5TH Development Economics PHD Seminar
Organised by DIAL and Paris School of Economics for the European Network of PhD Students in Developping Economics
PARIS
6 DECEMBRE 2007
PROGRAM
| 9h45-10h45 | Keynote speech: Marcel Fafchamps |
| SESSION I | |
| 10h45-11h30 | Florencia Lopez-Boo, University of Oxford « The evolution of returns to education in Argentina » Discussant: Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann, LEA (INRA) & PSE |
| 11h30-11h45 | Coffee break |
| 11h45-12h30 | Lucia Corno, Bocconi University « Learning (or not) in health seeking behaviour : evidence from rural Tanzania » Discussant: Charlotte Guénard, Université Paris I (IEDES) & DIAL |
| 12h30-13h15 | Bertrand Verheyden, Université de Namur « Birth Order, Child Labor and Schooling: Theory and Evidence from Cameroon » Discussant: Philippe De Vreyer, Université de Lille & DIAL |
| 13h15-14h15 | Lunch Break |
| SESSION II | |
| 14h15-15h00 | Jean-Luc Demonsant, Université de Toulouse « Family Prestige as Old-Age Security : Evidence from rural Senegal » Discussant : Sandrine Mesple-Somps, IRD-DIAL |
| 15h00-15h45 | Tatiana Goetghebuer, Université de Namur « Land inheritance and Migration : The Strategic Bequest Motive Put to Test » Discussant : Sylvie Lambert, LEA (INRA) & PSE |
| 15h45-16h30 | Thomas Vendryes, PSE « Social Status, Land Rights and Rural-Urban Migration : The Case of China » Discussant : Anne-Sophie Robilliard, IRD-DIAL |
| 16h30-16h45 | Coffee Break |
| SESSION III | |
| 16h45-17h30 | Vincenzo Di Maro, University College London « Spillovers and demand for gender specific screening : lessons from rural Mexico » Discussant : Marc Gurgand, CNRS & PSE |
| 17h30-18h15 | Michela Braga, Bocconi University « Dreaming Another Life. The Role of Foreign Media in Migration Decision. Evidence from Albania » Discussant : Flore Gubert, DIAL |