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SUMMARY:The Impact of Automation and the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Labor Market and the Causes of the Great Resignation
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: R. Maria del Rio Chanona\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, Complexity Science Hub Vienna 	Abstract: In the first part of this talk\, we present a non-equilibrium and data-driven network model for understanding how workers adapt to changes in labor demand. In this model\, workers move through an empirically derived occupational mobility network in response to automation scenarios. We find that the network structure is essential in determining unemployment levels\, with occupations in particular areas of the network having few job transition opportunities. In the second part\, we discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic affected the economy and how it led to the Great Resignation (i.e.\, the U.S. record high quit rates reached 2021) in the longer term. We use Reddit data and text analysis to show that mental health concerns have increased among the job quitting discourse since the start of the pandemic\, likely contributing to the rise in quits. 	Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public.  \nAbout the speaker: 	Maria del Rio-Chanona has been a JSMF (James S. McDonnell Foundation) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna since June 2021 and affiliate at the Growth Lab at Harvard University’s Center for International Development (CID) for the Fall semester 2022. Maria has a PhD in mathematics from Oxford University\, where she was part of the complexity economics group of the Institute for New Economic Thinking\, Oxford Martin School. She has worked alongside international policy organizations\, including the International Monetary Fund and the International Labour Organisation. Maria did her undergraduate studies in physics at UNAM\, Mexico. Maria’s research draws from network science\, natural language processing\, and agent-based modeling and focuses on the future of work\, green transition\, Great Resignation\, and the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/the-impact-of-automation-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-labor-market-and-the-causes-of-the-great-resignation/
LOCATION:Weil Hall (Belfer L1) / Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Hyperspecialization and Hyperscaling: A Resource-based Theory of the Digital Firm
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Gianluigi Giustiziero\, Assistant Professor of Strategy\, IE Business School 	Abstract: Digital firms tend to be both narrow in their vertical scope and large in their scale. We explain this phenomenon through a theory about how attributes of firms’ resource bundles impact their scale and specialization. We posit that highly scalable resource bundles entail significant opportunity costs of integration (versus outsourcing)\, which simultaneously drive “hyperspecialization” and “hyperscaling” in digital firms. Using descriptive theory and a formal model\, we develop several propositions that align with observed features of digital businesses. We offer a parsimonious modeling framework for resource-based theorizing about highly scalable digital firms\, shed light on the phenomenon of digital scaling\, and provide insights into the far-reaching ways that technology-enabled resources are reshaping firms in the digital economy. 	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. \nAbout the speaker:  	Gianluigi Giustiziero is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at IE Business School. He received his PhD in Strategy from the University of Michigan. Inspired by the classical work of Adam Smith and George Stigler\, Gianluigi studies the impact of resource attributes and demand characteristics on the division of labor. At the time of their writing Adam Smith drew insights from butchers\, bakers and brewers in the Highlands of Scotland in 1776\, and George Stigler from the Lancashire textile industry in 1951; nowadays the productive system in developed economies is mainly devoted to the tertiary and quaternary sectors. Moving with the times\, Gianluigi applies and extends the classic theories to service and high-tech industries.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/hyperspecialization-and-hyperscaling-a-resource-based-theory-of-the-digital-firm/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221019T120000
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SUMMARY:Development Talk: Gambling on Development / The Role of Local Elites in a Growth-based Future
DESCRIPTION: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 the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.Speaker: Stefan Dercon\, Professor of Economic Policy\, Oxford’s Blavatnik School of GovernmentModerator: Clement Brenot\, Research Manager\, Growth Lab 	Prof. Dercon’s latest book\, Gambling on Development: Why some countries win and others lose  draws on his academic research as well as his policy experience across three decades and 40-odd countries\, exploring why some countries have managed to settle on elite bargains favoring growth and development\, and others did not. 	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. \nAbout the speaker: 	Stefan Dercon is Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and the Economics Department\, and a Fellow of Jesus College. He is also Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies. 	He combines his academic career with work as a policy advisor\, providing strategic economic and development advice\, and promoting the use of evidence in decision making. Between 2011 and 2017\, he was Chief Economist of the Department of International Development (DFID)\, the government department in charge with the UK’s aid policy and spending. Between 2020-2022\, he was the Development Policy Advisor to successive Foreign Secretaries at the UK’s Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office.  	His research interests concern what keeps some people and countries poor: the failures of markets\, governments and politics\, mainly in Africa\, and how to achieve change.  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-gambling-on-development-the-role-of-local-elites-in-a-growth-based-future/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221017T101500
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SUMMARY:The Value of Skills: New Evidence From Apprenticeship Plans
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. This seminar is co-sponsored by the Project on Workforce at Harvard University. 	Speaker: Christina Langer\, PhD candidate at KU Eichstaett-Ingolstadt\, Visiting Research Fellow at HKS\, Associate at the Growth Lab 	Abstract: We construct novel measures of worker skills that are directly relevant on the labor market\, objective\, and highly detailed. To do so\, we exploit the unique setting of the German apprenticeship system\, which mandates that the same skills are developed in a particular apprenticeship regardless of the training location. Skill requirements of apprenticeships are codified in state-approved\, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These plans not only provide information on the skill content of apprenticeships\, containing almost 20\,000 different skills\, but also on the exact duration a specific skill is learnt. We link the skill measures to administrative labor market data covering more than 40 years. Following apprenticed workers over their careers\, we find that workers who completed an apprenticeship that provides higher cognitive\, social\, or digital skills earn higher wages over long-run horizons. The returns to an additional month of learning these skills amounts to one-tenth to one-fifth of the return to a full year of schooling. Exploiting the long time coverage of our administrative data\, we document that particularly returns to digital skills have soared since the 1990s. Returns to social skills have also increased strongly over time\, while the increase in returns to cognitive skills is more muted. 	Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. 	Contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/the-value-of-skills-new-evidence-from-apprenticeship-plans/
LOCATION:Weil Hall (Belfer L1) / Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T160000
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SUMMARY:Betting on Green: Namibia's Green Hydrogen Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: James Mnyupe\, Economic Advisor to the President\, Republic of Namibia \n	Moderator: Daniel Schrag\, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology at Harvard University\, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering\, and Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment \n	Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. \n	Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. \n\nAbout the speaker: \n	Mr. Mnyupe is a multidisciplinary financial professional with a background in accounting\, asset management and wealth management. A graduate of UNAM and Rhodes University\, Mr. Mnyupe plied his trade in the private sector for over a decade auditing a wide variety of companies in all 3 sectors of the Namibian economy and undertook extensive research on listed securities on the local stock exchange. He led one of Namibia’s prominent asset management firms for 5 years\, was the Founding Chair of the Namibia Savings and Investment Association\, was appointed to the High Level Panel on the Namibian Economy in 2019 by His excellency Hage Geingob and holds the CA\, CFA and CFP designations.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/betting-on-green-namibias-green-hydrogen-agenda/
LOCATION:R-414 AB / Democracy Lab & Zoom
CATEGORIES:Growth Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T120000
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SUMMARY:Development Talk: In Search of the Promised Land - Mobility and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration
DESCRIPTION: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 the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.  	Speaker: Leah Boustan\, Professor of Economics\, Princeton University 	Moderator: Nikita Taniparti\, Research Manager\, Growth Lab 	Prof. Leah Boustan will discuss her work\, including her new book Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success\, on the mass migration from Europe to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The discussion will address the prevailing narratives about the effects of migration and what that might suggest for policy design and debate.​​ 	Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. Non-Harvard attendees should review the HKS Visitor’s Policy.  \nAbout the speaker:  	Leah Boustan is a Professor of Economics at Princeton University\, where she also serves as the Director of the Industrial Relations Section. Her research lies at the intersection between economic history and labor economics. Her first book\, Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets (Princeton University Press\, 2016) examines the effect of the Great Black Migration from the rural south during and after World War II. Her recent work\, including her new book Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success (PublicAffairs 2022)\, is on the mass migration from Europe to the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  	Professor Boustan is co-director of the Development of the American Economy Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She also serves as co-editor at the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Professor Boustan was named an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in 2012 and won the IZA Young Labor Economists Award in 2019.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-in-search-of-the-promised-land-mobility-and-economic-outcomes-in-the-age-of-mass-migration/
LOCATION:T-520 NYE A & Zoom
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T180000
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SUMMARY:Get to Know the Growth Lab: Research and Student Engagement Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the Growth Lab’s mission and approach\, our academic research and policy engagements\, and student opportunities. You’ll hear directly from the Growth Lab’s senior leadership\, fellows\, and staff. 	Speakers include:Ricardo Hausmann – Director\, Growth Lab; Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy\, HKS 	RSVP is required. Contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 	Refreshments will be served. 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/get-to-know-the-growth-lab-research-and-student-engagement-showcase/
LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse / Littauer Building
CATEGORIES:Growth Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T063752
CREATED:20220907T180300Z
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SUMMARY:Development Talks: Charting the Future of MENA - Q&A with UAE's Minister of Economy
DESCRIPTION: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 the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. 	Speaker: HE Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri\, Cabinet Member & UAE Minister of Economy 	Moderator: Ricardo Hausmann\, Director\, Growth Lab; Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy\, HKS 	Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. \nAbout the speaker: 	H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri was appointed Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the new government structure approved in July 2020. He is chairman of the General Civil Aviation Authority\, UAE International Investors Council\, and CSR UAE Fund’s Board of Trustees. 	Prior to his appointment\, H.E. Al Marri held important positions in the government as a senior\, top-ranking official. He was the Secretary General of the UAE Cabinet since 2017\, during which he was instrumental in strengthening the interdependence between the federal and local governments. In this role\, he also spearheaded many initiatives to get the pulse of the people and know their sentiments\, as well as build the UAE’s long-lasting relations with international organizations such as the World Economic Forum.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talks-charting-the-future-of-mena-qa-with-uaes-minister-of-economy/
LOCATION:Land Hall (B-400) / Belfer Building & Zoom
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T110000
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SUMMARY:Development Talks: Why We Fight  - The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace
DESCRIPTION: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 the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.  	Speaker: Chris Blattman\, Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute and Harris School of Public Policy 	Chris will discuss his new book\, Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace. The book draws on decades of economics\, political science\, psychology\, and real-world interventions to lay out the root causes and remedies for war\, showing that violence is not the norm; that there are only five reasons why conflict wins over compromise; and how peacemakers turn the tides through tinkering\, not transformation. 	Moderator: José Morales-Arilla\, Research Fellow\, Growth Lab; Postdoctoral Fellow\, Department of Politics\, Princeton University 	Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community.  \nAbout the speaker: 	Chris Blattman is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute and Harris School of Public Policy\, he coleads the Development Economics Center and directs the Obama Foundation Scholars program. His work on violence\, crime\, and poverty has been widely covered by The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, Financial Times\, Forbes\, Slate\, Vox\, and NPR. He is an economist and political scientist who studies violence\, crime\, and underdevelopment. His most recent book is Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talks-why-we-fight-the-roots-of-war-and-the-paths-to-peace/
LOCATION:T-520 NYE A & Zoom
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220607T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220607T113000
DTSTAMP:20260421T063752
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Land Quality
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: David N. Weil\, James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics at Brown University 	Abstract: We develop a new measure of land quality by estimating weights in a Poisson regression of population in grid cells on a vector of geographic characteristics and country fixed effects. Aggregating to the level of countries\, we construct average land quality (ALQ) and quality-adjusted population density (QAPD). We establish several novel facts. First\, current income per capita is positively correlated with ALQ. Second\, while income today is unrelated to conventional population density\, it is strongly negatively related to QAPD. Third\, this negative relationship was not present in 1820 and emerged because today’s lower income countries have experienced faster population growth since then. Fourth\, countries with higher average land quality began sustained modern economic growth earlier\, and this earlier takeoff largely explains the ALQ-modern income relationship. We posit a framework in which higher land quality led to denser populations in Malthusian equilibrium and\, via agglomeration effects\, an earlier takeoff from that equilibrium. Less dense countries that took off later experienced larger multiplications of their populations over the course of the demographic transition due to the import of health technologies from countries that took off first. 	Paper co-authored with J. Vernon Henderson and Adam Storeygard 	Whether attending in-person or over Zoom\, please register in advance. Room attendance in R-304 is limited to the Harvard community only. Contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 	About the speaker: 	David N. Weil is James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics at Brown University\, director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Wealth and Income Inequality Project at Brown\, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Weil has written widely on various aspects of economic growth\, including the empirical determinants of income variation among countries\, the contribution of health improvements to growth\, the geographic determinants of development\, the measurement of income inequality\, the accumulation of physical capital\, international technology transfer\, population growth\, and the use of satellite observation as a measurement tool. His textbook on growth has been translated into six languages. He has also written on assorted topics in demographic and health economics including the economic impacts of malaria and salt iodization\, population aging\, Social Security\, the gender wage gap\, retirement\, and the relationship between demographics and house prices. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1990.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-land-quality/
LOCATION:R-304 & Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220606T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220606T113000
DTSTAMP:20260421T063752
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Detection of Artisanal and Small-scale Mines
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Mathieu Couttenier\, Professor\, University of Lyon and Ecole Normale Superieur 	Abstract: Artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM) are on the rise. They represent a crucial source of wealth for numerous communities but are rarely monitored or regulated. The main reason being the unavailability of reliable information on the precise location of the ASM which are mostly operated informally or illegally. We address this issue by developing a strategy to map the ASM locations using a convolutional neural network for image segmentation\, aiming to detect surface mining with satellite data. Our novel dataset is the first comprehensive measure of ASM activity over a vast area: we cover 1.75 million km² across 13 countries in Sub-Tropical West Africa. Our procedure is remarkably robust\, which makes us confident that our method can be applied to other parts of Africa or the World\, thus facilitating research and policy opportunities on this sector. 	Whether attending in-person or over Zoom\, please register in advance. Room attendance in WEX-434 is limited to the Harvard community only. Contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 	About the speaker:  	Mathieu Couttenier obtained his PhD in Economics in 2011 at the University Paris 1 Sorbonne\, Paris School of Economics. Before joining the University of Lyon and Ecole Normale Superieur (September 2018)\, he was Assistant Professor at the University of Geneva. He was also post-doc at the University of Lausanne\, visiting researcher at the department of political sciences at Stanford and at the economic department at Sciences Po Paris. His research is filled with interactions between economics and political sciences but also cultural\, institutional and geographical issues. He focuses on microeconomic questions\, in particular in the field of applied political economy. His main research interests are in the understanding of violence and civil wars. He has published many academic papers on the role played by income shocks\, natural resources or climate on the diffusion of conflicts over space and time. Some of his present research agenda also studies the political economy aspects of media coverage or of international economics. He has published in many leading peer-refereed journals\, such as the American Economic Review\, Economic Journal\, Review of Economics and Statistics\, Journal of the European Economic Association\, Journal of Development Economics and the Journal of Comparative Economics. 	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-detection-of-artisanal-and-small-scale-mines/
LOCATION:WEX-434 & Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220523T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220523T113000
DTSTAMP:20260421T063752
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Closing Regional Economic Divides
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Gordon Hanson\, Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy\, HKS 	Abstract: How to help lagging regions create better jobs for disadvantaged workers? Traditional industrial regions have fallen behind economically across high-income countries due to globalization\, new technology\, and now the energy transition. We need new approaches to diagnose the causes of persistent regional economic distress and the effectiveness of alternative policies in relieving this distress. 	Whether attending in-person or over Zoom\, please register in advance. Room attendance in Weil Town Hall is limited to the Harvard community only. Contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 	About the speaker: 	Gordon Hanson is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research\, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and co-editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Hanson received his Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1992 and his B.A. in economics from Occidental College in 1986. Prior to joining Harvard in 2020\, he held the Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations at UC San Diego\, where he was founding director of the Center on Global Transformation. Hanson previously served on the economics faculties of the University of Michigan and the University of Texas. In his scholarship\, Hanson specializes in international trade\, international migration and economic geography. He has published extensively in top economics journals\, is widely cited for his research by scholars from across the social sciences and is frequently quoted in major media outlets. Hanson’s current research addresses how globalization in the form of immigration and expanded trade with China have affected U.S. local labor markets. In a new endeavor\, he is working with a multidisciplinary team of scholars to use satellite imagery to assess the impacts of expanding transportation networks\, exposure to extreme weather\, and related events on urban economic activity
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-closing-regional-economic-divides/
LOCATION:Belfer Weil Town Hall / Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220516T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220516T113000
DTSTAMP:20260421T063752
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Geographic spillovers and firm exports | Evidence from China
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Lin Tian\, Assistant Professor of Economics at INSEAD 	Abstract: This paper empirically investigates geographic spillovers in the export market. We first embed a knowledge diffusion model into an open-economy heterogeneous firm framework\, to provide a microfounded theory on how access to other exporters affects a firm’s export performance. Motivated by the model\, we leverage the expansion of China’s high-speed rail (HSR) as a quasi-experiment to provide plausibly exogenous variation in the access to other exporters (and their insights) for Chinese firms. We find that with the HSR opening\, the geographical spillovers from connected cities improve firms’ export performance both intensively and extensively. Additionally\, we demonstrate that – consistent with the theory – the geographic spillover effects are heterogeneous along dimensions such as firm size\, product complexity\, and firm location. 	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. The seminar will be hybrid\, with Lin presenting in-person for the Harvard community only in Wexner 434A. 	About the speaker: 	Lin Tian is an Assistant Professor of Economics at INSEAD and a CEPR research affiliate. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University\, and earned her PhD in Economics at Columbia University. Lin’s research aims at uncovering factors that contribute to the variation of economic activities across space and highlighting the socio-economic impacts of these spatial disparities.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-geographic-spillovers-and-firm-exports-evidence-from-china/
LOCATION:Wexner 434A\, Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Development Talks - A Journey of Impact in Namibia: From the Private Sector to Policymaking
DESCRIPTION: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 the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.  	Speaker: Nangula Uaandja\, CEO\, Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board 	Moderator: Nikita Taniparti\, Research Manager\, Growth Lab 	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. \nAbout the speaker: 	Nangula Uaandja is a chartered accountant by profession and is currently the CEO of the newly established Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board. The Board\, a public entity in the Presidency in Namibia\, is tasked with the mandate of promoting and facilitating foreign and domestic investments as well as the development of SMEs. Until December 2020\, Nangula served as Partner at PwC Namibia with more than 20 years experience in auditing\, and she has also been involved in non-audit work such as consulting\, fraud investigation\, budgetary processes\, etc. Nangula was named Namibia’s Businesswoman of the year in 2011. 	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talks-a-journey-of-impact-in-namibia-from-the-private-sector-to-policymaking/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Migration and Cultural Change
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Hillel Rapoport\, Professor of Economics (and Director of International Relations) at the Paris School of Economics 	Abstract: We propose a novel perspective on migration and cultural change by asking both theoretically and empirically – and from a global viewpoint – whether migration is a source of cultural convergence or divergence between home and host countries. Our theoretical model derives distinctive testable predictions as to the sign and direction of convergence for various compositional and cultural diffusion mechanisms. We use the World Value Survey for 1981-2014 to build time-varying measures of cultural similarity for a large number of country pairs and exploit within country-pair variation over time. Our results support migration-based cultural convergence\, with cultural remittances as its main driver. In other words and in contrast to the populist narrative\, we find that while immigrants do act as vectors of cultural diffusion\, this is mostly to export the host country culture back home.  	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. The seminar will be hybrid\, with Hillel presenting in-person for the Harvard community only in Weil Town Hall. 	About the speaker:  	Hillel Rapoport is Professor of Economics (and Director of International Relations) at the Paris School of Economics\, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne\, and Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) since 2021. He is also a research fellow at CEPII\, IZA\, CESifo\, Harvard CID\, Kiel Institute for the World Economy\, LISER\, and European Development Network (EUDN). He was a member of Bar-Ilan University until 2013 and held visiting positions at Stanford University (in 2001-03) and at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (in 2009-11). Since 2008 he is the scientific coordinator of the “Migration and Development” annual conferences jointly organized by the World Bank and the French Development Agency. His research focuses on the growth and developmental impact of migration and on the economics of immigration\, diversity\, and refugees’ integration. 	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-migration-and-cultural-change/
LOCATION:Weil Town Hall – Belfer/Zoom (registration info below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Colonialism and Development
DESCRIPTION:This seminar is the fourth in our Diversity in Development series. This panel will investigate connections between the world history of colonialism and related racism within the international development sector. Further\, the panelists\, both female scholars of color\, will discuss their visions of decolonizing the development sector. 	Panelists:Zophia Edwards\, Associate Professor\, Providence CollegeOlivia Rutazibwa\, Assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics\, LSE 	Moderator: Syeda Masood\, HKS MPA/ID 2008 	Please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions.  	This series is hosted in coordination with the MPA/ID Program and the MPA/ID alumni community.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/seminar-colonialism-and-development/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Growth Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T131500
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SUMMARY:Development Talks: Community Engagement as a Frontline to National Development
DESCRIPTION: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 the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.  	Topic: Community Engagement as a Frontline to National Development: The Peace Corps Experience 	Speaker: Dr. Josephine (Jody) K. Olsen\, Executive Director of U.S. Peace Corps (2017-2021) 	Moderator: Tim Freeman\, Research Fellow\, Growth Lab 	Whether attending in-person or watching over Zoom\, please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. 	About the speaker:Dr. Josephine (Jody) Olsen\, PhD\, served as the 20th Director of the Peace Corps from March 2018 to January 2021.  In March 2020\, at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic\, she led the nine-day evacuation back to the United States of all 7\,000 Peace Corps Volunteers from 61 countries. During her tenure\, she opened a new Peace Corps program in Viet Nam\, championed global women’s economic empowerment\, and led Peace Corps HIV/AIDS mitigation efforts in Africa. Read more
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talks-community-engagement-as-a-frontline-to-national-development/
LOCATION:Democracy Lab\, Rubenstein 414 AB/Zoom
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220425T221500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220425T233000
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Mechanisms of Hardware and Soft Technology Evolution and the Implications for Low-Carbon Energy Costs
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Magdalena Klemun\, Assistant Professor\, Division of Public Policy\, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s Interdisciplinary Program Office; Research Affiliate\, Institute for Data\, Systems\, and Society (IDSS) at MIT. 	Abstract: Technologies typically contain both physical (‘hardware’) and non-physical (‘soft technology’) features\, such as the duration of installation tasks and other services needed to deploy hardware. Both types of features contribute significantly to technology costs and performance\, yet soft technology has been researched less than hardware. 	In this talk\, she will discuss fundamental differences between hardware and soft technology features in how these features contribute to the evolution of hardware and non-hardware (‘soft’) costs\, using examples from the cost evolution of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and nuclear fission plants. Despite divergent overall cost trajectories\, the relative share of soft costs has risen in both technologies\, suggesting a greater role for non-hardware innovation in future cost trends. However\, past changes in soft costs were driven to a large degree by the evolution of hardware rather than soft technology features\, and rising shares of soft costs do not necessarily correspond to a greater cost influence of soft technology features today. These results reveal new insight into how technology costs might be driven down in the future\, through more deliberate\, model-informed approaches to improving soft technology and a continued emphasis on innovation in hardware. 	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. Brief Bio: Magdalena M. Klemun is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Public Policy at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s Interdisciplinary Program Office and a Research Affiliate at the Institute for Data\, Systems\, and Society (IDSS) at MIT. She is also affiliated with the HKUST Energy Institute. Her research examines the dynamics of low-carbon energy innovation\, with a focus on how hardware and non-hardware factors interact and shape performance evolution at the technology- and systems-level. She holds a PhD in Engineering Systems from MIT\, an MS in Earth Resources Engineering from Columbia University\, and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from Vienna University of Technology. Prior to joining HKUST\, she was a postdoc at IDSS.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-mechanisms-of-hardware-and-soft-technology-evolution-and-the-implications-for-low-carbon-energy-costs/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Creative Construction: Knowledge Sharing in Production Networks
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Evgenii Fadeev\, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics\, Harvard 	Paper: Creative Construction: Knowledge Sharing in Production Networks 	Abstract: Knowledge flows between firms are often measured using patent citations. I show that even the most cited patents on average receive the majority of citations from one firm only\, and this concentration has significantly increased since 2000. Using the movement of inventors across companies\, I show that the concentration is primarily driven by firms rather than inventors. I develop a theory of knowledge sharing between firms that accounts for these citation patterns. Citations are correlated with the sharing of trade secrets that are complementary to patented technologies. They are concentrated because only a limited set of firms gets access to private knowledge of a patent owner. Firms have incentives to share their secrets with producers of complementary products such as suppliers and customers but to conceal them from competitors. In turn\, competitors can obtain private knowledge from each other through their common suppliers and customers if the latter did not sign confidentiality agreements. The model predicts contractual arrangements and patterns of knowledge sharing (citations) in a production network based on the degree of industry competition and firms’ bargaining positions vis-a-vis their suppliers/customers. Using the network data for the U.S. publicly traded firms and the variation across industries in the exposure to import competition from China\, I provide empirical evidence supporting the predictions of the theory. 	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-creative-construction-knowledge-sharing-in-production-networks/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T113000
DTSTAMP:20260421T063752
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Organizational Frictions to Automation\, and Its Effects on Firms\, Workers\, and Labor Markets
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Daniel P. Gross\, Assistant Professor\, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business 	Abstract: AT&T was the largest U.S. firm for most of the 20th century. Telephone operators once comprised over 50% of its workforce\, but in the late 1910s it initiated a decades-long process of automating telephone operation with mechanical call switching—a technology first invented in the 1880s. This talk will cover results from two papers. In one\, we study what drove AT&T to do so\, and why it took one firm nearly a century to automate this one function. In the second\, we study how automation affected the labor market for young women. 	On the firm side\, we find that interdependencies between call switching and nearly every other part of the business were obstacles: the manual switchboard was the fulcrum of a complex production system which had developed around it\, and automation only began after the firm and automatic technology were adapted to work together. Even then\, automatic switching was only profitable for AT&T in larger markets—hence diffusion expanded as costs declined and service areas grew. Automation supported AT&T’s continued growth\, generating a positive feedback loop between scale and automation that reinforced AT&T’s high market share in local markets.On the worker side\, we find that although automation eliminated one of the most common jobs for young American women of this era\, it did not affect future cohorts’ overall employment: the decline in operators was counteracted by reinstating demand in middle-skill clerical jobs and lower-skill service jobs. Incumbent (already-employed) telephone operators were most impacted by automation\, and a decade later were more likely to be in lower-paying occupations or have left the labor force entirely. 	Bio: Daniel P. Gross is an assistant professor at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business\, which he joined in 2020 after several years on the faculty at Harvard Business School. His research has two primary branches: (1) crisis innovation policy and strategy\, including the effects of crisis R&D efforts on post-crisis innovation\, entrepreneurship\, industry dynamics\, and regional economies; and (2) the effects of automation on workers\, firms\, and labor markets. He previously also studied the use of incentives and other tools in managing creative workers within organizations. Professor Gross’ research frequently uses historical examples of industries and eras undergoing significant technological change as a lens into the present and future. 	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. The seminar will be hybrid\, with Daniel presenting in-person for the Harvard community only in WEXNER W-G02.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-organizational-frictions-to-automation-and-its-effects-on-firms-workers-and-labor-markets/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Knowledge Diffusion as a Cornerstone of Economic Recovery in the Post-COVID World
DESCRIPTION: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 the capacities\, expertise\, and reach of two top academic institutions to expand the activities of the Growth Lab globally. 	In this public event marking the launch of the collaboration\, a panel of high-level government officials and academic experts will discuss Knowledge Diffusion as a Cornerstone of Economic Recovery and Growth in the Post-COVID World. 	Speakers/Moderators: 	Arben Ahmetaj\, Deputy Prime Minister of Albania.Omar Al-Razzaz\, former Prime Minister of Jordan.Ann Bernstein\, Executive Director of the Center for Development and Enterprise\, South Africa.Ricardo Hausmann\, Director of the Growth Lab.Isabel de Saint Malo\, former Vice-President of Panama.Miguel Angel Santos\, Director of Applied Research at the Growth Co-Lab at LSE.Andrés Velasco\, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE. 	Please register in advance\, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 	Twitter Hasthag for this event: #LSEPostCOVID
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/knowledge-diffusion-as-a-cornerstone-of-economic-recovery-in-the-post-covid-world/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Growth Lab
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220321T113000
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Technology Within and Across Firms
DESCRIPTION: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 for a representative sample of firms in Vietnam\, Senegal\, and the Brazilian state of Ceara. The analysis finds a large variance in technology sophistication across the business functions of a firm. The within-firm variance in technology sophistication is greater than the variance in sophistication across firms\, which in turn is greater than the variance in sophistication across regions or countries. The paper documents a stable cross-firm relationship between technology at the business function and firm levels\, which it calls the technology curve. Significant heterogeneity is uncovered in the slopes of the technology curves across business functions\, a finding that is consistent with non-homotheticities in firm-level technology aggregators. Firm productivity is positively associated with the within-firm variance and the average level of technology sophistication. Development accounting exercises show that cross-firm variation in technology accounts for one-third of cross-firm differences in productivity and one-fifth of the agricultural versus non-agricultural gap in cross-country differences in firm productivity. 	For virtual attendees\, please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions.  	About the speaker: 	Diego Comin is a Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College. He is also Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research and Faculty Research Fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program. Comin is a fellow for the Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET). Professor Comin has published multiple articles in top economic journals on the topics of business cycles\, technology diffusion\, economic growth and firm volatility. He has also authored cases studies published in the book Drivers of Competitiveness. Comin’s research has been supported by the Gates foundation\, the National Science Foundation\, the C.V. Star Foundation\, the INET foundation and the Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW).
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-technology-within-and-across-firms/
LOCATION:Wexner 434 AB\, Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220314T113000
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Achieving Power Sector Carbon Neutrality in a Low-cost Renewable Era
DESCRIPTION: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 of solar and wind has plummeted in the past decade\, and solar and wind electricity has been achieving grid parity. Low-cost renewables offer new perspectives for energy system decarbonization that was less visioned before. In this talk\, Dr. He will discuss the pathways of clean power transition and their system impacts using high-resolution models\, to reflect the need for integrating variable renewable energy and phasing out coal to achieve carbon neutrality in the power sector at a low-cost renewables era. 	The talk will be based on the following papers: 			He\, Gang\, Jiang Lin\, Froylan Sifuentes\, Xu Liu\, Nikit Abhyankar\, and Amol Phadke. 2020. “Rapid Cost Decrease of Renewables and Storage Accelerates the Decarbonization of China’s Power System.” Nature Communications 11 (1): 2486. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16184-x.				Zhang\, Chao\, Gang He\, Josiah Johnston\, and Lijin Zhong. 2021. “Long-Term Transition of China’s Power Sector under Carbon Neutrality Target and Water Withdrawal Constraint.” Journal of Cleaner Production 329 (December): 129765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129765.				He\, Gang\, Jiang Lin\, Ying Zhang\, Wenhua Zhang\, Guilherme Larangeira\, Chao Zhang\, Wei Peng\, Manzhi Liu\, and Fuqiang Yang. 2020. “Enabling a Rapid and Just Transition Away from Coal in China.” One Earth 3 (2): 187–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.07.012.		Please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions.  	About the speaker: 	Dr. Gang He is an Assistant Professor on energy policy in the Department of Technology and Society at Stony Brook University. His work focuses on energy modeling\, energy and climate change policy. He also studies other issues related to global climate change and the development of lower-carbon energy sources. He had worked for Stanford University Program on Energy and Sustainable Development from 2008 to 2010 and was a Cynthia Helms Fellow at World Resources Institute in 2008. He received his Ph.D. in Energy and Resources at the University of California\, Berkeley\, He also holds an M.A. from Columbia University on Climate and Society and a B.S. and M.S. from Peking University on Geography.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-achieving-power-sector-carbon-neutrality-in-a-low-cost-renewable-era/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Vietnam’s role in the US-China trade war
DESCRIPTION: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 trade war on trade diversion and the labor market in a third country\, Vietnam. We exploit variation in Vietnamese exports to the U.S. across industries and districts based on the extent of the unexpected and exogenous U.S. tariff hikes on Chinese imports and provide evidence of an indirect effect on labor market outcomes in Vietnam. Vietnamese workers and districts that are more exposed to the trade war display higher employment\, working hours\, and wages as a result of the U.S.-China trade war. Our findings reveal that bilateral trade policy can have substantial offsetting effects on trade flows and labor markets in third countries. 	Bio: Karin Mayr-Dorn is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz\, Austria. Currently\, she is a Visiting Professor at Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her research interests are international economics\, labor economics\, and public economics. Before joining JKU Linz\, Karin spent six years at the University of Vienna. She was also a research visitor at the University of Warwick\, Trinity College Dublin\, the University of California at Davis\, and the University College London. 	Please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-vietnams-role-in-the-us-china-trade-war/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220304T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220304T143000
DTSTAMP:20260421T063752
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SUMMARY:Alumni Panel: Experiencing & Undoing Discrimination in Development
DESCRIPTION: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 diverse in national origin\, gender\, and professional and lived experience. Yet\, a 2020 survey of MPA/ID alumni revealed that roughly half of all respondents have encountered discrimination in some form (either being harmed by it\, being complicit in it\, or observing it). \n	In the Fall of 2021\, the Diversity in Development series discussed the problems of limited diversity in the field of international development and introduced frameworks for understanding the problem. It also considered diverse approaches to the goals of “development\,” including aspects of self-determination\, capabilities\, and justice\, and the extent to which a vision of development is shared. These sessions laid the theoretical frameworks for thinking about the ultimate goals of international development approaches. \n	This Spring\, we are turning the spotlight on MPA/ID alumni who are dealing with these issues on the ground every day. Specifically\, we ask them to reflect and share: i) lived experiences with discrimination in the sector and ii) how they are elevating voices of those closest to the challenges they seek to solve. Join the alumni for a rich discussion of the complexities of these deeply rooted patterns and opportunities to shift power in international development. \n	Panelists:Amna Awan\, Gender Advisor at Karandaaz PakistanCarolyn Fallert\, writerJohanan Rivera\, Manager of Programs\, Environment; IMAGORodrigo Salvado\, Deputy Director\, Development Policy and Finance; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation \n	Moderator:Michael Walton\, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy\, Harvard Kennedy School \n	All speakers will be virtual\, but we’ve reserved WEX W-G02 (seating capacity of 40) as a viewing room. Please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/alumni-panel-experiencing-undoing-discrimination-in-development/
LOCATION:Hybrid: WEX W-G02\, Zoom
CATEGORIES:Diversity in Development,Growth Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T111500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T123000
DTSTAMP:20260421T063752
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Which Workers Earn More at Productive Firms? Position Specific Skills and Individual Hold-up Power
DESCRIPTION: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 workers only in occupations where workers have individual hold-up power. We present a model of wage determination where firms produce using a novel generalization of Kremer (1993)’s O-ring production function. Workers have individual hold-up power if (i) labor is organized into distinct\, differentiated positions (ii) the output of positions is individually complementary or “critical” in the production process\, and (iii) skills are position-specific\, i.e.\, skills are acquired on the job and are not transferable across positions or firms. If output losses from an unfilled position are larger at productive firms\, incomplete contracts and on-the-job search incentivize productive firms to pay differentially high wages. We estimate individual worker hold-up power by occupation using the effect of worker deaths on firm profits in Danish administrative data and using a measure of within-firm\, across-position task differentiation from US job posting data. High hold-up occupations exhibit both higher wage levels and higher long-run passthrough of permanent firm productivity innovations to wages\, supporting the main model predictions. Accounting for heterogeneity in hold-up power across occupations has numerous implications for wage inequality: (1) greater employment of men in high hold-up occupations can account for one fifth of the Danish gender wage gap; (2) rising “superstar firms” increase wage inequality; (3) hold-up power decreases the responsiveness of wages to labor market slack. 	Please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions.  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-which-workers-earn-more-at-productive-firms-position-specific-skills-and-individual-hold-up-power/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Development Talks: A New Agenda for African Continental Integration
DESCRIPTION: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 the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. 	Speaker: Donald Kaberuka\, President\, African Development Bank (2005-2015) 	Moderator: Tim O’Brien\, Senior Manager\, Applied Research\, Growth Lab 	Please register in advance to attend this webinar. Contact Chuck McKenney with any event-related questions. \nAbout the speaker: 	A Rwandan economist\, Mr. Kaberuka is Chairman and Managing Partner of SouthBridge\, a Pan-African financial advisory and investment firm. Previously\, he served as the 7th President of the African Development Bank (AfDB)\, from 2005 to 2015\, in which he is credited with the expansion of the reach and impact of AfDB. During his two terms as President\, Mr. Kaberuka led from the front on infrastructure\, promoted private sector development and economic integration. The Bank played a major countercyclical role during the 2008 financial crisis to enable African countries in weathering the crisis. Prior to joining AfDB\, Mr. Kaberuka served as Rwanda’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning from 1997 to 2005. Mr. Kaberuka is currently the African Union High Representative for the Peace Fund and Board Chair of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS\, Tuberculosis and Malaria and also serves on the Board of the Rockefeller Foundation\, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation\, the Centre for Global Development and several other advisory boards. 	Mr. Donald Kaberuka was educated at universities in Tanzania and Scotland. He holds a PhD in Economics from Glasgow University.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talks-a-new-agenda-for-african-continental-integration/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: How Immigration Grease is Affected by Economic\, Institutional\, and Policy Contexts: Evidence from EU Labor Markets
DESCRIPTION: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 more fluid than natives in responding to changing skill shortages across countries\, occupation groups and industries. The diversity across EU member states enables us to test this hypothesis across various institutional\, economic and policy contexts. Drawing on the EU LFS and EU SILC datasets\, we study the relationship between residual wage premia as a measure of skill shortages in different occupation-industry-country cells and the shares of immigrants and natives working in these cells. We find that immigrants’ responsiveness to skill shortages exceeds that of natives in the EU15\, in particular in member states with low GDP\, higher levels of immigration from outside EU\, and more open immigration and integration policies; but also those with barriers to citizenship acquisition or family reunification. While higher welfare spending seems to exert a lock-in effect\, a comparison across different types of welfare states indicates that institutional complementarities alleviate the effect. 	Please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions.  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-how-immigration-grease-is-affected-by-economic-institutional-and-policy-contexts-evidence-from-eu-labor-markets/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Colombia’s Structural Challenges for the Creation of New\, Better and More Inclusive Jobs
DESCRIPTION: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 to a deterioration in pre-Covid19 employment indicators and changing economic and labor market conditions. Based on a comprehensive review of Colombia’s labor market performance for the 2009-2019 period\, this report seeks to provide analytical underpinnings to this process. At the macro level\, the report shows that employment in Colombia is insufficiently diversified relying almost exclusively on job creation in the services sectors. This exposes the labor market to cyclical changes in internal demand that are typical for commodity rich economies like Colombia. At the worker level\, the report shows that the economy generates too few formal employment opportunities for those with fewer skills and those living in rural areas\, implying low earnings\, high rates of self-employment\, and high levels of informality. At the firm level\, the report shows that the labor regulatory regime has contributed to strong increases in labor costs with important effects on entry and exit dynamics of firms contributing to a compositional shift towards larger\, more capitalized\, and more skill-intensive firms. 	World Bank report citation:Carranza\, Eliana; Wiseman\, William; Eberhard-Ruiz\, Andreas; Cardenas\, Ana Lucia. 2021. “Colombia Jobs Diagnostic : Structural Challenges for the Creation of New\, Better and More Inclusive Jobs (Spanish).” Jobs Series; Issue No. 30 Washington\, D.C. : World Bank Group. 	Speaker bios: 	Laura Pabón is the Director of Social Development of the National Planning Department of Colombia\, and member of the Technical Secretary of Colombia’s Mision de Empleo. In 2020\, she was recognized by the Presidency of the Republic and Civil Service as the best public servant in the country. Laura is an economist with a master’s degree in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes and a master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago. 	Eliana Carranza is a Senior Economist at the World Bank Social Protection and Jobs Practice. She is also an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School\, in the Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) Program. Eliana works with national governments in the formulation of diagnoses\, strategies and solutions to labor force and employment challenges. She holds an MPA in International Development and a PhD in Political Economy and Government (Economics) from Harvard University. 	Andreas Eberhard-Ruiz is an Economist at the World Bank Jobs Group\, where he works on jobs\, growth\, and structural change. Prior to joining the World Bank\, he worked for the European Commission and for the Ugandan Finance Ministry as a Fellow of the UK’s Overseas Development Institute. His research focuses on trade and competitiveness\, and regional market integration. He holds a PhD from the University of Sussex.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-colombias-structural-challenges-for-the-creation-of-new-better-and-more-inclusive-jobs/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Book Talk - Reclaiming Populism: How Economic Fairness Can Win Back Disenchanted Voters
DESCRIPTION: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 or income inequality\, but economic unfairness: the sense of being held back from success because opportunity is not equal and reward is not according to contribution. \n	This forensic book demonstrates that illiberal populism strikes hardest when family origins decide success rather than talent and effort. The authors\, Eric Protzer and Paul Summerville\, propose a framework of policy inputs that instead support high social mobility\, and apply it to diagnose the differing reasons behind economic unfairness in the US\, UK\, Italy\, and France. \n	Author: Eric Protzer\, Growth Lab Research Fellow \n	Moderator: Ricardo Hausmann\, Director of the Harvard Growth Lab and Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at HKS \n	Please register in advance. Contact Chuck McKenney with any questions.  \n	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/book-talk-reclaiming-populism-how-economic-fairness-can-win-back-disenchanted-voters/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Growth Lab
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