DETAILED SCHEDULE for NEUDC @ Dartmouth SATURDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 2012 8:00 - 9:00 AM BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION 9:00 - 10:40 AM SECTION 1 SESSION 1: Food & Nutrition Chair: Simone Schaner, Dartmouth College Location: Kemeny 108 Paper Authors Discussants The Long-Term Cognitive Consequences of Early Chih Ming Tan; Clark University Li Childhood Malnutrition: The Case of Famine in Ghana Samuel Ampaabeng; Clark University Saving Lives: Evidence from a Nutrition Program in Stephan Litschig, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Singh Ecuador Marian Meller; Pompeu Fabra Spillovers in learning and behavior: Evidence from a Prakarsh Singh; Amherst College Tan nutritional information campaign in urban slums Can caloric needs explain three food consumption Nicholas Li; University of Toronto Litschig puzzles? Evidence from India Shari Eli; University of Toronto SESSION 2: Schooling Incentives Chair: Richard Akresh, University of Illinois Location: Kemeny 105 Paper Authors Discussants The schooling repayment hypothesis for private Carlos Chiapa; El Colegio de Mexico transfers: Evidence from the Laura Juarez; Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Majlesi PROGRESA/Oportunidades experiment México Parental Response to Changes in Return to Education Kaveh Majlesi; Lund University Chiapa for Children: The Case of Mexico Closing the Education Gender Gap: Estimating the Ousman Gajigo; African Development Bank Barham Impact of Girls' Scholarship Program in The Gambia More Schooling and More Learning? Effects of a 3- Tania Barham; University of Colorado, Boulder Year Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua Karen Macours; Paris School of Economics Gajigo after 10 years John Maluccio; Middlebury College SESSION 3: Electricity Chair: Erin Mansur, Dartmouth College Location: Kemeney 006 Paper Authors Discussants Money for Nothing: Using peer comparisons and financial incentives to reduce electricity demand in Anant Sudarshan; Harvard University / IFMR Abeberese urban Indian households Electricity Cost and Firm Performance: Evidence from Ama Abeberese; Columbia University Ryan India The Impact of Electricity Sector Restructuring on Coal- Kabir Malik; University of Maryland Sudarshan fired Power Plants in India The Competitive Effects of Transmission Infrastructure Nicholas Ryan; MIT in the Indian Day-Ahead Electricity Market Malik SESSION 4: Insurance Chair: Marcel Fafchamps, Oxford University Location: Kemeney 008 Paper Authors Discussants Muthoni Ngatia; J-PAL Africa Social Networks, Financial Literacy and Index Xavier Gine; The World Bank Bauchet Insurance Dean Karlan; Yale University Price and Information in Life Microinsurance Demand: Jonathan Bauchet; New York University Experimental Evidence from Mexico Batsaikhan Identifying Information Asymmetries in Insurance: Experimental Evidence on Crop Insurance from the Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson; Yale University Wang Philippines Endogenous Insurance and Informal Relationships Xiao Yu Wang; MIT Gunnsteinsson SESSION 5: Conflict - Political Economy Chair: Sandip Sukhtankar, Dartmouth College Location: Haldeman 41 Paper Authors Discussants Michal Bauer; CERGE-EI and Charles University War's Enduring Effects on the Development of Alessandra Cassar; University of San Francisco Maldonado Egalitarian Motivations and In-group Biases Julie Chytilová; Charles University Joseph Henrich; University of British Columbia War and the Political Zeitgeist: Evidence from the Daniel Hicks, University of Oklahoma Bauer History of Female Suffrage Benjamin Crost; University of Colorado Denver Aid Under Fire: Development Projects and Civil Joseph Felter; Hoover Institution Conflict Patrick Johnston; RAND Corporation Hicks The Cost of Dissidence: International Commodity Beatriz Maldonado; College of Charleston Crost Prices and Political Unrest in Latin America SESSION 6: Poverty Persistence Chair: Garance Genicot, Georgetown University Location: Kemeny 007 Paper Authors Discussants Poverty Dynamics in Rural Orissa: Transitions in Assets Magnus Hatlebakk; Chr. Michelsen Institute Azam and Occupations over Generations Like Father, Like Son? Intergenerational Education Mehtabul Azam; World Bank, IZA Hatlebakk Mobility in India Vipul Bhatt; James Madison University Does Maternal Fasting During Pregnancy Affect Children's Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence From Farhan Majid; UC Riverside Indonesia Genicot Garance Genicot; Georgetown University Measuring Upward Mobility Majid Debraj Ray; New York University 10:40 - 11:00 AM BREAK 11:00 - 12:40 PM SECTION 2 SESSION 7: HIV/AIDS Chair: Erick Gong, Middlebury College Location: Kemeny 108 Paper Authors Discussants HIV Treatment and Labor Supply in Rural South Africa Jacob Bor; Harvard University, Public Health Baranov Daniel Bennett; University of Chicago The AIDS Epidemic, Antiretroviral Therapy, and Hans-Peter Kohler; University of Pennsylvania Friedman Subjective Mortality Risk Victoria Baranov; University of Chicago The Impact of AIDS Treatment on Savings and Human Victoria Baranov; University of Chicago Capital Investment in Malawi Hans-Peter Kohler; University of Pennsylvania Bor Antiretroviral drug access and behavior change Willa Friedman; UC Berkeley Bennett SESSION 8: Child Labor Chair: Eric Edmonds, Dartmouth College Location: Kemeney 006 Paper Authors Discussants Richard Akresh; University Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Child Labor, Schooling, and Child Ability Emilie Bagby; Mathematica Shrestha Damien de Walque; The World Bank Harounan Kazianga; Oklahoma State University How children's schooling and work are affected when their father leaves permanently: Evidence from Alice Mesnard; City University, London Kirchberger Colombia Preferences over leisure and consumption of siblings Martina Kirchberger; University of Oxford Mesnard and intra-household allocation You Get What You Pay For: The Transitory Effects of Maheshwor Shrestha, MIT Transitory Education Support in a Population Akresh Eric Edmonds, Dartmouth College Vulnerable to Child Labor SESSION 9: Infrastructure Chair: Richard Hornbeck, Harvard University Location: Kemeny 105 Paper Authors Discussants Access to the North-South Roads and Farm Profits in Slesh Shrestha; University of Michigan Dinkelman Rural Nepal Colonial Investments and Long-Term Development: Remi Jedwab; George Washington University and LSE Shrestha Evidence from Ghanaian Railways Alexander Moradi; Sussex University Can migration reduce benefits of spatial programs? A model of congestion externalities with evidence from Taryn Dinkelman; Dartmouth College Jedwab South Africa SESSION 10: Risk Sharing in Migration Chair: Randy Akee, Tufts University Location: Haldeman 41 Paper Authors Discussants International Migration, Household Decision-Making, and Gender Discrimination in the Allocation of Francisca Antman; University of Colorado Ambler Household Resources Kalle Hirvonen; University of Sussex Risk Sharing and Migration in Tanzania Morten Joachim De Weerdt; EDI Don't Tell on Me: Experimental Evidence of Kate Ambler; University of Michigan Antman Asymmetric Information in Transnational Households Migration and Risk Sharing in Village India Melanie Morten; Yale Hirvonen SESSION 11: Political Economy - India Chair: Sandip Sukhtankar, Dartmouth College Location: Kemeney 008 Paper Authors Discussants Informal Monitoring Mechanisms in Public Service Sheetal Sekhri; University of Virginia Delivery: Evidence from the Public Distribution System Sukhtankar Sriniketh Nagavarapu; Brown University in India Party Favors: How party politics affects firm growth in Paul Novosad; Harvard University Goldston India Two Commitment Problems Are Better than One: Jacob Goldston; Brown University Sekhri Credit and Local Politics in Rural India Much Ado about Nothing? Corruption in the Allocation Sandip Sukhtankar; Dartmouth College Novosad of Wireless Spectrum in India SESSION 12: Growth and Development Chair: James Feyrer, Dartmouth College Location: Kemeny 007 Paper Authors Discussants Factor payment shares in a large cross-section of Kathryn Marshall; California Polytechnic State Aniket countries University The Effect of the TseTse Fly on African Development Marcella Alsan; NBER Porzio Escaping the Deadly Waters: Role of Capital Markets Kumar Aniket; University of Cambridge Marshall in Accumulating Public and Private Capital Stock Tommaso Porzio; Yale University Experience Matters: Human Capital and Development David Lagakos; Arizona State University Alsan Accounting Benjamin Moll; Princeton University Nancy Qian; Yale University 12:40 - 2:00 PM LUNCH 2:00 - 3:40 PM SECTION 3 SESSION 13: Health Care Delivery Chair: Simone Schaner, Dartmouth College Location: Kemeny 108 Paper Authors Discussants María José Orraca; Banco de México The effect of publicly provided health insurance on Alejandrina Salcedo; Banco de México Wilson academic performance in Mexico Carlo Alcaraz; Banco de México Daniel Chiquiar; Banco de Mexico HIV Prevention at Scale: Prevention of Mother-to- Child Transmission of HIV and Child Mortality in Nicholas Wilson; Williams College Qin Zambia Risk and evidence of bias in randomized controlled Alexander Eble; Brown University trials Peter Boone; Effective Intervention Orraca More Weibo Use, Fewer Bad Drugs Bei Qin; IIES, Stockholm University Eble SESSION 14: Children Chair: Eric Edmonds, Dartmouth College Location: Kemeney 006 Paper Authors Discussants Learning your Child's Price: Evidence from Anticipated Amalavoyal Chari; RAND Dowry Payments in Rural India Annemie Maertens; University of Pittsburgh Dumas Rene Osorio; Inter-American Development Bank Birth Registration and the