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Research Program in Development Studies

Economic Development Seminars

Spring 2006

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

March 1, 2006 – Eldar Shafir, Department of Psychology and the Woodrow Wilson School
of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
“A Behavioral Perspective on Decisions in the Context of Poverty”

Background paper:

» "What’s Psychology Worth? A Field Experiment in the Consumer Credit Market"

*Monday, April 10, 2006, 4:30-6:00 p.m. – Werner Troesken, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh
Co-sponsored with Center for Health & Wellbeing

» "Death and the City: Chicago 's Mortality Transition, 1850-1925"

April 12, 2006 – Marianne Bertrand, Department of Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
"Is Corruption Efficient? Getting a Driving License in New Delhi" 

Background paper:

» "Does Corruption Produce Unsafe Drivers?"

*Monday, April 17, 2006, 4:30-6:00 p.m. – Hoyt Bleakley, Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
Co-sponsored with Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHW)

» "Malaria Eradication in the Americas: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure”

April 26, 2006 – Robert Townsend, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Co-author, Krislert Samphantharak 

» "Households as Corporate Firms"

April 26, 2006,*4:30-6:00 p.m. - Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation Professor of Economics, MIT
Movie Event with panel discussion: "The Name of the Disease"
Co-sponsored with Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHW)

*Monday, May 1, 2006, 4:30-6:00 p.m. - Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs, Professor of Economics and International Affairs,
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Co-sponsored with Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHW)

"Death and Money: Historical, International, and Domestic Aspects of the Health-wealth Relationship"