BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Growth Lab - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Growth Lab REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T233000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20230316T001700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T003620Z UID:15005-1679307300-1679355000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Deconstructing Human Capital to Construct Nestedness 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: Hyejin Youn is an associate professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University\, and Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)\, and an external faculty at Santa Fe Institute and serves as Associate Editor at PLOS One and Management Science.In this talk\, Hyejin Youn will explore the geographic and demographic disparities in wealth based on the distribution of skills acquired in school and in the workplace. Analyzing individuals’ career changes and demographic age of occupations reveals that “nested skills” are needed more as one moves up the career ladder. Historical changes in occupation skill requirements show that these branches have become more fragmented over the decade\, suggesting the increasing labor gap. Register: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yrXaEgr3TqyjZKU1EecoUAWhether 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 URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-deconstructing-human-capital-to-construct-nestedness/ LOCATION:Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall\, HKS / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230313T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230313T113000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20230316T002000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004045Z UID:15033-1678702500-1678707000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Structural Change in Export Activities: An Exploration Using Occupations Data 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: Hagen Kruse\, PhD candidate and Research affiliate of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre @University of GroningenAbstract: Traditionally\, comparative advantage in exporting is measured at the level of products or industries. However\, with international production fragmentation\, countries specialize in activities along the production chain rather than in particular products. This paper therefore explores changes in the structure of exports at the level of activities for a set of 53 countries. Activities are measured using new internationally harmonized statistics on labour income of 13 detailed occupation classes of workers in 35 industries. Income shares from engineering\, management\, and support services increase as countries grow richer. New specializations have a strong proximity to the initial export basket\, especially for routine manual intensive activities in developing countries. Some countries appear to specialize more in new activities that are relatively unrelated to their initial specializations. This is found to be positively related to income growth. About the Speaker: Hagen Kruse is a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen and research affiliate of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC). His research focuses on the role of international trade in shaping modern patterns of structural change in developing countries. His first chapter was recently published in the IMF Economic Review and featured in media outlets such as The Economist\, Project Syndicate\, or UNIDO’s Industrial Analytics Platform. Current projects of Hagen are financially supported by the World Bank Group and a CEPR STEG research grant. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-structural-change-in-export-activities-an-exploration-using-occupations-data/ LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230306T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230306T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20230228T220900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004224Z UID:15043-1678101300-1678105800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Uncovering Commercial Activity in Informal Cities 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: Neave O’Clery\, Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London Abstract: Knowledge of the spatial organization of economic activity within a city is a key to policy concerns. However\, in developing cities with high levels of informality\, this information is often unavailable. Recent progress in machine learning together with the availability of street imagery offers an affordable and easily automated solution. Here\, we propose an algorithm that can detect what we call visible establishments using street view imagery. By using Medellín\, Colombia as a case study\, we illustrate how this approach can be used to uncover previously unseen economic activity. By applying spatial analysis to our dataset\, we detect a polycentric structure with five distinct clusters located in both the established centre and peripheral areas. Comparing the density of visible establishments with that of registered firms\, we infer that informal activity concentrates in poor but densely populated areas. Our findings highlight the large gap between what is captured in official data and the reality on the ground. Please register in advance.  The Zoom webinar is open to the public. About the Speaker: Neave O’Clery is Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London where she leads an inter-disciplinary research group focused on data-driven models for economic development and urban systems. She is also a Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute\, as well as a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Mathematical Institute and an Oxford Martin Fellow. Her work spans a number of topics and fields including structural change and industrial development\, economic complexity and evolutionary economic geography\, the informal economy\, urban mobility and segregation\, and network science. She also works alongside a number of policy and government institutions ranging from city majors to global multi-laterals including the UK and Irish governments and the World Bank. Neave was previously a Senior Research Fellow at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford\, and before this a Fulbright Scholar and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for International Development at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is founder and co-chair of the Oxford Summer School in Economic Networks\, an annual multi-disciplinary summer school since 2017. She holds a PhD (mathematics) from Imperial College.     URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-uncovering-commercial-activity-in-informal-cities/ LOCATION:Virtual/ Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20220201T011500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004738Z UID:15078-1677754800-1677760200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Venezuelan Migrants in Brazil: Children and Family Experiences with Education and Social Services DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Gabrielle Oliveira\, Jorge Paulo Lemann Associate Professor of Education and of Brazil Studies\, Harvard Graduate School of Education Moderator: Sarah Dryden-Peterson\, Associate Professor of Education\, Harvard Graduate School of Education An unprecedented number of Venezuelans have left behind the worsening economic and social crisis at home to look for better future prospects. Brazil is hosting about 261\,000 Venezuelans as migrants\, asylum seekers\, or refugees\, which\, at 18 percent\, constitutes the largest share of Brazil’s 1.3 million refugees and migrants population (World Bank\, 2020). Many shelters in Brazilian cities are overcrowded\, meaning children and families often end up living on the streets and unable to access government services including education. This presentation has two goals: the first is to present background data on both the legal conditions that impact Venezuelan immigrants in Brazil and the education barriers that exist for immigrant and refugee children in Brazilian public schools. The second goal is to present preliminary qualitative data on how public schools (teachers\, administrators) are responding to the influx of Venezuelan children in elementary schools. This event will be hybrid. To register for the in-person session\, click here. To register for the virtual session\, click here. This event is co-sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/venezuelan-migrants-in-brazil-children-and-family-experiences-with-education-and-social-services/ LOCATION:S216\, CGIS South\, Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Growth Lab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20230222T221400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004535Z UID:15064-1677496500-1677501000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:The Fastest Route to Specialization? Evidence from the Expansion of the Italian Highway System 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: Sara Bagagli\, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Economics at Harvard University Abstract: I analyze the effects of a large public transportation infrastructure investment on the industrial structure of local economies in modern Italy. In 20 years\, between 1955 and 1975\, more than 5\,000 km of highways were laid down in the peninsula\, making the Italian highway network the third longest worldwide at the time. The network was however disproportionate relative to national income and consumption levels and came as a shock to many localized environments. I show that proximity to highways is associated with a sizable and persistent decrease in the degree of industrial specialization. The results hold similar when looking within traded and non-traded sectors separately. A decomposition exercise further shows that\, among non-traded sectors\, the decrease is mainly driven by a reallocation of employment shares between sectors\, rather than by an extensive margin effect through the creation of new sectors. For traded sectors instead\, I first observe a net increase in the number of sectors with non-zero employment in the earliest periods into treatment\, followed by a significant reallocation of employment shares between sectors of the local economies. As a next step\, I am further investigating the channels at work\, exploiting the rich heterogeneity that characterizes the local economies scattered across the Italian peninsula. 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. About the Speaker: Since Fall 2022\, Sara Bagagli is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Economics at Harvard University. Her main research interests are Urban Economics and Economic Geography. One line of research studies the role of urban forms in shaping the distribution of people across space. Another line of research investigates the effects of changes in transportation costs on the structure of local economies. Sara finished her PhD in Economics from the University of Zurich in Summer 2022.   See also: Event\, Academic Research Seminars\, Academic Research URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/the-fastest-route-to-specialization-evidence-from-the-expansion-of-the-italian-highway-system/ LOCATION:Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall\, HKS / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T140000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20230206T193500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175434Z UID:14878-1676984400-1676988000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Development Talk: Order Without Design / Rethinking the Role of Government in City 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. Speaker: Alain Bertaud\, Senior Fellow\, New York University’s Marron Institute of Urban Management; Distinguished Visiting Fellow\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University.Moderator: Diane E. Davis\, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism\, Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. 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. Lunch will be provided. Please arrive at 11:45 am to allow for lunch\, seating\, and a prompt start at 12 pm. \nAbout the speaker: Alain Bertaud is a Senior Fellow at New York University’s Marron Institute of Urban Management and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. From 2014 to 2020\, he taught a graduate course at NYU in urban economic planning\, “Markets\, Design\, and the City.” In his book\, “Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities\,” published by MIT Press in November 2018\, he argues that a city’s chief attraction resides first in the people already living in it. People and firms\, through markets\, create a spontaneous order. The top-down design infrastructure that serves this spontaneous order\, not the other way around. Cities are primarily labor markets that form the substructure on which all the other social amenities are built. Bertaud previously held the position of principal urban planner at the World Bank\, where he worked on developing housing projects in India\, Pakistan\, and Bangladesh.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-order-without-design-rethinking-the-role-of-government-in-city-development/ LOCATION:Nye B&C (T-520) / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Development Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T231500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T003000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20230207T231700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004121Z UID:15034-1676330100-1676334600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Superstar Teams- The Micro Origins and Macro Implications of Coworker Complementarities 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: Lukas Freund\, PhD candidate in Economics and Gates scholar at the University of Cambridge Abstract: Modern production frequently involves teamwork among employees specialized in different tasks. I develop a model of teams in which firms assign tasks to workers who are heterogeneous in their overall quality and whose efficiency varies across different tasks. In addition to productivity gains\, the division of labor endogenously generates coworker complementarities: the marginal productivity of one employee’s quality is increasing in other team members’ quality. This interdependence is stronger when variation in worker-task specific efficiencies is high. In frictional labor markets\, coworker complementarities carry macroeconomic implications for both productivity and inequality. Coworker quality mismatch lowers team productivity\, leading employers to search for workers of similar quality. In equilibrium\, firms with “superstar teams” pull away in terms of productivity and pay. I validate the model’s key mechanisms using administrative micro data. Paralleling a shift in the nature of tasks\, a theory-informed measure of coworker complementarities has doubled since 1990. A structural estimation exercise suggests that this rise explains between one quarter and one half of the increase in the between-firm share of wage inequality in Germany (1990-2010).   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.   About the Speaker: Lukas Freund is a PhD candidate in Economics and Gates scholar at the University of Cambridge\, visiting Princeton University during the academic year 2022/2023. His research focuses on macro- and labor economics and has been published in the Journal of Monetary Economics and the Review of Economics Dynamics. In addition\, he is a consultant for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and has previously visited the Bank of England and Deutsche Bundesbank. Prior to the PhD\, he completed undergraduate and master degrees at the University of Oxford. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-superstar-teams-the-micro-origins-and-macro-implications-of-coworker-complementarities/ LOCATION:Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall\, HKS / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20230202T211200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T003653Z UID:15009-1675854900-1675859400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Dynamic industrial policy for climate 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: Gregory Nemet\, Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Abstract: We need a new approach to climate policy that puts innovation and adoption of low carbon technologies at the center.  Unexpectedly large improvements in low-carbon technology over the past 20 years have made decarbonizing the world economy far more feasible; we can peak emissions soon\, rapidly decline to zero\, and do so in a way that enhances human well-being.  At the same time\, three decades of dithering on policy action combined with heightened estimates of climate sensitivity and their human impacts have made the climate problem more urgent.  The extent of change required to the world economy is massive and robust public policy is necessary to accelerate sufficient change.  Wind\, solar\, and batteries have improved by a combination of enabling science\, supportive policies\, and a variety of receptive markets\, all of which have led them down the technology learning curve.  That has made a transition to a low carbon economy far more affordable\, on the scale of trillions in savings over the century. Further\, other emerging technologies show strong potential to follow a similar learning curve leading to improved performance and low costs.  In particular\, electrolyzers\, small scale direct air capture\, and heat pumps could play central roles in a decarbonized world economy\, especially if they improve like solar\, wind\, and batteries.  General purpose technologies such as digitalization and synthetic biology can enhance these systems.  I argue\, we should focus our policy efforts on improving and adopting these technologies.  The goal should be to expand the set of choices we will have in the future rather than on minimizing costs today.  Successful examples indicate that this approach has a few core characteristics: it requires multiple ppolicy instruments\, not one; it involves deeper engagement by the state in low carbon innovation; and goes beyond just the technology itself to elevate the role of social acceptance; and its goals reflect urgency and acceleration.   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.   About the Speaker: Gregory Nemet is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the La Follette School of Public Affairs.  He teaches courses in policy analysis\, energy systems\, and international environmental policy.  Nemet’s research focuses on understanding the process of technological change and the ways in which public policy can affect it.  He received his doctorate in energy and resources from the University of California\, Berkeley. His A.B. is in geography and economics from Dartmouth College.  He received an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2017 and used it to write a book on how solar PV provides lessons for the development of other low-carbon technologies: “How Solar Energy Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation” (Routledge 2019).  He was awarded the inaugural World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance by APPAM in 2019.  He is currently a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 6th Assessment Report. His research interests lie in innovation from both aspects of management and economics. His recent work investigated the impact of high-skilled human capital on regional entrepreneurship\, the role of patents filed by government scientists in the diffusion of government science\, and how academic science shapes corporate innovation.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-dynamic-industrial-policy-for-climate-change/ LOCATION:Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall\, HKS and virtual CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230130T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230130T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20230125T062900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T003458Z UID:14995-1675077300-1675081800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Academic Science and Corporate Innovation 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: Seungryul Ryan Shin\, Post-Doctoral Researcher at Cornell University. Abstract:  This study examines how academic science shapes the dynamics of corporate innovation. An experiment that as-good-as-randomly exposes academic science to corporate inventors reveals that such exposure increases the corporate inventors’ science-based inventions as well as inventions using novel technological approaches. Furthermore\, exposure to academic science increases the number of inventions on the extremes\, i.e.\, inventions with no future impact and inventions that are highly impactful. The findings point to the role of academic science as a map in both scientific and technological search\, albeit one whose guidance may lead to a dead-end or a promising destination. 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. About the Speaker: Seungryul Ryan Shin is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Cornell University. His research interests lie in innovation from both aspects of management and economics. His recent work investigated the impact of high-skilled human capital on regional entrepreneurship\, the role of patents filed by government scientists in the diffusion of government science\, and how academic science shapes corporate innovation.     URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-academic-science-and-corporate-innovation/ LOCATION:Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall\, HKS / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230123T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230123T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20230118T010500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T003540Z UID:15000-1674472500-1674477000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Author Location & Attention on Open Science Platforms / Evidence from COVID-19 Preprints 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: Megan MacGarvie\,  Associate Professor\, Boston University/Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research Abstract: Online platforms such as preprint servers have become an important way to disseminate new scientific knowledge prior to peer review. However\, little is known about how attention to preprints may vary across authors from different locations\, particularly relative to evaluation in expert-controlled systems such as scientific journals. This study explores how readers allocated attention across preprints in the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic\, a time when there was an increase in demand for new research and a corresponding increase in the use of preprint platforms around the world. We find that\, after controlling carefully for article quality and topic as well as the prominence of the preprint’s ultimate publication outlet\, preprints with authors from Chinese institutions receive less attention\, and preprints with authors from US institutions receive more attention\, than preprints with authors from the rest of the world. In an exploration of potential mechanisms driving the observed effects\, we find evidence that when evaluation is more constrained\, in terms of lack of knowledge or expertise and increase in time pressure\, audiences tend to make greater use of preprint authors’ country as a proxy for quality or relevance. The results suggest that geographic biases may persist or even be exacerbated on platforms designed to promote unfettered access to early research findings. 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. About the Speaker: Megan MacGarvie is Associate Professor in the department of Markets\, Public Policy and Law at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University\, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research\, Cambridge\, MA. Her research focuses on the economics of innovation and intellectual property. Recent work has analyzed the impact of international mobility of US-trained STEM doctoral recipients on research productivity\, collaboration\, and knowledge diffusion; entrepreneurship and innovation among foreign-born STEM doctoral recipients and post-docs; and the impact of US immigration policy on the return migration choices of foreign-born scientists in the U.S. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-author-location-attention-on-open-science-platforms-evidence-from-covid-19-preprints/ LOCATION:Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall\, HKS / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20220810T214200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T003135Z UID:14980-1670954400-1670961600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Programming + Pizza // Visualizing Economic Data with Metroverse & Viz Hub DESCRIPTION:**This event was originally scheduled for Oct. 25th** Speakers: Annie White (Senior Product Manager)\, Steven Geofrey (Front-End Software Developer)\, Brendan Leonard (Back-End Developer and Data Specialist)\, and Nil Tuzcu (UX/UI & Data Visualization Designer) make up the Development & Design Team at the Growth Lab. At this session of Programming + Pizza\, Annie and her team will present on the design\, development\, data and product management that goes into Metroverse\, their most recent economic visualization tool\, along with other digital tools in their Viz Hub\, including the Atlas of Economic Complexity. After their presentation\, attendees will have plenty of time to work on the projects of their choice. This event will be held in person\, in the Library Commons (ground floor of Littauer\, to the left of the HKS Library’s main entrance). Attendees must follow HKS’ COVID-19 protocols. Those without an HUID may enter via the Wexner security desk. Programming + Pizza is a peer-to-peer mentoring group where those interested in programming tools and computational research can build skills and community.  REGISTER HERE URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/programming-pizza-visualizing-economic-data-with-metroverse-viz-hub/ LOCATION:HKS Library Commons CATEGORIES:Growth Lab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221207T013300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T001703Z UID:14908-1670843700-1670848200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Firm-Level Production Networks: What Do We (Really) Know? 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: François Lafond    Abstract: Firm-level datasets on production networks are often confidential and arise from different data collection methods\, making it difficult to determine stylized facts. Are standard network properties similar across all available datasets\, and if not\, why? We provide benchmark results from two administrative data sets (Ecuador and Hungary) which are exceptional in that there are no reporting thresholds. We compare these networks to a leading commercial data set (FactSet)\, and a systematic synthesis of published results. The administrative data sets with no reporting thresholds have remarkably similar properties\, but differ substantially from non-administrative sources\, or from administrative datasets with higher reporting thresholds. Our results provide a roadmap for a distributed micro-data project\, offer insights into the direction of biases on key metrics when using partial datasets\, and have wide implications for reconstructing the global firm-level production network and for modelling heterogeneity in macro. (Joint work with Andrea Bacilieri\, András Borsos\, and Pablo Astudillo-Estevez).   The seminar will be on Zoom. The link to the registration page is: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/640145716?pwd=bTUxOXRad0o2ZTJtbWRxTGpta1BlQT09   About the Speaker: François Lafond is deputy director of the Complexity Economics group at the Institute for New Economic Thinking\, University of Oxford\, and an associate member of Nuffield college\, Oxford. His main areas of research are in the economics of innovation and productivity\, environmental economics\, networks and complex systems\, applied econometrics and forecasting.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/firm-level-production-networks-what-do-we-really-know/ LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221129T222300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T001902Z UID:14916-1670238900-1670243400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Green Technological Diversification: The Role of International Linkages in Leader and Follower Countries 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: Andrea Morrison\, Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Political and Social Sciences\, University of Pavia   Abstract: To achieve a more environmentally sustainable economy\, countries must diversify their innovation efforts towards green technologies. Technological diversification is understood as a path-dependent process constrained by endogenous (local) capabilities. In this context\, the increasing global connectivity and the internationalization of innovative activity makes the role of external knowledge linkages more and more relevant.  This paper investigates the process of green technological diversification in 49 countries over a 40-year time span\, aiming at unveiling the role of external linkages\, as proxied by co-inventor collaborations. Results show that international co-inventor linkages among countries with complementary capabilities support green diversification. On the other hand\, the existence of linkages per se facilitates does not affect diversification.   This seminar will take place via Zoom. Please register in advance.   About the speaker: Andrea Morrison is currently Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Political and Social Sciences\, University of Pavia and Adjunct Professor of Innovation and Sustainability at the Department of Management and Technology\, Bocconi University. He is also research fellow at ICRIOS Bocconi University. He holds a M.A in Development Economics from the University of Sussex and a Ph.D. in Economic Development\, Institutions and Sustainability from the University of Roma Tre. His research interests lie in the areas of evolutionary economics\, innovation studies and economic geography. He has investigated extensively topics like system of innovation\, industrial clusters and knowledge networks\, global value chain\, green innovation\, high skilled migration.           URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/green-technological-diversification-the-role-of-international-linkages-in-leader-and-follower-countries/ LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T140000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221116T233200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175434Z UID:14902-1669899600-1669903200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Export Diversification Strategy: The Case of Knowledge-Intensive Services in Costa Rica 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: Andres Valenciano\, John F. Kennedy Fellow\, HKS MC/MPA ’23 Moderator: Alejandro Rueda-Sanz\, Research Fellow\, Growth Lab 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. Lunch will be provided. Please arrive at 11:45 am to allow for lunch\, seating\, and a prompt start at 12 pm. About the speaker: Andres is currently a John F. Kennedy Fellow at the MC/MPA program at Harvard Kennedy School. Previously he was the Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica\, responsible for Costa Rican foreign trade policies\, export promotion\, and attraction of foreign investment\, as well as the official representation before several multilateral organizations\, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). During his tenure\, he was responsible for leading the final stage of the accession process for Costa Rica to become the 38th member of the OECD. In this period\, Costa Rica became the number one country in the world in greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction. Before becoming Minister\, Andres was the Executive President of the Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje\, where he oversaw technical and vocational education in Costa Rica and led the most important and far-reaching transformation the organization has undergone since its foundation in 1965. Previously\, he was Executive Director of local and international NGOs\, and worked in education\, health\, social housing\, and economic development projects in over 12 countries in 3 continents\, in partnership with IADB\, UNDP\, PAHO\, ILO\, among others. Andres is an Industrial Engineer from the University of Costa Rica\, with a Master’s degree in International Business from The Fletcher School – Tufts University\, and a Lee Kuan Yew School Senior Fellow from the National University of Singapore. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/export-diversification-strategy-the-case-of-knowledge-intensive-services-in-costa-rica/ LOCATION:Wexner 434 AB\, Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Development Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221128T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221128T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221123T201800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175434Z UID:15011-1669634100-1669638600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Electoral Turnovers 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: Vincent Pons\, Associate Professor\, Harvard Business School Abstract: In most national elections\, voters face a key choice between continuity and change. Electoral turnovers occur when the incumbent candidate or party fails to win reelection. To understand how turnovers affect national outcomes\, we study the universe of residential and parliamentary elections held since 1945. We document the prevalence of turnovers over time and estimate their effects on economic performance\, trade\, human development\, conflict\, and democracy. Using a close-elections regression discontinuity design (RDD) across countries\, we show that turnovers improve country performance. These effects are not driven by differences in the characteristics of challengers\, or by the fact that challengers systematically increase the level of government intervention in the economy. Electing new leaders leads to more policy change\, it improves governance\, and it reduces perceived corruption\, consistent with the expectation that recently elected leaders exert more effort due to stronger reputation concerns. 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: Vincent Pons is an Associate Professor at Harvard Business School\, and affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)\, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)\, and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). ​ Across the world\, dissatisfaction with elected governments is at all-time highs. His research aims to understand why representative democracies can fail to deliver leaders\, policies and outcomes aligned with people’s preferences. His work has appeared in journals such as Econometrica\, the American Economic Review\, the Quarterly Journal of Economics\, and the American Political Science Review. It has been covered by The New York Times\, The Economist\, PRI’s The World\, the Huffington Post\, le Monde\, and BFM Business among others. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-electoral-turnovers/ LOCATION:Weil Hall (Belfer L1) / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221121T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221121T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221115T192500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175433Z UID:15082-1669029300-1669033800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Why Follow the Fed? Monetary Policy in Times of US Tightening 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: Gonzalo Huertas\, Economist\, International Monetary Fund Abstract: I conduct interviews with 32 Central Bankers from Emerging Markets and present five unifying themes that explain their behavior when reacting to a U.S. monetary tightening. I then estimate the impulse response functions of their two main monetary tools\, the policy rate and foreign exchange interventions\, to an increase in the U.S. rate\, using the answers from the interviews as a guide for the best econometric specification. I find that most Central Banks react to a U.S. tightening by raising domestic rates\, regardless of the exchange rate regime\, but their reasons for doing so vary — from controlling inflation to preventing capital outflows. 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: Gonzalo Huertas is an economist at the International Monetary Fund. He specializes in international macroeconomics\, with a focus on monetary policy\, capital flows\, and debt sustainability. Previously\, he conducted research at the Peterson Institute for International Economics\, and has worked in policy at the Ministry of Finance of Mexico and the National Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/why-follow-the-fed-monetary-policy-in-times-of-us-tightening/ LOCATION:Weil Hall (Belfer L1) / Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221114T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221114T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221109T194700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T001952Z UID:14921-1668424500-1668429000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Heterogeneous Trade Agreements: Evidence from Apparel Trade 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: Dr. Raymond Robertson\, Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade\, Economics\, and Public Policy\, Professor\, and Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government\, the Bush School of Government and Public Service\, Texas A&M Abstract: In this paper\, we revisit and assess the heterogeneous effects of RTAs on trade flows. Using the Poisson Pseudo maximum likelihood (PPML) estimator with high-dimensional fixed effects\, we account for multiple characteristics of the trading partners\, including their membership in other RTAs\, and the problem of incidental parameters. Our main focus is on apparel trade\, which is politically sensitive and tends to have heterogeneous Rules of Origin (ROOs) within RTAs. Studies show that ROOs can restrict trade if they are either complicated or narrowly specified (Cadot and de Melo 2007\, Angeli et al. 2020) and we show that the variance of the estimated effect of RTAs on apparel trade is significantly higher than the variance for total trade. In addition to contributing to trade agreement heterogeneity\, apparel also plays a pivotal role in economic development and reducing emigration by drawing workers from agriculture and informality because apparel production has lower start-up costs and pays higher wages than other domestic alternatives for similar workers (Robertson et al. 2020 and 2022). Together our results suggest that understanding trade agreement heterogeneity\, especially in the apparel sector\, can have significant policy implications. Focusing on the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)\, for example\, suggests that updating ROOs could significantly reduce migration from Central America. Please register in advance.  About the speaker: Dr. Raymond Robertson is Professor and holder of the Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government in the Departments of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service and the Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade\, Economics\, and Public Policy. He is a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn\, Germany\, and a senior research fellow at the Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center. He was named a 2018 Presidential Impact Fellow by Texas A&M University. Robertson earned a BA in political science and economics from Trinity University in San Antonio\, Texas\, and an MS and PhD in economics from the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics at the Graduate School of Administration\, Monterrey Institute of Technology’s Mexico City campus. Widely published in the field of labor economics and international economics\, Robertson previously chaired the US Department of Labor’s National Advisory Committee for Labor Provisions of the US Free Trade Agreements and served on both the State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy and the Center for Global Development’s advisory board. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/heterogeneous-trade-agreements-evidence-from-apparel-trade/ LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T140000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221101T225300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175433Z UID:14869-1667912400-1667916000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Development Talk: Culture\, Psychology and Economic 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. Speaker: Joseph Henrich\, Ruth Moore Professor\, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology\, Harvard University Moderator: Eliana La Ferrara\, Professor of Public Policy\, Harvard Kennedy School 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. Lunch will be provided. Please arrive at 11:45 am to allow for lunch\, seating\, and a prompt start at 12 pm. About the speaker: Dr. Henrich is currently the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Before moving to Harvard\, he was a professor of both Economics and Psychology at the University of British Columbia for nearly a decade\, where he held the Canada Research Chair in Culture\, Cognition and Coevolution. His research deploys evolutionary theory to understand how human psychology gives rise to cultural evolution and how this has shaped our species’ genetic evolution. Using insights generated from this approach\, Professor Henrich has explored a variety of topics\, including economic decision-making\, social norms\, fairness\, religion\, marriage\, prestige\, cooperation and innovation. In 2016\, he published The Secret of Our Success (Princeton) and in 2020\, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous (FSG). URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-culture-psychology-and-economic-development/ LOCATION:Rubenstein 414 AB / Zoom CATEGORIES:Development Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221107T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221107T123000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221104T021000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004259Z UID:15048-1667819700-1667824200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Reversing Fortunes of German Regions\, 1926–2019: Boon and Bane of Early Industrialization? 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: Sebastian Braun\, Professor of Economics\, University of Bayreuth Abstract: This paper shows that 19th-century industrialization is an important determinant of the significant changes in Germany’s economic geography observed in recent decades. Using novel data on economic activity in 163 labor market regions in West Germany\, we establish that nearly half of them experienced a reversal of fortune between 1926 and 2019\, i.e.\, they moved from the lower to the upper median of the income distribution or vice versa. Economic decline is concentrated in North Germany\, economic ascent in the South. Exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in access to coal\, we show that early industrialization turned from an advantage for economic development to a burden after World War II. The dominant position of heavy industry\, supported by the local political-administrative system\, limited regional adaptability when the old industries fell into crisis. Today\, the early industrialized regions suffer from low innovation and deindustrialization. The (time-varying) effect of industrialization explains most of the decline in regional inequality observed in the 1960s and 1970s and about half of the current north-south gap in economic development. 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. About the speaker: Sebastian Braun is Professor of Economics at the University of Bayreuth where he holds the chair for Quantitative Economic History. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at IZA – Institute of Labor Economics. Before joining the University of Bayreuth\, he was an Associate Professor at the University of St Andrews and a Senior Researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Sebastian works at the intersection of international and regional economics\, labor economics\, and quantitative economic history. His main current research is on the economic effects of immigration and the causes of regional differences in economic development\, with a focus on Germany in the 19th and 20th century. His current work on the long-term effects of industrialization on regional economic development in Germany is supported by a grant of the German Science Foundation. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/reversing-fortunes-of-german-regions-1926-2019-boon-and-bane-of-early-industrialization/ LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T130000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221021T220800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175433Z UID:14879-1667390400-1667394000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Development Talk: Political Favoritism and Regime Stability - Why Bad Policy is Almost Always Good Politics 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.  Speakers:Bruce Bueno de Mesquita\, Silver Professor; Professor of Politics\, New York UniversityAlastair Smith\, Bernhardt Denmark Professor of International Relations\, New York University 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. 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. Lunch will be provided. Please arrive at 11:45am to allow for lunch\, seating\, and a prompt start at 12pm. About the speakers \nBruce Bueno de Mesquita is an emeritus senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Silver Professor of Politics at New York University (NYU). An expert on foreign policy and nation building\, his current research focuses on political institutions\, economic growth\, and political change. He is also known for his research on policy forecasting for national security and for business concerns.   \nAlastair Smith is the Bernhardt Denmark Chair of International Relations at New York University and a professor of political science in the Wilf Family Department of Politics. He has a PhD in political science from the University of Rochester and a BA in Chemistry from the University of Oxford. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-political-favoritism-and-regime-stability-why-bad-policy-is-almost-always-good-politics/ LOCATION:T-520 Allison Dining Room\, Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Development Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T130000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221013T184000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175433Z UID:14882-1667217600-1667221200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Development Talk: The Role of Business in South Africa's 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. This event is co-sponsored by Harvard’s Center for African Studies.  Speaker: Ann Bernstein\, Executive Director\, Centre for Development and Enterprise\, South Africa Moderator: Soraya Mohideen\, Harvard South Africa Fellow\, HKS Mid-Career MPA ’23 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. Lunch will be provided. Please arrive at 11:45am to allow for lunch\, seating\, and a prompt start at 12pm. \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/development-talk-the-role-of-business-in-south-africas-future/ LOCATION:Wexner 434 AB\, Zoom (registration information below) CATEGORIES:Development Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T113000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221027T180000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175433Z UID:15067-1667211300-1667215800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221024T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221024T113000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221020T191700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175433Z UID:14923-1666606500-1666611000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221019T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221019T130000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221007T013800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175432Z UID:14873-1666180800-1666184400@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221017T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221017T113000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20221011T174900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004631Z UID:15072-1666001700-1666006200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T160000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20220920T011800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175432Z UID:14807-1664204400-1664208000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T130000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20220816T221600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175432Z UID:14876-1663675200-1663678800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T180000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20230907T223900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T001731Z UID:14910-1663257600-1663264800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T160000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20220907T180300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175432Z UID:14887-1663167600-1663171200@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T110000 DTSTAMP:20260415T090705 CREATED:20220711T190100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175432Z UID:14895-1659002400-1659006000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu 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 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR