Monash University - University of Warwick
Workshop on Development Economics
August 20 − 22, 2013
Location: Level 9, Room N902, Building 11 (Menzies Building)
Monash Unversity, Clayton Campus
Monash - Warwick Workshop
August 20-22, 2013
Notes for Speakers:
• Each Speaker has 1 hour, including questions.
• Might be best to keep 10 minutes for questions and discussions at the end.
• Please email your slides to Katy Cornwell (Katy.Cornwell@monash.edu) and she will upload them
and make sure things are working.
Poster Session for Ph.D. students
• Scheduled for Wednesday August 21, 2013, 12.15 − 14.15.
• Location: Foyer of 8th floor, Menzies Building.
• Poster Presenters: Please talk to Brett Inder (Brett.Inder@monash.edu) and discuss where/how to
place the posters.
• Everyone is invited to attend the poster sessions and provide constructive comments to the Ph.D.
students on their research.
Notes:
There is no cost for attending the workshop. Refreshments and lunch will be provided on all three days.
Organizing committee: Asad Islam and Pushkar Maitra (Monash) and Jordi Vidal-Robert (Warwick), with help from Katy Cornwell. We would like to thank Marie Alkan (Monash) and Jane Snape
(Warwick) for administrative support.
All queries/comments/criticisms may be directed to Pushkar Maitra (Pushkar.Maitra@monash.edu).
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20
9:45
Opening by Professor Colm Kearney, Dean,
Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
Morning Session
Chair: Pushkar Maitra
10:00
Jordi Vidal-Robert(CAGE, University of Warwick )
Habemus Papam? Polarization and Conflict in the Papal States
11:00
Morning Tea
11:15
Lata Gangadharan (CDE, Monash University)
Letting the Briber Go Free:
An Experiment on Mitigating Harassment Bribes
12:15
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Chair: Michael Ward
13:30
Dennis Novy (CAGE, University of Warwick )
Trade and Uncertainty
14:30
Afternoon Tea
14:45
Paulo Santos (CDE, Monash University)
Investment, wealth shocks and preferences
15:45
Brett Inder (CDE, Monash University)
Coffee, Poverty and Consumption Smoothing in Timor-Leste
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21
Morning Session
Chair: Youjin Hahn
10:00
Patricio Dalton (CAGE, Tilburg University )
Does the Unemployment Benefit Institution affect Workers’ Productivity?
Evidence from a Field Experiment in Colombia
11:00
Morning Tea
11:15
Asad Islam (CDE, Monash University)
Improving educational outcomes through parental involvement:
Evidence from randomized experiments in Bangladesh
12:15
Lunch and Poster Session for Ph.D. students
Afternoon Session
Chair: Ranjan Ray
14:15
Sanchari Roy (CAGE, University of Warwick)
Aspirations and Poverty:
Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in India
15:15
Afternoon Tea
15:30
Gaurav Datt (CDE, Monash University)
Schooling outcomes in the developing world: a new measure
18:30
Workshop Dinner (by Invitation)
TBA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
Morning Session
Chair: Ranjan Ray
10:00
Lisa Cameron (CDE, Monash University)
Social Capital’s Role in Community Driven Development
11:00
Morning Tea
11:15
Vera Troeger (CAGE, University of Warwick)
The Politics of Electoral Engineering and Strategic Budgeteering
12:15
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Chair: Russell Smyth
13:45
Victor Lavy (CAGE, University of Warwick)
How responsive is investment in schooling to changes in
Redistributive policies and in returns
14:45
Afternoon Tea
15:00
Choon Wang (CDE, Monash University)
International migration, gender imbalances, and
marriage market outcomes in the Philippines
16:00
Workshop Close
Closing Remarks: Russell Smyth
POSTER SESSION FOR PH.D. STUDENTS: WEDNESDAY 12.15 - 14.15
Luftunnahar Begum
Diana Contreras
Ananta Neelim
Chau Nguyen
L. D. H. Perera
Anjan Saha
Kevin Wu
Identifying Gender Bias in Parental ‘Attitude’:
An Experimental Approach
Linking Children Physical Development and Cognitive Development
in a Conditional Cash Transfer Program Setting
Religion, Minority Status and Trust: Evidence from a
Field Experiment
Does microcredit change informal lending in village economies?
Evidence from Bangladesh
Can Parental Attitude towards Science
Influence Children’s Science Achievement?
Factor Endowment, Income Inequality and Political Instability