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Parallel Sessions 1 (16 December, Wednesday;
4.30 - 6.15
PM)
- Session 1(a): History and Institutions
(Conference Room)
[Chair: Ashok Kotwal (University of British Columbia)]
Stephen
Broadberry (University of Warwick) and Bishnupriya Gupta
(University of Warwick):
"The
Historical Roots of India's Service-Led Development: A Sectoral
Analysis of Anglo-Indian Productivity Differences, 1870-2000".
Guilhem Cassan (Paris School
of Economics):
"British Law and Caste Identity Manipulation in
Colonial India: the Punjab Alienation of Land Act".
Marianna
Belloc (Sapienza University of Rome) and Samuel Bowles (Santa Fe
Institute and University of Siena):
"International Trade, Factor
Mobility and the Persistence of Cultural-Institutional Diversity".
- Session 1(b): Education
(Seminar Room 1) [Chair:
Vegard Iverson (University of Manchester and ISI, Delhi)]
Pushkar Maitra (Monash University) and Anurag Sharma (Monash
University):
"Parents and Children: Education Across Generations in
India".
Paul Atherton (Institute of Education, University of London)
and Geeta Kingdon (Institute of Education, University of London):
"The Relative Effectiveness of Regular and 'para' Teachers in
India".
Sarmistha Pal (Brunel
University and IZA,
University of Bonn) and
Geeta
Kingdon (Institute of Education, University of London):
"Private
School Growth and Universal Literacy in India: A Panel District
Level Analysis".
- Session 1(c): Gender and Affirmative
Action
(Seminar Room 2) [Chair:
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (ISI, Delhi)]
Sajeda Amin (Population Council,
New York) and S. Chandrasekhar (Indira Gandhi Institute of
Development Research, Mumbai):
"Looking Beyond Universal Primary
Education: Gender Differences in Time Use among Children in Rural
Bangladesh".
Tanika Chakraborty (DIW,
Berlin):
"Impact of Industrialization on Relative Female Survival:
Evidence from Trade Policies".
Ashwini Deshpande (Delhi School of Economics) and Thomas Weisskopf (University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor):
"Do Reservation Policies Affect Productivity in Indian Railways?".
- Session 1(d): Topics in Macroeconomics
(Class Room 13)
[Chair: Rudrani Bhattacharya (NIPFP)]
Ashima Goyal (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research, Mumbai), R. Ayyappan Nair (Reserve Bank of India), and
Amaresh Samantaraya (Reserve Bank of India):
"Monetary Policy, FX
Markets, and Feedback under Uncertainty in an Opening Economy".
Prachi Mishra (IMF) and Antonio Spilimbergo (IMF, CEPR
and WDI):
"Exchange Rates and Wages in an Integrated World".
David
Cook (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and Hiromi
Nosaka (Kansai University):
"Dual Labor Markets and Business
Cycles".
- Session 1(e): Topics in Microeconomics
I (Class Room 14) [Chair: Mukesh
Eswaran (University of British Columbia)]
Peter Bardsley (University
of Melbourne), Nisvan Erkal (University of Melbourne), Nikos
Nikiforakis (University of Melbourne) and Tom Wilkening (University
of Melbourne):
"Recursive Contracts, Rat Races, and Dissipation of
Rents: Theory and Experimental Evidence".
Anirban Mitra and
Debraj Ray (New York University):
"Implications of an Economic
Theory of Conflict: Identifying the Perpetrator in Hindu-Muslim
Violence in India".
Magnus Hatlebakk (CMI,
Bergen, Norway):
"Explaining Maoist Control and Level of Civil
Conflict in Nepal".
Last Updated on 13 December 2009. |
