October 5-6, 2012
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| Friday, October 5, 2012 River Room | |
| 2:00 – 2:10 |
Welcoming remarks |
| 2:10 – 3:25 |
“Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insure” [.pptx file] Authors: A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University) and Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University) |
| 3:25 – 4:40 |
“Informal Insurance, Social Networks, and Savings Access: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment" Authors: Arun G. Chandrasekhar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Cynthia Kinnan (Northwestern University), and Horacio Larreguy (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| 4:40 – 5:10 |
Coffee Break |
| 5:10 – 6:25 |
“Social Networks and the Decision to Insure: Evidence from Randomized Experiments in China” Author: Jing Cai (University of California, Berkeley) |
| 6:30 |
Conference Dinner (Fed Dining Room) |
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Saturday, October 6, 2012 River Room |
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| 8:00 – 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:45 |
“Intermediated Loans: A New Approach to Microfinance” Authors: Pushkar Maitra (Monash University), Sandip Mitra (Indian Statistical Institute), Dilip Mookherjee(Boston University), Alberto Motta (University of New South Wales), and Sujata Visaria (Hong Kong University) |
| 9:45 – 11:00 |
Authors: Christian Ahlin (Michigan State University) and |
| 11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:15 – 12:30 |
“Can You Teach a Person to Fish? Evidence From a Microfinance Privatisation Experiment” Authors: Brian Greaney (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), Joseph P. Kaboski (Notre Dame University), and |
| 12:30 – 1:30 |
Lunch (Fed Dining Room) |
| 1:30 – 2:45 |
“Learning about Comparative Advantage in Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Thailand” Author: Anant Nyshadham (University of Southern California) |
| 2:45 – 4:00 |
“Wealth Heterogeneity, Income Shocks, and International Migration: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia” Author: Samuel Bazzi (University of California, San Diego) |