Virtual LAC Development Seminar

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

Spring 2021 Seminar Schedule

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

Fall 2020 Seminar Schedule

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

Summer 2020 Seminar Schedule

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