Devo, Labor and Pol Econ Spring Seminars 2008

DEVELOPMENT, LABOR AND POLITICAL ECONOMY SPRING SEMINARS 2008
Sponsored by the Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi" and IGIER

All seminars are held from 12.45 to 2.00 pm in ROOM N36, Velodromo, Piazza Sraffa, unless otherwise indicated.

Wednesday March 5 - Political Economy
Yann ALGAN (Paris School of Economics)
"Can Policy Influence Culture? Minimum Wage and Quality of Labor Relations" joint with P. Aghion (Harvard) and P. Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique)

Wednesday March 12 - Development
Marco LEONARDI (University of Milan) and Giovanni PICA (University of Salerno)
"Employment Protection Legislation and Wages"

Wednesday March 19 - Political Economy
Sharun W. MUKAND (Warwick)
"The Leader as Catalyst - On Leadership and the Mechanics of Institutional Change" joint with S. Majumdar

Wednesday March 26
NO SEMINAR

MONDAY MARCH 31 - OCCASIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR, ROOM N20, Velodromo
Marianne BERTRAND (Chicago GSB)
"Conditional Cash Transfers in Education: Design Features, Peer and Sibling Effects Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia"
joint with F. Barrera-Osorio, L. L. Linden and F. Perez-Calle

Wednesday April 2 - Labor
Maia GUELL (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and University of Edinburgh)
"Intergenerational Mobility and the Informative Content of Surnames" joint with J. V. Rodriguez Mora and C. Telmer

Wednesday April 9 - Development
Chris BLATTMAN (Yale University)
"From Violence to Voting: War and Political Participation in Uganda"

Wednesday April 30 - Labor
Ethan G. LEWIS (Dartmouth College)
"How did Miami Adjust to the Mariel Boatlift"

Wednesday May 7 - Political Economy
Ignacio ORTUNO-ORTIN (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
"Stability of Nations and Genetic Diversity" joint with K. Desmet, M. Le Breton, S. Weber

Wednesday May 14 - Labor
Irma CLOTS FIGUERAS (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
"The Effect of Language at School on Identity and Political Outlooks" joint with O. Aspachs and P. Masella

Wednesday May 21 - Development
Samuel BERLINSKI (University College London)
"Preschool and Maternal Labor Supply: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design" joint with S. Galiani and P. J. McEwan

THURSDAY MAY 29, ROOM N34***OCCASIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY SEMINAR
Gerard ROLAND (University of California, Berkeley)
"What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur? Evidence from Brazil" joint with S. Djankov, Y. Qian and E. Zhuravskaya

Wednesday June 4 - LABOR
Ilyana KUZIEMKO (Princeton University)
"Vietnam Draft Avoidance and Socio-Economic Status"

Wednesday June 11 - Development
Rohini PANDE (Harvard University)
"Powerful Women: Can Exposure reduce Bias?" joint with L. Beaman, R. Chattopadhyay, E. Duflo and P. Topalova