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09:10 |
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Welcome, Introduction and Overview of GLM-LIC |
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Session A: Project Updates from Phase 1 and Phase 2 |
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09:30 |
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Damir Esenaliev (SIPRI) |
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"Gender and Employment in Central Asia"
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| 09:30 |
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09:50 |
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Simon Franklin (University of Oxford), Stefano Caria (University of Oxford) |
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"The Effect of Information Provision and Transport Vouchers in Addis Ababa"
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10:10 |
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Brian McCaig (Wilfrid Laurier University), Nina Pavcnik (Dartmouth College) |
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"Structural Change, International Trade, and the Labor Market in a Low‐income Country"
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| 10:10 |
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10:30 |
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Carlos Vargas-Silva (University of Oxford), Isabel Ruiz (University of Oxford), Sonja Fransen (Maastricht University), Melissa Siegel (Maastricht University) |
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"Labor Market Impacts of Forced Migration"
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| 10:30 |
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10:50 |
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Andrei A. Levchenko (University of Michigan) |
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"Globalization and the Gender Gap"
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| 10:50 |
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11:00 |
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Discussion |
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| 11:00 |
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11:30 |
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Coffee Break |
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Session B: Brief Overview of Phase 3 Projects |
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| 11:30 |
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11:40 |
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Peter Brummund (University of Alabama), Germano Mwabu (University of Nairobi) |
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"Labor Markets and Household Enterprises: Evidence from New Nationally Representative Surveys in five African Countries"
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| 11:40 |
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11:50 |
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Italo A. Gutierrez (RAND), Krishna B. Kumar (RAND), Shanthi Nataraj (RAND), A.V. Chari (University of Sussex), Minhaj Mahmud (Brac University), Farzana Munshi (Brac University) |
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"The Formal-Informal Labour Nexus and Growth: The Case of Bangladesh"
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12:00 |
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Jose C. Galdo (Carleton University and IZA), Ana Dammert (Carleton University) |
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"Fair-Trade, Labor Markets and Women's Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia"
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| 12:00 |
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12:10 |
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Getnet Alemu (University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), Admasu Shiferaw (The College of William and Mary) |
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"Social Insurance and Labor Market Outcomes in Ethiopia"
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12:20 |
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Kate Vyborny (University of Oxford) |
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"Women’s Access to Public Transport: A Randomized Control Trial"
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| 12:20 |
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12:30 |
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Lawrence Edwards (University of Cape Town) |
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"Matched Employee-Employer Panel Data for Labor Market Analysis in Zimbabwe"
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| 12:30 |
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12:40 |
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Vittorio Bassi (University College London) |
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"Asymmetric Information on the Skills of Workers and Matching the Labor Market: Evidence from Uganda"
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12:50 |
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Morne Oosthuizen (University of Cape Town) |
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"Modeling Labor Markets in LICs with Imperfect Data"
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13:00 |
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Deogardius Medardi (Economic Development Initiatives), Amparo Palacios-Lopez (World Bank) |
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"Measuring Labor in Farm-Households in Africa"
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| 13:00 |
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Lunch |
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