The Poverty & Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series is a weekly series hosted by the World Bank's research department. The series invites leading researchers in applied microeconomics from the fields of poverty, human development, agriculture, political economy, behavioral economics, private sector development, and a range of other fields to present the results of their most recent research in a seminar format.
Spring 2024 Schedule of Seminars
For connection information, contact Rina Bonfield (abonfield@worldbank.org).
| Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Paper |
| Wednesday February 14, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Gabriel Kreindler (Harvard University) | Optimal Public Transportation Networks: Evidence from the World's Largest Bus Rapid Transit System in Jakarta |
| Wednesday February 21, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Eliana La Ferrara (Harvard University) | Changing Harmful Norms through Information and Coordination: Experimental Evidence from Somalia |
| Wednesday February 28, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Mazhar Waseem (University of Manchester) | From Womb to Workforce: Exploring Early Origins of Earnings Inequality Using Tax Data |
| Wednesday March 6, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Pam Jakiela (Williams College) | Evaluating the Effects of an Early Literacy Intervention |
| Wednesday March 13, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Michael Kremer (University of Chicago) | Can Education be Standardized? Evidence from Kenya |
| Wednesday March 20, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Imran Rasul (University College London) | |
| Wednesday March 27, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Nishith Prakash (Northeastern University) | |
| Wednesday April 3, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Francis Annan (UC Berkeley) | |
| Wednesday April 10, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Gabriel Tourek (University of Pittsburgh) | |
| Wednesday April 17, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Onur Altindag (Bentley University) | |
| Wednesday April 24, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Vittorio Bassi (University of Southern California) | |
| Wednesday May 1, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Lauren Bergquist (Yale University) | |
| Wednesday May 8, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Dean Karlan (Northwestern University) | |
| Wednesday May 15, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-850 | Nicolás de Roux (Universidad de los Andes) | |
| Wednesday May 22, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | TBD |
Development Research Group Winter 2024 Seminar Series
This short and intense winter series, which takes place while the regular microeconomics seminar series is on hiatus, contains talks on all topics related to development economics by predominantly junior scholars.
| Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Paper |
| Monday January 8, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Florian Grosset (Columbia University) | Complementarities in Labor Supply |
| Tuesday January 9, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Lisa Ho (MIT) | Bringing Work Home: Flexible Arrangements as Gateway Jobs for Women in West Bengal |
| Wednesday January 10, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Louise Paul-Delvaux (Harvard University) | Minimum Wage and Gender Gaps: Evidence from Morocco |
| Thursday January 11, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Emilia Brito (Brown University) | The Caregiving Penalty: Caring for Sick Parents and the Gender Pay Gap |
Tuesday | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Yulu Tang (Harvard University) | To Follow the Crowd? Benefits and Costs of Migrant Networks Note: Due to inclement weather, this seminar was moved from January 16 |
| Thursday January 18, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Felipe Camelo (New York University) | Capital Allocation and Firm Dynamics in Small Open Economies |
| Monday January 22, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Emir Murathanoglu (Michigan University) | When the Weather Turns: Coping With Shocks Through International Migration in the Presence of Search Frictions |
| Tuesday January 23, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Layane Alhorr (Harvard KSG) | Virtual Windows Through Glass Walls? Digitization for Mobility-Constrained Female Entrepreneurs. |
| Wednesday January 24, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Marie-Louise Decamps (Northwestern University) | Shifting Landscapes: The Impact of Agricultural Innovation on Deforestation |
| Thursday January 25, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Zhenxuan Wang (Duke University) | Bridge or Barrier to Net Zero? Gas Infrastructure Expansion and the Cost of Electrification |
| Monday January 29, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Fabrizio Leone (ECARES) | Global Robots |
| Tuesday January 30, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Amory Gethin (PSE) | Distributional Growth Accounting: Education and the Reduction of Global Poverty, 1980-2022 |
| Wednesday January 31, 2024 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | MC 7-100 | Mahounan Yedomiffi (UIUC) | Does Parental Involvement Improve Student Learning? The Role of Monitoring |
Fall 2023 Schedule of Seminars
For connection information, contact Rina Bonfield (abonfield@worldbank.org).
| Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Paper |
| Wednesday August 30, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Adam Osman (University of Illinois at Urbana Chapaign) | The Demand for Mobility: Evidence from an Experiment with Uber Riders |
| Wednesday September 6, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Reshmaan Hussam (Harvard Business School) | The Household at Work: Evidence from a Refugee Camp |
| Wednesday September 13, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Teresa Molina (University of Hawaii) | Conditional Cash Transfers, Schooling Decisions, and Export Manufacturing |
| Wednesday September 20, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Monica Lambon-Quayefio (University of Ghana) | Technology Options for Labour Market Efficiency: Emerging Evidence from Ghana |
| Wednesday September 27, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Lucas Zavala (DIME, World Bank) | Quality Regulation Creates and Reallocates Trade |
| Wednesday October 4, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Jason Kerwin (University of Minnesota) | Reading for Life: Lasting Impacts of a Literacy Intervention in Uganda |
| Wednesday October 11, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Guilherme Lichand (Stanford Graduate School of Education) | Parent-Bias |
| Wednesday October 18, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Louis Preonas (University of Maryland) | Blackouts: The Role of India’s Wholesale Electricity Market |
| Wednesday October 25, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Sarah Deschênes (Northwestern University) | Expanding Access to Schooling in Nigeria: Impact on Marital Outcomes |
| Wednesday November 1, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Tarek Ghani (Washington University) | Can Digital Aid Deliver During Humanitarian Crises? |
| Wednesday November 8, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Jing Cai (University of Maryland) | Effect of Referring Business Partners on Firm Networks and Performance |
| Wednesday November 15, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute) | Social Networks, Gender Norms and Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence Using a Job Search Platform |
| Wednesday November 29, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Pascaline Dupas (Stanford University) | Keeping Up Appearances: An Experimental Investigation on Social Pressure and Relative Ranks |
| Wednesday December 6, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Cristian Pop-Eleches (Columbia University) | The Effects of a STEM High School Curriculum |
Spring 2023 Schedule of Seminars
For connection information, contact Rina Bonfield (abonfield@worldbank.org).
| Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Paper |
| Wednesday February 15, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Samuel Bazzi (UCSD) | Information, Intermediaries, and International Migration |
| Wednesday February 22, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Eoin McGuirk (Tufts) | Development Mismatch: Evidence from Land Use Conversions in Pastoral Africa |
| Wednesday March 1, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Saravana Ravindran (National University of Singapore) | Violent Discipline and Child Behavior: The Short- and Medium-term Effects of Virtual Parenting Support to Caregivers in Jamaica |
| Wednesday March 8, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis (UPenn, UAB) | Excess of Transfer Progressivity in the Village |
| Wednesday March 15, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Guy Grossman (UPenn) | When Refugee Presence Increases Incumbent Support through International Development |
| Tuesday March 21, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 2-520 | Julian Jamison (University of Exeter) | Empirical Facts about Normative Values and Evaluating the Future Note: This seminar is co-sponsored by eMBed and the Poverty & Equity Global Practice |
| Wednesday March 22, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Diana Moreira (UC Davis) | Who Benefits from Meritocracy? |
| Wednesday March 29, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Jonas Hjort (University Colleage London) | Input Sourcing in Lopsided Low-income Economies |
| Wednesday April 5, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Claudio Ferraz (U British Columbia) | When Democracy Refuses to Die: Evaluating a Training Program for New Politicians |
| Wednesday April 12, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-850 | Namrata Kala (MIT) | Environmental Permits, Regulatory Capacity, and Firm Outcomes |
| Wednesday April 19, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Juan-Pablo Montero (PUC-Chile) | Pricing Congestion to Increase Traffic: The Case of Bogotá |
| Wednesday April 26, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-850 | Dilip Mookherjee (Boston U) | How Do Voters Respond to Welfare vis-a-vis Public Good Programs? An Empirical Test of Political Clientelism |
| Wednesday May 3, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Fred Finan (UC Berkeley) | Combating Political Corruption with Policy Bundles |
| Wednesday May 10, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Simon Quinn (University of Oxford) | Matching, Management and the Search for Work: A Field Experiment Using Mechanism Design |
| Wednesday May 17, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Garance Genicot (Georgetown U) | Measuring Upward Mobility |
| Wednesday May 24, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Ethan Ligon (UC Berkeley) | Risk Sharing Tests and Covariate Shocks |
| Wednesday May 31, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Paulina Oliva (USC) | Targeting Subsidies through Price Menus: Contract Design and Evidence from Clean Fuels |
| Wednesday June 7, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | MC 3-570 | Matias Busso (IDB) | Signaling Specific Skills and the Labor Market of College Graduates |
| CANCELLED Wednesday June 14, 2023 | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | Diana Contreras Suarez (University of Melbourne) | Swaying Gender Norms Around Women’s Work in Indonesia: Evidence from an Online Intervention |
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Last Updated: Mar 07, 2024