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Research Program in Development Studies

Economic Development Seminars

Spring 2005

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

February 23, 2005 - Professor Anne Case, Princeton University
Co-sponsored with the Center of Health & Wellbeing

» "The Impact of Parental Death on School Enrollment and Achievement: Longitudinal Evidence from South Africa"

February 28, 2005* - Professor John Barton, Stanford University
Co-sponsored with the Center of Health & Wellbeing
*Held on Monday from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in 300 Wallace Hall

"Patents, Drugs, and Developing Countries"

March 2, 2005 - Professor Edward Glaeser, Harvard University

» "Human Capital, Institutions, and Economic Growth"

March 23, 2005 - Ben Olken, Post-doctoral Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research

» "Monitoring Corruption"

April 6, 2005 - Professor Bob Lucas, University of Chicago - CANCELLED
Co-sponsored with the International Economics Section
*Held on Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1

» "General Equilibrium Analysis of the Eaton-Kortum Model of International Trade"

April 11, 2005* - Professor Michael Kremer, Harvard University
Co-sponsored with the Center of Health & Wellbeing
*Held on Monday from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in 300 Wallace Hall

» "Why Is There No AIDS Vaccine?"

April 13, 2005 - Professor Joćo Biehl, Princeton University

"Emergent Arts of Governing: Life Extending Drugs, Politics, and Inequality in Brazil"

» Background reading: "The Activist State: Global Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, and Citizenship in Brazil"

April 27, 2005 - Paul Gertler, Chief Economist of Human Development Network, The World Bank
Co-sponsored with the Center of Health & Wellbeing

"How a Civil Service Hiring Freeze Affected Quality of Care and Health Outcomes in Indonesia"