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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
The
Economics of Asset Accumulation and Poverty Traps |
Christopher
B. Barrett, Michael Carter and Jean-Paul Chavas,
Organizers |
June 28-29, 2016 |
The
Almas Conference Center (Adjacent to the Hotel) |
PROGRAM |
Tuesday, June 28 |
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Coffee
and pastries 7:30-8:00-Sphinx Dining
Room |
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Mechanism
1: Nutrition, Health and Human Capital Formation 8:00-10:00 |
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1 |
Duncan
Thomas, Duke University and NBER (40
min) |
2 |
Heather
Schofield, University of Pennsylvania
(40 min) Coffee
break: 10:00-10:30- Sphinx Dining Room |
Mechanism
2: Psychology of Poverty, Hope and Aspirations 10:30-12:30 |
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3 |
Johannes
Haushofer, Princeton University (40
min) |
4 |
Bruce
Wydick, University of San Francisco (40 min) LUNCH:12:30-1:30- Sphinx Dining Room |
Mechanism
3: Imperfect and Incomplete Financial Markets 1:30-3:30 |
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5 |
Joseph
P. Kaboski, University of Notre Dame and NBER (40 min) |
6 |
Michael
Carter, University of California at Davis and NBER (40 min) |
Coffee
Break 3:30-4:00 |
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Mechanism
4: Dynamics and Resilience in Natural Resources and Agriculture 4:00-6:00 |
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7 |
Paulo
Santos, Monash University (40 min) |
8 |
Jean-Paul
Chavas, University of Wisconsin (40 min) Wednesday, June 29 Coffee and pastries 8:30-9:00-
Sphinx Dining Room |
Policy
in the Presence of Poverty Trap Mechanisms 9:00-11:40 |
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9 |
Karen
Macours, Paris School of Economics (40 min) |
10 |
Norbert
Schady, Inter-American Development Bank (40 min) |
11 |
Oriana
Bandiera, London School of Economics (40 min) |
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LUNCH 12:00-1:30
-Sphinx Dining Room
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Policy
Implications Roundtable 1:30-3:00 Discussion (50 min)
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3:00 pm |
Adjourn |