Third BREAD Conference
Sponsored by: Brookings Institution, the MacArthur Network on the Costs of Inequality, and the Center for Global Development
Conference location: Center for Global Development, 1776 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20036
Conference Program
Friday, December 5
1.00 pm -- 2.15 pm Duncan Thomas et al "Iron deficiency and the well-being of older adults."
2.15 pm -- 3.30 pm Abhijit Banerjee, Shawn Cole, Esther Duflo and Leigh Linden, "Remedying education: evidence from two randomized experiments in India."
3.30 pm -- 4.00 pm Break
4.00 pm -- 5.15 pm Leonard Wantchekon, "Ethnicity, gender, and the demand for redistribution: experimental evidence from Benin."
Saturday, December 6
9.00 am -- 10.15 am Asim Khwaja and Atif Mian, "Trading in phantom markets: an in depth exploration of an emerging stock market."
10.15 am -- 11.30 am Richard Akresh, "Risk, network quality, and family structure: child fostering decisions in Burkina Faso."
11.30 am -- 11.45 am Break
11.45 am -- 1.00 pm Francesco Caselli and Nicola Gennaioli, "Dynastic management."
1.00 pm -- 2.15 pm Lunch
2.15 pm -- 3.30 pm Kaivan Munshi and Mark Rosenzweig, "Traditional institutions meet the modern world: caste, gender and schooling choice in a globalizing economy."
3.30 pm -- 4.45 pm Paul Glewwe, Nauman Ilias and Michael Kremer, "Teacher incentives."
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