Schedule & Papers

Day 1

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Virtual NEUDC 2020

SCHEDULE
DAY 1 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6th

Dartmouth College Department of Economics and the
John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding

Dartmouth College

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10:00am Welcome Keynote

Development in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic:
A Research Agenda by Penny Goldberg

Penny Goldberg is the Elihu Professor of Economics at Yale University and previously served as Chief Economist of the World Bank Group
(November 2018 - March 2020)

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11:30-1:10pm SESSION I

Panel A: COVID

Chair: Samuel Bazzi, Boston University

Author(s)

Emilio Gutierrez; ITAM
Jaakko Meriläinen; Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Adrian Rubli; ITAM

Nicolas Bottan; Cornell University
Bridget Hoffmann; Inter-American Development Bank
Diego A Vera-Cossio; Inter-American Development Bank

Nicolas Ajzenman; Sao Paulo School of Economics
Tiago Cavalcanti; University of Cambridge
Daniel Da Mata; Sao Paulo School of Economics - FGV

Kalle Hirvonen; IFPRI
Alan de Brauw; IFPRI
Gashaw Abate; IFPRI

Author(s)

Asad Islam; Monash University
Sungoh Kwon; Korea Institute of Public Finance
Eema Masood; World Bank
Nishith Prakash; University of Connecticut
Shwetlena Sabarwalk; World Bank
Deepak Saraswat; University of Connecticut

Lukas Kiessling; Max Planck Institute for Research on Col
Shyamal Chowdhury; University of Sydney
Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch; Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
Matthias Sutter; Max Planck Institute for Collective Good

Crick Lund; University of Cape Town and King’s College London
Kate Orkin; University of Oxford
Marc Witte; IZA Institute of Labor Economics
Thandi Davies; University of Cape Town
Johannes Haushofer; Princeton University; National Bureau of Economic Research; and Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
Judy Bass; Johns Hopkins
Paul Bolton; Johns Hopkins
Sarah Murray; Johns Hopkins
Laura Murray; Johns Hopkins
Wietse Tol; Johns Hopkins and HealthRight International
Graham Thornicroft; King’s College London
Vikram Patel; Harvard Medical School and Harvard Chan School of Public Health

Panel C: GENDER INEQUALITY

Chair: Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois at Chicago

Author(s)

Dedevi Apedo-Amah; Stanford University
Habiba Djebbari; Aix-Marseille University
Roberta Ziparo; University of Aix-Marseille

Jorge Garcia Hombrados; Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Sakshi Gupta; Columbia University

Rossella Calvi; Rice University
Ajinkya Keskar; Rice University

Panel D: TRADE, MARKET POWER, AND AGRICULTURE

Chair: Treb Allen, Dartmouth College

Author(s)

Francesco Amodio; McGill University and CIREQ
Nicolás de Roux; Universidad de los Andes

Farid Farrokhi; Purdue University

Jessica Leight; IFPRI
Yao Pan; Aalto University and George Washington University

Lucas Zavala; Yale University

Panel E: ELECTIONS AND VOTING

Chair: Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University

Author(s)

Avner Seror; Aix Marseille School of Economics

Laura Diniz Penteado de Barros; University of Goettingen
Manuel Santos Silva; University of Goettingen

Michael Jetter; University of Western Australia
Teresa Molina; University of Hawaii at Manoa

Kate Orkin; University of Oxford

Panel F: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MICROENTERPRISES

Chair: Arnab Basu, Cornell University

Author(s)

Sampreet singh Goraya; University of Pompeu Fabra

Alessandro Maffioli; Inter-American Development Bank
David McKenzie; World Bank
Diego Ubfal; Bocconi University

Jessica Rudder; University of California Davis

Jeanne Lafortune; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Magdalena Martin; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Jose Tessada; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Panel G: AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH

Chair: Susan Godlonton, Williams College

Author(s)

Nidhiya Menon; Brandeis University

Husnain Fateh; Sewanee: The University of the South
Matthew Gibson; Williams College
Muhammad Fatiq Nadeem; University of California, Santa Barbara
Sanval Nasim; Lahore University of Management Sciences
Arman Rezaee; University of California, Davis

Pablo Ordonez; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Kartik Misra; University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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1:10-2:50pm SESSION II

Panel A: AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Chair: Kyle Emerick, Tufts University

Author(s)

Felix Forster; University of Warwick

Ryan Abman; San Diego State University
Teevrat Garg; UCSD
Yao Pan; Aalto University and George Washington University
Saurabh Singhal; Lancaster University

Santiago Medina
Gonzalo Moromizato; Universidad del Pacífico
Manuel Barron; Universidad del Pacifico

David Just; Cornell University
Ariel Ortiz-Bobea; Cornell University
Steven Wilcox; Cornell University

Author(s)

Alex Armand; Nova School of Business and Economics
Ivan Kim Taveras; Bocconi University

Farhan Majid

Fernando Saltiel; Duke University

Manuel Barron; Universidad del Pacifico
Juan F. Castro; Universidad del Pacifico
Pablo Lavado; Universidad del Pacifico

Panel C: WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE

Chair: Maddie McKelway, Dartmouth College

Author(s)

Gautam Bose; University of New South Wales
Tarun Jain; Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Sarah Walker; University of New South Wales

Martin Abel; Middlebury College

Monserrat Bustelo; Inter-American Development Bank
Ana Diaz; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Jeanne Lafortune; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chil
Claudia Piras; Interamerican Development Bank
Luz Salas; Universidad Javeriana
Jose Tessada; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Paula Lopez-Pena; Yale University

Panel D: URBAN/SPATIAL

Chair: Adam Storeygard, Tufts University

Author(s)

Juan Pablo Uribe; Brown University

Anjali Adukia; University of Chicago
Sam Asher; Johns Hopkins SAIS
Paul Novosad; Dartmouth College
Brandon Tan; Harvard University

Tristan Reed; World Bank

Gaurav Khanna; UCSD
Carlos Medina; Banco de la Republica
Anant Nyshadham; University of Michigan
Daniel Ramos; Harvard University
Jorge Tamayo; Harvard Business School
Audrey Tiew; Harvard University


Panel E: INSTITUTIONS AND RELIGION

Chair: Selim Gulesci, Trinity College Dublin

Author(s)

Augustin Bergeron; Harvard University

Samuel Bazzi; Boston University
Masyhur Hilmy; Boston University
Benjamin Marx; Sciences Po

Maxim Ananyev; The University of Melbourne
Michael Poyker; UCLA

Ama Baafra Abeberese; Wellesley College
Prabhat Barnwal; Michgan State University
Ritam Chaurey; Johns Hopkins SAIS
Priya Mukherjee; University of Wisconsin-Madison

Author(s)

Fabrizio Santoro; University of Sussex / ICTD

Henrique Veras de Paiva Fonseca; Oberlin College
Evan Kresch; Oberlin College
Rodrigo Schneider; Skidmore College
Meredith Walker; Oberlin College

Maria Jouste; UNU-WIDER
Tina Kaidu Barugahara; Uganda Revenue Authority
Joseph Okello; Uganda Revenue Authority
Jukka Pirttilä; University of Helsinki
Pia Rattenhuber; UNU-WIDER

Bhanu Gupta; University of Michigan

Panel G: FERTILITY AND DEMOGRAPHICS

Chair: Girija Borker, World Bank

Author(s)

Pauline Rossi; University of Amsterdam
Yun Xiao; University of Amsterdam

James Fenske; University of Warwick
Shizhuo Wang; University of Oxford

David Canning; Harvard University
Marie Christelle Mabeu; University of Ottawa
Roland Pongou; University of Ottawa

Neha Agarwal; University of Otago
Annamaria Milazzo; World Bank, UNICEF

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2:50-4:30pm SESSION III

Panel A: AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION

Chair: John Hoddinott, Cornell University

Author(s)

Lila Cardell; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Keenan Marchesi; USDA-ERS
Marc Rockmore; GAO

Xavier Gine; The World Bank

Salauddin Tauseef; University of Manchester

Panel B: EDUCATION

Chair: Bryce Millet Steinberg, Brown University

Author(s)

Saini Das; University of Oklahoma

María Bautista; University of Chicago
Felipe Gonzalez; PUC-Chile
Luis Martinez; University of Chicago
Pablo Munoz; UC Berkeley
Mounu Prem; Universidad del Rosario

Anisha Sharma; Ashoka University

Shwetlena Sabarwal; World Bank

Panel C: MIGRATION

Chair: Caroline Theoharides, Amherst College

Author(s)

Mariapia Mendola; University of Milano Bicocca

Obeid Ur Rehman; University of Michigan

Eduardo Cenci; University of Wisconsin-Madison
Daniel Lopes; National School of Public Administration (ENAP)
Leonardo Monasterio; UCB Ipea

Gaurav Khanna; University of California, San Diego
Caroline Theoharides; Amherst College
Dean Yang; University of Michigan

Panel D: FIRMS, LABOR, AND LAND

Chair: Dan LaFave, Colby College

Author(s)

Brian McCaig; Wilfrid Laurier
Margaret McMillan; Tufts University and IFPRI
Marina Ngoma; The Fletcher School at Tufts University
Anh Pham; George Mason University

Louise Guillouet; Columbia University
Amit Khandelwal; Columbia Business School
Rocco Macchiavello; LSE
Matthieu Teachout; London School of Economics

A. Nilesh Fernando; University of Notre Dame
Niharika Singh; Harvard University
Gabriel Tourek; Massachusetts Institute of Technology and J-PAL

Uttara Balakrishnan

Panel E: POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CONFLICT

Chair: Eoin Mcguirk, Tufts University

Author(s)

Mark Dincecco; University of Michigan
James Fenske; University of Warwick
Anil Menon; University of Michigan

Sacha Kapoor; Erasmus University Rotterdam
Arvind Magesan; University of Calgary

Nicolas Berman; Aix Marseille University
Mathieu Couttenier; University of Lyon
Victoire Girard; Nova SBE

Eleonora Guarnieri; ifo Institute

Panel F: CREDIT AND FINANCE

Chair: Emily Breza, Harvard University

Author(s)

Karol Mazur; University of Oxford

Kim Cramer; Columbia Business School

Vaishnavi Surendra; University of California Berkeley

Panel G: MARRIAGE

Chair: Andrew Foster, Brown University

Author(s)

Shreyasee Das; Temple University
Shatanjaya Dasgupta; Providence College

Madhulika Khanna; Georgetown University
Nishtha Kochhar; Georgetown University

Isabelle Salcher; NYU

Arkadev Ghosh; University of British Columbia
Sam Hwang; University of British Columbia
Munir Squires; UBC Economics

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4:30-6:00pm SESSION IV

Panel A: COVID AND GOVERNMENT

Chair: Alan de Brauw; IFPRI

Author(s)

Guo Xu; UC Berkeley

Onur Altindag; Bentley University
Bilge Erten; Northeastern University
Pinar Keskin; Wellesley College

Eleanor Wiseman; U.C. Berkeley

Panel B: UNDERSTANDING BUREAUCRACY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

Chair: Nishith Prakash, University of Connecticut

Author(s)

Martin Mattsson; Yale University

Diana Moreira; University of California, Davis
Santiago Perez; University of California, Davis

Miguel Morales-Mosquera; The University of Chicago

Panel C: WATER, SANITATION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Chair: Eeshani Kandpal, World Bank

Author(s)

Sonia Bhalotra; University of Essex
Ryan Brown; University of Colorado Denver
Atheendar Venkataramani; University of Pennsylvania

Akito Kamei; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kanika Mahajan; Ashoka University
Sheetal Sekhri; University of Virginia

Panel D: INSTITUTIONS

Chair: Sandip Sukhtankar, University of Virginia

Author(s)

Sultan Mehmood; Aix-Marseille School of Economics

Gian Luca Tedeschi; University of Nottingham

Benjamin Krause; UC Berkeley

Panel E: NETWORKS AND BEHAVIOR

Chair: Diego Ramos-Toro, Dartmouth College

Author(s)

Juni Singh; Paris School of Economics

Thomas Gautier; Boston University

Alexander Yarkin; Brown University

Panel F: TECHNOLOGY AND CREDIT

Chair: Sean Higgins, Northwestern University

Author(s)

Alfredo Burlando; University of Oregon
Luciana Etcheverry; University of Oregon
Jessica Goldberg; University of Maryland

Miriam Bruhn; The World Bank
Soren Heitmann; IFC

Ayesha Jamal

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