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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