Events

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Events

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Sep

28

12:30—2:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa

Can teacher quality explain the low learning levels observed in many African countries? Survey data spanning seven countries in sub-Saharan African shows that after four years of schooling, the majority of students fail to master tasks covered in the...

Jul

20

12:30—2:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St, NW

- Fifth Floor

The Impact of Land Title Registration in Rwanda: Evidence From a National Program

In their new paper, Markus Goldstein and co-authors examine the effects of land title registration in Rwanda using a national-level randomized control trial. They concluded that the program resulted in a significant shift of labor from agriculture to...

Apr

6

12:30—2:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L St NW

- Fifth Floor

Infrastructure and the Growth of Cities in Africa: Evidence from the Past Half-Century

Using new data on roads and cities spanning over 50 years in 39 African countries, Remi Jedwab and colleagues document the effect of road construction on city population growth, through the channel of increasing market access. They estimate a 30-year...

Mar

23

12:30—2:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Impact of Migration on Income Levels in Advanced Economies

While short-terms effects from migration have received much attention over the years, Florence Jaumotte and her co-authors examine the longer-term impact of migration on the GDP per capita, and hence standards of living, of receiving advanced economi...

Feb

16

2:30—4:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Collective Action in Networks: Evidence from the Chilean Student Movement

Organized groups of individuals challenging the status quo are critical for institutional change and economic development patterns. This paper studies the 2011 student movement in Chile, the largest protest mobilization in the country’s history...

Feb

14

2:30—4:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

The Costs of Patronage: Evidence from the British Empire

Xu studies how patronage affects the promotion and performance of senior bureaucrats within a global organization: the British Empire. He combines newly digitized personnel and public finance data from the colonial administration 1854-1966 to study t...

Feb

3

2:30—4:00 PM

Center for Global Development

2055 L Street NW

- Fifth Floor

Civil War, State Consolidation, and the Spread of Mass Education

Why do some governments provide more public goods than others? Focusing on the case of public education, this article challenges the centrality given to the role of democracy and mass pressure for redistribution; and posits an alternative explanation...

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