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Research Program in Development Studies

Economic Development Seminars

Fall 2006

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

September 27, 2006 – Dean Yang, Visiting Research Scholar, Research Program in Development Studies, Princeton University

» Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Socioeconomic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall

November 8, 2006 – Nancy Qian, Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University
Co-sponsored with Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHW)

» "The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China's Great Famine"

November 15, 2006 –Chris Paxson, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department, Princeton University
Co-sponsored with Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHW)

"Does Money Matter? Effects of Transfers on Child Health and Development in Ecuador"

November 29, 2006 –Erica Field , Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Health & Wellbeing, Princeton University
Co-sponsored with Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHW)

» "Iodine Deficiency & schooling attainment in Tanzania"