12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch (for presenters and discussants) 

 

1:00-2:00 pm

WELCOMING REMARKS by Justin Lin, Chief Economist, Development Economics (World Bank)

Benjamin Jones (Northwestern)
   "Climate Change and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century"
   joint with Melissa Dell and Ben Olken   
Discussant: Kirk Hamilton (Lead Economist, Environment Department)

2:00-2:15 pm

 

2:15-3:15 pm

Raffaella Sadun (London School of Economics)
    "How Good is Chinese and Indian Management?"    
   joint with Nick Bloom and John Van Reenan
Discussant: Jagadeesh Sivadasan (University of Michigan)

 

3:15-3:30 pm

Break

 

3:30-4:30 pm

Christian Broda (University of Chicago)
    "Inequality and Prices: Does China Benefit the Poor in America?"
   joint with John Romalis
Discussant: Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University)

4:30-4:45 pm

Break

 

Martin Ravallion and Francisco Ferreira (World Bank)
    "Poverty Reduction without Economic Growth? Explaining Brazil's Poverty Dynamics: 1985-2004"  
   joint with Phillippe Leite
Discussant: Santiago Levy (IADB)

10:00-10:15 am

Break

10:15-11:15 am

Nancy Qian (Brown)
    "The Rise of China and the Natural Resource Curse in Africa"        
   joint with Gerard Padro-I-Miquel
Discussant: William Maloney (Lead Economist, Latin American and Caribbean Chief Economist Office)

11:15-11:30 am

Break

11:30-12:30 pm

Taryn Dinkelman (University of Michigan)
   "The Effects of Rural Electrification on Employment: New Evidence from South Africa"
Discussant: Raymond Fisman (Columbia University)

12:30-2:00 pm

Lunch: MC Dining Room D&E (for Presenters/Discussants)

2:00-3:00 pm

3:00-3:15 pm

Break        

3:15-4:15 pm

 

Queries relating to timetabling and the program should be addressed to:

Chang-Tai Hsieh (chsieh@chicagogsb.edu)
Robin Burgess (r.burgess@lse.ac.uk)

Mary Hallward-Driemeier ( Mhallward@worldbank.org)