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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Development Talks: Confronting Post-COVID Macroeconomic Challenges in Namibia
DESCRIPTION:*This event has been postponed until the Spring 2022 semester. More information to follow.  	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: Ipumbu W. Shiimi\, Minister of Finance\, Namibia 	Moderator: Miguel Angel Santos\, Director of Applied Research\, Growth Lab 	Please register in advance to attend this webinar. Contact Chuck McKenney with any event-related questions. \nSpeaker’s bio: 	Ipumbu Shiimi\, an accomplished economist\, is the Minister of Finance in the Republic of Namibia. Before his Ministerial appointment\, Shiimi was Governor of the Bank of Namibia from 2010 to 2020\, where he previously served as Assistant Governor and also occupied several positions from junior to senior level. During his working career\, Shiimi participated in various research projects\, co-authored multiple publications\, and served on various Boards and Committees. 	  	He holds a Master of Science in Financial Economics (1998) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Economic Principles (1995) from the University of London. He also has a Diploma in Foreign Trade and Management (1994) from the Maastricht School of Management\, Netherlands\, along with Honours in Economics (1993) and Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Accounting (1992) degrees from the University of Western Cape\, South Africa. He underwent specialized training in the Management Development Program at the University of Stellenbosch (2000) and Wits Business School\, South Africa (2001). 	  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/postponed-development-talks-confronting-post-covid-macroeconomic-challenges-in-namibia/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar - Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live
DESCRIPTION:Apollo’s Arrow offers a broad account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020 and of how the pandemic will unfold\, and ultimately end\, in the coming years. Using up-to-the-moment information\, and drawing on epidemiology\, sociology\, medicine\, public health\, history\, virology\, and other fields\, it explores what it means to live in a time of plague — an experience that is paradoxically uncommon to the vast majority of humans who are alive\, yet deeply fundamental to our species. Unleashing new divisions in our society as well as new opportunities for cooperation\, this 21st-century pandemic has upended our lives in ways that test our frayed collective culture. Apollo’s Arrow envisions what happens when the great force of a deadly germ meets the enduring reality of our evolved social nature. 	Nicholas A. Christakis\, MD\, PhD\, MPH\, is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. His work is in the fields of network science\, biosocial science\, and behavior genetics. He directs the Human Nature Lab and is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2006; the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010; and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017. 	Please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions.  	  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-apollos-arrow-the-profound-and-enduring-impact-of-coronavirus-on-the-way-we-live/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: The Cushioning Effect of Immigrant Mobility
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Cem Özgüzel\, Economist\, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 	Abstract: During the Great Recession\, immigrants reacted to the drop in labour demand in Spain through internal migration or leaving the country. Consequently\, provinces lost 13.5% of their immigrants or -3% of the total labour supply\, on average. Using municipal registers and longitudinal administrative data\, I find that immigrant outflows slowed the decline in employment and wage of natives. I use a modified shift-share instrument based on past settlements to claim causality. Employment effects were driven by increased entries to employment\, while wage effects were limited to natives that were already employed. These effects also persisted in the medium-term. 	Speaker bio: Cem is an Economist at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and a Research Fellow at the Institut Convergences Migrations. He is an applied economist with a PhD in economics from the Paris School of Economics\, and has research interests in international migration\, labor markets and regional economics. Before joining the OECD\, he worked as a Teaching and Research Fellow at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and as a Lecturer at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). He was also a visiting scholar at Center for International Development at Harvard University\, and the German Institute for Employment Research (IAB). 	Please register in advance. Contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-the-cushioning-effect-of-immigrant-mobility/
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