The Virtual Liberal Arts Colleges Development Seminar is an opportunity for LAC development economists to present their research. This was an initiative to generate interacting during the covid shutdown and the most restrictive times of the covid pandemic.
The seminar took place on Fridays from 1to 2 pm ET
You can register to attend the seminar series here:
https://colgate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pceGvrjouHdPNwLox_jqcHK70LUHyiYx2
Feb 5th:
Pinar Keskin, Associate Professor, Wellesley College
Feb 19th:
Gisella Kagy, Assistant Professor, Vassar College
March 5th:
Johannes Norling, Assistant Professor, Mount Holyoke College
March 19th:
Amy Damon, Associate Professor, Macalester College
April 2nd:
Luke Chicoine, Assistant Professor, Bates College
April 16th:
Dan LaFave, Associate Professor, Colby College
April 30th:
Fatima Aqeel, Assistant Professor, Colgate University
September 18th:The Effect of Manager Gender and Performance Feedback: Experimental Evidence from India's Gig Economy
Martin Abel, Assistant Professor at Middlebury College
October 2nd: Spousal Communication and Intra-Household Allocation in Kenya
Carolina Castilla, Associate Professor at Colgate University
October 9th: Are informal transfers driven by strategic risk-sharing or fairness? Evidence from an experiment in Kenya
Prachi Jain, Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University
October 23rd: Drying up the Marriage Market: Estimating the Effect of Weather Shocks on Polygynous Marriage
Aine McCarthy, Assistant Professor at Lewis and Clark College
November 13th: The Ecological Impacts of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program
Andrew Simons, Assistant Professor at Fordham University
November 20th: Place-Based Policies and Migration
Ama Abeberese, Assistant Professor at Wellesley College
December 4th: Climate-Induced Resettlement and Agricultural Productivity of Origin Locations
Mesay Gebresilasse, Assistant Professor at Amherst College
June 18th: Early-Life Shocks and Childhood Social Programs: Evidence of Potential Catch-Up in Brazil
Dylan Fitz (dylan.b.fitz@lawrence.edu), Associate Professor, Lawrence University
June 25th: Games of Prejudice – Experiments at the Extensive and Intensive Margin
Subha Mani (smani@fordham.edu), Associate Professor, Fordham University
July 2nd: Exploring the continuum between public and private goods: Bidding for soil fertility information in Malawi
Julia Berazneva (jberazneva@middlebury.edu), Assistant Professor, Middlebury College
July 9th: Is GAVI Effective Foreign Aid?
Kartini Shastry (gshastry@wellesley.edu), Associate Professor, Wellesley College
July 16th: Measuring Women's Time Use in the Moment
Tamara McGavok (mcgavock@grinnell.edu), Assistant Professor, Grinnell College
July 23rd: Another Seat at the Table: Municipal Council Size and Local Taxes in Brazil
Evan Kresch (ekresch@oberlin.edu), Assistant Professor, Oberlin College
July 30th: The Impact of a Changing Religious Landscape on Community Social Bonds
David Murphy (dmurphy1@colgate.edu), Assistant Professor, Colgate University
August 6th: Neighborhood Violence, Poverty, and Psychological Well-being
Mo Alloush (mismaila@hamilton.edu), Assistant Professor, Hamilton College
August 13th: Change of Heart: Explaining Shifting Opinions of Female Genital Cutting
Lindsay Novak (lindsey.novak@colby.edu), Assitant Professor, Colby College