Friday, October 3

MIT Sloan Building #E51-095

8:15 - 9:00: continental breakfast

9:00 - 10:45: Chris Udry: "Gender, Power and Agricultural Investment in Ghana" [~329k pdf]

10:45 - 11:15: coffee break

11:15 - 1:00: Dilip Mookherjee: "Political Economy of Land Reforms in West Bengal, 1978-98" [~335k pdf]

1:00 - 2:30: catered lunch

2:30 - 4:15: Karla Hoff (with Priyanka Pandey): "Why Are Social Inequities So Durable? An Experimental Test of the Effects of Indian Caste on Performance" [~545k pdf]

4:30 - 5:30: (Network Members only) Meeting

Saturday, October 4

MIT Sloan Building #E51-095

8:15 - 9:00: continental breakfast

9:00 - 10:45: Jess Benhabib and Adam Przeworski: "The Political Economy of Redistribution under Democracy" [~544k pdf]

10:45 - 11:15: coffee break

11:15 - 1:00: Philippe Aghion and Robin Burgess: " On the Unequal Effects of Liberalization"

1:00 - 3:00: catered lunch

3:00 - 4:45: Abhijit Banerjee and Andrew Newman: "Inequality, Growth and Trade Policy"

7:00: Group Dinner: The Elephant Walk Restaurant; 2067 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge; 617-492-6900

Sunday, October 5

MIT Sloan Building #E51-095

8:00 - 8:30: continental breakfast

8:30 - 10:15: Martina Morris: "Growing Inequality among the College Educated in the U.S."

10:15 - 10:30: coffee break

10:30 - 12:15: Michael Kremer: " Empathy or Antipathy?: The Consequences of Racially and Socially Diverse Peers on Attitudes and Behaviors" [~142k pdf]