Seminar in Economic Development

Human Capital and the Organization of Production in Low-Income Countries Speaker Tommaso Porzio, Daniel W. Stanton Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School. Contact Olivia Kim oskim@fas.harvard.edu A copy of this paper is available to...

Women's Mobility and Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan Speaker Robert Garlick, Assistant Professor of Economics, Duke University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of...

Private Colonialism in Africa Speaker Stelios Michalopulous, Professor of Political Economy, Brown University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Contact...

Does Progressivity Raise Tax Capacity? Experimental Evidence from D.R. Congo Speaker Augustin Bergeron, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E...

Human Mobility and Spatial Frictions in Three African Countries Speaker Doug Gollin, Professor of Economics, Tufts University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard...

The Returns to Temporary Migration: Experimental Evidence from the H-2A Program Speaker Melanie Morten, Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics...

Female Entrepreneurship and Trust in the Market Speaker Nava Ashraf, Professor of Psychology and Economics, London School of Economics. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of Economics...

Cash Transfers and Productive Inclusion: Evidence from Bolsa Familia Speaker Michael Best, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Columbia University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics...

Please note: This event has been canceled. Habit Formation in Labor Supply Speaker Heather Schofield, Assistant Professor of Business Economics, Cornell University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics...

Social Learning Among Urban Manufacturing Firms: Servo Motors in Bangladesh Speaker Ritam Chaurey, Assistant Professor of International Economics, Johns Hopkins University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of...