia
11:00 Morning Tea
11:15 Asad Islam (CDE, Monash University)
Improving educational outcomes through parental involvement: Evidence from randomized experiments in Bangladesh
12:15 Lunch and Poster Session for Ph.D. students
Afternoon Session Chair: Ranjan Ray
14:15 Sanchari Roy (CAGE, University of Warwick)
Aspirations and Poverty: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in India
15:15 Afternoon Tea
15:30 Gaurav Datt (CDE, Monash University)
Schooling outcomes in the developing world: a new measure
18:30 Workshop Dinner (by Invitation) TBA
Thursday 22 August 2013
Morning Session Chair: Ranjan Ray
10:00 Lisa Cameron (CDE, Monash University)
Social Capital's Role in Community Driven Development
11:00 Morning Tea
11:15 Vera Troeger (CAGE, University of Warwick)
The Politics of Electoral Engineering and Strategic Budgeteering
12:15 Lunch
Afternoon Session Chair: Russell Smyth
13:45 Victor Lavy (CAGE, University of Warwick)
How responsive is investment in schooling to changes in Redistributive policies and in returns
14:45 Afternoon Tea
15:00 Choon Wang (CDE, Monash University)
International migration, gender imbalances, and marriage market outcomes in the Philippines
16:00 Workshop Close
Closing Remarks: Russell Smyth