Cepremap India-China Conference, 18-19 June 2018
Location: R2-01, Paris School of Economics, 48 Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
Registration required (by 13 June): https://doodle.com/poll/kma44rauqxz93chc
Monday 18 June
8.30 – 8.45 Welcome Coffee
8.45 – 9.00 Introduction, Oliver Vanden Eynde (PSE, CNRS)
9.00-10.30 Session 1: Public Service Delivery,
Chair: Clément Imbert (University of Warwick)
Dan Keniston (Yale University), “The Efficient Deployment of Police Resources: Theory and New Evidence from a Randomized Drunk Driving Crackdown in India.”
Discussant: Debraj Ray (NYU)
Zhang Yifan (CUHK), “Moving ‘Umbrella’: Bureaucratic Transfers, Collusion, and Rent-seeking in China.”
Discussant: Maiting Zhuang (PSE)
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-12.30 Session 2: Industrial Development,
Chair: Maëlys de la Rupelle (University of Cergy-Pontoise)
Yanos Zylberberg (University of Bristol), “Industrial Clusters in the Long Run: Evidence from Million-Rouble plants in China.”
Discussant: Oliver Vanden Eynde (PSE, CNRS)
Bisnupriya Gupta (University of Warwick), “Community Origins of Industrial Entrepreneurship: Evidence from India.”
Discussant: Sam Asher (World Bank)
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.50 India-China Research Group: ), Maiting Zhuang (PSE), Maëlys de la Rupelle (University of Cergy-Pontoise), Guilhem Cassan (University of Namur), Jonathan Lehne (PSE)
Chair: Thomas Vendryes (ENS, Cachan)
14.50-15.15 Break
15.15-16.00 Session 3: Financial development,
Chair: Guilhem Cassan (University of Namur)
Lore Vandewalle (Graduate Institute Geneva), “Access to formal banking and household finances: Experimental evidence from India.”
Discussant: Mattea Stein (PSE)
16.00-16.30 Break
16.30-18.00 Session 4: Political Selection,
Chair: Oliver Vanden Eynde (PSE, CNRS)
Abishek Chakravarty (University of Manchester), “Is Knowledge Power? Education and Women’s Political Candidacy in India.”
Discussant: Véronique Gille (University of Paris-Dauphine, IRD)
Esther Duflo (MIT), “Entry Exit and Candidate Selection: Evidence from India.”
Discussant: Jonathan Lehne (PSE)
Tuesday 19 June
8.45-9.00 Coffee
9.00-9:45 Session 5: Labor Markets
Chair: Clément Imbert (University of Warwick)
Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), “How important are matching frictions in the labor market? Experimental and non-experimental evidence from one Indian firm.”
Discussant: Clément Imbert (University of Warwick)
9.45-10.25 India-China Research Group : Paul Dutronc (PSE), Oliver Vanden Eynde (PSE, CNRS)
Chair: Thomas Vendryes (ENS Cachan)
10.25-10.55 Break
10.55 -12.25 Session 6: Structural Transformation,
Chair: Guilhem Cassan (University of Namur)
Jessica Leight (American University), “Exporting out of Agriculture: The Impact of WTO Accession on Structural Transformation in China.”
Discussant: Marlon Seror (PSE)
Corrado Giuletti (University of Southampton), “Migration and the transfer of consumption: evidence from China.”
Discussant: Maëlys de la Rupelle (University of Cergy-Pontoise)
12.25-13.45 Lunch
13.45-15.15 Session 7: Political Development,
Chair: Maëlys de la Rupelle (University of Cergy-Pontoise)
Xu Chenggang (CKGSB), “Analyzing Political Economic Regime Changes in China: Theory and Evidence.”
Discussant: Paul Dutronc (PSE)
Ruixue Jia (UCSD), “The Oriental City: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, AD1000-2000.”
Discussant: Thomas Vendryes (ENS Cachan)
15.15-15.45 Break
15.45-17.15 Session 8: Schooling and Mobility
Chair: Oliver Vanden Eynde (PSE, CNRS)
Paul Novosad (Dartmouth College), “The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in India.”
Discussant: Guilhem Cassan (University of Namur)
Abhijeet Singh (Stockholm School of Economics), “Understanding the Failing State: Experimental Evidence from a Large-Scale School Governance Improvement Program in India.”
Discussant: Marc Gurgand (PSE, CNRS)
17.15-17.30 Concluding remarks