ECON 3105: Seminar in Economic Development
The MIT website for the seminar can be found here.
| Date | Speaker | Talk |
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| February 6 | Cynthia Kinnan | Do Credit Constraints Limit Entrepreneurship? Heterogeneity in the Returns to Microfinance |
| February 13 | Monica Martinez-Bravo | In Vaccines We Trust? The Effects of the CIA’s Vaccine Ruse on Immunization in Pakistan |
| February 20 | Joseph Kaboski |
How Important are Nonconvexities for Savings and Development? Experimental Evidence from Uganda |
| February 27 | David Atkin |
New Engel on Measuring Price Indices and Welfare |
| March 6 | Frank Schilbach |
Does Poverty Lower Productivity |
| March 13 | Dilip Mookherjee |
Decentralized Targeting of Agricultural Credit Programs: Private versus Political Intermediaries |
| April 3 | Lucie Gadenne |
Taxation and Supplier Networks: Evidence from India |
| April 10 | Chris Udry |
Does Poverty Increase Labor Supply? Evidence from Multiple Income Effects
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| April 17 | Dina Pomeranz |
Can Audits Backfire? Evidence from Public Procurement in Chile |
| April 24 | Paul Niehaus |
Welfare Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya |
Course Summary:
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