Development Workshop
Faculty Contact for 2021-2022 Seminar Series: Nick Ryan
Mondays, 2:30 - 3:45 pm. This semester will be a mix of in-person and virtual (Zoom) events - please refer to the specific event for details.
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.
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
February 14, 2022 | ||
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2:30pm to 3:45pm |
Mark Rosenzweig, Yale University “Democratization, Elite Capture, and Economic Development” SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4400 Lin Tech. Classroom |
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February 21, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
No Development Workshop “Joint Development - Labor/Public seminar is on 2/24” SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4400 Lin Tech. Classroom |
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February 24, 2022 | ||
3:30pm |
Rossella Calvi, Rice University (visiting Yale) “Til Dowry Do Us Part: Bargaining and Violence in Indian Families” Joint Labor/Public and Development Workshop In person location: 451 College Street, Room B-04. Hybrid Event - In-person and virtual Sign-in to view Zoom link |
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February 28, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
Yusuf Neggers, University of Michigan (visiting Yale) “Updating the State: Information Acquisition Costs and Public Benefit Delivery” with Eric Dodge, Rohini Pande, and Charity Troyer Moore. Paper is restricted to mailing list. SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4400 Lin Tech. Classroom Sign-in to view Zoom link |
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March 7, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
No Development Workshop this week “No Development Workshop” SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4400 Lin Tech. Classroom |
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March 14, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College “The Long-run Development Impacts of Agricultural Productivity Gains: Evidence from Irrigation Canals in India” SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4400 Lin Tech. Classroom |
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March 21, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
Spring Break “No Workshop” |
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March 28, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
Kuznets Week “No Workshop” |
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April 4, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
Tristan Reed, The World Bank “Market Size, Markups, and International Price Dispersion in the Cement Industry ” with Fabrizio Leone and Rocco Macchiavello SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4400 Lin Tech. Classroom |
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April 11, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
No Development Workshop this week “No Development Workshop” |
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April 18, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
Woan Foong Wong, University of Oregon “Entrepôt: Hubs, Scale, and Trade Costs” SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4400 Lin Tech. Classroom |
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April 25, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
David McKenzie, The World Bank “Bayesian Impact Evaluation with Informative Priors: An Application to a Colombian Management and Export Improvement Program” Paper circulated internally SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4400 Lin Tech. Classroom |
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May 2, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago Booth School of Business “Identifying Agglomeration Shadows: Long-run Evidence from Ancient Ports” with Guy Michaels and Ferdinand Rauch (Slides only) SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4400 Lin Tech. Classroom |
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May 9, 2022 | ||
2:30pm to 3:45pm |
Clare Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics” SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4400 Lin Tech. Classroom |