Program
February, 3, 2017
8:30 - 9:00 Registration and Coffee Break
9:00 - 9:30 Opening Remarks
9:30 - 11:30 Session 1 - Chair: Jean-Philippe Platteau
Siwan Anderson (Vancouver School of Economics and CIFAR): "Excess Female Mortality in Africa"
Nancy Qian (Yale University): "The Effects of China’s One Child Policy on Sex Selection, Family Size, and the School Enrolment of Daughters"
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:00 Session 2 - Chair: Markus Goldstein
Jean-Marie Baland (University of Namur) and Roberta Ziparo (University of Aix-Marseille) : "The (In)efficiency of Intra-Household Bargaining in Poor Countries"
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Session 3 - Chair: Agnes Quisumbing
Sylvie Lambert (Paris School of Economics), Dominique van de Walle (World Bank) and Paola Villar (Paris School of Economics): "Marital Trajectories, Women’s Autonomy and Wellbeing in Senegal"
Rebecca Thornton (University of Illinois): "Marital Uncertainty and Gender in the Developing World"
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:30 Session 4 - Chair: Martina Bjökman
Selim Gulesci (Bocconi University): "Forced Migration and Domestic Violence Attitudes: Evidence from Turkey"
Jocelyn Viterna (Harvard University), Jose Santos Guardado Bautista and Silvia Ivette Juarez Barrios: "Reforming Institutions for Gender Equitable Development: The Case of Fetal Homicide and Domestic Violence in El Salvador"
19:00 Conference Dinner
February, 4, 2017
9:00 - 11:00 Session 1 - Chair: Zaki Wahhaj
John Bowen (Washington University): "Gender, Islam, Law"
Shareen Joshi (Georgetown University), Nishtha Kocchar (Georgetown University) and Vijayendra Rao (World Bank): "Does our understanding of caste change when we look at jatis? An analysis of caste, and economic and gender inequality in three Indian states"
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:30 Session 2 - Chair: Michele Tertilt
Jean-Philippe Platteau (University of Namur), Giulia Camilotti (University of Namur) and Emmanuelle Auriol (Toulouse School of Economics): "Eradicating Women-Hurting Customs: Which Role for Social Engineering?"
Sara Lowes (Harvard University) and Nathan Nunn (Harvard University): "Does Bride Price Promote or Hinder Women’s Well-Being?"
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 Session 3 (2 presentations) - Chair: Christiane Timmerman
Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge (Norwegian School of Business), Kjetil Bjorvatn (Norwegian School of Business), Amina Mohamed Maalim, Vincent Somville (Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen) and Bertil Tungodden (Norwegian School of Business): "Women’s Economic Opportunities and Early Pregnancies: A Review and New Evidence from Tanzania"
Inca Ganguli (The Graduate Institute Geneva), Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard University) and Martina Viarengo (The Graduate Institute Geneva): "Is Being a Gender-Friendly Employer Good for Development? Evidence from a Large Microfinance Institution"
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 19:00 Session 4 (2 presentations) - Chair: Jane Humphries
Ghazala Mansuri (World Bank): "The Impact of Grassroots Organizations of the Poor on Female Political Participation"
James Fearon (Stanford University) and Macarten Humphreys (Columbia University): "Why are women more effective at fostering public goods provision when they work in women’s groups?"
19:00 Conference Dinner
