1 12th EUDN PhD Workshop on Development Economics

1 12th EUDN PhD Workshop on Development Economics

12th EUDN PhD Workshop on Development Economics
November 21-22, 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
Final Programme
Wednesday, November 20
Arrival
Gerhard Toews (University of Oxford)
Joeri Smits (Centre for Development and Cooperation, ETH Zurich)
Sofia Trommlerová (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
Victoire Girard (Université Paris 1 - Sorbonne)
Zelalem Yilma (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Check-in
Geneva Youth Hostel, Rue Rothschild 28-30, 1202 Geneva, Tel: 22 732 62 60,
http://www.yh-geneva.ch/
19:00
Dinner at the Lebanese Restaurant « La Caravane Passe », rue Dr-Alfred-Vincent 11,
1201 Genève, Tel : 022 731 34 31 (please fill in the doodle*),
http://www.lacaravanepasse.ch/
20:30
(Suggestion for the evening) Jazz concert at the « AMR », rue des alpes 10, 1201
Geneva, Tel : 022 716 56 30, Entrée gratuite (free entrance), http://www.amrgeneve.ch/performance?id=2802
Thursday, November 21
10:15
(Subject to availability) Guided tour of the United Nations in Geneva, meeting point in
front of the Palais des Nations, Portail de Pregny, avenue de la Paix 14, 1202 Geneva ,
Tel: 022 917 48 96 or 022 917 45 39 (please fill in the doodle*),
http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600581D0E/%28httpPages%29/5ADC7FB14E2750BD8
0256EF7005848A2?OpenDocument
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Arrival
Diana Lopez Avila (Paris School of Economics)
Isabelle Bonjean (EUDN Secretary, University of Namur) www.eudn.eu
Julie Regolo (University of Geneva)
Kalle Hirvonen (University of Sussex)
Lisette Swart (Tinbergen Institute and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Matthias Rieger (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
Prita Kusumawardhani (Tinbergen Institute and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Sven Resnjanskij (University of Konstanz)
Tu Chi Nguyen (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
Check-in
Geneva Youth Hostel, Rue Rothschild 28-30, 1202 Geneva, Tel: 22 732 62 60,
http://www.yh-geneva.ch/ , or Hotel N’Vy (Isabelle B.)
http://www.hotelnvygeneva.com/ , or Hotel Drake Longchamp (Kalle H.)
http://www.hdlge.ch/en/presentation.html
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12:15-12:30
Welcome Speech at the Villa Rigot (ground floor), avenue de la Paix 9, 1202 Genève
by Professor Jean-Louis Arcand, Director of the Centre for Finance and Development
(The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/study/faculty/professors.html/_/people/arcand
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break at the Villa Rigot - 1st floor (please fill in the doodle*)
13:30-14:15
Opening Lecture at the Villa Rigot on African Development, Conflict and Natural
Resources by Professor Gilles Carbonnier, Professor, Department of Economics (The
Graduate Institute, Geneva)
http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/study/faculty/professors.html/_/people/carbonnier
14:15-14:30
Coffee Break
14:30-17:30
Session 1
Chair: Professor Jean-Louis Arcand
14:30-15:50
Gerhard Toews (University of Oxford)
 Getting the Incentives Right: Human Capital Investment and Natural Resource
Booms
 Discussant: Nestor Morgandi
Diana Lopez Avila (Paris School of Economics)
 Time Allocation within Poor Households: Who Benefit from a Safety Net?
 Discussant: Tu Chi Nguyen
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15:50-16:10
Coffee Break
16:10-17:30
Zelalem Yilma (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
 Analysing Risk and Adverse Selection Using Subjective Expectations of Health
Expenditure: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
 Discussant: Professor Huang Yi
Joeri Smits (Centre for Development and Cooperation, ETH Zurich)
 Peer-to-Peer Recruitment in Microcredit and its Welfare Effects in Eastern
Indonesia
 Discussant: Kristina Telo
20:00
Dinner at « La Brasserie des Halles de l’Ile », Place de l'Ile 1, 1204 Geneva, Tel: 022
311 0888 (please fill in the doodle*), http://www.brasseriedeshallesdelile.ch/
22:00
(Suggestion for the evening) Drinks and DJ set at « La Brasserie des Halles de l’Ile »,
Place de l'Ile 1, 1204 Geneva, Tel: 022 311 0888, Entrée gratuite (free entrance),
http://www.brasseriedeshallesdelile.ch/
Friday, November 22
9:30-12:30
Session 2
Chair: Professor Ugo Panizza, Deputy-Director, Centre for Finance and Development
(The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/study/faculty/professors.html/_/people/panizza
9:30-10:50
Sofia Trommlerová (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
 When Children Have Children: The Effects of Child Marriages on Early Childhood
Mortality in Bangladesh
 Discussant: Laura Cyron
Prita Kusumawardhani (Tinbergen Institute and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
 Does Teacher Certification Program Lead to Better Quality Teachers? Evidence
from Indonesia
 Discussant: Matthieu Stigler
10:50-11:10
Coffee Break
11:10-12:30
Julie Regolo (University of Geneva)
 Export Diversification and Regionalization of Trade: What are the Destinations of
Newly Exported Goods?
 Discussant: Matthias Rieger
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Sven Resnjanskij (University of Konstanz)
 Paying to Save: Negative Nominal Interest Rates in Developing Countries
 Discussant: Sofia Trommlerová
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break at the Villa Rigot (please fill in the doodle*)
13:30-16:30
Session 3
Chair: Professor Martina Viarengo, Department of Economics and Member of the
Centre for Finance and Development (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/study/faculty/professors.html/_/people/viarengo
13:30-14:50
Victoire Girard (Université Paris 1 Sorbonne )
 Religious and Caste Conflict in India: Does Inequality Matter?
 Discussant: Professor Nicolas Berman
Lisette Swart (Tinbergen Institute and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
 Is Hyperbolic Discounting Really the Driving Force Behind Time Inconsistent
Behavior? Combining a Field Experiment with Financial Diaries in Nigeria.
 Discussant: Professor Urs Luterbacher
14:50-15:10
Coffee Break
15:10-16:30
Kalle Hirvonen (University of Sussex)
 Temperature Shocks, Household Consumption and Internal Migration: Evidence
from Rural Tanzania
 Discussant: Arun Jacob
Tu Chi Nguyen and Matthias Rieger (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
 Community-Driven Development and Social Capital: Evidence from Morocco
 Discussant: Rahul Mehrotra
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18:00
(Suggestion for the evening) Sauna and Hammam at « Les Bains des Pâquis », Quai
du Mont-Blanc 30, 1201 Geneva, Tel: 022 7381616, Entrance Fee: CHF 20/person,
http://www.bains-des-paquis.ch/Bains-d%27hiver/Bains-d%27hiver.html
20:00
Dinner at « Les Bains des Pâquis », Quai du Mont-Blanc 30, 1201 Geneva, Tel : 022
7381616 (please fill in the doodle*), http://www.bains-des-paquis.ch/
23:00
(Suggestion for the evening) Drinks and DJ set at « Le Zoo/Usine », Place des
volontaires 4, 1204 Genève, Tel: 022 321 67 49, Entrance Fee: CHF 12/person
before1am, http://www.lezoo.ch/agenda.html
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IMPORTANT:
1/ This PhD Workshop is jointly organized and financed by the European Research Development
Network (EUDN) and the Centre for Finance and Development (CFD) in Geneva.
2/ The CFD’s webmaster, Bastiaan Quast, will film all the sessions and post them on the CFD’s
webpage, unless otherwise stated by the participants.
3/ The sessions will be organized as follows: 40 minutes per paper, including 25 minutes for the
presentation, 10 minutes for the discussion and 5 minutes for further questions
We ask all the participants to load their slides onto the conference computer during the lunch or
coffee break preceding their presentation.
4/ All meals and events are offered to all participants and discussants, unless otherwise mentioned in
the workshop’s programme.
*: Please fill in the following doodle http://doodle.com/gxrvv4wxymteyaqw
If you have any special diet needs (e.g. allergies), please email [email protected]
5/ Youth Hostel: breakfast and linen are included. Please bring your own towels (including for the
sauna).
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