Event Details:
Location
United States
The Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) and the Stanford King Center on Global Development are pleased to announce the fourth Conference on Behavioral Economics and Development from January 27-28, 2022. The scientific organizers of the conference are Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford University), Erica Field (Duke University), Manisha Shah (UCLA), and Alessandra Voena (Stanford University).
Due to the temporary ban on in-person events, the conference will take online over two days. The conference is open to participation from BREAD Fellows, BREAD Affiliates, and Faculty. Interested researchers and students may register to watch the conference live.
Agenda is subject to change. If you have any questions, please contact Leslie Murray.
Schedule
Thursday, January 27, 2022
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Welcome Address
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Bring a Friend: Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
S Anukriti (The World Bank), Catalina Herrera-Almanza (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Mahesh Karra (Boston University)
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Gender Differences in Judicial Decisions under Incomplete Information: Evidence from Child Support Cases
Roberto Asmat (University of Warwick), Lajos Kossuth (University of Warwick)
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Break
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Present Bias, Saving, Borrowing, and Paternalism
Keynote David Laibson (Harvard University)
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Training Effective Altruism
Sultan Mehmood (New Economic School in Moscow), Shaheen Naseer (Lahore School of Economics), Daniel L. Chen (Toulouse School of Economics)
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Lunch Break
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Understanding Gender Discrimination by Managers
Christina Brown (University of Chicago)
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Social Comparison and the Value of Performance Trajectory Information: A Field Experiment in the Workplace
Yucheng Liang (Carnegie Mellon University Tepper Business School), Shannon X. Liu (University of Toronto Rotman School of Management), Hugh Xiaolong Wu (Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School)
Friday, January 28, 2022
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Welcome Address
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Coupling Labor Supply Decisions: An Experiment in India
Matt Lowe (University of British Columbia), Madeline McKelway (Dartmouth College)
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The Good Wife? Reputation Dynamics and Financial Decision-Making Inside the Household
Nina Buchmann (Stanford University), Pascaline Dupas (Stanford), Roberta Ziparo (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)
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Break
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The Evolution of Networks and Homophily
Keynote Leeat Yariv (Princeton University). Coauthors Matthew O. Jackson, Stephen M. Nei, and Erik Snowberg
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Harm and Harmony
Siwan Anderson (Vancouver School of Economics), Chris Bidner (Simon Fraser University)
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Lunch Break
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Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital: Evidence from Ghana
Nathan Barker (Yale University), Gharad Bryan (London School of Economics), Dean Karlan (Northwestern University), Angela Ofori-Atta (University of Ghana Medical School), Chris Udry (Northwestern University)
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The Long-Run Effects of Psychotherapy on Depression, Beliefs, and Preferences
Bhargav Bhat (Sangath), Jon de Quidt (IIES, Stockholm University), Johannes Haushofer (Stockholm University), Vikram Patel (Harvard University and Sangath), Gautam Rao (Harvard University), Frank Schilbach (MIT), Pierre-Luc Vautrey (MIT)
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