CAGE-CDE Workshop: Public Economics and Development
CAGE-CDE Workshop: Public Economics and Development
Tuesday 4 Apr 2017University of Warwick, 30th June and 1st July 2017
Scarman Conference Centre
This event is a collaboration with the ESRC centre Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) and the Centre for Development Economics (CDE) at the Delhi School of Economics. The workshop aims to gather theoretical and applied economists interested in public economics on themes relevant to developing countries.
Day 1 30 June, Friday
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09:00 |
Registration & Coffee |
Paper |
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09:30 |
Welcome Bishnu Gupta |
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09:45-10:30 |
Ashwini Deshpande (CDE/DSE) |
Caste, Class and Social Mobility: the critical role of high school years |
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10:30-11:15 |
Mario Sanclemente (Warwick) |
Does teacher subject specialisation matter for pupil performance? (with Wiji Arulampalam, Robin Naylor and Claire Crawford) |
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11:15-11:45 |
Break |
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11:45-12:30 |
Dibyendu Maiti (CDE/DSE) |
Trade, Duality and Productivity Growth - Theory and Evidences with special reference to India |
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Lunch |
Scarman Restaurant |
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14:00-14:45 |
Sonia Bhalotra (Essex) |
Religion and Abortion: The Role of Political Identity (with Irma Clots, Lakshmi Iyer) |
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14:45-15:30 |
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Public Policy and Cigarette Smoking: Lessons for India | |
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15:30-16:00 |
Break |
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16:00-16:45 |
Anirban Kar (CDE/DSE) |
Does political clientelism adversely affect public good provision? |
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16:45-17:30 |
Miguel Almunia (Warwick) |
Information, Fiscal Capacity and Tax Compliance: An Experimental Evaluation |
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19:00 |
Dinner |
Day 2 1St July, Saturday
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09:30-10:15 |
James Choy (Warwick) |
Adjudication Institutions and the Decline of Violence |
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10:15-11:00 |
Mausumi Das (CDE/DSE) |
Culture and Market: A Tale of Two Institutions (Co-authored with Priyanka Arora) |
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11:00-11:30 |
Break |
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11:30-12:15 |
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Mothers and Daughters: Inheritance Reforms, Bargaining Power and Child Education in India | |
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Lunch |
Scarman Restaurant |
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13:45-14:30 |
Amrita Dhillon (KCL) |
"Identity, Incentives and Productivity in the Workplace: A Quasi Field Experiment in India’s Manufacturing Sector (with Farzana Afridi, Sherry Xin Li, and Swati Sharma)" |
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14:30-15:15 |
Roland Rathelot (Warwick) |
Taxation and supply chains: evidence from value-added taxes in West Bengal |
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15:15-15:45 |
Break |
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15:45-16:30 |
Anik Ashraf (Warwick) |
Rank Incentives at Workplace: Evidence from a Sweater Factory |
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16:30-17:15 |
Clément Imbert (Warwick) |
Short-term Migration Costs: Evidence from India's Employment Guarantee (with John Papp) |
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17:30 |
Workshop Ends |
About
Yannick Dupraz is a CAGE postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Warwick. His research interests are development economics, economic history and political economy.
Aditi Dimri is a CAGE postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Warwick. Her research interests are development economics, economic history and applied microeconomics.