| 8:30 - 9:15am | Registration and Coffee Latecomers registration at Visitor¡¯s Center (on the side of the building) and coffee (rooms MC 2-800, MC C2-350 and MC 13-121) |
PARALLEL RESEARCH SESSIONS 1
Note: The following three sessions will run in parallel from 9:15 - 11:15am |
9:15 - 11:15am | RESEARCH SESSION 1A: Local Economic Development (MC 2-800, 2nd floor, conference room 800, in the 800s section of the building) CHAIR
Jake Grover, Senior Advisor, Millennium Challenge Corporation PAPERS
Paper 1A.1: Stephen Redding (Princeton), ¡°Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from Wartime Destruction in London¡± Paper 1A.2: Tillman Von Carnap (Center for Food Security and the Environment), ¡°Rural Marketplaces and Local Development¡± Paper 1A.3: Jevgenijs Steinbuks (¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP), ¡°Infrastructure Complementarities and Local Economic Growth: Evidence from Electrification and Highway Construction in Brazil¡± Paper 1A.4: Qingua Zhang (Guanghua School of Management), ¡°Build up a Metropolis: Land Use Regulations. Spatial Misallocation, and Welfare DISCUSSANT
Ayah Mahgoub, Senior Urban Development Specialist, ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP |
9:15 - 11:15am | RESEARCH SESSION 1B: Segregation (MC C2-350, basement level C2, conference room 350, in the 300s section of the building) CHAIR
Henry Telli, Senior Country Economist, Ghana, International Growth Centre PAPERS
Paper 1B.1: Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero (University of Wisconsin), ¡°Segregation and Health: The Consequences of Slum Clearance on Mortality¡± Paper 1B.2: Magdalena Rossetti (London School of Economics), ¡°Identifying the Spatial Patterns of Multidimensional Poverty: The Case of Chile¡± Paper 1B.3: Shohei Nakamura (¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP), "Where is Poverty Concentrated? New Evidence based on Internationally Consistent Urban and Poverty Measurements" Paper 1B.4: Tekalign Gutu Sakketa (German Institute of Development and Sustainability), ¡°Urbanization and Social Cohesion: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Africa¡± DISCUSSANT
Nicholas Li, Assistant Professor of Economics, George Washington University |
9:15 - 11:15am | RESEARCH SESSION 1C: Transportation (MC 13-121, 13th floor, conference room 121, in the 100s section of the building) CHAIR
Stephane Straub, Chief Economist for Infrastructure, ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP PAPERS
Paper 1C.1: Alice Duhaut (¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP), ¡°Public and Private Transit: Evidence from Lagos¡± Paper 1C.2: Lucas Conwell (University College London), ¡°Subways or Minibuses? Privatized Provision of Public Transit¡± Paper 1C.3: Lea Bou Sleiman (NBER), ¡°Displacing Congestion: Evidence from Paris¡± Paper 1C.4: Shanjun Li (Cornell), ¡°The Welfare Effects of Passenger Transportation Infrastructure: Evidence from China's High Speed Rail Network¡± DISCUSSANT
Roman Zarate, Economist, ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP |
| 11:15 - 11:30am | Break |
WORKSHOPS AND POLICY SESSIONS
Note: The following two workshops will run in parallel from 11:30am - 12:30pm |
11:30am - 12:30pm | YOUNG URBAN ECONOMIST WORKSHOP - PART 1 (MC 2-800, 2nd floor, conference room 800, in the 800s section of the building) INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Deon Filmer, Director, Development Research Group, the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP CHAIR
Oliver Harman, Cities Economist, International Growth Centre PAPERS
Paper YUE 1: Ronak Jain (Harvard University), ¡°Entrepreneur of Emotions: Evidence from Street Vending in India¡± Paper YUE 2: Stefan Leeffers (University College London), ¡°It Will Rain: The Effect of Information on Flood Preparedness in Urban Mozambique¡± |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | USING QUANTITATIVE SPATIAL MODELS FOR POLICY WORKSHOP (MC 3-570, 3rd floor, conference room 570, in the 500s section of the building) CHAIR
Juliana Oliveira-Cunha, Policy Economist, International Growth Centre SPEAKERS
Steve Redding, Harold T. Shapiro 1964 Professor in Economics, Princeton University Nick Tsivanidis, Assistant Professor in Real Estate, UC Berkeley, and Co-Director of the Cities Research Programme, International Growth Centre Roman Zarate, Economist, ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP RESPONDENT
Hugh Cole, Director of Strategy, City of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 12:30 - 1:15pm | Lunch Break (Rooms MC 2-800 and MC C2-350) |
| Note: The following workshop and policy session will run in parallel from 1:15 - 2:45pm |
| 1:15 - 2:45pm | YOUNG URBAN ECONOMIST WORKSHOP - PART 2 (MC 2-800, 2nd floor, conference room 800, in the 800s section of the building) CHAIR
Oliver Harman, Cities Economist, International Growth Centre PAPERS
Paper YUE 3: Fabiola Alba-Vivar (Columbia University), ¡°Opportunity Bound: Transport and Access to College in a Megacity¡± Paper YUE 4: Olivia Bordeu (Chicago Booth), ¡°Commuting Infrastructure in Fragmented Cities¡± KEYNOTE ADDRESS: "Cities, Infrastructure, and Government Capacity"
Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University, and Co-Director of the Cities Research Programme, International Growth Centre |
| 1:15 - 2:45pm | POLICY SESSION: Connecting Policy, Projects, and Research (MC 13-121, 13th floor, conference room 121, in the 100s section of the building) CHAIR
Mesbah Motamed, Lead Economist, Millennium Challenge Corporation Jonathan Leape, Executive Director of the International Growth Centre RESPONDENTS
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and C-40 Co-Chair Hugh Cole, Director of Strategy, City of Cape Town, South Africa Mohammed Alhassan Damba, Immediate Past President of Ghana Institute of Planning, Ghana Charles Hinga, Principal Secretary, State Dept for Housing and Urban Development, Kenya James Maina, State Department of Housing and Urban Development, Kenya Omar Masud, Chief Executive, Urban Unit, Pakistan and Cities that Work Council Member |
| 2:45 - 3:00pm | Coffee Break (Rooms MC 2-800, MC C2-350 and MC 13-121) |
PARALLEL RESEARCH SESSIONS 2
Note: The following three sessions will run in parallel from 3:00 - 5:00pm |
3:00 - 5:00pm | RESEARCH SESSION 2A: Crime and Conflict in Cities (MC 2-800, 2nd floor, conference room 800, in the 800s section of the building) CHAIR
Camilla Sacchetto, Senior Country Economist, Jordan, International Growth Centre
PAPERS
Paper 2A.1: Carlos Schmitt-Padilla (Penn Development Research Initiative), ¡°Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development¡± Paper 2A.2: Daniel Ramos Menchelli (Johns Hopkins SAIS), ¡°Spatial Mobility, Economic Opportunity, and Crime¡± Paper 2A.3: Joaquin Urrego (UC Berkeley), ¡°The Evolution of Slums in Chile, 2000-2021¡± Paper 2A.4: Andre Gray (UC San Diego), ¡°Diversity, Conflict, and Agglomeration in African Cities¡± DISCUSSANT
Paul Carrillo, Professor, George Washington University |
3:00 - 5:00pm | RESEARCH SESSION 2B: Housing (MC C2-350, basement level C2, conference room 350, in the 300s section of the building) CHAIR
Hina Shaikh, Senior Country Economist, Pakistan, International Growth Centre
PAPERS
Paper 2B.1: Daniel Agness (UC Berkeley), ¡°Housing and Human Capital: Condominiums in Ethiopia¡± Paper 2B.2: Qiayo Zhou (University of Maryland), ¡°Haste or Waste? The Role of Presale in Residential Housing¡± Paper 2B.3: Vaidehi Tandel (University of Manchester), ¡°Do Mandatory Disclosures Squeeze the Lemons? The Case of Housing Markets¡± Paper 2B.4: Kala Sridhar (Institute for Social and Economic Change), "Urban Form in India 1975-2015: Have India¡¯s cities become flat?¡± DISCUSSANT
Leah Brooks, Professor, George Washington University |
3:00 - 5:00pm | RESEARCH SESSION 2C: Urban Labor Markets (MC 13-121, 13th floor, conference room 121, in the 100s section of the building) CHAIR
Louise Fox, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings PAPERS
Paper 2C.1: Eunjee Kwon (University of Cincinatti), ¡°High-Speed Rail and the Gender Gap in Labor Market: Evidence from South Korea¡± Paper 2C.2: Luc Christiansen (World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP), ¡°Do More Urban Migrants Lead to Better Urban Wages and Welfare? Insights from Uganda¡± Paper 2C.3: Yao Wang (Ohio State University), ¡°Evaluating the Relocation of Indonesia¡¯s Capital: A Quantitative Spatial Model Approach¡± Paper 2C.4: Victoria Xie (Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara), ¡°Do Resource Rents Drive Urbanization and Structural Transformation? A Global Analysis¡± DISCUSSANT
Elena Ianchovichina, Head of Frontier Knowledge, World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP's Jobs Cross-cutting Solutions Group |
