Development
Program Organizer: Kaushik Basu
All workshops are on Fridays at 4:00 p.m. in Uris Hall 498 unless otherwise noted.
The Workshop is co-sponsored with the Program on Comparative Economic Development.
September 18 - John Gray (Cornell University)
The Appearance of Modernization: The Economics
of Choosing Individual Identity
October 2 - Vidya Atal (Cornell University)
A Simple Theory of Female Labor Supply
October 9 - Annemie Maertens (Cornell University)
Who Cares What Others Think (Or Do)? Social
Learning, Social Pressures and Imitation in Three Villages in India
October 16 - Siddharth Sharma (The World Bank)
Firing Costs and Flexibility:
Evidence from Firms' Labor Adjustments to Shocks in India (joint w/A.V.
Chari & Achyuta Adhvaryu)
October 23 - Jim Berry (Cornell University)
Bridge
Classes and Peer Networks among Out-of-School Children in India (joint
w/Leigh Linden)
October 30 - Melanie Khamis (Institute for the Study of Labor)
Risk Attitudes, Time Preferences and the Incidence of Informality among
Workers: Evidence from a Transition Country (joint w/Thomas Dohmen &
Hartmut Lehmann)
November 3 - (Tues., 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall)
- Chris Blattman (Yale University)
The Industrial Organization of Rebellion: The Logic of Forced Labor and
Child Soldiering (joint w/ISS (Institute for Social Sciences))
November 6 - Nancy Chau & Ravi Kanbur (Cornell University)
Middlemen, Non-Profits and
Poverty (joint w/Hideaki Goto)
November 13 - (Fri., 4:00 p.m., STL 265) - Department Wide
Seminar - Abhijit Banerjee (MIT)
Marry for What? Caste and
Mate Selection in Modern India (joint w/Esther Duflo, Maitreesh Ghatak
& Jeanne Lafortune)
November 20 - Erik Thorbecke (Cornell University)
The Anatomy of Growth in Sub-Saharan
Africa
December 4 - (Fri., 4:00 p.m., STL 265) - Frank Knight
Lecture- Roger Myerson - (University of Chicago)
Understanding the Foundations of Institutions: Moral Hazard in High Office
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