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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]