Event Recap

The Development Lunch Seminars were operated with support from 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 Seminar Room D at the Law School.

The March 9 seminar was held in Saieh Hall, Room 203.

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If you have any questions, please email Alex Carr.

Agenda

Friday, January 12, 2018

The Legacy of the Missing Men: The Long-Run Impact of World War I on Female Labor Force Participation

Victor Gay, University of Chicago

Friday, January 19, 2018

The Inception of Capitalism Through the Lens of Firms

Krisztina Orban, University of Chicago

Friday, January 26, 2018

Matrix Completion Methods for Causal Panel Data Models

Guido Imbens, Stanford University

Friday, February 2, 2018

The Engel Curves of Noncooperative Households

Jesse Naidoo, University of Chicago

Friday, February 9, 2018

Selling Low and Buying High: Arbitrage and Local Price Effects in Kenyan Markets

Lauren Falcao Bergquist, University of Michigan

Friday, February 16, 2018

How Social Networks Shape Our Beliefs: A Natural Experiment Among Future French Politicians

Quoc-Ahn Do, Sciences Po

Friday, February 23, 2018

Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of 'Rugged Individualism' in the United States

Samuel Bazzi, Boston University

Friday, March 2, 2018

Social Proximity and Bureaucrat Performance: Evidence from India

Marianne Bertrand, Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Willard Graham Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth

Friday, March 9, 2018

Mobility restrictions and the spatial distribution of economic activity in the West Bank

Chiara Fratto

Department of Economics

Chiara Fratto, Ph.D. Student in Economics, University of Chicago