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SUMMARY:In Search of a D-ESG Framework for Emerging Markets: What about Environment?
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Hybrid\n\n\nLourdes Casanova will discuss the expanded ESG framework\, highlighting how sustainable growth in emerging economies requires aligning development\, environmental\, social\, and governance goals within corporate and policy strategies. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Lourdes Casanova\, Senior Lecturer of Management at the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Business\, Cornell University \n\n\n\nPaper Abstract: “The Imperative of Growth: A D-ESG Framework” proposes an expanded ESG perspective integrating Development as a central dimension. The framework highlights how sustainable growth in emerging economies requires aligning development\, environmental\, social\, and governance goals within corporate and policy strategies. The discussion connects to our shared work on industrial policy\, sustainability\, and inclusive growth. \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is permitted for the Harvard community. The Zoom session is open to the public. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Lourdes Casanova is the co-author (with Anne Miroux) of the Emerging Market Multinationals Report (2016–2024)\, co-editor of From Copycats to Leaders: Innovation from Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press)\, and co-author of The Era of Chinese Multinationals and Entrepreneurship and the Finance of Innovation in Emerging Markets (Elsevier). She is also the author of Global Latinas: Latin America’s Emerging Multinationals (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2009). In addition\, she serves on the Global Future Council on the Future of Economic Growth at the World Economic Forum and is a Trustee of Canning House. Read More >> \n\n\n\nThe Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/in-search-of-a-d-esg-framework-for-emerging-markets-what-about-environment/
LOCATION:Perkins Room (R429) – Rubenstein 4th Floor
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Hybrid
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T101500
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SUMMARY:Investment in Infrastructure and Trade: The Case of Ports
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Hybrid\n\n\nTheodore Papageorgiou will discuss new research that quantifies the costs of port disruptions and evaluates transportation infrastructure investment. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Theodore Papageorgiou\, Felter Family Professor of Economics at Boston College \n\n\n\nPaper Abstract: (joint with Giulia Brancaccio and Myrto Kalouptsidi) \n\n\n\nTransportation infrastructure is vital for the smooth functioning of international trade. Ports are a crucial gateway to this system: with more than 80% of trade carried by ships\, they shape trade costs\, and it is critical that they operate efficiently. Yet ports are susceptible to disruptions\, causing costly delays. With enormous budgets spent on infrastructure to alleviate these costs\, a key policy question emerges: in a world with high volatility\, what are the returns to investing in infrastructure? To address this question\, we introduce an empirical framework that combines insights from queueing theory to capture port technology\, with tools from demand estimation. We use our framework\, together with a collection of novel datasets\, to quantify the costs of disruptions and evaluate transportation infrastructure investment. Our analysis unveils four policy-relevant messages: (i) investing in port infrastructure can lead to substantial trade and welfare gains\, but only if targeted properly– in fact\, net of costs\, the marginal return to investment is positive at a minority of US ports; (ii) there are sizable spillovers across ports\, as investing in one port can decongest a wider set of ports\, suggesting that decision-making should not be decentralized to local authorities; (iii) the economies of scale arising from queuing would lead a planner to concentrate investment in large\, geographically dispersed megaports; (iv) macroeconomic volatility can drastically change returns to investment. \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is permitted for the Harvard community. The Zoom session is open to the public. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Theodore Papageorgiou’s recent research examines transportation markets\, their impact on global trade\, and the policies that can improve their efficiency and resilience. His work also analyzes the sources of disruptions and the optimal level of infrastructure investment. In addition\, he has investigated how occupations shape labor market outcomes\, the role of cities and firms in facilitating occupational matching\, and the role of learning in shaping firm performance. His research integrates insights and tools from labor economics\, macroeconomics\, spatial/urban economics\, and applied microeconomics more broadly. Read more >> \n\n\n\nThe Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/investment-in-infrastructure-and-trade-the-case-of-ports/
LOCATION:Wexner G02
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Hybrid
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T103000
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SUMMARY:Green Growth by Design: The Science and Strategy of Greenplexity
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Hybrid\n\n\nA live demo and Q&A with Professor Ricardo Hausmann on the release of next-gen Greenplexity\, a groundbreaking data and strategy tool that reveals how countries can identify their most promising opportunities across ten value chains at the heart of the global energy transition. \n\n\n\nWe’ll also reveal the Greenplexity Index\, a new country ranking that spotlights which nations are building the broad\, complex green industries that will supply the world’s race to decarbonize. \n\n\n\nAdditional speakers:Annie White\, Director of Software ToolsKetan Ahuja\, Research Fellow \n\n\n\nModerator: Daniel Schrag\, Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is permitted for the Harvard community. Refreshments will be served. The Zoom session is open to the public. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/green-growth-by-design-the-science-and-strategy-of-greenplexity/
LOCATION:Democracy Lab 414AB
CATEGORIES:Hybrid
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T101500
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SUMMARY:Industrial Policy: Managing Trade-Offs to Promote Growth and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Hybrid\n\n\nThe Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. \n\n\n\nCountries increasingly seek to reshape their economies by targeting public support to specific firms and sectors. Their motives vary widely but often include an emphasis on developing strategic industries\, with a view to raising future productivity and growth\, and reducing reliance on imports in key sectors such as energy. Sebastian Wende\, an economist in the Economic Modeling team of the International Monetary Fund’s Research Department\, will discuss new research that leverages theoretical models\, empirical data\, and case studies to investigate the conditions under which such industrial policies are most likely to succeed.  \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is permitted for the Harvard community. The Zoom session is open to the public. \n\n\n\nAbstract: Countries are increasingly using industrial policy to reshape their economies by supporting strategic sectors and firms. Motivations include boosting productivity\, reducing reliance on imports—especially in energy—and enhancing resilience. Industrial policies can help jump-start domestic industries\, but their efficacy is sensitive to sector-specific characteristics that can be hard to determine in advance. And industrial policies present trade-offs. Onshoring production in a strategic sector might lead to higher consumer prices for a prolonged period. And the fiscal cost of industrial policy can be substantial at a time of elevated debt and constrained public finances. Even when sector-level outcomes are positive\, industrial policy can generate negative cross-sector spillovers and reduce overall productivity by drawing resources inefficiently away from sectors that are not targeted. Effective industrial policy requires careful targeting and implementation\, strong institutions\, complementary structural reforms\, and sound macroeconomic policy. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biography: Sebastian Wende is an economist in the Economic Modeling team of the IMF’s Research Department. His work includes both developing and harnessing models\, including the IMF’s Global Macroeconomic Model for the Energy Transition (GMMET\, featured in the Oct 2025 WEO Chp3) and the Global Dynamic Network Model (used in the Oct 2024 WEO Chp2). He has both extensive public and private sector experience\, having worked at the Australian Treasury\, BHP\, and the Reserve Bank of Australia. Sebastian is motivated by enhancing welfare through public policy and fascinated by macro dynamics. He has a PHD from the Australian National University in computational macroeconomics\, focusing on tax efficiency in when financial frictions\, and heterogeneity of households and firms are accounted for. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/industrial-policy-managing-trade-offs-to-promote-growth-and-resilience/
LOCATION:HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Hybrid
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SUMMARY:AI and Economic Development: Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Policy Implications
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Hybrid\n\n\nAs artificial intelligence capabilities advance rapidly\, they are beginning to reshape patterns of economic development\, productivity growth\, and labor markets around the world. The emergence of open-source AI is transforming how these technologies diffuse across economies and who can access them. These shifts raise fundamental questions about which sectors and regions will benefit most and what policy frameworks are needed to navigate them. \n\n\n\nThomas Wolf\, Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Hugging Face\, will discuss how AI is influencing dynamics in economic development\, and explore the key challenges facing policymakers and researchers as they work to understand and guide these transformations. HuggingFace operates the leading open platform for collaboration in AI. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Thomas Wolf\, Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Hugging Face \n\n\n\nModerator: Pierre-Alex Balland\, Visiting Fellow at the Growth Lab\, and Chief Data Scientist at the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is permitted for the Harvard community. The Zoom session is open to the public. \n\n\n\nThe Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries\, regions\, states\, and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/ai-and-economic-development-opportunities-challenges-and-policy-implications/
LOCATION:Allison Dining Room (T-520)
CATEGORIES:Development Talks,Hybrid
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T113000
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Real Effects of Academic Research Revisited
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Hybrid\n\n\nThe Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Adam Jaffe\, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Brandeis University\, Chair of the National Academies Board on Science\, Technology\, and Economic Policy \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is permitted for the Harvard community. The Zoom session is open to the public. \n\n\n\nAbstract: This Chapter surveys the findings of social science research on the contribution of universities to innovation and economic growth\, both locally/regionally and globally. In the last several decades research has demonstrated universities’ causal effects through the mechanisms of knowledge creation\, education and training of students and technology transfer/entrepreneurship. \n\n\n\nThe Chapter summarizes how the literature has studied these mechanisms in different disciplines and industrial sectors. The depth and breadth of understanding have been advanced by new microdata and new methods of linking data across inventions\, scientists and institutions\, and by application of methods from network science. These findings have implications for public policy to foster innovation both regionally and globally. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Adam Jaffe is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Brandeis University and chair of the National Academies Board on Science\, Technology\, and Economic Policy. At Brandeis\, he served as Chair of Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He was previously Co-Chair of The OECD Global Science Forum Experts’ Group on “Effective Operation of Competitive Research Funding Systems\,” and was the founding Coordinator of the National Bureau of Economic Research Innovation Information Initiative (“I3”). Jaffe is currently an Editor for Research Policy. He is the co-author of two books\, Innovation and its Discontents and Patents\, citations\, and innovations: A window on the knowledge economy. He holds an S.B. in chemistry and S.M. in technology and policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-real-effects-of-academic-research-revisited/
LOCATION:HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Hybrid
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T113000
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SUMMARY:Job Transformation\, Specialization\, and the Labor Market Effects of AI
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Hybrid\n\n\nThe Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Lukas Freund\, Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston College \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is permitted for the Harvard community. The Zoom session is open to the public. \n\n\n\nAbstract: Who will gain and who will lose as AI automates tasks? While much of the discourse focuses on job displacement\, we show that job transformation—a shift in the task content of jobs—creates large and heterogeneous earnings effects. We develop a quantitative\, task-based model where occupations bundle multiple tasks and workers with heterogeneous portfolios of task-specific skills select into occupations by comparative advantage. Automation shifts the relative importance of tasks within each occupation\, inducing wage effects that we characterize analytically. To quantify these effects\, we measure the task content of jobs using natural language processing and estimate the distribution of task-specific skills. We construct projections of automation effects due to large language models (LLMs)\, exploiting a mapping between model tasks and automation exposure measures. Within highly exposed occupations\, like office and administrative roles\, workers specialized in information-processing tasks leave and suffer wage losses. By contrast\, those specialized in customer-facing and coordination tasks stay and experience wage gains as work rebalances toward their strengths. Our findings challenge the common assumption that automation exposure equates to wage losses; and highlight that AI\, through job transformation\, may be disruptive even absent job displacement.   \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker: Lukas Freund is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston College. His research focuses on macroeconomics\, technological change\, and labor markets. Before joining Boston College\, Lukas was a postdoctoral scholar at Columbia University. He obtained his PhD at Cambridge University\, as a Gates Scholar\, and his undergraduate degree from Oxford University. He also held visiting positions at the OECD\, Bank of England\, and Deutsche Bundesbank.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/job-transformation-specialization-and-the-labor-market-effects-of-ai/
LOCATION:Perkins Room (R429) – Rubenstein 4th Floor
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Hybrid
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T163000
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SUMMARY:Building Industries in Green Value Chains
DESCRIPTION:Getting Things Done: Issue Spotting in the Infrastructure Development Projects Ecosystem\n\n\n\n\n\nDevelopment Talks Hybrid\n\n\nThe energy transition offers countries a defining opportunity for green growth by building industries for manufactured goods in value chains for energy technologies. As the world needs many more wind turbines\, electric vehicles\, batteries\, heat pumps and other energy technologies\, places that manufacture these goods (or their inputs) will be well-positioned to win the industries of the future. \n\n\n\nHear from experts at Harvard’s Growth Lab about their work helping different countries build an industrial base in clean energy technologies. This event will profile green industrial policy initiatives in Morocco\, South Africa\, and Mexico\, and demo the Growth Lab’s ‘Greenplexity’ tool\, which helps places understand their economic opportunities in green value chains. There will also be time for an open discussion on green industrial policy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share\n	\n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPricing
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/building-industries-in-green-value-chains/
LOCATION:HYBRID Democracy Lab R414AB / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Growth Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T140000
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Which Economic Tasks are Performed with AI? Evidence from Millions of Claude Conversations
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.  \n\n\n\nThis is an online only event. Please register in advance. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Kunal Handa\, Research Scientist at Anthropic \n\n\n\nPaper Abstract: Despite widespread speculation about artificial intelligence’s impact on the future of work\, we lack systematic empirical evidence about how these systems are actually being used for different tasks. Here\, we present a novel framework for measuring AI usage patterns across the economy. We leverage a recent privacy-preserving system to analyze over four million this http URL conversations through the lens of tasks and occupations in the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET Database. Our analysis reveals that AI usage primarily concentrates in software development and writing tasks\, which together account for nearly half of all total usage. However\, usage of AI extends more broadly across the economy\, with approximately 36% of occupations using AI for at least a quarter of their associated tasks. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Kunal Handa is a Research Scientist at Anthropic where he focuses on understanding and improving the societal impact of AI systems. His research explores the fundamentals of learning in both humans and machines\, particularly how to build collaborative AI tools grounded in human communication principles. Previously\, Kunal was a graduate student at the University of Oxford and an undergraduate student at Brown University studying linguistics and computer science.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-which-economic-tasks-are-performed-with-ai-evidence-from-millions-of-claude-conversations/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Growth Lab Development Talk - Green Steel in Namibia: Progress Report Summary
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries\, regions\, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy. 	Speaker: James Mnyupe\, Presidential Economic Advisor and Hydrogen Commissioner\, Government of The Republic of Namibia 	Moderator: Ketan Ahuja\, Growth Lab Research Fellow 	About the Talk: James Mnyupe will speak about his work in Namibia setting up an industrial ecosystem around green hydrogen production\, and related industries. He will discuss a pilot project involving direct reduced iron production using green hydrogen that is currently being commissioned. The speaker invites attendees to watch this video before the event. 	Whether attending in person or online\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Buffet lunch will be served. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. \nAbout the Speaker: 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 three 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 five 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 President Hage Geingob and holds the CA\, CFA and CFP designations. Mr Mnyupe possesses a holistic appreciation for how the capital and institutional savings markets intertwine to drive Namibia’s economic and developmental agenda. His involvement in various industry and national bodies have offered him a unique perspective from which to contribute to various dialogues and initiatives that look to deploy said assets across various opportunity sets\, locally and regionally more effectively.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/growth-lab-development-talk-green-steel-in-namibia-progress-report-summary/
LOCATION:Allison Dining Room (T-520)
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar - Urban-Biased Growth: A Macroeconomic Analysis
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Fabian Eckert is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California\, San Diego 	Please register in advance. 	Abstract: After 1980\, larger US cities experienced substantially faster wage growth than smaller ones. We show that this urban bias mainly reflected wage growth at large Business Services firms. These firms stand out through their high per-worker expenditure on information technology and disproportionate presence in big cities. We introduce a spatial model of investment-specific technical change that can rationalize these patterns. Using the model as an accounting framework\, we find that the observed decline in the investment price of information technology capital explains most urban-biased growth by raising the profits of large Business Services firms in big cities. 	Link to the paper: https://fpeckert.me/papers/ubg.pdf 	Bio: Fabian Eckert is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California\, San Diego\, specializing in spatial economics\, macroeconomics\, international economics\, and urban economics. His research explores how geography\, urban development\, and economic policy shape inequality and growth. He serves as an Associate Editor at the Journal of International Economics and is a partner at UCSD’s Prosperity and Globalization Lab. Fabian holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-urban-biased-growth-a-macroeconomic-analysis/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Demand & Supply Side Linkages in Exporting Multiproduct Firms
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Lisandra Flach\, Professor of Economics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and Director of the ifo Center for International Economics  	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	Abstract: Products produced by a multiproduct firm can be linked through demand linkages or supply linkages. On the demand side\, changes in the price of one product can affect the demand for a firm’s other products through shifts in consumer expenditures. This is commonly referred to as the cannibalization effect. On the supply side\, joint inputs can create a dependency of one product’s marginal costs on the output of other products. The existence of these linkages is important for how firms respond to shocks and has major implications for several performance measures\, such as productivity and markups. This paper provides the first empirical evidence for the existence of cannibalization linkages in the presence of supply linkages\, which is implied evidence for market power. 	Link to the paper: https://cepr.org/publications/dp18627 	Bio: Lisandra Flach is a Professor of Economics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and Director of the ifo Center for International Economics. Her research focuses on international trade\, firm dynamics\, and global value chains\, with a particular interest in the effects of trade policy. She is a Research Fellow at CESifo\, a Research Affiliate at CEPR\, and serves as an Associate Editor for leading economic journals. Her work has been widely recognized\, earning her awards such as the “Top 40 under 40” and “Germany’s 10 Most Promising Young Economists.”
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-demand-supply-side-linkages-in-exporting-multiproduct-firms/
LOCATION:HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Info Session: An Exploration of Rural American Economies Study Group
DESCRIPTION:All students are welcome to join us for an informational session about the opportunity to participate in a 6-week Growth Lab study Group on Rural Economies. The info session will include an introductory presentation and Q&A by the Growth Lab and virtual participation by the Wyoming Business Council and/or New Mexico Economic Development Department. 	RSVP is required.  Lunch will be provided. 	Optional preparation for info session: “What everyone should know about rural America ahead of the 2024 election” and “Rural America’s economies are often left out by a design flaw in federal funding.” 	About the study group:This study group will meet weekly over six weeks (Mondays 4-5:30PM) to introduce and discuss issues facing rural economies across the United States and relevant national\, state\, and local strategies. The study group will bring in learnings and guests from the Growth Lab’s multi-year research project in Wyoming and new research in New Mexico\, as well as material from the Brookings Institution’s Reimagining Rural Policy program. 	Application is required. Apply by Friday\, March 13. 	For more information about the six sessions\, visit growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/study-groups.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/info-session-an-exploration-of-rural-american-economies-study-group/
LOCATION:Wexner 434-A
CATEGORIES:Growth Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T124500
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175437Z
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar - AI-generated Production Networks: Measurement and Applications to Global Trade
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Thiemo Fetzer\, Professor of Economics at Warwick University and at the University of Bonn 	This is an online only event. Please register in advance. 	Paper Abstract: This paper leverages generative AI to build a network structure over 5\,000 product nodes\, where directed edges represent input-output relationships in production. We layout a two-step ‘build-prune’ approach using an ensemble of prompt-tuned generative AI classifications. The ’build’ step provides an initial distribution of edge-predictions\, the ‘prune’ step then re-evaluates all edges. With our AI-generated Production Network (AIPNET) in toe\, we document a host of shifts in the network position of products and countries during the 21st century. Finally\, we study production network spillovers using the natural experiment presented by the 2017 blockade of Qatar. We find strong evidence of such spillovers\, suggestive of on-shoring of critical production. This descriptive and causal evidence demonstrates some of the many research possibilities opened up by our granular measurement of product linkages\, including studies of on-shoring\, industrial policy\, and other recent shifts in global trade. \nAbout the Speaker: Thiemo Fetzer is Professor of Economics at Warwick University and at the University of Bonn. Thiemo is also an Academic Visitor at the Bank of England\, an Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and a Fellow at the British National Institute for Social and Economic Research (NIESR). 	His work cross cuts many fields in economics ranging from international trade\, economic development\, finance\, to spatial economics and political economy leveraging frontier techniques from machine learning\, artificial intelligence and computer science. 	Thiemo has advised a range of players and policy makers in some G20 countries on issues around economic development and industrial policy\, with a special focus on the economic\, social and institutional and political-economic adjustments that are necessary to counter the climate crisis and help shift societies out of the non-cooperative loose-loose equilibria. His research has been featured in national and international media such as Bloomberg\, New York Times\, The Guardian\, Financial Times\, Le Monde\, El País\, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-ai-generated-production-networks-measurement-and-applications-to-global-trade/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T120221
CREATED:20240312T181600Z
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UID:14905-1741104000-1741107600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Faculty Webinar: Strategies for Inclusive Growth
DESCRIPTION:Join Ricardo Hausmann and Matt Andrews for a one-hour webinar on the rapidly evolving paths to economic prosperity and how rethinking economic policy\, from design to implementation\, can advance shared prosperity for all.  	This webinar will include topics covered in the upcoming executive program Strategies for Inclusive Growth. Speakers:	Ricardo Hausmann is the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at HKS\, and director of the Growth Lab.  	Matt Andrews is the Edward S. Mason Senior Lecturer in International Development at HKS\, and director of Building State Capability.  	Please register in advance. The webinar will be recorded and distributed to all attendees. This presentation does not qualify for a certificate. 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/faculty-webinar-strategies-for-inclusive-growth-2/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T233000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T004500
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CREATED:20250219T224500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004217Z
UID:15042-1740612600-1740617100@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Trade\, Innovation and Optimal Patent Protection
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Thomas Sampson\, Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics 	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance.  	Paper Abstract: Intellectual property rights are a recurrent source of tensions between developed and developing economies. This paper provides the first quantitative analysis of optimal patent policy in trading economies. We develop a new model of trade\, growth and patenting in which patent protection affects both innovation and market power. The model is estimated using data on patent applications to calibrate patent protection by country and the geography of innovation. Counterfactual analysis yields three main results. First\, the potential gains from international cooperation over patent policies are large. However\, achieving these gains requires more innovative economies to offer stronger protection. Second\, only a small share of these gains has been realized so far. And third\, by pushing towards policy harmonization\, the TRIPS agreement hurts developing countries without generating global welfare gains. Overall\, there is substantial scope for policy reforms to increase efficiency. 	Link to the paper: 	https://personal.lse.ac.uk/sampsont/TradePatents.pdf 	  	About the Speaker: Thomas Sampson is an Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics\, where he has taught since 2011. He earned his PhD from Harvard University\, focusing on international trade and labor. Prior to his current role\, he served as a consultant for organizations such as the Bank of England\, the World Bank\, and the Bank of Papua New Guinea. His research explores questions at the intersection of trade policy\, economic growth\, and innovation\, including the impact of Brexit on the UK economy. Thomas is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research and an Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-trade-innovation-and-optimal-patent-protection/
LOCATION:HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T130000
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CREATED:20250214T000400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T002219Z
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SUMMARY:Leading Green Growth with Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag
DESCRIPTION:As the world transitions to a lower carbon economy\, new industries\, markets\, and paths to economic prosperity are emerging. Join Harvard faculty Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag for a 1-hour webinar on how the current energy transition is reshaping economic opportunity around the world—opening new doors for some and posing threats to others—and explore what this transition means for you.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/leading-green-growth-with-ricardo-hausmann-and-daniel-schrag/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250205T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250205T124500
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UID:14988-1738755000-1738759500@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Research Seminar - From Labor to Intermediates: Firm Growth\, Input Substitution\, and Monopsony
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Matthias Mertens\, postdoctoral associate at MIT FutureTech 	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	Paper Abstract: (Matthias Mertens with Benjamin Schoefer from UC Berkeley) We document and dissect a new stylized fact about firm growth: the shift from labor to intermediate inputs. This shift occurs in input quantities\, cost and output shares\, and output elasticities. We establish this regularity in firm data for Germany and in firm (and industry) data for 11 (21) additional countries. We explain this regularity through a parsimonious model featuring an elasticity of substitution between intermediates and labor above one\, and an increasing shadow price of labor (monopsony or adjustment costs). Labor-intermediates substitution also accounts for much of the labor share decline that we document accompanies firm and industry growth. \nAbout the Speaker: Matthias is a postdoctoral associate at MIT FutureTech. His primary focus includes analyzing firm productivity\, production technologies\, and market power. He completed his Ph.D. at the Halle Institute for Economic Research in collaboration with the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg. Prior to joining MIT\, Matthias led the Research Group at the Halle Institute for Economic Research and coordinated the Scientific Team at the Competitiveness Research Network\, where he oversaw the data collection team responsible for constructing the CompNet database for several years.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-from-labor-to-intermediates-firm-growth-input-substitution-and-monopsony/
LOCATION:HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Growth Lab
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T140000
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UID:14799-1738674000-1738677600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:2025 Summer Internship Informational Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Each year\, the Growth Lab offers students exciting opportunities to work with its research teams on applied projects around the world\, often embedded with local governments and project counterparts. Opportunities for summer 2025 include work on the Growth Lab’s Bolivia\, Nigeria\, New Mexico\, Baltimore\, Azerbaijan\, Morocco and Meghalaya projects. 	We are hosting a pizza lunch on Tuesday\, February 4th at 12 pm to provide more information and answer any questions about this year’s internship opportunities. Please register. 	We look forward to seeing you there! 	Note: The Growth Lab Summer Internship is separate from CID’s Global Internship Program. 	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/2025-summer-internship-informational-lunch/
LOCATION:Wexner 434 AB
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T140000
DTSTAMP:20260412T120221
CREATED:20241126T174500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175437Z
UID:14896-1733403600-1733407200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Diversifying from Oil: Aspirations and Results of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries\, regions\, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy. 	Speaker: Ziad Daoud\, Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg LP\, Senior Fellow with the Middle East Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs 	Moderator: Tim Cheston\, Senior Manager\, Applied Research\, Growth Lab 	About the Talk: One of the goals of the Saudi Vision 2030 is to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil. In this event\, Ziad Daoud\, Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg LP\, will analyze the results of Saudi diversification efforts and whether Saudi Vision 2030 is succeeding in decreasing the economy’s reliance on oil revenue. Tim Cheston\, Senior Manager at the Growth Lab\, will follow with a discussion on the challenges to economic diversification in an oil economy. 	Whether attending in person or online\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Buffet lunch will be served. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. \nAbout the Speaker: Ziad Daoud is a Senior Fellow with the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is the Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg. Prior to that\, he was the Chief Middle East Economist at Bloomberg\, Head of Economics at QNB Group\, and an economist at Fulcrum Asset Management. He holds a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics and a BSc in economics and statistics from University College London. 	  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/diversifying-from-oil-aspirations-and-results-of-saudi-arabias-vision-2030/
LOCATION:HYBRID WEXNER L-230\, HKS / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T140000
DTSTAMP:20260412T120221
CREATED:20241122T204400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T180101Z
UID:14814-1733230800-1733234400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Can South Africa's Government of National Unity Deliver?
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries\, regions\, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy. 	Speaker: Ann Bernstein\, Executive Director\, Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) 	About the Talk: For the past year\, the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) has been working on a major initiative\, AGENDA 2024: Priorities for South Africa’s new government. It sets out to answer what is by far the most important question facing the country: What can the new government do to get the country back on track after 15 years of stagnation and decline? This initiative builds on the Growth Lab’s Growth through Inclusion in South Africa project that was supported by CDE between 2021 and 2023. In this talk\, Ann Bernstein will discuss South Africa and the government of national unity (GNU) that was formed following the May 2024 general election. 	Whether attending in person or online\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Buffet lunch will be served. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. \nAbout the Speaker: Ann Bernstein heads the Centre for Development and Enterprise\, South Africa. An independent think tank CDE is South Africa’s leading development policy centre\, with a special focus on growth\, jobs\, education\, cities and the role of business. Member of the Transition Team\, then the Board of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (1994 – 2001). Fellow\, National Endowment for Democracy\, Washington DC (2005). Public Policy Scholar\, Woodrow Wilson Center\, Washington DC\, 2013. Board member Brenthurst Foundation 2007-2017. In 2008 and 2009 invited African faculty member\, World Economic Forum\, Davos. Invited Fellow Bellagio Center\, Rockefeller Foundation 2016. Her book\, The Case for Business in Developing Economies (Penguin 2010) received favourable reviews in South African media\, the Economist\, Financial Times\, Forbes and elsewhere. The book won the Sir Anthony Fisher Award 2012\, Atlas Research Foundation\, Washington DC.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/can-south-africas-government-of-national-unity-deliver/
LOCATION:HYBRID – Zoom / Wexner W-434AB
CATEGORIES:Development Talks,Growth Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241120T233000
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CREATED:20241114T001700Z
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UID:15071-1732145400-1732145400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:The Social and Environmental Consequences of the Twin Energy-Digital Transition
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Aurélien Saussay\, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow\, Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics 	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	Abstract: We analyze the labor market and environmental impacts of the concurrent diffusion of green and automation technologies using a novel dataset linking patent data to establishment-level job postings from 2010 to 2023. We develop a new measure of establishment-level technology adoption by constructing semantic similarity links between patent content and skill requirements in online job advertisements. We contribute three novel findings. First\, we document substantial heterogeneity in the labor market impacts across green technology types: innovations in green ICT and buildings technologies appear labor-augmenting\, while advances in green transportation and smart grids tend to be labor-saving. Over time\, green innovation as a whole has become increasingly labor-saving. Second\, using a shift-share instrumental variable (SSIV) empirical design\, we find that increased green technology adoption leads to job creations\, which are moderately skill-biased. Finally\, despite potential concerns\, we find no evidence that automation technology adoption weakens emissions reductions at the establishment level. Our results suggest that the twin green-digital transition may support both employment and environmental goals. 	Speaker bio: Aurélien Saussay is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics. He currently holds a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2022-2025). He will be visiting Harvard Kennedy School in the Fall Semester 2024. His research focuses on the interaction between economic inequality and climate change mitigation policies\, in order to address the social and political acceptance challenges that hamper the implementation of effective decarbonisation. He aims to estimate the impacts of climate change mitigation on economic agents empirically to help improve the design of decarbonization policies. He was previously an economist at OFCE\, Sciences Po\, where he led the environmental economics team. He remains an associate researcher and is one of the main co-authors of the Multi-sector Macroeconomic Model for the Evaluation of Environmental and Energy policies (ThreeME)\, which is used extensively in France\, the Netherlands\, Mexico and Indonesia to assess the economic consequences of energy transition scenarios. 	  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/the-social-and-environmental-consequences-of-the-twin-energy-digital-transition/
LOCATION:HYBRID – Zoom / Perkins\, Rubenstein 429 at HKS
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T124500
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UID:14989-1731497400-1731501900@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Research Seminar - Procuring Low Growth: The Impact of Political Favoritism on Public Procurement and Firm Performance in Bulgaria
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Mihaly Fazekas. Associate Professor\, Central European University 	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	Authors: Mihaly Fazekas\, Viktoriia Poltoratskaya\, Marc Schiffbauer\, and Bence Tóth 	Paper Abstract: This paper assesses the impact of favoritism in public procurement on private sector productivity growth. To this end\, it combines three novel microeconomic datasets: administrative data on firms including over 4 million firm-year observations and rich financial and ownership information\, public procurement transactions data for 150\,000 published contracts and their tenders\, and a newly assembled dataset on firms’ political connections drawing on asset declarations\, sanction lists\, and offshore leaks. This comprehensive dataset allows us to trace the impact of favoritism in allocating government contracts to economic growth. Specifically\, we find that politically connected firms are 18-32 percent more likely to win public procurement contracts due to their preferential access to uncompetitive tenders. Public procurement results in higher subsequent productivity and employment growth only if it has been awarded through competitive tenders. Firms winning contracts through uncompetitive procedures have flat growth but make higher profit margins. Consistent with these findings\, we show that firms awarded uncompetitive public procurement contracts obtain rents from overpaid contracts\, by 9-11 percent. The results suggest that aggregate annual TFP growth would have been 8 percent higher in the absence of favoritism in public procurement. 	Speaker Bio: Mihaly Fazekas is an associate professor at the Central European University\, Department of Public Policy\, with a focus on using data science methods to understand the quality of government globally. He is also the scientific director of an innovative think-tank\, the Government Transparency Institute. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge where he pioneered data science methods to measure and understand high-level corruption in Central- and Eastern Europe. His research and policy interests revolve around corruption\, favouritism\, private sector collusion\, and government spending efficiency. Methodologically\, he has experience in both quantitative and qualitative methods in diverse fields such as public policy\, data science\, and political science. He worked at the University of Cambridge as the scientific coordinator of the Horizon 2020 funded project DIGIWHIST which used data science approaches to measuring corruption risks\, administrative capacity\, and transparency in public procurement in 33 European countries. His articles appeared in diverse\, high-quality journals such as the American Journal of Political Science\, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory\, Governance\, Regional Studies\, World Development\, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice\, the Lancet\, or International Journal of Data Science and Analytics. His policy reports have been published by prestigious organisations such as the World Bank\, the OECD\, or the European Commission. He regularly consults the European Commission\, United Nations\, OECD\, World Bank\, and a range of national governments and NGOs across the globe. In 2020\, he has won the IMF’s Anti-Corruption Challenge leading an interdisciplinary team from across government and academia.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-procuring-low-growth-the-impact-of-political-favoritism-on-public-procurement-and-firm-performance-in-bulgaria/
LOCATION:HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241106T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241106T124500
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CREATED:20241021T220000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T003237Z
UID:14987-1730892600-1730897100@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Research Seminar - Forecasting Macroeconomic Dynamics Using a Calibrated Data-Driven Agent-Based Model
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Samuel Wiese\, University of Oxford 	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	Abstract: In the last few years\, economic agent-based models have made the transition from qualitative models calibrated to match stylised facts to quantitative models for time series forecasting\, and in some cases\, their predictions have performed as well or better than those of standard models (see\, e.g. Poledna et al. (2023a); Hommes et al. (2022); Pichler et al. (2022)). Here\, we build on the model of Poledna et al.\, adding several new features such as housing markets\, realistic synthetic populations of individuals with income\, wealth and consumption heterogeneity\, enhanced behavioural rules and market mechanisms\, and an enhanced credit market. We calibrate our model for all 38 OECD member countries using state-of-the-art approximate Bayesian inference methods and test it by making out-of-sample forecasts. It outperforms both the Poledna and AR(1) time series models by a highly statistically significant margin. Our model for all 38 OECD member countries using state-of-the-art approximate Bayesian inference methods and test it by making out-of-sample forecasts. It outperforms both the Poledna and AR(1) time series models by a highly statistically significant margin. Our model is built within a platform we have developed\, making it easy to build\, run\, and evaluate alternative models\, which we hope will encourage future work in this area. 	Speaker Bio: Samuel Wiese is a graduate student at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and a member of the Complexity Economics group at the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET). Before starting his PhD\, he completed a Diploma in Mathematics at the University of Leipzig and worked as a research assistant at Cornell University and at the Chebyshev Laboratory at St. Petersburg State University. He is interested in learning on random games and macroeconomic agent-based modelling.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-forecasting-macroeconomic-dynamics-using-a-calibrated-data-driven-agent-based-model/
LOCATION:HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T165945Z
UID:14880-1730289600-1730293200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Development Talk: Solving the Impossible Problem of Sovereign Debt Restructuring
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries\, regions\, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy. \nSpeaker: Gregory Makoff\, M-RCBG Senior Fellow\, Author \nModerator: José Ignacio Hernandez\, Former Visiting Fellow\, Growth Lab \nAbout the Talk: Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government Senior Fellow Gregory Makoff will talk about sovereign debt restructuring. Drawing lessons from Argentina’s 15-year battle with its creditors following its 2001 default on $100 billion on debt\, Dr. Makoff will discuss the two central challenges of sovereign debt: the “holdout creditor problem” and the problem of designing an effective resolution system while respecting the sovereignty of the country. He will also discuss his current research into whether the current informal system of sovereign debt restructuring is adequate or whether a formal international debt court will eventually be needed. \nWhether attending in person or online\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Buffet lunch will be served. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. \nAbout the Speaker: Gregory Makoff is the author of Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina’s $100 Billion Debt Restructuring. Prior to writing the book Gregory was an investment banker specializing in liability management and debt restructuring (1993-2014) and worked as a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Treasury (2015-2016).  Currently\, he is a senior fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School and\, since 2015\, has been a non-resident senior fellow writing about sovereign debt at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)\, a think tank based in Waterloo Canada. Gregory holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago (1993) and B.Sc. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in physics and political science (1986). Gregory is also a CFA® charter holder.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-solving-the-impossible-problem-of-sovereign-debt-restructuring/
LOCATION:HYBRID Democracy Lab R414AB / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar - Beyond the Census: Understanding Urban Social Resilience Through Behavioral Mobility Data
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Esteban Moro\, Ph.D.\, Network Science Institute at Northeastern University 	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	Abstract: In urban studies\, traditional census data provides a static snapshot of cities\, often missing the dynamic\, real-time interactions that shape urban life and underpin the resilience of our communities. In this talk\, I will present our recent research on understanding the dynamics of our cities by analyzing massive behavioral mobility data from mobile phones\, credit cards\, or social media and its relationship with networked inequalities\, such as experienced segregation\, access to healthy food\, adaptation to the recent pandemic\, and public transportation interventions. I will also discuss the methodological challenges and opportunities of using these datasets for population-wide analysis\, from managing potential biases to designing better causal analysis. Finally\, I will comment on potential data-driven interventions to reinforce the social fabric in cities and mitigate the detrimental impacts of networked inequalities. 	Speaker Bio: Esteban Moro is a full professor and director of the Social Urban Networks (SUN) group at the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University and affiliated faculty at the MIT Media Lab. He was previously a professor and researcher at the Department of Mathematics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid\, the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center at MIT\, and the University of Oxford. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics. Esteban’s work lies in the intersection of big data and computational social science\, with particular attention to human dynamics\, collective intelligence\, social networks\, and urban mobility in problems like viral marketing\, natural disaster management\, or economic segregation in cities. He has received numerous awards for his research\, and his work has appeared in major journals and is regularly covered by media outlets.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-beyond-the-census-understanding-urban-social-resilience-through-behavioral-mobility-data/
LOCATION:HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T114500
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar - The Effects of Transport Infrastructure on Housing Supply: The Role of Land-Use Regulation
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Kenzo Asahi\, Assistant Professor\, School of Government Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile 	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	Abstract: We study the impact of new transportation infrastructure on housing supply using historical and microdata from Santiago and exploiting instrumental variables. We find that subway and highway expansions increase residential floor space substantially\, but when we account for land-use regulation\, we see two contrasting dynamics in the city. In the wealthiest quintile\, the effect is negligible for more than 95% of the blocks due to their initial stringent regulation. However\, in blocks in the first four quintiles of wealth\, the impact on housing supply is substantial and homogeneous concerning the initial regulation. We provide evidence that the transport infrastructure triggers regulation to become more permissive everywhere but in the wealthiest neighborhoods. We quantify how land-use regulation limits housing supply\, thus restraining welfare gains from transport infrastructure improvements. 	Speaker Bio: Kenzo Asahi is an Assistant Professor at the School of Government. His research focus is on the intersection of urban economics and labor economics. His research explores the effect of physical and human space on the human and economic development of city dwellers. He holds a PhD in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)\, a Master in Research (MRes) in Economics from University College London\, a Master of Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) from Harvard University\, a Master of Science in Engineering from UC\, and a civil engineer from UC.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-the-effects-of-transport-infrastructure-on-housing-supply-the-role-of-land-use-regulation/
LOCATION:HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241016T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241016T114500
DTSTAMP:20260412T120221
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar - Using Trademarks to Measure Innovation and Capabilities: Opportunities and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Carolina Castaldi\, Ph.D.\, Professor in Geography of Innovation at Utrecht University 	In this talk\, Prof. Castaldi will review an emerging strand of empirical research using trademarks as data to measure innovation and capabilities. After discussing the specific properties of trademark data\, she will show how they are both complementary and substitutes to patent data in their potential for measuring innovation and capabilities\, at different levels of analysis\, including firms\, regions and countries. 	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-using-trademarks-to-measure-innovation-and-capabilities-opportunities-and-challenges/
LOCATION:Zoom / The Perkins Room\, Rubenstein 429 at HKS
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T114500
DTSTAMP:20260412T120221
CREATED:20241003T184600Z
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar - Workers and the Green-Energy Transition: Evidence from 300 million Job Transitions
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s 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: Mark Curtis\, Ph.D.\, Reynolds Professor of Economics and Associate Professor at Wake Forest University 	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	Paper Abstract (Mark Curtis\, Layla O’Kane and Jisung Park): Using microdata representing more than 130 million online work profiles\, we explore transitions into and out of jobs most likely to be affected by a transition away from carbon-intensive production technologies. Exploiting detailed textual data on job title\, firm name\, occupation\, and industry to focus on workers employed in carbon-intensive (“dirty”) and non–carbon-intensive (“green”) jobs\, we find that the rate of transition from dirty to green jobs is rising rapidly\, increasing 10-fold over the period 2005–21\, including a significant uptick in electric vehicle–related jobs in recent years. Overall\, however\, less than 1% of all workers who leave a dirty job appear to make the transition to a green job. We find that the persistence of employment within dirty industries varies enormously across local labor markets; in some states\, more than half of all transitions out of dirty jobs are into other dirty jobs. Older workers and those without a college education appear less likely to make transitions to green jobs and more likely to other dirty jobs\, other jobs\, or nonemployment. When accounting for the fact that green jobs tend to have later start dates\, it appears that green and dirty jobs have roughly comparable job durations. 	About the Speaker: E. Mark Curtis is the Reynolds Professor of Economics and associate professor at Wake Forest University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Georgia State University\, his M.A. in economics from Duke University\, and his B.A. from Furman University. His primary fields of research are environmental\, public\, and labor economics with a particular focus on program evaluation\, taxes\, and environmental policy. His research has been widely published and seeks to understand the implications of public policies for firms and workers.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-workers-and-the-green-energy-transition-evidence-from-300-million-job-transitions/
LOCATION:HYBRID – Zoom / The Perkins Room\, Rubenstein 429 at HKS
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240926T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260412T120221
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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\, HKSTim Cheston – Senior Manager\, Applied ResearchTim O’Brien – Senior Manager\, Applied ResearchNikita Taniparti – Research Manager\, Applied ResearchMuhammed Yildirim – Research Director\, Academic Research 	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-3/
LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse / Littauer Building
CATEGORIES:Growth Lab
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