The 2022 NorthWest Development Workshop (NWDW) is being hosted by Oregon State University, in Portland, Oregon.
Workshop location: OSU Portland Center
8:55-9:00 AM Welcome remarks Todd Pugatch (Oregon State)
9:00 – 10:10 AM Session 1: Technology Adoption
Adoption and Impact of Mobile Health Services: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
Ferdous Zaman Sardar (Washington)
A National Information Campaign Encouraging Financial Technology Use in Ghana
Emma Riley (Washington)
10:10—10:25 AM BREAK 1
10:25—11:35 AM Session 2: Credit Markets
Pastoralists and Power: The Impact of an Agriculture and Credit Program on Women's Empowerment in Tanzania
Aine McCarthy (Lewis and Clark)
Discrimination and Access to Capital: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
Ketki Sheth (UC Merced)
11:35—11:50 AM BREAK 2
11:50—1:00 PM Session 3: Intimate Partner Violence
When Home is not a Haven. The Labor Market Effects of Domestic Violence
Alejandro Abarca, (Oregon State)
Harm and Harmony
Chris Bidner (Simon Fraser)
1:00—2:15 PM LUNCH BREAK
2:25—3:35 PM Session 4: Gender
The Impact of Ready Made Garments on Labor Force Participation and Fertility Among Bangladeshi Women
Shihab Siddiqui (Oregon)
Pathways to Choice: Delaying Marriage and Increasing Education via Safe Spaces
Isabelle Cohen (Washington)
3:35 —3:50 PM BREAK 3
3:50—5:00 PM Session 5: Market Structures, Access, and Performance
Who benefits from better internet connectivity? Evidence from the labor market in South Africa
Zhe Liu, (Washington)
Do Small Firms Partially Insure Customers from Price Increases? Evidence from Retail Firms in Tanzania
Jess Rudder, (Chicago)
5:00 PM Adjourn
5:30 PM Dinner