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Department of Economics, University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Development / International Economics

General Information

All seminars are on Tuesday, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) in room 223 DKH. Schedule for the current year will be here

 

Upcoming Lectures

Date Location Name Affiliation Lecture
Fall 2009 Seminars        
Tues. Nov. 17, 2009 223 David Kinley Hall Dwayne Benjamin University of Toronto "Evaluating the Impact of a Targeted land Distribution Program: Evidence from Vietnam"
         
Spring 2010 Seminars        
Mon., Feb. 1, 2010 Marcelo Mello IBMEC Business School Rio de Janerio "Do Speed Cameras Prevent Traffic Acidents and Fatalities?"  
Mon., Feb. 8, 2010 TBA Miguel Ramirez Trinity College  
Mon., March 1, 2010 (Note Day) TBA Dr. Muhammad Yunus Nobel Peace Prize winner, founder of Grameen Bank  
         

Past Lectures

Date Location Name Affiliation Lecture
Tues. Nov. 10, 2009 223 David Kinley Hall Donald Cox Boston College Biology and Economics of the Family in Developing Countries "
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 (Note day) - 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. 166 Wohlers Hall Dr. Zahurul Karim Former Dr. of Ag Research in Bangladesh, former Secretary to the Gov't of Bangladesh "Shaking Off Malthus: Food and Banglades"
Tues., Nov. 3, 2009 joint with ACES 223 David Kinley Hall Frederico Finan UC Berkley "Corrupting Learning: Evidence from Missing Federal Education Funds in Brazil"
Tues., Oct. 27, 2009 joint with CBPP - NOTE 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. 3007 BIF Monica Singhal Havard Kennedy School "Informal Taxation"
Tues., Oct. 20, 2009 joint with CBPP - NOTE: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. 3007 BIF Emily Oster University of Chicago Business School "Genetic Adverse Selection: Evidence from Long Term Care Insurance and Huntington Disease"
Mon. Oct. 5, 2009 - NOTE: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. 226 Wholers Hall Loren Brandt University of Toronto

"Substitution Effects in Parental Investments:

Thurs., April 16 - 3:30 - 5:00 130 Wohlers Hall Daniel Arce University of Texas at Dallas "Terrorism"
Tues., March 17 - joint with Labor/CBPP 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. 243 Wohlers Hall Giovanni Peri Univeristy of California-Davis "The Causes and Effects of International Migrations: Evidence from OECD Countries 1980-2005"
Tues., November 11, 2008 from 2:30 - 4:00 (note earlier time) Joint w/CBPP) 3007 BIF Doug Miller University of California-Davis "Are Recessions Really Good for your Health? Understanding Procyclical Mortality"
Tues., October 28, 2008 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. - NOTE Time change 223 DKH Harsha Thirumurthy University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill "Health Worker Absence, HIV Testing and Behavioral Change: Evidence from Western Kenya"
Tues., October 21, 2008 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. 166 Wohlers Hall Asim Khwaja Harvard Kennedy School of Government Report Cards: The Impact of Providing Test-score information on Educational Markets
Tues., October 14, 2008 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. 166 Wohlers Hall Andrew Horowitz University of Arkansas "The Impact of Parental Income on the Intrahousehold Distribution of School Attainment"
Tues.,, September 16, 2008 from 4:00 to 5:30 (Joint with Labor) 223 DKH - Andrew Foster Brown University "Do Voluntary Pollution Reduction Programs Help Reduce Pollution Levels? Evidence from the Mexican Clean Industry Program"
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 from 4:00-5:30 Joint with Labor, 219 David Kinley Hall Marianne Bertrand University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business “Affirmative Action in Education: Evidence from Engineering College Admissions in India”
Friday, April 11, 2008 from 11:30-1:00 Joint with Labor, ILIR building lower level David McKenzie World Bank Postponed untill later date
Friday, April 4, 2008 from 3:30 to 5:00 Departmental Seminar Series, 123 David Kinley Hall Andy Rose UC Berkeley “Fertility and the Real Exchange Rate”
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 from 3:30 to 5:00 219 David Kinley Hall Erica Field Harvard University “The Cognitive Link Between Geography and Development: Iodine Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Tanzania”
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 from 3:30 to 5:00 219 David Kinley Hall Igor Barenboim Harvard University “Does Crime Breed Inequality”
Thursday, March 6, 2008 from 3:30 to 5:00 126 Wohlers Christopher Kilby Vassar College “The Political Economy of Conditionality: An Empirical Analysis of World Bank Enforcement”
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 from 5:30 to 6:30 219 Davenport Hall Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro “Understanding the Rise of Skilled Labor Demand in Brazil”
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 from 3:30 to 5:00 106 DKH Maria Eugenia Mata New University of Lisbon “A Reversal in the Historical Role of Tariffs in Economic Growth?  The Cases of Brazil and Portugal”
Friday, November 2, 2007 from 3:30 to 5:00 Joint with Applied Microeconomics, 126 Wohlers T.N. Srinivasan Yale University “The Gains from Trade Liberalization”
Friday, November 2, 2007 Joint with Labor and ACES Marcos Rangel University of Chicago, Harris School Postponed till later date
Friday, October 12, 2007 from 12:00-1:30 134 Temple Buell Hall Angus Deaton Princeton University “Child Mortality, Income, and Adult Height”
Thursday, October 11, 2007 from 4:30 to 6:00 134 Temple Buell Hall Angus Deaton Princeton University “Health and Wellbeing Around the World: Evidence From the Gallup World Poll”
Friday, September 14, 2007 Joint with Labor Andrew Foster Brown University Postponed until later date