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The 1999 Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference
 

Friday, 8 October - Saturday, 9 October 1999
Center for International Development, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Co-hosted by the Center for International Development at Harvard University and the Harvard Institute for International Development

Conference Program

The conference keynote address was delivered by Professor Joseph Stiglitz (view text of keynote address as PDF).

Each speaker had twenty minutes to present his or her paper. Each discussant had five minutes. The remaining time was left open for questions and general discussion.

 

Friday, 8 October

9:00 - 10:30 am SESSION 1

Session 1A: HOUSEHOLDS

Chair: R. Lucas (Boston University)

S. Anderson (University of Melbourne), "Caste and Dowry Inflation"
Discussant: D. Salehi-Isfahani (Virginia Tech)

A. Foster* (Brown University) and M. Rosenzweig (University of Pennsylvania), "Missing Women, the Marriage Market and Economic Growth"
Discussant: E. Duflo (MIT)

A.W. Horowitz* (University of Arkansas) and R. Agrawal (Vanderbilt University), "Are International Remittances Altruism or Insurance? Evidence from Guyana Using Multiple-Migrant Households"
Discussant: R. Lucas (Boston University)

Session 1B: POLITICAL ECONOMY

Chair: M. McMillan (Tufts University)

D. Acemoglu* (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and J. Robinson (University of California at Berkeley), "A Theory of Political Transitions"
Discussant: M. McMillan (Tufts University)

H.S. Esfahani* (University of Illinois) and M. Mahmud (Pennsylvania State University), "The Political Economy of Protectionism and Industrial Policy"
Discussant: S. Jain (George Washington University)

S. Mukand (Tufts University) "Globalization and the ‘Confidence Game’: Policy Making in an Open Economy"
Discussant: L. Cook (Harvard University)

Session 1C: AGRICULTURE

Chair: L. Cameron (University of Melbourne)

A.Kimhi* (Hebrew University) and D. Chiwele (University of Zambia), "Barriers for Development in Zambian Small- and Medium-Size Farms: Evidence from Micro-Data" and tables
Discussant: J. Vincent (Harvard University)

S. Motiram* (University of Southern California) and J. Robinson (University of California at Berkeley), "Interlinking and Collusion"
Discussant: O. Bandiera (London School of Economics)

J. Vincent (Harvard University) and S. Rosen, "Household Water Resouces and Rural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of the Evidence"
Discussant: L. Cameron (University of Melbourne)
 

11:00 - 12:30 pm SESSION 2

Session 2A: CREDIT 1

Chair: J. Conning (Williams College)

M. Madajewicz (Columbia University), "Does the Credit Contract Matter? The Impact of Lending Programs on Poverty in Bangladesh"
Discussant: M. Arends-Kuenning (University of Illinois)

A.Rai* (Harvard University) and T. Sjostrom, "Efficient Lending Schemes in Village Economies"
Discussant: D. Mookherjee (Boston University)

B. Armerandiz de Aghion (University College London) and J. Morduch* (Princeton), "Microfinance Beyond Group Lending"
Discussant: J. Conning (Williams College)
 

Session 2B: EDUCATION 1

Chair: L. Gutierrez (Syracuse University)

A.Kochar* (Stanford University) and Y. Sawada (Stanford University), "Parental Returns from Educating Sons: Empirical Evidence from Rural Pakistan"
Discussant: A. Foster (Brown University)

P. Maitra* (University of Sydney) and A. Rammohan (University of Sydney), "Why Aren’t All the Children in School? Theory and Evidence from South Africa"  Tables/Figures.
Discussant: E. Skoufias (IFPRI)  

M. Ravallion (World Bank) and Q. Wodon* (World Bank), "Does Child Labor Displace Schooling? Evidence on Behavioral Responses to an Enrollment Subsidy"
Discussant: L. Gutierrez (Syracuse University)
 

Session 2C: MACRO 1

Chair: E. Berman (Boston University)

J. Anderson (University of Maryland) and R. Betancourt* (University of Maryland), "The Distribution Sector and the Development Process: Are There Patterns?"
Discussant: X. Yang (Harvard University)

A. Chong (World Bank) and L. Zanforlin* (International Monetary Fund), "Technology and Epidemics"
Discussant: K. Munshi (University of Pennsylvania)

J. Sachs (Harvard University) and X. Yang* (Harvard University), "Market Led Industrialization and Globalization"
Discussant: E. Berman (Boston University)

2:00 - 3:30 pm SESSION 3

Session 3A: CREDIT 2

Chair: J. Hoddinott (IFPRI)

J. Foltz (University of Connecticut), "Credit Market Constraints and Profitability in Tunisian Agriculture"
Discussant: M. Madajewicz (Columbia University)

M.K. Gugerty (Harvard University), "Rotating Savings and Credit Associations in Rural African Markets: What are They Doing?"
Discussant: E. La Ferrara (Universita' Bocconi)

E. Ligon (University of California at Berkeley), "Dynamic Bargaining in Households (With an Application to Bangladesh)"
Discussant: J. Hoddinott (IFPRI)

Session 3B: AFRICA

Chair: L. Cook (Harvard University)

D. Stifel* (Cornell University), D. Sahn (Cornell University), and S. Younger (Cornell University), "Inter-Temporal Changes in Welfare: Preliminary Results from Nine African Countries" and figures and tables1 and tables2.
Discussant: R. Lucas (Boston University)

C. Gray (Harvard University) and M. McPherson* (Harvard University), "The Leadership Factor in African Policy Reform and Growth"
Discussant: S. Sievers (Harvard University)

S. Block (Tufts University), "Political Business Cycles, Democratization, and Economic Reform: The Case of Africa"
Discussant: L. Cook (Harvard University)

Session 3C: EDUCATION 2

Chair: J. Gallup (Harvard University)

P. Jones (Vassar College), "Are Educated Workers Really More Productive?"
Discussant: B. de la Briere (IFPRI)

E. Miguel* (Harvard University) and M. Kremer (Harvard University), "The Educational Impact of De-Worming in Kenya"
Discussant: K. Leonard (Columbia University)

N. Schady* (World Bank) and C. Paxson (Princeton University), "The Targeting and Impact of Investments in Education Made by the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES)"
Discussant: J. Gallup (Harvard University)

4:00 - 5:30 pm SESSION 4

Session 4A: GENDER

Chair: R. Betancourt (University of Maryland)

J. Gibson* (University of Waikato) and S. Rozelle (University of California at Davis), "Is It Better to Be a Boy? A Disaggregated Outlay Equivalent Analysis of Gender Bias in Papua New Guinea"
Discussant: E. Rose (University of Washington)

K. Hallman (IFPRI), "Mother-Father Resource Control and Boy-Girl Health in Rural Bangladesh"
Discussant: M. Arends-Kuenning (University of Illinois)

G. Singh (Harvard University), "Determinants of Life Cycle Health in Rural India: Is There a Gender Bias?"
Discussant: R. Betancourt (University of Maryland)
 

Session 4B: COMMUNITIES

Chair: E. Duflo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

A. Alesina (Harvard University) and E. La Ferrara* (Universita' of Bocconi), "Participation in Heterogeneous Communities"
Discussant: E. Berman (Boston University)

A. Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and K. Munshi* (University of Pennsylvania), "Market Imperfections, Communities and the Organization of Production: An Empirical analysis of Tirupur’s Garment Export Network" and tables
Discussant: A. Kochar (Stanford University)

J. Maluccio* (IFPRI), L. Haddad (IFPRI), and J. May (University of Natal) "Social Capital and Income Generation in South Africa, 1993-98"
Discussant: E. Duflo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Session 4C: POVERTY

Chair: E. Ligon (University of California at Berkeley)

M. Carter* (University of Wisconsin) and J. May (University of Natal), "Getting Ahead or Falling behind? The Dynamics of Poverty in Post-Apartheid South Africa"
Discussant: H. Jeong (University of Chicago)

J. Gallup (Harvard University), S. Radelet* (Harvard University) and A. Warner (Harvard University), "Economic Growth and the Income of the Poor"
Discussant: Q. Wodon (World Bank)

D. Mookherjee* (Boston University) and D. Ray (New York University), "Contractual Structure and Wealth Accumulation Incentives"
Discussant:   E. Ligon (University of California at Berkeley)

6:00 pm   NEUDC Dinner

8:00 pm   NEUDC Keynote Speaker: Joseph Stiglitz (World Bank), "Modern Economic Theory and Development" joint with Karla Hoff (World Bank)

 

Saturday, October 9

9:00 - 10:30 am SESSION 5

Session 5A: HEALTH

Chair: D. Thomas (RAND/UCLA)

J. Gallup* (Harvard University) and J. Sachs (Harvard University), "The Economic Burden of Malaria"
Discussant: D. Thomas (RAND/UCLA)

M. Kremer* (Harvard University), "Pre-Commitments to Purchase Vaccines for Developing Countries"
Discussant: J. Robinson (University of California at Berkeley)

K. Leonard* (Columbia University) and D. Leonard (University of California at Berkeley), "Asymmetric Information and the Role of NGOs in African Health Care"
Discussant: J. Das (Harvard University)
 

Session 5B: GROWTH

Chair: J. Lee (Harvard University)

H. Jeong (University of Chicago), "Education and Credit: Sources of Growth With Increasing Inequality in Thailand"
Discussant: A. Warner (Harvard University)

S. Smith (George Washington University), Y. Kim (South Korea Ministry of Finance), and E. Feasel (Soka University of America), "Investment, Exports, and Output in South Korea: A VAR Approach to Growth Empirics"
Discussant: J. Lee (Harvard University)

A. Warner (Harvard University), "Does Growth Come from New Firms or Bigger Firms?"
Discussant: M. Braun (Harvard University)
 

Session 5C: COMMON PROPERTY

Chair: G. Fuentes (Loyola Marymount University)

S. Ambec (University of Montreal) and Y. Sprumont (University of Montreal), "Sharing a River"
Discussant: E. Edmonds (Dartmouth College)

J. Dayton-Johnson (Dalhousie University), "Choosing Rules to Govern the Commons: A Model with Evidence from Mexico"
Discussant: C. Zinnes (Harvard University)

A.R. Quisumbing (IFPRI), K. Otsuka (Tokyo Metropolitan University/IFPRI), E. Payongayong (IFPRI), and J.B. Aidoo (University of Science and Technology), "Land Tenure and the Management of Land and Trees: The Case of Customary Land Areas of Ghana"
Discussant: G. Fuentes (Loyola Marymount University)
 

10:45 - 12:30 pm SESSION 6

Session 6A: CORRUPTION

Chair: R. Arnott (Boston College)

J. Che (University of Notre Dame), "From the Grabbing Hand to the Helping Hand"
Discussant: X. Yang (Harvard University)

F. Larrain (Harvard University) and J. Tavares* (Harvard University), "Can Openness Deter Corruption? An Empirical Investigation"
Discussant: O. Bandiera (London School of Economics)

N. Yoshida (Boston University), "An Institutional Reform Against Collusion"
Discussant: R. Arnott (Boston College)

Session 6B: MACRO 2

Chair: J. Schaffner (Tufts University)

R. Dekle* (University of Southern California), C. Hsiao (University of Southern California), and S. Wang (University of Southern California), "Do High Interest Rates Appreciate Exchange Rates During Crisis?: The Korean Evidence"
Discussant: S. H. Kim (Brandeis University)

M. Floro (American University) and S.Seguino (University of Vermont), "Does Gender Have Any Effect on Savings? An Empirical Analysis" and tables.
Discussant: E. Rose (University of Washington)

T. Krebs (Brown University) and W. Maloney (The World Bank), "Quitting and Labor Turnover: Microeconomic Evidence and Macroeconomic Consequences"
Discussant: J. Schaffner (Tufts University)
 

Session 6C: HOUSEHOLDS 2

Chair: J. Morduch (Princeton University)

L. Gutierrez (Syracuse University), "The Impact on Time Allocation of New Vegetable and Fish Varieties Among Female Heads and Wives in Rural Bangladesh: Very Preliminary Results"
Discussant: C. Doss (Yale University)

J. Hoddinott (IFPRI) and B. Kinsey, "Child Growth in the Time of Drought"
Discussant: A. Foster (Brown University)

D. Thomas (RAND/UCLA), E. Frankenburg (RAND), K. Beegle (RAND), and G. Teruel (UIA), "Household Budgets, Household Composition, and the Crisis in Indonesia: Evidence from Longitudinal Household Survey Data"
Discussant: J. Morduch (Princeton University)

 

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