Schedule of events
9:00 AM: Welcome remarks
9:00-10:20 Session 1: The Effects of Education Reform
Liz Shroeder (Oregon State University)
Incentives for Teacher Relocation: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance
Diana Kruger (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez)
Children's Time in School and Female Labor Force Participation
10:20-10:40 BREAK 1
10:40-12:40 Session 2: Finding Opportunity
Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon)
The Culture of Entrepreneurship
Alfredo Burlando (University of Oregon)
Savings and Borrowing Behavior Among the Poor: Evidence from Savings Groups in Uganda
Todd Pugatch (Oregon State University)
U.S. Border Enforcement and Mexican Immigrant Location Choice
12:40-1:40 LUNCH
1:40-3:00 Session 3: Improving Women's Outcomes
Rachel Heath (University of Washington)
Intrahousehold Bargaining, Female Autonomy and Labor Supply: Theory and Evidence from India
Nicholas Wilson (Reed College)
Can Antiretroviral Therapy at Scale Improve the Health of the Targeted in Sub-Saharan Africa?
3:00-3:20 BREAK 2
3:20-4:40 Session 4: Short Paper Session
Sarah Reynolds (UC Berkeley)
Early Childhood Education in Chile: Are there Effects on Social, Physical and Cognitive Development?
Flavius Badau (Oregon State University)
Towards a Global Carbon Dioxide Market: Shadow Pricing of CO2 Across Countries
Ben Fitch-Fleischmann (University of Oregon)
Migration as Adaptation to Extreme Storms: Evidence from Nicaragua
Cesar Rodriguez (Portland State University)
What Makes Landlocked Countries Poorer?
4:40-5:00 Concluding Remarks
5:00 Social activities and Dinner
9:00-10:20 Session 1: The Effects of Education Reform
Liz Shroeder (Oregon State University)
Incentives for Teacher Relocation: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance
Diana Kruger (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez)
Children's Time in School and Female Labor Force Participation
10:20-10:40 BREAK 1
10:40-12:40 Session 2: Finding Opportunity
Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon)
The Culture of Entrepreneurship
Alfredo Burlando (University of Oregon)
Savings and Borrowing Behavior Among the Poor: Evidence from Savings Groups in Uganda
Todd Pugatch (Oregon State University)
U.S. Border Enforcement and Mexican Immigrant Location Choice
12:40-1:40 LUNCH
1:40-3:00 Session 3: Improving Women's Outcomes
Rachel Heath (University of Washington)
Intrahousehold Bargaining, Female Autonomy and Labor Supply: Theory and Evidence from India
Nicholas Wilson (Reed College)
Can Antiretroviral Therapy at Scale Improve the Health of the Targeted in Sub-Saharan Africa?
3:00-3:20 BREAK 2
3:20-4:40 Session 4: Short Paper Session
Sarah Reynolds (UC Berkeley)
Early Childhood Education in Chile: Are there Effects on Social, Physical and Cognitive Development?
Flavius Badau (Oregon State University)
Towards a Global Carbon Dioxide Market: Shadow Pricing of CO2 Across Countries
Ben Fitch-Fleischmann (University of Oregon)
Migration as Adaptation to Extreme Storms: Evidence from Nicaragua
Cesar Rodriguez (Portland State University)
What Makes Landlocked Countries Poorer?
4:40-5:00 Concluding Remarks
5:00 Social activities and Dinner