{"id":9241,"date":"2025-02-03T17:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/?page_id=9241"},"modified":"2025-02-10T17:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T17:44:22","slug":"9241-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/9241-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PacDev 2025 Agenda at USC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Time<\/b><\/td>\nSession<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30-9am<\/b><\/td>\nBreakfast\/Registration<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9-10:15am<\/b><\/td>\nSession I<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:15-10:40am<\/b><\/td>\nBreak<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:40-11:55am<\/b><\/td>\nSession II<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12-1:15pm<\/b><\/td>\nLunch<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:15-2:30pm<\/b><\/td>\nSession III<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:30-3pm<\/b><\/td>\nBreak<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3-4:15pm<\/b><\/td>\nSession IV<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:15-4:30pm<\/b><\/td>\nBreak<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:30-5:30pm<\/b><\/td>\nKeynote addess<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:30-7:30pm<\/b><\/td>\nReception<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Session List<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nSession I: 9-10:15am<\/b><\/td>\nSession II: 10:40-11:55am<\/b><\/td>\nSession III: 1:15-2:30pm<\/b><\/td>\nSession IV: 3-4:15pm<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Room 1:<\/b><\/p>\n

Taper Hall 108<\/b><\/td>\n

<\/td>\nHealth<\/span><\/td>\nMental health<\/span><\/td>\nTechnology<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Room 2:<\/b><\/p>\n

Taper Hall 110<\/b><\/td>\n

<\/td>\nEducation<\/span><\/td>\nEducation II<\/span><\/td>\nEducation III<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Room 3<\/b><\/p>\n

Taper Hall 114<\/b><\/td>\n

Migration<\/span><\/td>\nProduction and usage of economic research<\/span><\/td>\nSocial protection<\/span><\/td>\nCash transfers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Room 4<\/b><\/p>\n

Taper Hall 116<\/b><\/td>\n

Environmental I<\/span><\/td>\nEnvironmental II<\/span><\/td>\nEnvironmental III<\/span><\/td>\nAgriculture I<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Room 5<\/b><\/p>\n

Taper Hall 118<\/b><\/td>\n

Culture<\/span><\/td>\nEconomic geography<\/span><\/td>\nEconomic history<\/span><\/td>\nTrade<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Room 6<\/b><\/p>\n

Taper Hall 119<\/b><\/td>\n

<\/td>\nFirms I<\/span><\/td>\nFirms II<\/span><\/td>\nFirms III<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Room 7<\/b><\/p>\n

Taper Hall 208<\/b><\/td>\n

Conflict<\/span><\/td>\nLabor I<\/span><\/td>\nLabor III<\/span><\/td>\nJob training<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Room 8<\/b><\/p>\n

Taper Hall 210<\/b><\/td>\n

State capacity<\/span><\/td>\nPolitical economy<\/span><\/td>\nTaxation<\/span><\/td>\nPublic Sector jobs<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Room 9<\/b><\/p>\n

Taper Hall 212<\/b><\/td>\n

Gender I<\/span><\/td>\nGender II<\/span><\/td>\nCrime<\/span><\/td>\nGender-based violence<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Session I: 9-10:15am\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Conflict (Taper Hall 208):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:00-9:25am: “Water Wars”, presented by Andrea Marcucci (Universit\u00e0 della Svizzera italiana)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:25-9:50am: “Land as a Path to Peace? The Effect of Land Restitution on Violence and Agricultural Investment”, presented by Juan M Jimenez (UBC)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:50-10:15am: “Non-State Social Structures and Social Capital: Evidence on Crime and Conflict”, presented by Natalia Pia Guerrero Trinidad (University of Minnesota)<\/span><\/p>\n

Culture (Taper Hall 118):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:00-9:25am: “For Better or Worse? When Minimum Educational Requirement Meets Patrilocality: Evidence from China, Indonesia, and Ghana”, presented by Lilac Zihui Zhao (Stanford University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:25-9:50am: “The Costs of Leader Biases: Evidence from Superstitious Chinese Mayors”, presented by Justin Hong (Boston University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:50-10:15am: “The Rise of the Chinese Clan”, presented by Wenbing Wu (Department of Economics, University of Melbourne)<\/span><\/p>\n

Environmental I (Taper Hall 116):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:00-9:25am: “Disastrous Displacement: The Long-Run Impacts of Landslides”, presented by Travis Baseler (University of Rochester)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:25-9:50am: “The Value of Monitoring for Disaster Prevention: The Desert Locust”, presented by Gordon Mccord (UC San Diego)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:50-10:15am: “Frosty Climate, Icy Relationships: Frosts and Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Peru”, presented by Leah Lakdawala (Wake Forest University)<\/span><\/p>\n

Gender I (Taper Hall 212):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:00-9:25am: “Family Planning and Women’s Labor Supply”, presented by Dan Maggio (Rutgers University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:25-9:50am: “Do price regulations on birth control pills decrease fertility?”, presented by Ana Melissa Perez Castano (PhD Student, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:50-10:15am: “The Effects of Adolescent Girls Clubs: Evidence from a Multi-Country RCT in Five West African Countries”, presented by Claire Boxho (World Bank)<\/span><\/p>\n

Migration (Taper Hall 114):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:00-9:25am: “Skilled Immigration and Firm-level Upgrading as Exports Boosters in a Developing Country”, presented by Carlo Lombardo (Cornell University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:25-9:50am: “Immigrants’ Skills and Capital Deepening: Evidence from Chile”, presented by Alessandra Anna Palazzo (University of Maryland, College Park)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:50-10:15am: “Conflict, Expectations and Refugee Economic Behavior”, presented by Emma Smith (Georgetown University)<\/span><\/p>\n

State capacity (Taper Hall 210):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:00-9:25am: “Organizing Fiscal Capacity”, presented by Devis Decet (Northwestern University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:25-9:50am: “Spillovers in State Capacity Building: Evidence from the Digitization of Land Records in Pakistan”, presented by Shan Aman-Rana (University of Virginia)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09:50-10:15am: “Updating the State: Making Implementation Data Accessible to Bureaucrats Strengthens Social Protection”, presented by Yusuf Neggers (University of Michigan)<\/span><\/p>\n

Session II: 10:40-11:55am<\/b><\/h2>\n

Economic geography (Taper Hall 118):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010:40-11:05am: “Initial Conditions, Size, and the Biggest Push in US History”, presented by Daniel Velasquez (University of Michigan)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:05-11:30am: “The Global Value of Cities”, presented by Aakash Bhalothia (UC San Diego)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:30-11:55am: “Resource Extraction, Revenue Sharing, and Growth”, presented by Traviss Cassidy (University of Alabama)<\/span><\/p>\n

Education (Taper Hall 110:):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010:40-11:05am: “Hard to Read: The Impact of Advanced Reading Assignments on Language and Literacy Outcomes”, presented by Mridul Joshi (Stanford University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:05-11:30am: “Reading for Life: Lasting Impacts of a Literacy Intervention in Uganda”, presented by Jason Kerwin (University of Washington)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:30-11:55am: “The best buy? Prospective evidence on successful remediation in Morocco’s public primary schools”, presented by Andreas De Barros (University of California, Irvine)<\/span><\/p>\n

Environmental II (Taper Hall 116):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010:40-11:05am: “Gender and culture shape prosociality more than heat stress in a five-country experiment”, presented by Alessandra Cassar (University of San Francisco)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:05-11:30am: “Labor Productivity Impacts of Air Purifiers”, presented by Teevrat Garg (UC San Diego)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:30-11:55am: “Price Incentives for Conservation: Experimental Evidence from Groundwater Irrigation”, presented by Ariel Zucker (UC Santa Cruz)<\/span><\/p>\n

Firms I (Taper Hall 119):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010:40-11:05am: “All in the Family: Kinship Pressure and Firm-Worker Matching”, presented by Nicholas Swanson (Stanford)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:05-11:30am: “Outsourcing, Labor Regulations and Profit-Sharing: Evidence from Mexico”, presented by Agustina Colonna (University of Zurich)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:30-11:55am: “Selection and Sorting when Supervisors have Discretion: Experimental Evidence from a Tanzanian Factory”, presented by Yuen Ho (University of California Berkeley)<\/span><\/p>\n

Gender II (Taper Hall 212):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010:40-11:05am: “Transit Infrastructure, Couples’ Commuting Choices, and Gender Earnings Inequality”, presented by Daniel Velasquez (University of Michigan)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:05-11:30am: “Female Entrepreneurship and Professional Networks”, presented by Francesca Truffa (Michigan)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:30-11:55am: “Worker Selection and Preferences for Job Amenities: Evidence from Jordanian Women”, presented by Bailey Palmer (UC Berkeley)<\/span><\/p>\n

Health (Taper Hall 108:):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010:40-11:05am: “Experiential and Social Learning”, presented by Gabriella Fleischman (Harvard Kennedy School)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:05-11:30am: “Self-Detrimental Avoidance of Rest”, presented by Alexandra Schubert (University of Zurich)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:30-11:55am: “Investigating the know-do gap in antibiotics prescribing: experimental evidence from India”, presented by Zachary Wagner (USC)<\/span><\/p>\n

Labor I (Taper Hall 208):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010:40-11:05am: “Payments Under the Table: Employer-Employee Collusion in Brazil”, presented by Javier Feinmann (UC Berkeley)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:05-11:30am: “The Role of Cash in Illegal Labor Market Practices: Evidence from Uruguay”, presented by Maximiliano Lauletta (Federal Reserve Board)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:30-11:55am: “The Role of Unions in Labor Markets with Informality: Evidence from Brazil”, presented by Nikita Kohli (Duke University)<\/span><\/p>\n

Political economy (Taper Hall 210):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010:40-11:05am: “Health for Votes? Political Business Cycles and Birth Outcomes in Mexico”, presented by Hector Mendoza (El Colegio de M\u00e9xico)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:05-11:30am: “Pay-to-Play: Campaign Contributions and Kickbacks in Public Procurement”, presented by Juan Felipe Ladino (Stockholm University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:30-11:55am: “Political Appointment Cycles and Tax Collection”, presented by Raul Duarte (Harvard University)<\/span><\/p>\n

Production and usage of economic research (Taper Hall 114):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010:40-11:05am: “Data Availability and the Geography of Economic Research”, presented by Wilson King (UC Berkeley)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:05-11:30am: “Endogenous Sample Selection”, presented by Niclas Moneke (Oxford)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011:30-11:55am: “The Mismeasure of Weather: Using Remotely Sensed Earth Observation Data in Economic Contexts”, presented by Anna Josephson (Arizona)<\/span><\/p>\n

Session III: 1:15-2:30pm\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Crime (Taper Hall 212):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:15-1:40pm: “CONFRONTING Prejudice: UNCOVERING STEREOTYPES AMONG POLICE OFFICERS IN INDIA”, presented by Abhilasha Sahay (World Bank)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:40-2:05pm: “Monitoring Harassment in Organizations”, presented by Ada Gonzalez-Torres (Ben-Gurion University and Harvard University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02:05-2:30pm: “Breaking the Gang: A Preventive Approach to Reduce Recruitment in Schools”, presented by Carlos Schmidt-Padilla (University of California, Berkeley)<\/span><\/p>\n

Economic history (Taper Hall 118):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:15-1:40pm: “Richer but Stricter? The Mixed Legacy of British Colonial Army Recruitment in India”, presented by Anahita Karandikar (University of British Columbia)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:40-2:05pm: “Attached once, attached forever: The persistent effects of concertaje in Ecuador”, presented by Alex Rivadeneira (Banco de M\u00e9xico)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02:05-2:30pm: “Missionaries and the birth of international development”, presented by Youn Baek (NYU Stern)<\/span><\/p>\n

Education II (Taper Hall 110:):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:15-1:40pm: “Does Restricting Access to Credit Affect Learning Outcomes? Evidence from a Regulatory Shock to Microfinance in India”, presented by Muneer Kalliyil (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:40-2:05pm: “Does Expanding Female Economic Opportunities Improve Children\u2019s Human Capital? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Bangladesh”, presented by Claus Portner (Seattle University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02:05-2:30pm: “Assessing the Efficacy of Debt Forgiveness Incentives in Promoting Higher Education Outcomes: Evidence from Colombia\u2019s National Student Loan Company”, presented by German Pulido (University College London)<\/span><\/p>\n

Environmental III (Taper Hall 116):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:15-1:40pm: “Digging for Answers: The Effects of Mining Pollution Externalities on Local Agricultural Output in Africa”, presented by Mira Korb (UC Davis)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:40-2:05pm: “Agricultural Technology Adoption and Deforestation: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial”, presented by Clark Lundberg (SDSU)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02:05-2:30pm: “Narco-Deforestation: The Environmental Effects of Coca Cultivation”, presented by Giulia Tozzi (Queen Mary University of London \/ Aix-Marseille School of Economics)<\/span><\/p>\n

Firms II (Taper Hall 119):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:15-1:40pm: “Value Creation and Value Capture in Indian Garment Sector Bargaining”, presented by Russell Morton (Yale University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:40-2:05pm: “The Supply Side of Access to Finance: Evidence from Loans to Agricultural Firms in Four African Countries”, presented by Mohamed Abouaziza (London School of Economics (LSE))<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02:05-2:30pm: “Small by Choice: Reassessing the Aggregate Implications of Size-Based Regulations”, presented by Kalyani Padmakumar (Florida State University)<\/span><\/p>\n

Labor III (Taper Hall 208):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:15-1:40pm: “Equity Conundrum: Unintended Consequences of College-Level Affirmative Action on the Labor Market”, presented by Ritika Gupta (University of Virginia)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:40-2:05pm: “Outside Options and the Supply of Sex Work”, presented by Ruchi Mahadeshwar (Brown University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02:05-2:30pm: “Public Pensions, Retirement, and Earlier-in-Life Labor Supply: Evidence from Ecuador”, presented by Diego Vera Cossio (Inter-American Development Bank)<\/span><\/p>\n

Mental health (Taper Hall 108:):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:15-1:40pm: “Long-Term Reductions in Depression and Intimate Partner Violence Over 8 Years: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial”, presented by Michelle Escobar (University of Melbourne)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:40-2:05pm: “The Long-Term Impact of Pharmacotherapy in India”, presented by Manuela Angelucci (UT Austin)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02:05-2:30pm: “Spousal Relationship and Adolescent Psychosocial Health: Evidence from an RCT”, presented by Ashish K. Sedai (ashish.sedai@uta.edu)<\/span><\/p>\n

Social protection (Taper Hall 114):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:15-1:40pm: “Credit and Welfare Across the Lean Season”, presented by Ethan Ligon (UC Berkeley)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:40-2:05pm: “Pedaling towards Prosperity: The Impact of Bicycle Distribution on Rural Livelihoods in Zambia”, presented by Jeffery Mcmanus (IDinsight)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02:05-2:30pm: “Deepening Intrahousehold Inequalities? Evidence from Floods in Bangladesh.”, presented by Fatima Najeeb (University of Maryland, College Park)<\/span><\/p>\n

Taxation (Taper Hall 210):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:15-1:40pm: “Limits to VAT Self Enforcement”, presented by Tejaswi Velayudhan (University of California, Irvine)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01:40-2:05pm: “Tax Audits and Their Distortionary Effects”, presented by David Henning (UCLA)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02:05-2:30pm: “Rewarding Nominal Growth: Unintended Impacts of Tax Cuts in Iran”, presented by Javad Dashtimanesh (Sharif University of Technology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Session IV: 3-4:15pm<\/b><\/h2>\n

Agriculture I (Taper Hall 116):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:00-3:25pm: “The Labor Market Effects of Agriculture Mechanization: Experimental Evidence from India”, presented by Steven Brownstone (UC San Diego)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:25-3:50pm: “Large-Scale Irrigation and Water Use Inequality in South Africa”, presented by Tereza Varejkova (University of Maryland, College Park)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:50-4:15pm: “Learning from Weather Forecasts and Short-Run Adaptation: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment”, presented by Jess Rudder (University of Chicago)<\/span><\/p>\n

Cash transfers (Taper Hall 114):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:00-3:25pm: “Mental Accounting and Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from a Humanitarian Setting”, presented by Till Wicker (Tilburg University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:25-3:50pm: “Long-Term Impacts of Exposure to Conditional Cash Transfers in Adolescence: Evidence from the Philippines”, presented by Abhilasha Sahay (World Bank)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:50-4:15pm: “A \u201cBig Push” Through the Finish Line: Evidence from a Composite Scholarship for Ugandan Students”, presented by Benedetta Lerva (World Bank)<\/span><\/p>\n

Education III (Taper Hall 110:):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:00-3:25pm: “Agricultural Mechanization, Teenage Labor Supply, and High School Enrollment”, presented by Hundanol Kebede (Southern Illinois University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:25-3:50pm: “Improving preschool services: Experimental evidence on a technology-aided intervention in India”, presented by Ajinkya Keskar (Binghamton University (SUNY))<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:50-4:15pm: “Labor Market Consequences of Pre-School Construction in Peru”, presented by Ronald Alonso Cueva (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and World Bank)<\/span><\/p>\n

Firms III (Taper Hall 119):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:00-3:25pm: “The Role of (Mis)Perceptions in Product Choice: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Zambia”, presented by David Sungho Park (KDI School of Public Policy and Management)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:25-3:50pm: “The Impact of Restricting Large Retailer Operation Days on Independent Retailers and Consumers: Evidence from South Korea”, presented by Marco Gonzalez-Navarro (UC-Berkeley)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:50-4:15pm: “Small-scale Production dereservation and Product Quality”, presented by Vidhya Soundararajan (Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning)<\/span><\/p>\n

Gender-based violence (Taper Hall 212):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:00-3:25pm: “Has Colombian legislation affected domestic violence reports and health outcomes?”, presented by Ana Melissa Perez (PhD student University of Minnesota)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:25-3:50pm: “The Unintended Impacts of an Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda”, presented by Arthur Alik-Lagrange (World Bank – Paris School of Economics)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:50-4:15pm: “Gender-Based Violence in Schools and Girls\u2019 Education: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique”, presented by Sarita Or\u00e9 (Columbia University)<\/span><\/p>\n

Job training (Taper Hall 208):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:00-3:25pm: “Beliefs and the Demand for Employee Training: A Field Experiment with Small Firms in Uganda”, presented by Arman Rezaee (University of California, Davis)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:25-3:50pm: “Capital Underutilization and the Provision of Firm Training: Experimental Evidence from Uganda”, presented by Anna Vitali (NYU)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:50-4:15pm: “The Economic Consequences of Knowledge Hoarding”, presented by Luisa Cefala (UC Berkeley)<\/span><\/p>\n

Public Sector jobs (Taper Hall 210):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:00-3:25pm: “Feigning Fairness: The Loss from a Voluntary Gender Quota in Public Service”, presented by Jiawei Lyu (University of Pittsburgh)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:25-3:50pm: “Impact of Government Job Age Cut-off on Labor Market Outcomes of College Graduates”, presented by Md Shahadath Hossain (University of Houston)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:50-4:15pm: “Public Sector Hiring and Labor Market Flows of Indian College Graduates”, presented by Niharika Singh (University of Notre Dame)<\/span><\/p>\n

Technology (Taper Hall 108:):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:00-3:25pm: “Hate in the Time of Algorithms: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment on Online Behavior”, presented by Aarushi Kalra (Brown University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:25-3:50pm: “Fostering Social-Media Entrepreneurs”, presented by Fangzhou Lu (University of Hong Kong)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:50-4:15pm: “Dinner at Your Door: How Delivery Platforms Affect Workers and Firms”, presented by Pascuel Plotkin (University of British Columbia)<\/span><\/p>\n

Trade (Taper Hall 118):<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:00-3:25pm: “Environmental Policy Coordination”, presented by Xiongfei Li (Duke University)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:25-3:50pm: “Losing Venezuela: Trade Collapse and the Performance <\/span>
\n<\/span>of Colombian Exporting Firms”, presented by Nicolas De Roux (Universidad de Los Andes)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03:50-4:15pm: “Beefing Up the Service Sector: Commodity Exports to China and Production Network Spillovers”, presented by Francesco Amodio (McGill University)<\/span><\/p>\n

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