PSSD Seminar in 2021 -  2022

Adriana Lleras-Muney (UCLA), "The persistent effect of decreasing labor-market discrimination", with Anna Aizer, Ryan Boone and Jonathan Vogel

Anja Benshaul-Tolonen (Columbia U.), "The evolution and persistence of women's roles: evidence from the Gold Rush"

Markus P. Goldstein (World Bank), "The seeds of structural transformation"

Belinda Archibong (Columbia U.), " Protest Matters: The Effects of Protests on Economic Redistribution", with T. Moerenhout and E. Osabuohien

Benjamin Marx (Science Po. Paris), "Islam and the State: Religious Education in the Age of Mass Schooling"

Dean Yang (U. of Michigan), "Abudance from abroad: migrant income and long-run economic development in the Philippines", with G. Jhanna, E. Murathanoglu and C. Theoharides

Tom Vogl (UCSD), "Intergenerational Persistence in Child Mortality"

Krisztina Kis-Katos (U. of Gottingen), "Dealing with agricultural shocks: Income source diversification through solar panel home systems", with H. Stemmler, F. Lenel, C. Weisser  

Raul Sanchez de la Sierra (U. of Chicago), "Inside the real State: Corruption with a hierarchy"

Anup Malani (U. of Chicago), "Inequality in India declined during COVID" with A Gupta and B Woda. 

Valentin Lang (U. of Mannheim), "Helping the Left Behind? Place-Based Policies and Regional Inequality", with N Redeker and D Bischofcies.

Eduardo Montero (U. of Chicago), "Market Structure and Extorsion: Evidence from 50,000 Extortion Payments", with Z Brown, C Schmidt-Padilla, M Viatschi.

Workshop on formal and informal institutions for growth and development

Tanner Regan (LSE), "Ask a local (leader): eliciting demand for title deeds in urban Tanzania"

Paola Gobbi (ULB), "Economic Uncertainty and Fertility Cycles: Baby Boom and Busts in Twentieth Century America", with Bastien Chabe-Ferret.

Marion Mercier (CNRS-PSL-DIAL) and Jose De Sousa (U. Paris Saclay), "Maritime piracy and local development: is Robin Hood also a Pirate?"  

Axel Dreher (Heidelberg U.), "Home Bias in Humanitarian Aid: the Role of Regional Favoritism in the Allocation of International Disaster Relief", with C Bommer and M Perez-Alvarez.