The Growth Lab

2022 Jan 26

Development Talks: Confronting Post-COVID Macroeconomic Challenges in Namibia

12:00pm to 1:15pm
Location:
Zoom (registration information below)
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: Ipumbu W. Shiimi, Minister of Finance, Namibia

Moderator: Miguel Angel Santos, Director of Applied Research, Growth Lab

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2022 Jan 31

Research Seminar: Innovation Networks and Innovation Policy

10:15am to 11:30am
Location:
Zoom (registration information below)
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...
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2022 Feb 01

Book Talk - Reclaiming Populism: How Economic Fairness Can Win Back Disenchanted Voters

12:00pm to 1:15pm
Location:
Zoom (registration information below)
Reclaiming Populism contends that populist upheavals like Trump, Brexit, and the Gilets Jaunes happen when the system really is rigged. Citizens the world over are angry not due to immigration or income inequality, but economic unfairness:...
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2022 Feb 07

Research Seminar: Job Diagnostics

10:15am to 11:30am
Location:
Zoom (registration information below)
Speaker: Eliana Carranza, Senior Economist at the World Bank Jobs Group, in the Social Protection and Jobs Practice

Please register in advance and contact Chuck McKenney with any questions.

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2022 Feb 14

Research Seminar with Martin Kahanec

10:15am to 11:30am
Location:
Zoom (registration information below)
Speaker: Martin Kahanec, Professor and Head of the Department of Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU) in Vienna.

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2022 Feb 28

Research Seminar: Which Workers Earn More at Productive Firms? Position Specific Skills and Individual Hold-up Power

10:15am to 11:30am
Location:
Zoom (registration information below)
Speaker: Justin Bloesch, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Harvard University

Paper: Which Workers Earn More at Productive Firms? Position...
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