Development Economics Workshop
2D2 Hopkins, Priory Road Complex, University of Bristol BS8 1TU
This workshop will bring together development economists from Bath, Bristol and Exeter to discuss ongoing research projects. The workshop will include presentations on the topics of health, gender empowerment, social protection, tax compliance, environmental regulation and agricultural work in various developing country settings.
Organisers: Muhammad Haseeb, Leandro De Magalhaes, Sayli Javadekar, Mahreen Mahmud, Zahra Siddique, Christine Valente.
Speakers: Christine Valente (University of Bristol), Kyungbo Han (University of Bath), Mahreen Mahmud (University of Exeter), Erlend Berg (University of Bristol), Climent Quintana-Domeque (University of Exeter), Kalyan Kumar Kameswara (University of Bath), Zahra Mansoor (University of Bristol).
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Introduction by Zahra Siddique |
| 10:30 - 12:00 |
Session 1 (chair: Leandro De Magalhaes) |
| 10:30 – 11:15 |
Reducing Neonatal Mortality at Scale: Lessons for Targeting Christine Valente, University of Bristol |
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Long Term Impact of Emergency Aid on Health: Evidence from the 1984 Ethiopian Famine Kyungbo Han, University of Bath |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Session 2 (chair: Sayli Javadekar) |
| 13:00 - 13:45 |
Cash Transfers and Role Models: Impacts on Women’s Empowerment in Rural Kenya Mahreen Mahmud, University of Exeter |
| 13:45 – 14:30 |
Paid to Learn: Piloting a New Type of Social Protection for Developing Countries Erlend Berg, University of Bristol |
| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Coffee break |
| 15:00 - 17:15 | Session 3 (chair: Muhammad Haseeb) |
| 15:00 – 15:45 |
Public Goods and Tax Compliance Climent Quintana-Domeque, University of Exeter |
| 15:45 - 16:30 |
The political economy of environmental regulation: evidence from sand mining in India Kalyan Kumar Kameswara, University of Bath |
| 16:30 - 17:15 |
Carrots or Sticks: Experimental Evidence on Incentives for Agriculture Extension Workers in Pakistan Zahra Mansoor, University of Bristol |
| 17:30 – 20:00 | Dinner (self-paid) |
Contact information
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Lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided.
Optional self-paid dinner in the evening at The Botanist Restaurant from 17:30 – 20:00.