Seminar
WIDER Seminar Series - Philip Verwimp on impacts of an off-grid energy project
Philip Verwimp, Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, will present at the WIDER Seminar Series spring sneak-peak on 14 February 2018. Please note that pre-registration is not necessary for this event. Abstract – Impact evaluation of an off...
14 February 2018
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
WIDER Seminar Series - Carlos Gradín on occupational gender segregation in South Africa
UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Carlos Gradín will kick off the spring 2018 session of the WIDER Seminar Series on 7 March 2018. Abstract – Occupational gender segregation in post-apartheid South Africa | Slides In this paper, we show that occupations in...
7 March 2018
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
WIDER Seminar Series - Faraz Usmani and Larissa Nawo
At the 14 March 2018 session of the WIDER Seminar Series, PhD Candidates Faraz Usmani and Larissa Nawo will present their recent findings.
14 March 2018
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
WIDER Seminar Series - Kalle Hirvonen on large-scale social protection inverventions
Kalle Hirvonen, Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will present at the 21 March 2018 session of the WIDER Seminar Series. Abstract – The impact of large-scale social protection interventions on grain prices...
21 March 2018
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
WIDER Seminar Series - Vincent Somville on barriers to female empowerment
On 28 March 2018, Assistant Professor Vincent Somville of the Norwegian School of Economics will present at the WIDER Seminar Series. Abstract – Barriers to female empowerment: Evidence from a field experiment in Tanzania Many young girls in...
28 March 2018
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
WIDER Seminar Series - Sanchari Roy on women's inheritance rights in India
Sanchari Roy, Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, will speak at the WIDER Seminar Series on 4 April 2018. Abstract – Women’s inheritance rights reform and the preference for sons in India We investigate whether legislation of equal inheritance...
4 April 2018
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
WIDER Seminar Series - Lore Vandewalle on access to formal banking and household finances: Experimental evidence from India
Lore Vandewalle, Assistant Professor at The Graduate Institute, will speak at the 18 April 2018 session of the WIDER Seminar Series. Abstract – Access to formal banking and household finances: Experimental evidence from India Access to formal banking...
18 April 2018
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
WIDER Seminar Series - Patricia Justino on the legacies of wartime governance
Patricia Justino, Research Fellow at IDS, will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 11 April 2018. Abstract – On the legacies of wartime governance In conflict zones around the world, both state and non-state actors deliver governance at local...
11 April 2018
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Blog
Progressive research with amazing people in a beautiful sauna-crazy country: Pui Yi Wong - 2018 PhD Fellow
by
UNU-WIDER, Pui Yi Wong
March 2019
In the fall of 2018 UNU-WIDER welcomed 11 doctoral students from around the world as part of our PhD Fellowship Programme. The students, from Ghana...
Blog
Research insights, new friends and meeting Stiglitz: Shreya Bhattacharya - 2018 PhD Fellow
by
UNU-WIDER, Shreya Bhattacharya
March 2019
In the fall of 2018 UNU-WIDER welcomed 11 doctoral students from around the world as part of our PhD Fellowship Programme. The students, from Ghana...
WIDER Seminar Series Autumn 2018
The WIDER Seminar Series showcases the latest research on key topics in development economics. At the weekly sessions, early-career and senior researchers present recent and ongoing work touching on structural transformation, inclusion, and...
Seminar
Vegard Iversen on employee referral, social proximity and worker discipline: theory and suggestive evidence from India
Vegard Iversen will present this paper at the WIDER Seminar Series on 3 April 2019. Abstract – Employee referral, social proximity and worker discipline: theory and suggestive evidence from India We propose a new theory to explain why employers...
3 April 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Maureen Were on is export-led growth a mirage? The case of Kenya
Maureen Were will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 10 April 2019. Abstract – Is export-led growth a mirage? The case of Kenya The role of exports in promoting economic growth has been widely acknowledged. However, despite trade liberation and...
10 April 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Opeyemi Akinyemi on green energy and green growth strategy for the sustainable development of sub-Saharan Africa
Opeyemi Akinyemi will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 17 April 2019. Abstract – Green energy and green growth strategy for the sustainable development of sub-Saharan Africa Sustainable development is gaining ground as a paradigm shift from...
17 April 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Bereket Kebede on endowment effects and gender in the efficiency and equity of team allocation
Bereket Kebede will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 22 January Abstract – Endowment effects and gender in the Efficiency and Equity of Team Allocation We conduct a novel experiment in which pairs of subject make separable allocative efficiency...
22 January 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Neil Ruiz on demographic trends and attitudes towards migration globally
23 January 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Sushanta Mallick on is financial inclusion good for banks?
Sushanta Mallick will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 05 February Abstract - Is financial inclusion good for banks? In light of the recent policy debate on inclusive financial intermediation, we investigate whether inclusive banking can boost...
5 February 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Saurabh Singhal on inequality, corruption and cooperation
Saurabh Singhal will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 12 February Abstract - Inequality, corruption and cooperation We examine the effects of randomly introduced economic inequality on voluntary cooperation and whether this relationship is...
12 February 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Osman Ouattara on temperature shocks and inflation - are there any ramifications?
Osman Ouattara will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 04 March Abstract - Temperature shocks and Inflation: are there any ramifications? In this paper, we analyze the dynamic impact of climate change on inflation. We use a panel-VAR method with...
4 March 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
POSTPONED: Rajeev Goel on corruption beyond the glass ceiling - do women entrepreneurs perceive corruption differently?
Rajeev Goel will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 April Abstract – Corruption beyond the glass ceiling: do women entrepreneurs perceive corruption differently? Adding to the corruption-gender nexus, this paper contributes across several...
20 April 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Jeffrey Hammer on one hundred homes - a visual survey of wealth and poverty in India
Jeffrey Hammer will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 12 March Abstract - One hundred homes - a visual survey of wealth and poverty in India In 2018, a multi-disciplinary team from India and four other countries collected expenditure data...
12 March 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Marijke Verpoorten on aggrieved artisanal miners in Eastern Congo
Marijke Verpoorten will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 11 March Abstract - Would you fight? We asked aggrieved artisanal miners in Eastern Congo To meet the rising demand for minerals, mining companies have ventured into conflict-affected...
11 March 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
POSTPONED: Marcela Ibanez on the intrinsic value of decision making - evidence from a bargaining experiment in Egypt
Marcela Ibanez will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 18 March Absract - The intrinsic value of decision making: Evidence from a bargaining experiment in Egypt This paper uses an experimental approach to examine the causal effect of social norms...
18 March 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Markus Jäntti on income distribution in Uganda – a tax register-based assessment
Markus Jäntti will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 27 February Abstract - Income distribution in Uganda – a tax register-based assessment Uganda has extensive register data on taxable income and taxes paid going back a decade or so. By...
27 February 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Maurizio Bussolo on taking on distributional tensions in Europe and Central Asia
Maurizio Bussolo will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 23 January 2019. Abstract – Towards a new social contract: taking on distributional tensions in Europe and Central Asia Globalization, rapid technological change, and aging have created...
23 January 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6A,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Costanza Biavaschi on taking the skill bias out of global migration
Costanza Biavaschi will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 6 February 2019. Abstract – Taking the skill bias out of global migration Global migration is heavily skill-biased, with tertiary-educated workers being four times more likely to migrate...
6 February 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6A,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event