2016 Program
8:30 – 9:00 Arrival, coffee, mingle
Session 1
9:00 – 9:40 Informal Fee Elimination and Student Performance: Evidence from The Gambia (Leanne Giordono, Oregon State U.)
9:40 – 10:20 Particulate matter and labor supply: Evidence from Peru (Fernando M. Aragon, Simon Fraser U.)
10:20 – 10:40 Break
Session 2
10:40 – 11:20 Regional Development through Place-Based Policies: Evidence from a Spatial Discontinuity (Ajay Shenoy, UC Santa Cruz)
11:20 – 12:00 The Economics of Savings Groups (Bekah Selby, U. Oregon)
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
Session 3
1:30 – 2:10 Time savings and water collection in rural Ethiopia (Joseph Cook, U.Washington)
2:10 – 2:50 Brazil's Bolsa Familia: Can a Conditional Cash Transfer Reduce Teen Fertility? (Zachary Olson, U. Washington)
2:50 – 3:10 Break
Session 4
3:10 – 3:40 Measuring the Effectiveness of River Pollution Abatement in India (Michael Jerman, U. Oregon)
3:40 – 4:10 Employment: Bangladesh (Rachel Heath, U. Washington)
4:10 – 4:40 The Importance of Distance in Rural Credit Markets (Geri Mason, Seattle Pacific U.)
4:40 – 5:00 Closing remarks
5:30 – 7:30 Informal group dinner in Seattle (not sponsored)
NWDW Local Organizing Committee:
Joshua Blumenstock
Brian Dillon
Rachel Heath
NWDW Organizing Committee:
Alfredo Burlando
Rachel Heath
Todd Pugatch
Nicholas Wilson
8:30 – 9:00 Arrival, coffee, mingle
Session 1
9:00 – 9:40 Informal Fee Elimination and Student Performance: Evidence from The Gambia (Leanne Giordono, Oregon State U.)
9:40 – 10:20 Particulate matter and labor supply: Evidence from Peru (Fernando M. Aragon, Simon Fraser U.)
10:20 – 10:40 Break
Session 2
10:40 – 11:20 Regional Development through Place-Based Policies: Evidence from a Spatial Discontinuity (Ajay Shenoy, UC Santa Cruz)
11:20 – 12:00 The Economics of Savings Groups (Bekah Selby, U. Oregon)
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
Session 3
1:30 – 2:10 Time savings and water collection in rural Ethiopia (Joseph Cook, U.Washington)
2:10 – 2:50 Brazil's Bolsa Familia: Can a Conditional Cash Transfer Reduce Teen Fertility? (Zachary Olson, U. Washington)
2:50 – 3:10 Break
Session 4
3:10 – 3:40 Measuring the Effectiveness of River Pollution Abatement in India (Michael Jerman, U. Oregon)
3:40 – 4:10 Employment: Bangladesh (Rachel Heath, U. Washington)
4:10 – 4:40 The Importance of Distance in Rural Credit Markets (Geri Mason, Seattle Pacific U.)
4:40 – 5:00 Closing remarks
5:30 – 7:30 Informal group dinner in Seattle (not sponsored)
NWDW Local Organizing Committee:
Joshua Blumenstock
Brian Dillon
Rachel Heath
NWDW Organizing Committee:
Alfredo Burlando
Rachel Heath
Todd Pugatch
Nicholas Wilson