Harvard Kennedy School
The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both […]
Speaker: Ernest Liu, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Bendheim Center for Finance in Princeton's Department of Economics Paper: Innovation Networks and Innovation Policy Abstract: We study the optimal allocation of R&D resources […]
Reclaiming Populism contends that populist upheavals like Trump, Brexit, and the Gilets Jaunes happen when the system really is rigged. Citizens the world over are angry not due to immigration […]
Please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. Speakers: Laura Pabón, Eliana Carranza, and Andreas Eberhard-Ruiz Abstract:In mid-2020, the Government of Colombia launched a labor reform consultation process (Misión de Empleo) in response […]
Speaker: Martin Kahanec, Professor and Head of the Department of Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU) in Vienna. Abstract: (Paper)Theoretical arguments and previous country-level evidence indicate that immigrants are […]
The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both […]
Speaker: Justin Bloesch, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Harvard University Paper: Which Workers Earn More at Productive Firms? Position Specific Skills and Individual Hold-up Power Abstract: We argue that productive firms share rents with […]
The work of development is to improve quality of life and expand economic opportunity across diverse global communities, and graduate programs such as the MPA/ID program at HKS are enormously […]
Speaker: Karin Mayr-Dorn, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz Paper: Trade diversion and labor market adjustment: Vietnam and the US-China Trade War Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of the U.S.-China […]
Speaker: Gang He, Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology and Society at Stony Brook University Abstract: Clean power transition is at the center to achieve mid-century carbon neutrality goals. The cost […]
Speaker: Diego Comin, Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College Paper: Technology Within and Across Firms Abstract: This study collects data on the sophistication of technologies used at the business function level […]
The Growth Lab has recently collaborated with the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics to launch the Growth Co-Lab at LSE. The strategic goal is to bring together […]