STICERD-UCL Development and Growth Seminar

Wed, 06 June 2012, 17:00-18:30 -- TBA

TBA
Speaker: Dilip Mookherjee (Boston, visiting EOPP)

CLM 03, Ricardo Lecture Theatre, Basement, Drayton House, UCL, 30 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AX
Wed, 06 June 2012, 17:00-18:30

Mon, 28 May 2012, 17:00-18:30 -- TBA

TBA
Speaker: Marcos Vera-Hernández (UCL)

CLM 03, Ricardo Lecture Theatre, Basement, Drayton House, UCL, 30 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AX
Mon, 28 May 2012, 17:00-18:30

Mon, 21 May 2012, 17:00-18:30 -- TBA

TBA
Speaker: Pedro Vicente (Trinity College Dublin)

CLM 03, Ricardo Lecture Theatre, Basement, Drayton House, UCL, 30 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AX
Mon, 21 May 2012, 17:00-18:30

Mon, 14 May 2012, 17:00-18:30 -- Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves

Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
Speaker: Rema Hanna (Harvard University), joint with Michael Greenstone Esther Duflo
Paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2039004
CLM 03, Ricardo Lecture Theatre, Basement, Drayton House, UCL, 30 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AX
Mon, 14 May 2012, 17:00-18:30

Mon, 05 March 2012, 17:00-18:30 -- Private Returns to Public Office

Private Returns to Public Office
Speaker: Raymond Fisman (Columbia), joint with Florian Schulz and Vikrant Vig
Paper: http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/rfisman/papers/privatereturns.pdf
CLM 03, Ricardo Lecture Theatre, Basement, Drayton House, UCL, 30 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AX
Mon, 05 March 2012, 17:00-18:30

Mon, 27 February 2012, 17:00-18:30 -- "Customary Norms, Inheritance and Human Capital: Evidence from a Reform of the Matrilineal System in Ghana"

"Customary Norms, Inheritance and Human Capital: Evidence from a Reform of the Matrilineal System in Ghana"
Speaker: Eliana La Ferrara (Bocconi University), joint with A. Milazzo

CLM 03, Ricardo Lecture Theatre, Basement, Drayton House, UCL, 30 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AX
Mon, 27 February 2012, 17:00-18:30

Mon, 20 February 2012, 17:00-18:30 -- “Contract Teachers: Experimental Evidence from India"

“Contract Teachers: Experimental Evidence from India"
Speaker: Karthik Muralidharan (University of California San Diego)

CLM 03, Ricardo Lecture Theatre, Basement, Drayton House, UCL, 30 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AX
Mon, 20 February 2012, 17:00-18:30

Mon, 13 February 2012, 17:00-18:30 -- "Learning about the Enforcement of Conditional Welfare Programs and Behavioral Responses: Evidence from Bolsa Familia in Brazil"

"Learning about the Enforcement of Conditional Welfare Programs and Behavioral Responses: Evidence from Bolsa Familia in Brazil"
Speaker: Katja Kaufmann (Bocconi)

CLM 03, Ricardo Lecture Theatre, Basement, Drayton House, UCL, 30 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AX
Mon, 13 February 2012, 17:00-18:30

Mon, 05 December 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Marriage Networks, Nepotism and Labor Market Outcomes in China

Marriage Networks, Nepotism and Labor Market Outcomes in China
Speaker: Shing-Yi Wang (NYU)
Paper: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/seminarpapers/dg05122011.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Mon, 05 December 2011, 16:00-17:30

Mon, 28 November 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- "Markets for Fake Antimalarials: Experimental Evidence from Uganda"

"Markets for Fake Antimalarials: Experimental Evidence from Uganda"
Speaker: Jakob Svensson (IIES)

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Mon, 28 November 2011, 16:00-17:30

Mon, 21 November 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Behavioral Responses to Notches: Evidence from Administrative Tax Records in Pakistan

Behavioral Responses to Notches: Evidence from Administrative Tax Records in Pakistan
Speaker: Henrik Kleven (London School of Economics), joint with Mazhar Waseem (LSE)
Paper: http://personal.lse.ac.uk/kleven/Downloads/MyPapers/workingPapers/kleven-waseem_may2011.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Mon, 21 November 2011, 16:00-17:30

Mon, 14 November 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Little Emperors—Behavioral Impacts of China’s One-Child Policy

Little Emperors—Behavioral Impacts of China’s One-Child Policy
Speaker: Lisa Cameron (Monash University)

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Mon, 14 November 2011, 16:00-17:30

Mon, 07 November 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- RISK SHARING AND TRANSACTION COSTS:EVIDENCE FROM KENYA’S MOBILE MONEY REVOLUTION

RISK SHARING AND TRANSACTION COSTS:EVIDENCE FROM KENYA’S MOBILE MONEY REVOLUTION
Speaker: Tavneet Suri (MIT), joint with William Jack
Paper: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/seminarpapers/dg07112011.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Mon, 07 November 2011, 16:00-17:30

Mon, 31 October 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Social Proximity and Loan Outcomes: Evidence from an Indian Bank

Social Proximity and Loan Outcomes: Evidence from an Indian Bank
Speaker: Daniel Paravisini (Columbia University), joint with Raymond Fisman and Vikrant Vig
Paper: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/seminarpapers/dg31102011.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Mon, 31 October 2011, 16:00-17:30

Mon, 24 October 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Targets of Violence: Evidence from India’s Naxalite Conflict

Targets of Violence: Evidence from India’s Naxalite Conflict
Speaker: Oliver Vanden Eynde (EOPP, LSE)
Paper: http://personal.lse.ac.uk/vandeney/Targets_of_Violence.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Mon, 24 October 2011, 16:00-17:30

Mon, 17 October 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- TRANSPARENCY, APPROPRIABILITYAND THE EARLY STATE

TRANSPARENCY, APPROPRIABILITYAND THE EARLY STATE
Speaker: Omer Moav (Hebrew University and Royal Holloway University of London), joint with Joram Mayshar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Zvika Neeman (Tel Aviv University)
Paper: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/seminarpapers/dg17102011.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Mon, 17 October 2011, 16:00-17:30

Mon, 10 October 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Development Effects of Electrification:Evidence from the GeologicPlacement of Hydropower Plants in Brazil

Development Effects of Electrification:Evidence from the GeologicPlacement of Hydropower Plants in Brazil
Speaker: Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale School of Management), joint with Molly LipscombUniversity of Notre Dame and Tania BarhamUniversity of Colorado, Boulder
Paper: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/seminarpapers/dg10102011.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Mon, 10 October 2011, 16:00-17:30