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: Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank (2005-2015)

Moderator: Tim O'Brien, Senior Manager, Applied Research, Growth Lab

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Speakers: Laura Pabón, Eliana Carranza, and Andreas Eberhard-Ruiz

Abstract:
In mid-2020, the Government of Colombia launched a labor reform consultation process (Misión de Empleo) in response to a deterioration in pre-Covid19...

Speaker: Ernest Liu, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Bendheim Center for Finance in Princeton's Department of Economics

Paper: Innovation Networks and Innovation Policy

Abstract: We study the optimal allocation of R&D resources in an...

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...