EDTS Seminar Schedule

Fall 2009:

 

All seminars meet on Thursdays at 3240 Weill Hall, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated.

 

09/17	Brian Kovak, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, U of M “Regional Labor Market Effects of Trade Policy: Evidence from Brazilian Liberalization” (joint with International Economics, 11:40 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at 201 Lorch Hall)
09/21	Sebastian Galiani, Washington University “Military Service and Crime” (joint with Public Finance, 4:00-5:30 p.m. at Lorch Hall)
10/01	Albert Park, Oxford University “Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms”
10/08	Dean Yang, University of Michigan “Remittances and the Problem of Control:A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador”
10/15	Mariano Bosch, University of Alicante “Minimum Wages and Earnings Inequality in Urban Mexico. Revisiting the Evidence” (joint with Business Economics)
10/22	Han Kim, University of Michigan ***POSTPONED *** “Corporate Governance Reforms around the World”
10/29	Richard Steckel and Dongwoo Yoo, Ohio State University “Institutions and Economic Development in Asia” (joint with Economic History) Supplementary tables:
11/05	Lakshmi Iyer, Harvard Business School “Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India”
11/10	Bob Margo, Boston University “Did Railroads Induce or Follow Economic Growth? Urbanization and Population Growth in the American Midwest, 1850-60” (joint with Economic History, 4:00-5:30 p.m. at 201 Lorch Hall)
11/19	Dietrich Vollrath, University of Houston “The Agricultural Basis of Comparative Development” (joint with International Economics, 11:40 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at 201 Lorch Hall)
12/01	Rick Hornbeck, Harvard University “The American Dust Bowl:  Enduring Impacts and Responses.” (joint with Economic History, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, 4:00-5:30 p.m. at 201Lorch Hall)
12/10	Lori Beaman, Northwestern University “Who gets the job referral? Evidence from a social networks experiment”

 

Previous events:

Fall Semester, 2008

 

09/11	Joe Kaboski, Ohio State “A Structural Evaluation of a Large-Scale Quasi-Experimental Microfinance Initiative,”
09/18	Xavier Gine, World Bank “Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India”
09/25	Maitreesh Ghatak, London School of Economics “Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India”, joint with Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Esther Duflo (MIT), and Jeanne LaFortune (Maryland)
10/02	Xinzheng Shi, U of M PhD Student Does intra-household flypaper effect exist? Evidence from education fee reduction reform in rural China
10/09	Yao Lu, U of M PhD Student “Why Do Foreign Investors ‘Cherry Pick’ in Emerging Markets?”
10/16	Warren Whatley, joint with history; U of M “Guns-For-Slaves: The 18th Century British Slave Trade in Africa.”
10/23	Frank McIntyre, Brigham Young University "An Empirical Model of Illegal Work"
10/30	Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, University of Virginia “Family Planning and Rural Fertility Decline in Iran: A Study in Program Evaluation”
11/06	Anne Case, Princeton (joint with Population Studies) “Paying the Piper: The High Cost of Funerals in South Africa”
11/13	Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University (joint with Business Economics and the International series)
11/20	Sujarta Visaria, Boston University “The Distributive Impact of Reforms in Credit Enforcement: Evidence from Indian Dept Recovery Tribunals”
12/04	Jeff Williamson, Harvard (joint with history) “Ancient Inequality”
12/09	Hoyt Bleakley, Chicago (Joint with history; Note: meets Tuesday, 4:00-5:30, Lorch 215)

Winter Semester, 2009

3/12	Lena Edlund, Columbia (Joint with Business Economics) “Sex Ratios and Crime: Evidence from China”
3/19	Duncan Thomas, Duke (Joint with Labor Economics)
3/26	Bill Maloney, World Bank
4/2	Suresh Naidu, Harvard “Coups, Corporations, and Classified Information”
4/9	Dean Karlan, Yale “Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is: A Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation”
4/16	Edward Miguel, Berkeley “Government Transfers and Political Support”

Winter Semester, 2008

3/13	Chang-Tai Hsieh (Berkeley), joint with International – faculty in charge: Jing Zhang
3/20	TBD
3/27	David Lam
4/3	Manuela Angelucci (Arizona), joint with Labor (in EDTS time slot) - faculty in charge: Jeff Smith
4/10	Duncan Thomas – Still to be confirmed
4/17	Carmen Pages-Sierra : faculty in charge, Jagadeesh Sivadasan

 

Fall Semester, 2007

 

9/14	Can rural electrification jump-start employment? Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Taryn Dinkelman (U-M job market candidate) - joint with Labor (in Labor time slot)
09/20	Aid and Agency in Africa: Explaining Food Disbursements Across Ethiopian Households in the Nineties. Nzinga Broussard (U-M job market candidate)
09/27	NO SEMINAR
10/04	Tracing the Impact of Bank Liquidity Shocks: Evidence from an Emerging Market. Asim Khwaja, (Kennedy School of Business, Harvard) - faculty in charge: Brian Jacob
10/11	Tracing the Impact of Bank Liquidity Shocks: Evidence from an Emerging Market. Martin Wittenberg (UCT) - faculty in charge: David Lam
10/18	The Weight of Success: The Body Mass Index and Economic Well-being in South Africa. A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM) - faculty in charge: Dean Yang
10/25	Intra-Firm Trade. Andrew Bernard (Dartmouth) - joint with BE/International (in EDTS time slot) - faculty in charge: Jagadeesh Sivadasan (Marcus Seminar, special addition)
11/1	Yao Lu (U-M job market candidate)
11/8	David Mckenzie (World Bank) - faculty in charge: Dean Yang
11/15	Jim Robinson (Harvard) - faculty in charge: Jim Levinsohn
11/30	Michael Kremer (Harvard) - joint with Applied Economics (in Applied Econ Friday time slot) (Marcus Seminar) - faculty in charge: Dean Yang
12/6	Mark Rosenzweig (Yale) - joint with Labor (in EDTS time slot) - faculty in charge: Jim Levinsohn (Marcus Seminar)
12/13	Rose Chan (U-M job market candidate) Room changed to Weill Hall 5240

 

Winter Semester, 2007

 

03/08	Do Institutions, Ownership, Exporting and Competition Explain Firm Performance? Jan Svejnar, University of Michigan: 3240 Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room (co-sponsored with the International Economics Seminar and Business Economics Seminar series)
03/15	Quality, Trade and the Moving Windows: Competitiveness and the Globalization Process John Sutton, London School of Economics: 3240 Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room (co-sponsored with the International Economics Seminar and Business Economics Seminar series)
03/22	What Should the Developing Countries Do in the Context of the Current Impasse of the Doha Round? Alan Deardorff and Bob Stern, University of Michigan: 3240 Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room (co-sponsored with the International Economics Seminar)
03/29	The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh Ben Olken, Harvard University: 3240 Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room
04/05	TBD: 3240 Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room
04/12	“The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and Returns to Schooling in China” Albert Park, University of Michigan: 3240 Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room
04/19	“The de Soto Effect: Markets, Networks, and the Polictical Economy of Property Rights ” Maitreesh Ghatak, London School of Economics: 3240 Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room

 

Fall Semester, 2006

 

09/08	Iodine Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Tanzania Erica Field, Harvard University: 201 Lorch Hall, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. (co-sponsored with the Labor Seminar series)
09/14	The Productivity Effects of Services Liberalization Beata Javorcik, World Bank: 5240 Weill Hall, 5th Floor Seminar Room (co-sponsored with the International Economics Seminar and Business Economics Seminar series)
09/21	Monitoring works: Getting teachers to come to school Esther Duflo, MIT: 1230 Weill Hall, O'Neill Classroom (co-sponsored with the International Economics Seminar and Business Economics Seminar series)
09/28	Was Vietnam's Economic Growth in the 1990's Pro-Poor? Paul Glewwe, University of Minnesota: 1210 Weill Hall, Frey Foundation Classroom
10/06	Relative Risks and the Market for Sex: Teenagers, Sugar Daddies and HIV in Kenya Pascaline Dupas, Dartmouth College: 201 Lorch Hall, 10:00 a.m. (co-sponsored with the Business Economics and Applied Microeconomics Seminar series)
10/12	On the Output Effects of Barriers to Trade Alberto Trejos, INCAE Business School: 1210 Weill Hall, Frey Foundation Classroom
10/19	Abhijit Banerjee, MIT:1210 Weill Hall, Frey Foundation Classroom (co-sponsored with the Business Economics Seminar series)
10/27	Schooling as a Lottery: Racial Differences in School Advancement in Urban South Africa David Lam, University of Michigan: 6050 ISR, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. (co-sponsored with the Labor Economics Seminar Series)
11/09	Factor Adjustment After Deregulation: Panel Evidence from Columbian Plants Adriana Kugler, University of Houston: 3240 Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room (co-sponsored with the Business Economics Seminar series)
11/16	Pass-through at the Dock: Pricing to Currency and to Market? Gita Gopinah, Harvard University: 3240 Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room (co-sponsored with the International Economics Seminar series)
11/30	International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship Laura Alfaro, Harvard Business School: 3240 Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room (co-sponsored with the International Economics Seminar and Business Economics Seminar series)
12/07	Speaker and room TBC:

 

PAST SEMINARS

 

Winter Semester, 2006

 

02/16	Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes? Luigi Zingales (Chicago GSB)
03/09	"Vocational Training versus General Education: Evidence from an Economy in Transition" Cristian "Kiki" Pop-Eleches (Columbia) (joint with Ofer Malamud)
03/16	Ford School Symposium on Microfinance (Keynote speaker: Jonathan Morduch, NYU). Event Details.
03/23	"Mexican Immigration and Self-Selection: New Evidence from the 2000 Mexican Census" Darren Lubotsky (U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
03/31	"The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor" Rodrigo Soares (U. Maryland) (joint with applied micro)
04/06	"Housing, Health and Happiness" Paul Gertler (UC Berkeley and World Bank)
04/13	Industrial Evolution in Crisis-Prone Economies Jim Tybout (Penn State) (joint with International Seminar)

 

Fall Semester, 2005

 

09/15	"Institutions, Markets and Men’s and Women’s Wage Inequality: Evidence from Ukraine" Katherine Terrell (University of Michigan)
09/22	"Some Economic Implications of Caste" Siwan Anderson (University of British Columbia)
09/29	"Returns to Health: Evidence from Exogenous Height Variation in Indonesia" Dean Yang (University of Michigan) joint with Sharon Maccini.
10/06	"Public Transfers and Intra-household Resource Allocation: Evidence from a Supplementary School Feeding Program" Farzana Afridi (University of Michigan)
10/13	"Quality Upgrading and Establishment Wage Policies: Evidence from Mexican Employer-Employee Data" Eric Verhoogen (Columbia) joint with Int’l Seminar. 11:40am - 1:00pm in room 201 Lorch Hall
10/27	"Slavery, Institutional Development and Long-Run Growth in Africa, 1400-2000" Nathan Nunn (UBC) joint with International Seminar. 11:40am - 1:00pm in room 201 Lorch Hall
11/04	"Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines" Nava Ashraf (Harvard University) joint with Applied Microeconomics Seminar. 10:00am - 11:30am in room 201 Lorch Hall
11/11	"Trading Partners and Trading Volumes" Marc Melitz (Harvard University) joint with Applied Micro/BE seminar. 10:00am - 11:30am in room 201 Lorch Hall Download the PDF of presentation slides
11/17	"Students Today, Teachers Tomorrow? The Rise of Affordable Private Schools" Asim Khwaja (Harvard University)
11/24	THANKSGIVING - no seminar
12/01	"Ownership Form and Contractual Inefficiency in the Indian Sugar Industry" Dilip Mookerjee (Boston University)
12/08	Albert Park (University of Michigan)
12/15	Nzinga Broussard (University of Michigan)

Winter Semester, 2005

 

03/10	Jan Svejnar / Katherine Terrell (University of Michigan) "Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?"
03/17	Dean Yang (University of Michigan) "Integrity for Hire: An Analysis of a Widespread Program for Combating Customs Corruption"
03/24	Jenny Hunt (McGill University) "Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What Are The Payoffs?"
03/31	Gerard Roland (University of California - Berkeley) "The Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam"
04/07	Marcel Fafchamps (Oxford) "Wages and Labor Management in African Manufacturing"
04/14	Richard Akresh (University of Illinois) "School Enrollment Impacts of Non-traditional Household Structure"

Fall Semester, 2004

 

09/10	Erica Field. (Harvard) [Friday, Joint with Labor Seminar] "Consequences of Early Marriage for Women in Bangladesh."
09/16	Quy-Toan Do (World Bank) "Rural Vietnam in Transition"
09/23	Steve Levitt (Chicago) [joint with Microeconomics Seminar] "The Impact of Crack Cocaine."
09/30	David Levine (University of California - Berkeley) "The Effects of Industrialization on School Enrollment and Child Labor"
10/08	Mark Rosenzweig (Harvard) [Friday] [co-sponsored by Applied Microeconomics seminars] "Agricultural Development, Industrialization and Rural Inequality "
10/14	Saul Estrin (London Business School) "Privatisation Methods and Economic Growth in Transition Economies"
10/21	Jean-Marie Baland (Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix) "Land and Power and the impact of the 1958 electoral reform in Chile."
10/28	Klara Sabirianova (University of Michigan Business School) "Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia. "
11/04	Chris Udry (Yale) [joint with Microeconomics Seminar] "Gender, Power and Agricultural Investments in Ghana."
11/11	James Levinsohn and Justin McCrary (University of Michigan) "Incomes in South Africa Since the Fall of Apartheid"
11/19	Philippe Aghion (Harvard) [Friday] [co-sponsored by Applied Microeconomics seminars] "Volatility and Growth: Financial Development and the Cyclical Composition of Investment."
11/25	Thanksgiving - no seminar
12/02	Eiji Mangyo (University of Michigan)" Who Benefits More from Higher Consumption? The Intrahousehold Allocation of Nutrients in China"
12/09	Steve Berry (Yale) [joint with Microeconomics Seminar] "Product Quality and Market Size."