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Research Program in Development Studies

Economic Development Seminars

Fall 2005

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

September 28 , 2005 - Rohini Pande, Department of Economics, Economic Growth Center, Yale University

» "Dams"

October 5, 2005 - Ray Fisman, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

» "Limits to Policy Reversal: Privatization in India"

October 26, 2005 - Martin Wittenberg, Department of Economics, University of Cape Town,
South Africa

» "The Weight of Success: The Body Mass Index and Economic Wellbeing in South Africa"

November 16, 2005 - Jishnu Das, Research Economist DECRG, World Bank 
Co-sponsored with the Center for Health & Wellbeing

» "Money for Nothing: The Dire Straits of Medical Practice in Delhi, India"

November 30, 2005 - Eric Verhoogen, Department of Economics, International & Public Affairs,
Columbia University

» "Quality Upgrading and Establishment Wage Policies: Evidence from Mexican Employer-Employee Data"

December 14 , 2005 - Alessandro Tarozzi, Department of Economics, Duke University

» "Child Nutrition in India in the Nineties: A Story of Increased Gender Inequality?"