Program PIER-IGIER 06
PIER-IGIER Conference
New Research on Human Capital Investment in Developing Countries
May 19-20, 2006, Bocconi University, Via Sarfatti, 25 Milan, Room 31
Organizers: Eliana La Ferrara and Petra Todd
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| 2.00-3.15 pm | Samuel Berlinski: “The Effect of Pre-primary Education on Primary School Performance” (joint with S. Galiani and P. Gertler) Discussant: Andreas Madestam
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| 3.15-4.30 pm | Mark Rosenzweig: “Sharing the Burden ofDisease: Gender, theHousehold Division of Labor and the Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollution” (joint with M. Pitt and N. Hassan)
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| 4.30-5.00 pm | Coffee break
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| 5.00-6.15 pm | Markus Goldstein:“The economic impact of AIDS treatment: Labor supply in Western Kenya” (joint with H. Thirumurthy, J. Graff Zivin) Discussant: Elsa Artadi
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| 8.00pm | Conference Dinner
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| 9.00-10.15 am | Orazio Attanasio: “Long term and short term effect of a community nursery program in Colombia” Discussant: Aureo De Paula
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| 10.15-10.30 am | Coffee break
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| 10.30-11.45 am | Miguel Urquiola: "Sorting and school quality in market equilibrium: Theory and evidence" (joint with Eric Verhoogen)
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| 11.45- 1.00 pm | Petra Todd:“Within-family Treatment Effect Estimators: The Impact of Oportunidades on Schooling in Mexico” (joint with W. Parker and K. Wolpin) | ||
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| 1:00 pm | Lunch | ||
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| 2.30-3.45 pm | Michael Kremer: "Textbooks and the Paradox of Standards" (joint with Paul Glewwe, and Sylvie Moulin) Discussant: Marcos Vera-Hernandez
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| 3.45-5.00 pm | Jakob Svensson: “Working for God? Evidence from a change in financing of not-for-profit health care providers in Uganda” Discussant: Oriana Bandiera
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