3rd FHM Development Economics Workshop: Globalization and Distributional Conflict in Developing Countries
3rd FHM Development Economics Workshop:
Globalization and Distributional Conflict in Developing Countries
Friday, October 20, 2017, 10:00-18:15, joint dinner from 18:30
Heidelberg University, Bergheimer Straße 58, Room 02.023
Program
9:30 Reception with coffee
10:00 Welcome/Introduction, Andreas Fuchs (Heidelberg)
10:15 Session 1 (Chair: Sarah Langlotz)
Albrecht Bohne (Mannheim), Learning Dynamics in Tax Bunching at the Kink: Evidence from Ecuador (with Jan Sebastian Nimczik)
Discussant: Dany Jaimovich (Frankfurt)
Dominik Naeher (Frankfurt), Agricultural Input Decisions in the Presence of Complementarities: A Rational Inattention Model
Discussant: Atika Pasha (Mannheim)
11:45 Coffee break
12:15 Session 2 (Chair: Michael Schleicher)
Katharina Richert (Heidelberg), The Political Economy of International Finance Corporation Lending (with Axel Dreher)
Discussant: Konstantin Wacker (Mainz)
13:00 Lunch at Thanaphon Thai Restaurant, Bahnhofstraße 19
14:15 Session 3 (Chair: Sebastian Ziaja)
Sarra Ben Yahmed (ZEW Mannheim), Gender, Informal Employment and Trade Liberalisation in Mexico (with Pamela Bombarda)
Discussant: Kristina Czura (LMU Munich)
Stefan Klonner (Heidelberg), Pricing of Social Health Insurance: Evidence from Burkina Faso (with Michael Schleicher)
Discussant: Adrien Bouguen (Mannheim)
15:45 Group photo and coffee break
16:30 Session 4 (Chair: Axel Dreher)
Jan Trenczek (Mainz), Labor Misallocation and Income Differences: A Generalized Sensitivity Analysis on a Panel of Countries
Discussant: Emilia Soldani (Frankfurt)
Rajesh Ramachandran (Frankfurt & Heidelberg), Linguistic Diversity, Official Language Choice and Nation Building: Theory and Evidence (with David D. Laitin)
Discussant: Lennart Kaplan (Heidelberg)
18:00 Closing remarks/Invitation for next FHM, Adrien Bouguen (Mannheim)
18:15 End of formal program
18:30 Joint Dinner at Restaurant Tati, Bergheimer Str. 139
We gratefully acknowledge Heidelberg University’s Field of Focus 4 “Self-Regulation and Regulation: Individuals and Organizations” and the Department of Development Economics of the South Asia Institute (Stefan Klonner) for their generous funding of the 3rd FHM Development Workshop!
Local program committee: Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Stefan Klonner, Sarah Langlotz, Michael Schleicher, and Sebastian Ziaja
