Fall 2003

Research Program in Development Studies

Economic Development Seminars

Fall 2003

Unless otherwise noted, all seminars meet on Wednesday from 12:15 - 1:45 p.m. in 300 Wallace Hall.

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - Professor Maristella Botticini, Boston University

� "From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History"

Wednesday, October 1, 2003 - Ph. D. Candidate Tim Halliday, Princeton University
"Migration and Risk in Rural El Salvador"

Monday, October 6, 2003* - Professor Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh

Joint seminar with the Center for Health & Wellbeing
*Held from 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. in 300 Wallace Hall

� "Lead Water Pipes and Infant Mortality in Turn-of-the-Century Massachusetts"

Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - Professor Angus Deaton, Princeton University
"PPP Exchange Rates for the Poor"

Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - Professor Mark Rosenzweig, Harvard University

� "Traditional Institutions Meet the Modern World: Caste, Gender, and Schooling Choice in a Globalizing Economy"

Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - Professor Garance Genicot, Georgetown University

� "An Experimental Test of Risk-Sharing Arrangements"

Monday, November 24, 2003* - Varun Gauri, The World Bank
"Brazil's Response to AIDS: Policy and Politics"
Joint seminar with the Center for Health & Wellbeing, Princeton AIDS Initiative, and the Program in Latin American Studies
*Held from 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. in 300 Wallace Hall

Monday, December 1, 2003* - Professor Bruce Russett, Yale University
Joint seminar with the Center for Health & Wellbeing and AIDS Policy Program
*Held from 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. in 300 Wallace Hall

� "The Postwar Effects of Civil Conflict"

Wednesday, December 3, 2003 - Professor Rohini Pande, Yale University

� "Unmarried Parenthood and Redistributive Politics: Evidence from Europe"

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - Professor Frances Lund, University of Natal
"Capturing Informal Work in Developing Country Surveys: What Have We Learned?"