Friday, April 20, 2017
Elliott School of International Affairs
Room 212
1957 E St. NW
Washington D.C. 20052
The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) is an annual research conference which highlights academic work from researchers at leading economics institutions in development economics in the Washington DC area. Researchers from George Washington University, University of Maryland, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia, the World Bank, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), American University, George Mason University, and the Center for Global Development are all participants in the symposium.
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Day: Friday 20 April, 8.50-5.00.
8.30 Light breakfast
8.50 Welcome remarks by Maggie Chen (GWU)
9.00-9.50 Adriana Kugler (Georgetown). – “Do CCTs improve employment and earnings in the very long term? Evidence from Mexico”
9.50-10.20 Paper by PhD student: Kodjo Aflagah (Maryland) “Internal migrants’ ethnic capital and labor market outcomes in South Africa”
10.20-10.35 Discussion by Andrew Zeitlin (Georgetown) and additional questions from faculty
10.35-10.50 Coffee break
10.50-11.40 Isaac Mbiti (UVA). The Returns to Apprenticeships: Experimental Evidence from Ghana
11.40-12.10 Paper by PhD student: Amjad Khan (GWU). “Islam, Institutions and Child Investment: Evidence from Gender Discrimination in Pakistan”
12.10-12.25 Discussion by Sandip Sukhtankar (UVA) and additional questions from faculty
12.25-1.30 Lunch
1.30-2.20 Sarah Baird. (GWU). “Building Businesses among the Vulnerable: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania”
2.20-2.50 Paper by PhD student: Dario Sansone (Georgetown). “Man vs. machine in predicting successful entrepreneurs: Evidence from a business plan competition in Nigeria”
2.50-3.05 Discussion by Kenneth Leonard (Maryland) and additional questions from faculty
3.05-3.20 Coffee break
3.20-4.10 Jessica Goldberg (Maryland). Leveraging Patients’ Social Networks to Overcome Tuberculosis Under-detection in India: A Field Experiment
4.10-4.40 Paper by PhD student Ramiro Burga (UVA). “Fixing an Instructional Mismatch: The Case of Bilingual Education among Indigenous Students in Peru”
4.40-4.55 Discussion by Jennifer Muz (GWU) and additional questions from faculty
5.00 Reception
George Washington University’s Institute for International Economic Policy, housed at the Elliott School of International Affairs, is dedicated to producing and disseminating high-quality non-partisan academic and policy relevant research on international economic policy. Areas of focus include international trade, international finance, and development economics.
