Events

  • Development Talk: In Search of the Promised Land – Mobility and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration

    T-520 NYE A & Zoom
    • Development Talks

    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 […]

    Betting on Green: Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Agenda

    R-414 AB / Democracy Lab & Zoom
    • Growth Lab

    Speaker: James Mnyupe, Economic Advisor to the President, Republic of Namibia 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 Whether attending in-person or virtually, please register in advance, and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions. Room attendance […]

  • The Value of Skills: New Evidence From Apprenticeship Plans

    Weil Hall (Belfer L1) / Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars

    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 […]

    Development Talk: Gambling on Development / The Role of Local Elites in a Growth-based Future

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Development Talks

    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, […]

    Hyperspecialization and Hyperscaling: A Resource-based Theory of the Digital Firm

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars

    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 […]

    The Impact of Automation and the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Labor Market and the Causes of the Great Resignation

    Weil Hall (Belfer L1) / Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars

    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 […]

    Development Talk: The Role of Business in South Africa’s Future

    Wexner 434 AB, Zoom (registration information below)
    • Development Talks

    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 Talk: Political Favoritism and Regime Stability – Why Bad Policy is Almost Always Good Politics

    T-520 Allison Dining Room, Zoom (registration information below)
    • Development Talks

    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 […]

    Reversing Fortunes of German Regions, 1926–2019: Boon and Bane of Early Industrialization?

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars

    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. […]

    Development Talk: Culture, Psychology and Economic Development

    Rubenstein 414 AB / Zoom
    • Development Talks

    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 […]

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