CEPR DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS SYMPOSIUM
JOINT WITH AMID FIRST CONFERENCE AND BREAD
Held jointly with Actors, Markets, and Institutions in Developing Countries: A micro-empirical approach
(AMID) Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN) and Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of
Development (B.R.E.A.D.)
London; 25-26 September 2009
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Programme
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FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
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09.00 - 12.30
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Pre-conference on Work in Progress by Junior Affiliates
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12.30 - 13.30
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Lunch
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13.30 - 14.45
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HIV Does Matter for Fertility: Human Capital, Mortality and Family Size
Gunther Fink (Harvard School of Public Health)
Sebastian Linnemayr (Harvard School of Public Health)
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14.45 - 16.00
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Daughters Less Than Sons? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Seema Jayachandran (Stanford University, BREAD and CEPR)
Ilyana Kuziemko (Princeton University)
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16.00 - 16.30
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Coffee Break
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16.30 - 17.45
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How to Target the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
Rema Hanna (Harvard University)
Ben Olken (MIT)Abhijit Banerjee (MIT)
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17.45 - 19.00
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Trade and Income - Exploiting Time Series in Geography
James Feyrer (Dartmouth College)
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19.30
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Conference Dinner
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SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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09.00 - 10.15
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Resource Abundance, Development, and Living Standards: Evidence from Oil Discoveries in Brazil
Guy Michaels (LSE, CEPR and BREAD)
Francesco Caselli (LSE and BREAD)
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10.15 - 11.30
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Civil Conflct and Human Capital Accumulation: The Long Term Effects of Political Violence in Perú
Gianmarco Leon (UC Berkeley)
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11.30 - 11.45
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Coffee Break
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11.45-13.00
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Contract Design in Insurance Groups
Stefan Dercon (Oxford, BREAD and CEPR)
Tessa Bold (Oxford)
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13.00
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Lunch
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Organizers:
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Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics, CEPR and BREAD)
Tim Besley (London School of Economics, CEPR and BREAD)
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