Economic Development Lunch Series

The Economic Development Lunch is a seminar that gives students an opportunity to present research on various topics related to economics in developing countries.

This seminar is primarily intended for Ph.D. students and faculty in Harvard's Economics Department, although doctoral students in other programs at the university and KSG faculty members are welcome to attend. Priority to present research is given to those who attend regularly.

The seminar meets weekly on Wednesdays from 1:00 - 2:15 PM.

Lunch will be provided.
 

Spring 2008

• 6 February 2008 - Ryan Bubb, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University
• 13 February 2008 - Amrita Ahuja, Doctoral Candidate, Business Economics, Harvard Business School and Tom Vogl, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 20 February 2008 - Sandip Sukhtankar, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University
• 27 February 2008 - Tristan Zajonc, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University
• 5 March 2008 - "On the Determinants of School Choice: Structural Estimates and Simulations for Chile" - Andres Hernando, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 12 March 2008 - Stefan Hunt, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 19 March 2008 - Dan Fetter, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University and Anjali Adukia, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• 2 April 2008 - Ngoc Anh Tran, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University
• 9 April 2008 - "Market Intervention in Africa: An Extension of "Protection for Sale" - Deepa Dhume, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University and "Neighbors and Social Preferences: Evidence from Government Housing in Urban India" - Sharon Barnhardt, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University
• 16 April 2008 - Oeindrila Dube, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University
• 23 April 2008 - Daniel Carvalho, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University and Philipp Schnabl, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 30 April 2008 - Michael Faye, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 7 May 2008 - Jean Lee, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University and Sandra Sequeira, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University
• 14 May 2008 - Dina Pomeranz, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 21 May 2008 - Winnie Fung, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 28 May 2008 - Eliana Carranza, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University and Martin Kanz, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University

 

Fall 2007

• 5 September 2007: "Daughters as Wealth? The Effect of Cash Incentives on Sex Ratios" - Alaka Holla, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Brown University and Innovations for Poverty Action
• 12 September 2007: Title and Speaker TBA
• 19 September 2007: Title and Speaker TBA
• 26 September 2007: "Determinants of VAT Evasion Among Small and Medium Size Firms in Chile" - Dina Pomeranz, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 3 October 2007: "The Lasting Effects of Clean Water: Evidence from American Cities" - Tom Vogl, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University and Doctoral Fellow, Harvard Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy & "Theft from Multiple Pots: Corruption in India's Workfare System" - Sandip Sukhtankar, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University and Paul Niehaus, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 10 October 2007: "The Effects of Protected Forest Areas on Land Use and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Northern Thailand" - Kate Emans Sims, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University, and Doctoral Research Fellow, CID
• 17 October 2007: "Blame It On the Rain: Economic Shocks and Voting in India" - Ryan Bubb, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University
• 24 October 2007: "Firms, Elections and Public Credit: Estimating the Economic Effects of Political Capture in Brazil" - Daniel Carvalho, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 31 October 2007: "The Impact of Futures on Agricultural Commodity Markets: Investigating the Price Stabilizing Effects of Storage" - Stefan Hunt, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• Additional Titles and Speakers TBA

Summer 2007

• 6 June 2007: "The Effects of Protected Forest Areas on Land Use and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Northern Thailand" - Kate Emans Sims, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University, and Doctoral Research Fellow, CID
• 13 June 2007: "Determinants and Impacts of Microsavings: Project for a Randomized Experiment in Chile" - Felipe Kast, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, KSG and Dina Pomeranz, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 20 June 2007: "Do Jurors Discriminate? Evidence from Changes in State Juror Selection Procedures" - Jean Lee, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 27 June 2007: "Manipulation in Nascent Markets: Commodity Futures in India" - Stefan Hunt, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 18 July 2007: Speaker: Sandra Sequeira, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University & KSG
• 1 August 2007: "The Economics of Communist Party Membership in Post-Reform China" - Li Han, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
• 8 August 2007: "Do Foreign Banks Reduce the Impact of Global Credit Supply Shocks? Evidence from Emerging Markets" - Philipp Schnabl, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University Harvard University
• 15 August 2007: "Gender, Intrahousehold Decisionmaking, and the Demand for Children" - Jean Lee, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 29 August 2007: "Valuing Influence: The Effect of Salesmen on Retailers' Investment Decisions" - Amrita Ahuja, Doctoral Candidate, Business Economics, Harvard Business School

Spring 2007

• 28 February 2007: "Inequality, Redistribution and Population Size" - Quoc-Anh Do, Doctoral Candidate, Economics; Institute of Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University
• 7 March 2007: Speakers: Antonia Atanassova, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University, and Ryan Bubb, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy and Government, KSG
• 14 March 2007: "The Return to Capital for Small Retailers in Kenya" - Jean Lee, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University and ""Children’s Vulnerability to Shocks: Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua as a Natural Experiment" - Indhira Santos, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, KSG
• 21 March 2007: "Money is Not Everything: Fiscal Centralization and Teacher Effort in Rural China" - Li Han, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University and "Oil, Coffee and Armed Conflict" - Oeindrila Dube, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, KSG
• 28 March 2007: NO SEMINAR - *SPRING BREAK*
• 4 April 2007: "Privatization And Its Impact On The Private Sector" - Quoc-Anh Do, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Institute of Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University;
  "The Impact of the Hajj" - David Clingingsmith, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 11 April 2007: "The Business of Politics: Sugarcane Pricing in Cooperatives in Maharashtra, India" - Sandip Sukhtankar, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy and Government, KSG; "Speaking English in a Globalizing World: Information Technology and Education in India" - Kartini Shastry, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 18 April 2007: "Micro-credit and Economic Well-being: Evidence from a Citywide Microfinance Expansion" - Dan Fetter, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy and Government, KSG and "Dividend Payout and the Taxation of Dividends: A Flip-Flop Policy Experiment from India" - Sebastian James, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, KSG
• 25 April 2007: "Diversity, Teams and Productivity of Agricultural Workers in Kenya" - Jessica Leino, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, UC Berkeley, Doctoral Fellow, CID; and
  "Determinants of Tax Evasion: Preliminary Idea for a Randomized Experiment on the VAT in Chile" - Dina Pomeranz, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 2 May 2007: Speakers: Daniel Carvalho, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University; Paul Niehaus, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, and Michael Faye, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
• 9 May 2007: Speaker: Winnie Fung, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University and Harvard Business School
• 16 May 2007: Speaker TBA
• 23 May 2007: "The Costs of 'Doing It Later': Evidence from ROSCAs in South India" - Sandip Sukhtankar, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University
• 30 May 2007: Speaker TBA

Fall 2006

• 20 September 2006: "Main and Spillover Effects of a Child Welfare Grant in South Africa" - Iris Boutros, Doctoral Candidate, Population and International Health, Doctoral Fellow, CID
• 27 September 2006: "Tax Evasion and Corrupt Agents" - Sebastian James, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy
• 4 October 2006: "Banking on Your Reputation: The Impact of Credit Bureaus on Banking" - Philipp Schnabl, Doctoral Candidate in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University
• 11 October 2006: "Globalization, Information Technology and Higher Education in India" - Kartini Shastry, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University
• 18 October 2006: "Resource-Curse in Reverse: The Coffee Crisis and Armed Conflict in Colombia" - Oeindrila Dube, Doctoral Candidate in Public Policy, Harvard University, Doctoral Fellow, CID
• 24 October 2006: "The Market for Political Patronage: Evidence from College Students in China" - Li Han, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
• 1 November 2006: "Bankruptcy Reform and Litigation" - Mario Gamboa-Cavazos, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University
• 8 November 2006: "Do Parents Invest More in the Quality of their Children when Quantity is Restricted? Evidence from India's Forced Sterilization Program" - Sandip Sukhtankar, Doctoral Candidate in Political Economy and Government, Department of Economics, Harvard University
• 15 November 2006: "Resource-Curse in Reverse: The Coffee Crisis and Armed Conflict in Colombia" - Oeindrila Dube, Doctoral Candidate in Public Policy, Harvard University, Doctoral Fellow, CID
• 22 November 2006: "Trade, Institutions and Religious Tolerance: Evidence from India" - Saumitra Jha, Academy Scholar, Harvard University
• 29 November 2006: "Media Freedom, Bureaucratic Incentives, and the Resource Curse" - Georgy Egorov, Department of Economics, Harvard University
• 6 December 2006: "Peter Singer vs. Charles Dickens: Evaluating Particularist Ethics from a Universalist Standpoint" - Dan Wood, Harvard University; Michael Kremer, Gates Professor of Developing Societies, Department of Economics, Harvard University
• 13 December 2006: "Peer Effects, Intra-household Bargaining and Contraceptive Adoption: Two Field Experiments in Lusaka and Zambia" - Jean Lee, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University

2005-2006

During the 2005-2006 academic year this seminar was held in the North Yard, Littauer M17. For more information, please contact Gaury Kartini Shastry.

2004-2005

• 22 September 2004: "The Effects of Natural Disasters and Economic Volatility on Fertility" - Cynthia Lin [Background paper]
• 29 September 2004: "Property Rights and Investment: An examination of the Agua Caliente tribe of Palm Springs, CA" - Randy Akee, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 7 October 2004: "On the Costs and Benefits of Political Centralization: a lesson from African Indigenous Institutions" - Ilia Rainer
• 13 October 2004: "Diversification and Development" - Miklos Koren
• 20 October 2004: "Who wants to know? The Demand for Health Information" - Rebecca Thornton, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 3 November 2004: "Inputs and Incentives in Primary Education in India" - Karthik Muralidharan
• 10 November 2004: "Contraception as Development? New Evidence from Family Planning in Colombia" - Grant Miller
• 17 November 2004: Emre Deliveli (cancelled)
• 1 December 2004: "Thoughts Towards Modeling the Persistent Effects of High-end Migration" - Mihir Sharma
• 8 December 2004: "Sex Selection, Fertility and Parents' Labor Supply: Evidence from Exogenous Variation Generated by One-child Policy" - Li Han
• 15 December 2004: "Grain Inflation: Misrepresenting Student Attendance in Response to a School Meals Program" - Kartini Shastry
• 2 February 2005: Planning meeting
• 9 February 2005: "Hepatitis B and the Case of the Missing Women" - Emily Oster, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 16 February 2005: "Contracting with NGOs to Manage Health Services: An Experiment in Cambodia" - David Clingingsmith, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 23 February 2005: "Reciprocity in a Reciprocal Exchange Economy: Evidence from a Slum in Nairobi, Kenya" - Fiona Greig, Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy
• 2 March 2005: "Political Structure as a Determinant of Bribes: Evidence from Mexican Firms" - Emiliano Salinas, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 9 March 2005: Rita Butzer, Research Fellow
• 16 March 2005: "Weak Intellectual Property Rights and Firm Heterogeneity" - Stanley Watt, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 23 March 2005: "Identifying Non-Cooperative Behavior Among Spouses: Gender Disparities in Child Health and Education in Migrant-Sending Households" - Joyce Chen, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 30 March 2005: SPRING BREAK
• 6 April 2005: Dave Evans, Doctoral Student in Economics
• 13 April 2005: Randy Akee (Political Economy and Government), Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 20 April 2005: Andreea Balan, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 27 April 2005: "Social Network and Governance Performance: Evidence from Land Consolidation in Vietnam" - Quac-Anh Do, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 4 May 2005: "Development as Self-Discovery and Industrial Policy" - Roland Hodler, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics (Visiting Scholar)
• 11 May 2005: "The Pricing and Marketing Impacts of Counterfeits" - Yi Qian, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics; "Long-Run Effects of Income Shocks" - Elsa Vila-Artadi, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

2003-2004

• 17 September 2003: Organizational Meeting
• 24 September 2003: "Economic Reform, Agricultural Development and the Poor: India, 1970-2000" - Mark Rosenzweig
• 1 October 2003: "Independence, Political Instability and Economic Growth in Nineteenth Century Mexico" - Carlos Ponzio
• 8 October 2003: "The Benefits of Banking Relationships: Evidence from Uganda's Banking Crisis" - James Habyarimana
• 15 October 2003: "Land rights and economic development: evidence from Vietnam" - Lakshmi Iyer 
• 22 October 2003: "Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth in the Developing World" - Ben Olken
• 29 October 2003: "Will the sun come out tomorrow? Orphans and schooling in Africa" - David Evans, Doctoral Student in Economics
• 5 November 2003: "Stress, Uncertainty and Health: Evidence from Russian Privatization" - Robert Jensen
• 12 November 2003: "Before the Melting Pot?: Public Goods and Fractionalization in American Cities in the Early 20th Century" - Leah Boustan
• 19 November 2003: "Boom Towns and Ghost Countries: Geographic Shocks and Population Mobility" - Lant Pritchett
• 26 November 2003: No Meeting
• 3 December 2003: "Did Odysseus have Time-Inconsistent Preferences?: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Savings in the Philippines" - Nava Ashraf
• 10 December 2003: "Absent Teachers in India: Extent, Causes, and Consequences" - Karthik Muralidharan
• 17 December 2003: No Meeting
• 5 February 2004: Organizational Meeting
• 11 February 2004: "Male Circumcision, AIDS and Growth in Africa" - Erik Werker and Brian Wendell
• 18 February 2004: "Dads, Disease and Death: Decomposing Daughter Discrimination" - Joyce Chen, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 25 February 2004: "HIV/AIDS in Africa: Simulation and Policy Results" - Emily Oster
• 3 March 2004: "The Nanny Factor: Can Immigration Reduce Inequality Among Natives?" - Stanley Watt, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 10 March 2004: "Lending Booms and Banking Crises" - Emre Deliveli
• 17 March 2004: "Indian Bank's Non-Performing Assets: Impact of Debt Recovery Tribunals" - James Constantini
• 24 March 2004: "An Economic Analysis of Nationalism" - Arnaud Devleeshauwer
• 7 April 2004: "Talking About Corruption: Preliminary Evidence from an Indonesian Field Experiment" - Ben Olken
• 14 April 2004: "Exploiting Evil: Inferences from Two Chinese Policy Experiments" - Mark Rosenzweig
• 21 April 2004: "Instability and Corruption in a Model with Resurrection" - Quoc-Anh Do, Filipe Campante, and Davin Chor
• 28 April 2004: "The Impact of Fostering on Fertility and Schooling: An Instrumental Variables Approach" - David Evans, Doctoral Student in Economics
• 5 May 2004: "Political Institutions, Interest Groups, and the Ratification of International Environmental Agreements" - Gergely Ujhelyi
• 12 May 2004: "Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines" - Nava Ashraf
• 19 May 2004: "Determinants of Migration from the Federated States of Micronesia to the US" - Randy Akee

2002-2003

• 18 September 2002: Organizational Meeting
• 25 September 2002: No Meeting
• 2 October 2002: "Exchange Clubs in Argentina" - Mariana Colacelli & David Blackburn
• 9 October 2002: "Corruption in Indonesia: Preliminary Results from a Public Works Program" - Ben Olken
• 16 October 2002: "School Feeding Programs in Kenya: Results from a Randomized Trial" - Christel Vermeersch
• 23 October 2002: "A Proposal for Gathering Ethnic Distance" - Francesco Caselli
• 30 October 2002: "Identification and Estimation of the Linear Means Model of Social Interactions" - Bryan Graham, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 6 November 2002: "The Impact of Parent Death on School Enrollment in Busia, Kenya" - David Evans, Doctoral Student in Economics
• 13 November 2002: "Globalization and Inequality" - Michael Kremer
• 20 November 2002: "Providing New Savings Mechanisms: A Research Proposal for Kenya & the Philippines" - Nava Ashraf
• 27 November 2002: No Meeting
• 4 December 2002: Student Lunch with Alwyn Young
• 11 December 2002: "Impact of Sanitation Projects in Native American Reservations" - Tara Watson
• 18 December 2002: "Do Institutions Matter? Evidence from a Cross Section of Countries" - Ilia Rainer & Nicola Gennaioli
• 18 February 2002: Dean Yang
• 25 February 2003: Eric Werker and Charles Cohen
• 4 March 2003:  James Habyarimana
• 11 March 2003: Bryan Graham, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 18 March 2003: Ben Olken
• 25 March 2003: Spring Recess, No Meeting
• 1 April 2003: No Meeting
• 8 April 2003: Joyce Chen, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
• 15 April 2003: Lunch, previous to department speaker Angus Deaton
• 22 April 2003: Rachel Glennerster
• 29 April 2003: Martin Sandbu
• 6 May 2003: David Evans, Doctoral Student in Economics
• 13 May 2003: Seema Jayachandran

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