Seminar in Economic Development

Program Evaluation with Remote Sensed Variables Speaker Davide Viviano, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of Economics...

What Would it Cost to End Extreme Poverty? Speaker Paul Niehaus, Chancellor's Associates Endowed Chair in Economics, University of California, San Diego. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics...

Capital Repair and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence from Uganda Speaker Tilman Graff, PhD Candidate in Economics, Harvard University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of Economics...

The (Null) Effects of Short-Term Improvements in Indoor Air Quality Speaker Sachet Banja, PhD Candidate in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of...

Into the Unknown: Job Exploration Risk and Spousal Labor Supply Coordination in India Speaker Shreya Tandon, PhD Candidate in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe...

Patronage Hierarchies and Tax Collection Speaker Raul Duarte, PhD Candidate in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of Economics...

Economic and Psychological Returns to Social Relationships: Alleviating Constraints to Network Formation in Malawi Speaker Gabriella Fleischman, PhD Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe...

Familiar Strangers: Evidence from Referral-Based Hiring Experiments in India Speaker Kartik Srivastava, PhD Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School. Chair Emily Breza, Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of...

"Family Planning, Now and Later: Infertility Fears and Contraceptive Take-Up" Speaker: Natalie Bau, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles. Contact: Jamie Murray jamiemurray@fas.harvard.edu

"Growth Off the Rails: Aggregate Productivity Growth in Distorted Economies and Preliminary Results on Smithian Growth" Speaker: Richard Hornbeck, V. Duane Rath Professor of Economics and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, The University of Chicago Booth...