Event Recap

The Development Lunch Seminars were jointly hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute and The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts.

This lunch met on Fridays from 12:30-1:30 pm in Room 3SW at the Charles M. Harper Center (exception: the October 13 seminar is in Booth C06).

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Agenda

Friday, October 6, 2017

Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes in India

Seema Jayachandran, Northwestern University

Friday, October 13, 2017

The Short- and Medium-Run Effects of Computerized VAT Invoices on the Tax Payments and Behavior of Large Firms in China

Nancy Qian, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Friday, October 20, 2017

The Real Winner's Curse

Leopoldo Fergusson, University of the Andes

Friday, October 27, 2017

The Aggregate and Distributional Effects of Urban Transit Networks: Evidence from Bogota's TransMilenio

Nick Tsivanidis, University of Chicago

Friday, November 3, 2017

The Social Costs of Low Electricity Tariffs: Evidence from Agricultural Power Consumption in India

Nicholas Ryan, Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University

Friday, November 10, 2017

Industrialization and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Industrial Zone Expansion

Nina Nguyen, University of Chicago

Friday, November 17, 2017

The Peer Effects of Grade Retention

Olga Namen, University of Chicago

Friday, December 1, 2017

Misperceived Social Norms: Female Labor Force Participation in Saudi Arabia

Leonardo Bursztyn, Saieh Family Professor, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Co-Director of BFI Political Economics Initiative