Development Workshop
Faculty Contact for 2020-2021 Seminar Series: Nick Ryan
Mondays, 2:30 - 3:45 pm, by Zoom
This workshop is designed as a forum for graduate students and faculty with an interest in economic problems of developing countries. Outside speakers, faculty and graduate students on the job market discuss research papers. During Fall 2020 the series will be virtual.
Graduate students who anticipate or are currently doing dissertation research in these or related areas are invited to attend the Workshop, to register for credit as appropriate. They should also check out the Development Lunch.
Contact Noel Sardalla (203-432-3621) if you want to receive announcements about the Development Workshop.
To see the event links on this schedule, log in with your Yale NetID at https://economics.yale.edu/cas and return to this page. Private Zoom links and pass codes will be visible once you have logged in.
Schedule maintained by Noel Sardalla (203-432-3621)
Events/Seminars
March 1, 2021 | ||
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Lauren Falcao Bergquist, University of Michigan “Scaling Up Agricultural Policy Interventions: Theory and Evidence from Uganda” (with Benjamin Faber, Thibault Fally, Matthias Hoelzlein, Edward Miguel, and Andres Rodriguez-Clare) (Paper forthcoming) Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
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March 15, 2021 | ||
| 2:30pm to 3:45pm |
Vittorio Bassi, University of Southern California “Achieving Scale Collectively” Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
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April 1, 2021 | ||
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Joana Naritomi, London School of Economics “Cash Transfers on Formal Labor Markets: Evidence from Brazil” Joint with Development Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
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April 5, 2021 | ||
| 2:30pm to 3:50pm |
Meredith Startz, Dartmouth College “Cutting Out the Middleman: The Structure of Chains of Intermediation” With Matthew Grant, Dartmouth College Joint presentation with International Trade Workshop Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
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April 12, 2021 | ||
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Jonathan Weigel, London School of Economics “Local Elites as State Capacity: How City Chiefs Use Local Information to Increase Tax Compliance in DR Congo” Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
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April 19, 2021 | ||
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Patrick Francois, University of British Columbia “A Theory of (failed?) Democratic Transitions, Illustrated with the Case of Myanmar” Joint with Leitner Political Economy Seminar Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
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April 21, 2021 | ||
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Amit Khandelwal, Columbia University “Language Barriers in MNCs and Knowledge Transfers” Joint presentation with Development Workshop Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
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