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Stanford
Department of Economics
School of Humanities and Sciences

Development

Development Seminars hosted by the Department of Economics are supported by the Stanford King Center on Global Development.

Coordinator: Tanya Naranjo
Email: tnaranjo [at] stanford.edu (tnaranjo[at]stanford[dot]edu)

iCal feed: https://economics.stanford.edu/seminar/7086/ical
Note: iCal feed works best with webmail or Outlook and may not function properly with other calendars. Google calendar, in particular, has a problem with syncing when an existing event is modified and the change is not reflected on the calendar.

Upcoming Events

Spring 2024

April
29
Leonard Wantchekon - Princeton University

Parental Education and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Colonial Schools in Nigeria

Date
-
Location:
Landau - Lucas A
Link to Abstract

Co-authors: Gabor Nyeki and Dozie Okoye

May
6

No Seminar - JAMS Week

Date
-
May
13
Seema Jayachandran - Princeton University

Reshaping Gender Attitudes in India: An 8-year Follow-Up Study

Date
-
Location:
Landau - Lucas A
Link to Abstract
May
20
Santiago Saavedra - Universidad del Rosario

Digging for Votes: Machine-Learning Detection of Illegal Mining and its Effects on Political Outcomes

Date
-
Location:
Landau - Lucas A
Link to Abstract

Co-author: Juan Felipe Riaño (Georgetown University)

May
27

No Seminar - MEMORIAL DAY

Date
-
June
5
Eduardo Montero - University of Chicago

Paper TBA

Date
-
Location:
Landau 351

Joint seminar with History

 

Past Events

Winter 2023

January
24
Jacob Moscona - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Inappropriate Technology: Evidence from Global Agriculture

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A - Landau First Floor
Link to Paper

Co-author: Karthik A. Sastry

Fall 2022

December
5
Jacob Moscona - Harvard University

Flowers of Invention: Patent Protection and Productivity Growth in US Agriculture∗

Date
-
Location:
Landau 351 and Zoom
Link to Paper
November
28
Neil Thakral - Brown University, Watson Institute

Anticipation and Consumption

Date
-
Location:
Landau 351 and Zoom
Link to Paper

Co-author: Linh T. Tô

November
21

No Seminar - Thanksgiving

Date
-
Location:
Landau 351 and Zoom
November
14
Clemence Tricaud - University of California, Los Angeles

Gender and Electoral Incentives: Evidence from Crisis Response

Date
-
Location:
Landau 351 and Zoom
Link to Paper

Co-author:  Juan Pablo Chauvin

November
7
Stefano Caria - University of Warwick

An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan

Date
-
Location:
Landau 351 and Zoom
Link to Paper

Co-authors: Grant Gordon, Max Kasy, Simon Quinn, Soha Shami, and Alex Teytelboym

October
31

No Seminar

Date
-
Location:
Landau 351 and Zoom
October
24
Manisha Shah - University of California, Los Angeles

Two Sides of Gender: Sex, Power, and Adolescence

Date
-
Location:
Landau 351 and Zoom
October
17
Sally Zhang - Stanford University

Hidden in Plain Sight: Asymmetric Information and Hidden Income within the Household

Date
-
Location:
Landau 351 and Zoom
Link to Abstract
October
10
Reka Zempleni - Stanford University

Too Much or Too Little Faith? Experimental Evidence from Colombian Entrepreneurs

Date
-
Location:
Landau 351 and Zoom
Link to Abstract