DERG-seminars

• 11 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

  Marcos Vera-Hernandes, University College London

  "TBC". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

• 9 Apr. 2021, 13:00-14:00

  Hanna Berkel, University of Copenhagen

  "Cash grants and firm recovery: An RCT following cyclone Idai in Mozambique". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

• 5 Mar. 2021, 13:00-14:00

  Arthur Alik Lagrange, World Bank

  "Highly vulnerable yet largely invisible: Forcibly displaced in the COVID-19-induced recession". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

• 29 Jan. 2021, 13:00-14:00

  Kasper Brandt, University of Copenhagen

  “The Impact of Eliminating Secondary School Fees: Evidence from Tanzania”. Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

• 11 Dec. 2020, 13:00-14:00

  Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University and Haipen Xing, State University of New York at Stony Brook

  "Endogenous Structural Transformation in Economic Development". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

• 23 Oct. 2020, 13:00-14:00

  Seetha Menon, University of Southern Denmark

  "The effect of domestic violence on cardiovascular risk factors". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

• 25 Oct. 2019, 13:00-14:15

  Paul Clist, University of East Anglia

  “Risk Taking in a Social Context: Efficiency Matters”. Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

• 24 Oct. 2019, 16:00-18:00

  Økonomisk Eksploratorium series

  On 24 October, DERG contributed to the series ‘Økonomisk Eksploratorium’ hosted by the Department of Economics and Politrådet. 

• 12 June 2019, 9:00-12:30

  Launch of the Mozambique Institutional Diagnostic

  The Economic Development & Institutions (EDI) Programme organized in partnership with the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Programme a Launch Workshop of the Mozambique Institutional Diagnostic (MID) study.

• 7 June 2019, 13:00-14:15

  Sandra K. Halvorsen, Norwegian School of Economics

  "Factory employment and fertility decisions: Field experimental evidence from Ethiopia". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

• 26 Apr. 2019, 13:00-14:15

  Fenella Carpena, Oslo Business School

  "The Adverse Effects of Electrification: Evidence from India ". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

• 9 Apr. 2019, 10:00-12:00

  Introduction Meeting at Danida Fellowship Centre

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• 4 Apr. 2019, 13:30-14:45

  Eliana La Ferrara, Bocconi University

  “News vs. Novelas: Can Entertainment Media Undermine Dictatorships?” Seminar arranged by Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI) and Developement Economics Research group (DERG).

• 21 Dec. 2018, 13:00-14:00

  Emanuelle Auriol, Toulouse School of Economics

  "Anti-social behavior in non-profit organizations". Development Economics Research Group (DERG) 

• 7 Dec. 2018, 13:00-14:00

  Helge Zille

  "How does violent conflict affect trade with third-party countries? Evidence from a big data analysis in a triadic country setting". Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

• 26 Oct. 2018, 13:00-14:00

  Goytom Abraha Kahsay

  "Are farmers in developing countries risk-loving? A field experiment among Ethiopian farmers". Development Economics Research Group (DERG) 

• 12 Oct. 2018, 13:00-14:00

  Ines Ferreira

  "Aid effectiveness in fragile states: an overview of research". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

• 18 May 2018, 13:30-14:45

  Marc F. Bellemare, University of Minnesota

  "Producer Attitudes toward Output Price Risk: Experimental Evidence from the Lab and from the Field". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG) and IFRO

• 4 May 2018, 13:00-14:15

  Gabriel Ulyssea, University of Oxford

  "Formal and Informal Firm Dynamics". Seminar arranged by

• 9 Feb. 2016, 14:00-15:15

  Ulrik Beck, University of Copenhagen: "Coffee Price Volatility and Household Response: Evidence from Vietnam"

  DERG seminar

• 1 Dec. 2015, 11:00-12:15

  Thomas Markussen, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Economic and Non-Economic Returns to Communist Party Membership in Vietnam"

  DERG seminar

• 17 Nov. 2015, 14:00-15:15

  Zlata Tanovic, VU University Amsterdam / Amsterdam Institute for International Development (AIID): "The impact of subsidized private health insurance and health facility upgrades on healthcare utilization and spending in rural Nigeria"

  DERG seminar

• 20 Oct. 2015, 14:00-15:15

  Saurabh Singhal, UNU-WIDER: "The Impact of Peers on Cognitive, Non-Cognitive, and Behavioral Outcomes: Evidence from India"

  DERG seminar

• 29 Sept. 2015, 14:00-15:15

  Tseday Jemaneh Mekasha, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Conditional Cash Transfers and Household Demographic Dynamics: Capturing Unintended Outcomes"

  DERG seminar

• 2 June 2015, 14:00-15:00

  Gunes Gokmen, New Economic School, Moscow: "Minorities and Long-run Development: Persistence of Armenian and Greek Influence in Turkey"

  DERG seminar

• 26 May 2015, 14:00-15:15

  Anna Folke Larsen, University of Copenhagen: "The network at work: Diffusion of banana cultivation in Tanzania"

  DERG seminar

• 24 Mar. 2015, 2:00-3:00

  Seid Yimer, Sapienza Universita Roma: "Gender wage gap in Ghana manufacturing firms: Matched employer-employee data"

  DERG seminar

• 17 Mar. 2015, 2:15-3:15

  Thomas Pave Sohnesen, World Bank: "Using Reduced Consumption Aggregates to Track Poverty"

  DERG seminar

• 10 Mar. 2015, 2:00-3:00

  Monica Schuster, University of Leuven: "Worker empowerment through labor standards. Evidence from the Peruvian horticultural export sector"

  DERG seminar

• 24 Feb. 2015, 2:00-3:00

  Raphael Odoom, University of Ghana: "Branding as a Competitive Strategy for Enterprise Development – A Study of SMEs in Ghana"

  DERG seminar

• 27 Jan. 2015, 2:15-3:15

  César Antonio Salazar Espinoza, University of Copenhagen: "Is pesticide use risk-reducing or risk-increasing in rice production in Vietnam? Exploring consistency between a production and a lottery approach"

  DERG seminar

• 20 Jan. 2015, 2:15-3:15

  George Acheampong, University of Ghana and University of Copenhagen: "Stakeholder Network Position and SME Survival in Ghana"

  DERG seminar

• 9 Dec. 2014, 2:15-3:15

  Sonja Opper, Lund University: "Why Risk Aversion Affects Guanxi-Activities: A Behavioral Analysis of CEOs in China"

  DERG seminar

• 25 Nov. 2014, 1:30-2:30

  James Mensah, Kvame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi-Ghana: "Effects of business management training on performance of street food enterprises in Ghana: Evidence from randomized field experiment"

  DERG seminar

• 10 Nov. 2014, 1:00-2:15

  Heidi Kaila, University of Copenhagen: "Internet and Agricultural Production in Rural Vietnam"

  DERG seminar

• 28 Oct. 2014, 2:00-3:00

  Anja Tolonen, Gothenburg University: "Strike Gold: Gold mining and Female Empowerment"

  DERG seminar

• 21 Oct. 2014, 2:00-3:00

  Tseday Jemaneh Mekasha, University of Copenhagen: "Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Prices: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa with a Focus on Ethiopia"

  DERG seminar

• 8 Oct. 2014, 2:00-3:00

  Julien Labonne, Oxford University: "Candidate Promises, Citizens Knowledge and Vote-Buying. Experimental Evidence from the Philippines"

  DERG seminar

• 29 Sept. 2014, 2:00-3:00

  Anne Brenøe Hoffmann, University of Copenhagen: "The Missing Men: Combined Micro and Macro Evidence in Relation to Prenatal Fasting"

  DERG seminar

• 16 Sept. 2014, 2:00-3:00

  Yonas Alem, Gothenburg University: "Optimal expectation and the Welfare Cost of Climate Variability: Evidence from Ethiopia"

  DERG seminar

• 11 June 2014, 11:00-12:00

  Hailemariam Ayalew Tiruneh, Department of Economics: "Tenure security and poverty dynamics: Evidence from Ethiopia"

  DERG seminar

• 21 May 2014, 2:00-3:15

  Tara Mitchell, Trinity College Dublin: "Is Knowledge Power? Competition and Information in Agricultural Markets"

  DERG seminar

• 29 Apr. 2014, 2:00-3:00

  Thomas Markussen, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "The Happy Farmer, Self-Employment and Subjective Well-being in Rural Vietnam"

  DERG seminar

• 24 Apr. 2014, 3:00-4:00

  Andres Zambrano, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia: ”Agricultural Production amidst Conflict: The Effects of Shocks, Uncertainty and Governance of Non-State Armed Actors”

  DERG seminar

• 8 Apr. 2014, 2:00-3:00

  Peter Fisker, University of Copenhagen: "Green Lights: Quantifying the economic impact of drought"

  DERG seminar

• 1 Apr. 2014, 2:00-3:15

  Carol Newman, University of Copenhagen: "Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers: evidence from Vietnam"

  DERG seminar

• 12 Mar. 2014, 2:00-3:15

  Sam Jones, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "And the first shall be last?" The effect of birth order on cognitive skill acquisition in East Africa.

  DERG seminar

• 18 Feb. 2014, 2:00-3:30

  Benedikte Bjerge from the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Are inter-household transactions pro-poor?"

  DERG seminar

• 3 Feb. 2014, 2:30-3:30

  Anne Hoffmann, University of Copenhagen: "Maternal Education and Child Human Capital: Evidence from Indonesia"

  DERG seminar

• 21 Jan. 2014, 3:00-4:30

  Marcela Jaime from the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg: "Social norms and information diffusion in water-saving programs: Evidence from a randomized field experiment in Colombia"

  DERG seminar

• 17 Dec. 2013, 3:00-5:00

  Carol Newman, Trinity College Dublin: "Trade Liberalizations, Supply Chains and Productivity"

  DERG seminar

• 25 Nov. 2013, 3:00-4:30

  Paolo Falco from the Department of Economics, University of Oxford: "Do employers trust workers too little? An experimental study of trust in the labour market"

  DERG seminar

• 4 Nov. 2013, 3:00-4:30

  Eyerusalem Siba from the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg: "Land Certification Program, Farm Size and Off-Farm Employment in Ethiopia"

  DERG seminar

• 24 Oct. 2013, 2:00-3:00

  Leigh Gardner, London School of Economics: "Africa's growth prospects in a European mirror: a historical perspective"

  DERG/MEHR seminar

• 14 Oct. 2013, 3:00-4:30

  Pablo Selaya, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Competition for export markets and the allocation of foreign aid"

  DERG seminar

• 9 Oct. 2013, 1:15-3:00

  Professor Justin Lin: "Against the Consensus – Reflections on the Great Recession"

  DERG seminar

• 9 Sept. 2013, 3:00-5:00

  Emilija Timmis, University of Nottingham, School of Economics: "Fiscal Effects of Aid in Ethiopia: A CVAR application"

  DERG seminar

• 16 July 2013, 3:00-4:30

  Marisa Coetzee, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa: "Estimating the impact of a switch in the language of learning and teaching in South African primary schools"

  DERG seminar

• 10 June 2013, 3:00-4:30

  Ulrik Richardt Beck, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Growth, poverty and inequality trends in Malawi"

  DERG seminar

• 27 May 2013, 2:00-3:00

  Development Policy Seminar: Inter-Disciplinary Initiatives in Development Research and Education at UCPH

  We hope to gather young researchers from Anthropology, Economics, Political Science and Sociology.

• 13 May 2013, 3:00-4:30

  Cesar Salazar Espinoza, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Share contract choices and economic performance in artisanal fishing communities in Chile"

  DERG seminar

• 29 Apr. 2013, 3:00-4:15

  Anna Folke Larsen, University of Copenhagen: "Reducing early childhood stunting – Evidence from an agricultural intervention in Tanzania"

  DERG seminar

• 15 Apr. 2013, 3:00-4:15

  Neda Trifkovic, IFRO: "Governance Strategies and Welfare Effects: Vertical Integration and Contracts in Pangasius Sector in Vietnam"

  DERG seminar

• 8 Apr. 2013, 3:00-4:15

  Benedikte Bjerge, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Job training and wage outcomes among Vietnamese SMES"

  DERG seminar

• 11 Mar. 2013, 3:00

  John Rand, Department of Food and Resource Economics: "Learning by Exporting: A New Perspective"

  DERG seminar

• 25 Feb. 2013, 3:00-4:30

  DERG seminar

  DERG seminar with Henrik Hansen

• 19 Nov. 2012, 1:00-2:00

  Edward Samuel Jones, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "What matters for learning in East Africa? A comparison of education production functions between and within countries"

  DERG seminar

• 22 Oct. 2012, 3:00-4:00

  Marianne Hvidt, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Convergence of Sector Labor Productivity"

  DERG seminar

• 24 Sept. 2012, 3:00-4:00

  Benedikte Bjerge, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Network Formation of Directed Economic Links: Evidence from Rural Gambia"

  DERG seminar

• 23 Apr. 2012, 3:00-4:00

  Edward Samuel Jones, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Are children learning in East Africa? Evidence from the Uwezo surveys"

  DERG seminar

• 26 Mar. 2012, 3:00-4:00

  Alan Matthews, Trinity College Dublin: "The differentiated effects of food price spikes on poverty in Uganda"

  DERG seminar

• 5 Mar. 2012, 3:00-4:00

  Thomas Markussen, Department of Economics, Unviersity of Copenhagen: "Property rights, political connections and land-related investment in rural Vietnam"

  DERG seminar

• 13 Feb. 2012, 3:00-4:00

  César Salazar Espinoza, Department of Economics, Unviersity of Copenhagen: "Production risk, level of irrigation technology and agro-ecological factors. Evidence from potatoes family farmers in Chile"

  DERG seminar

• 26 Jan. 2012, 4:30-5:15

  Channing Arndt, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, External Project Director, UNU-WIDER: "Climate Change and Developing Countries"

  DERG seminar