MWIEDC2023

20th Midwest International Economic Development Conference

March 31 to April 1, 2023
University of Houston

Conference Program

Papers on the program are listed below. The program is available here .

A

The Making of a Public Sector Worker: The Causal Effects of Temporary Work Assignments to Poor Areas

• Patrick Agte, Princeton University

Double-Booked: Effects of Overlap Between School and Farming Calendars on Education and Child Labor

• James Allen IV, University of Michigan

Educational Investments in Low-Income Households: The Role of Parental Occupational Identity and Substitutability

• Aparna Anand, Teachers College, Columbia University

Subjective Versus Objective Incentives and Employee Productivity

• Tahir Andrabi, Pomona College

The Impact of Maternal Education on Child Immunization: Evidence from Bangladesh

• Md Shahjahan, University of South Florida
• Giulia La Mattina, University of South Florida
• Padmaja Ayyagari, University of South Florida

B

The Effects of Female Land Inheritance on Economic Productivity in Ghana

• Nathan Barker, University of Chicago

Depression, Pharmacotherapy, and the Demand for a Novel Health Product

• Manuela Angelucci, University of Texas at Austin
• Daniel Bennett, University of Southern California

What Makes Local Governments in Autocracies Accountable? Evidence from China

• Daniel Berkowitz, University of Pittsburgh

Run on the Reservoir: Evidence on Administrative Competition for Groundwater in India

• Schweta Bhogale, J-PAL
• Shamil Khedgikar, University of Chicago

Agricultural Shocks and Conflict in the Short- And Long-Term: Evidence from Desert Locust Swarms

• Pierre Biscaye, UC Berkeley

To Ban or not to Ban: The Effects of Temporary Partial Liquor Ban on Intimate Partner Violence

• Arnab Basu, Cornell University
• Tsenguunjav Byambasuren, Cornell University
• Nancy Chau, Cornell University

C

The Effect of Cash Transfers on Maternal Health Seeking: Evidence from Ecuador

• Daniel Maggio, Cornell University
• Jack Cavanagh, J-PAL

Shared Identity and Entrepreneurship

• Manaswini Bhalla, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
• Ishani Chatterjee, University of California, San Diego
• Manisha Goel, Pomona College
• Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego

Raising Grievances to the State: The Political Economic Effects of Anti-Corruption Crackdown on Labor Activism in China

• Huiyi Chen, Cornell University

Data Science for Justice: Evidence from a Nationwide Experiment in Kenyan Courts

• Daniel Chen, Toulouse University

D

Capacity Building as a Route to Export Market Expansion: A Six-Country Experiment in the Western Balkans

• Ornella Darova, University of Pennsylvania

E

Digital Training for Micro-Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence from Guatemala

• Alejandro Estefan, University of Notre Dame

F

Broadcasting Human Capital? the Long-Run Effects of Mexico's Telesecundarias*

• Raissa Fabregas, University of Texas at Austin

The Effects of Internally Displaced Peoples on Consumption and Inequality in Mali

• Jeremy Foltz, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cultural Proximity and Production Networks

• Brian Cevallos Fujiy, University of Michigan
• Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego
• Hiroshi Toma, University of Michigan

G

Skills, Beliefs, and (Mis)Directed Job Search

• Robert Garlick, Duke University
• Lukas Hensel, Perking University and University of Oxford
• Andrea Kiss, Carnegie Mellon University
• Kate Orkin, University of Oxford

Growing Up Over the Social Safety Net: The Effects of a Cash Transfer Program on the Transition to Adulthood

• Matias Giaccobasso, UCLA

Attitudes and Policies Toward Refugees: Evidence from Low- And Middle-Income Countries

• Thomas Ginn, Center for Global Development

Nutrition Demand, Subsistence Farming, and Agricultural Productivity

• Stepan Gordeev, University of Connecticut

H

Misattribution and Uncertainty About Beliefs Prevent Learning

• Jessica Hoel, Colorado College

Using Nudges to Increase the Take-Up of a Tax Amnesty: A Large Scale Natural Field Experiment

• Justin Holz, University of Chicago

Can Informed Buyers Improve Goods Quality? Experimental Evidence from Crop Seeds

• Eric Hsu, Yale University

Global Gains from a Green Energy Transition: Evidence on Coal-Fired Power and Air Quality Dissatisfaction

• Timothy Besley, LSE
• Azhar Hussain, LSE

J

Labor, Credit, and Markets: Evidence from the Philippines, 1970-2016

• Emil Kee-Tui, Cornell University
• Anna Josephson, University of Arizona
• Jeffrey Michler, University of Arizona

Estimating the Impact of Improved Seed Adoption on Yields: Evidence from Dna-Fingerprinting and Crop Cut in Ethiopia

• Nina Jovanovic, Purdue University
• Jacob Ricker-Gilbert

K

Family Planning and Women's Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence from Urban Malawi

• Mahesh Karra, Boston University
• Daniel Maggio, Cornell University
• David Canning, Harvard University

Selection and Heterogeneity in the Returns to Migration

• Eduardo Cenci, University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Marieke Kleemans, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Emilia Tjernstrom, Monash University

L

Fdi Liberalization in China: Impacts on Structural Transformation, Marriage, and Fertility

• Jessica Leight, IFPRI

Who Benefits from Better Internet Connectivity? Evidence from the Labor Market in South Africa

• Zhe Liu, University of Washington

Pollution and Labor Productivity: Evidence from Chilean Cities

• Hasan Dudu, World Bank
• Charl Jooste, World Bank
• Ted Loch-Temzelides, Rice University
• James Sampi, World Bank

Child Labor Standards in Regional Trade Agreements: Theory and Evidence

• Ryan Abman, San Diego State University
• Clark Lundberg, San Diego State University
• John Mclaren, University of Virginia
• Michele Ruta, International Montary Fund

M

Regionalism and Tribal Insecurity in India

• Sacha Kapoor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Arvind Magesan, University of Calgary

Family Planning and Children's Human Capital: Experimental Evidence from Urban Malawi

• Daniel Maggio, Cornell University
• Mahesh Karra, Boston University
• David Canning, Harvard University

Decentralized Targeting of Agricultural Credit Programs: Private Versus Political Intermediaries

• Pushkar Maitra, Monash University
• Sandip Mitra, Indian Statistical Institute
• Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University
• Sujata Visaria, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Food Without Fire: Environmental and Nutritional Impacts from a Solar Stove Field Experiment

• Jeffrey Michler, University of Arizona
• Laura Mccann, University of Arizona
• Jessica Raneri, Bioversity
• Natalia Carmona, Bioversity

Child Brides and Climate Variability

• German Caruso, World Bank
• Melanie Gross, World Bank
• Marcos Insua, World Bank
• Valerie Mueller, Arizona State University
• Alexis Villacis, Arizona State University

Digital Technology Adoption: Subsidizing Learning Costs for Firms in India

• Sanghamitra Mukherjee, University of Oxford

Women's Political Representation and Intimate Partner Violence

• S Anukriti, World Bank
• Bilge Erten, Northeastern University
• Priya Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin-Madison

N

Convenience, Personalization and Engagement in an Agricultural Advisory Service

• Susan Athey, Stanford University
• Shawn Cole, Harvard Business School
• Shanjukta Nath, Stanford University
• Jessica Zhu, Precision Development

Preferences, Access, and the Stem Gender Gap in Centralized High School Assignment

• Andrew Dustan, Vanderbilt University
• Diana Ngo, Occidental College

P

Breaking Invisible Barriers: Does Fast Internet Improve Access to Input Markets?

• Banu Demir, University of Oxford
• Beata Javorcik, Oxford University
• Piyush Panigrahi, Johns Hopkins University

What Happens When Men Don't Migrate? Marriage and Fertility in a Migrant Sending Country

• Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College
• Emily Conover, Hamilton College
• Melanie Khamis, Wesleyan University

Parents' Effective Time Endowment and Divorce: Evidence from Extended School Days

• Maria Padilla-Romo, University of Tennessee
• Cecilia Peluffo, University of Florida
• Mariana Viollaz, CEDLAS-FCE-UNLP

Climate Change and Intersectoral Labor Reallocation in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions

• Trinh Pham, Cornell University

Picture-Based Crop Monitoring and Social Comparison Improves Perceptions of Fairness and Raises Demand for Insurance: A Field Experiment in Ethiopia

• Berber Kramer, IFPRI
• Maria Porter, University of Arizona
• Solomon Wassie, Bahirdar University

R

Seasonal Migration and Its Relationship to Beliefs and Social Norms: Evidence from Migration in Bangladesh

• Maira Reimao, Villanova Univeristy

Forecasts: Consumption, Production, and Behavioral Responses

• Husnain Ahmad, Sewanee: The University of the South
• Matthew Gibson, Williams College
• Muhammad Fatiq Nadeem, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Sanval Nasim, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
• Arman Rezaee, University of California, Davis

Technology Adoption Within Groups: Evidence from Mobile Banking in Ghana

• Emma Riley, University of Washington

Distributional Implications of Bank Branch Expansions: Evidence from India

• S.K. Ritadhi, Ashoka University

Going Big in Health: Effect of a Large-Scale Preventive Health Policy

• Arturo Aguilar Esteva, ITAM
• Ricardo Gomez, Banco de México
• Adrian Rubli, ITAM

S

Financing Repeat Borrowers: Designing Credible Incentives for Today and Tomorrow

• Anil Jain, Federal Reserve Board
• Piruz Saboury, University of Houston

Opportunities and Entrepreneurship: Evidence on Advanced Labor Market Experience

• Matthew Pecenco, Brown University
• Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, University of Pennsylvania
• Hamilton Taveras, General Directorate of Internal Revenue, Dominican Republic

Influencing Youths' Aspirations and Gender Attitudes Through Role Models: Evidence from Somali Schools

• Danila Serra, Texas A&M University

Seasonal Determinants of Wasting in Senegal: Are Disease Vectors More Important than Diet?

• Karan Shakya, Ohio State University

Bundling to Save

• Andrea Szabo, University of Houston

T

Human and Nature: Economies of Density and Conservation in the Amazon Rainforest

• Shunsuke Tsuda, Brown University

V

Basic Income Programs for the Vulnerable Middle Class: Evidence from Colombia

• Diego A. Vera-Cossio, Inter-American Development Bank

W

When Regional Policies Fail: An Evaluation of Indonesia's Integrated Economic Development Zones

• Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego
• Amalavoyal Chari, University of Sussex
• Shanthi Nataraj, RAND Corporation
• Alexander Rothenberg, Syracuse University
• Yao Wang, Ohio State University

Y

Guaranteed Storage? Risk and Credit Constraints in the Demand for Postharvest Technology

• Benjamin Schwab, Kansas State University
• Jisang Yu, Kansas State University

Z

Family Size and Child Migration: Do Daughters Face Greater Trade-Offs than Sons?

• Christine Ho, Singapore Management University
• Yutao Wang, Singapore Management University
• Sharon Xuejing Zuo, Fudan University