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Session 4: Social Structure and Economic Development
Date
Thu, Jul 30 2026, 8:00am - Fri, Jul 31 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Organized by
- Arun Chandrasekhar (Stanford University)
- Tishara Garg (Stanford University)
- Melanie Morten (Stanford University)
- Dev Patel (Brown University)
- Ambra Seck (Harvard University)
The conference seeks to bring together scholars, and in particular, encourage interactions between young scholars and mentors, that study the crucial role that social structure plays in understanding economic development. Social structure is a broad concept encompassing relational contracts, cultural and ethno-religious ties, the interaction of formal and informal markets, as well as formal and informal governance.