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Poverty & Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series

September 11-December 04, 2024
Washington, DC
The World Bank

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.

 

Fall 2024 Schedule of Seminars

For connection information, contact Rina Bonfield (abonfield@worldbank.org).

Date

Time

Venue

Speaker

Paper

Wednesday
September 11, 2024

12:30 - 2:00pm ET

MC 4-301

Sule Alan (Cornell University)

Managing Adolescent Behavior in the Classroom to Improve Learning

Wednesday
September 18, 2024

12:30 - 2:00pm ET

MC 7-370

Muhammad Meki (University of Oxford)

Mutuality in Finance: Experimental Evidence on Credit with Performance-Contingent Repayment

Wednesday
October 2, 2024

12:30 - 1:45pm ET

G2-116

Rachael Meager (University of New South Wales)

Implementation Matters: Generalizing Treatments Effects in Education

Wednesday
October 9, 2024

12:30 - 1:45pm ET

G2-116

Travis Baseler (University of Rochester)

Can Redistribution Change Policy Views? Aid and Attitudes Toward Refugees

Wednesday
October 16, 2024

12:30 - 1:45pm ET

G2-116

Shaoda Wang (University of Chicago)

Court Capture, Local Protectionism, and Economic Integration: Evidence from China

Wednesday
October 23, 2024

12:30 - 1:45pm ET

G2-116

Sanghmitra Gautam (Washington University in St Louis)

The Importance of Education Investments in the Indian Marriage Market

Wednesday
October 30, 2024

12:30 - 1:45pm ET

G2-116

Jorge Tamayo (HBS)

Rapport in Organizations: Evidence from Fast Food

Wednesday
November 6, 2024

12:30 - 1:45pm ET

G2-116

Richard Akresh (University of Illinois)

Medium-term Impacts of Integrated Social Safety Nets: Cash Transfers, Information Meetings, and Home Visits for Child Development

Wednesday
November 13, 2024

12:30 - 1:45pm ET

G4-001

Coue Dobbin (Georgetown University)

 

Wednesday
November 20, 2024

12:30 - 1:45pm ET

G4-001

Asim Khwaja (Harvard University)

 

Wednesday
December 4, 2024

12:30 - 1:45pm ET

G4-001

M R Sharan (University of Maryland)

 

Spring 2024 Schedule of Seminars

For connection information, contact Rina Bonfield (abonfield@worldbank.org).

DateTimeVenueSpeakerPaper
Wednesday
February 14, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Gabriel 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 ETMC 3-570Eliana La Ferrara (Harvard University)Changing Harmful Norms through Information and Coordination: Experimental Evidence from Somalia
Wednesday
February 28, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Mazhar 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 ETMC 3-570Pam Jakiela (Williams College)Evaluating the Effects of an Early Literacy Intervention
Wednesday
March 13, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Michael Kremer (University of Chicago)Can Education be Standardized? Evidence from Kenya
Wednesday
March 20, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Imran Rasul (University College London) 
Wednesday
March 27, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Nishith Prakash (Northeastern University) 
Wednesday
April 3, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Francis Annan (UC Berkeley) 
Wednesday
April 10, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Gabriel Tourek (University of Pittsburgh) 
Wednesday
April 17, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Onur Altindag (Bentley University) 
Wednesday
April 24, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Vittorio Bassi (University of Southern California) 
Wednesday
May 1, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Lauren Bergquist (Yale University) 
Wednesday
May 8, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570Dean Karlan (Northwestern University) 
Wednesday
May 15, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-850Nicolás de Roux (Universidad de los Andes) 
Wednesday
May 22, 2024
12:30 - 1:45pm ETMC 3-570TBD 

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Last Updated: Sep 12, 2024