Fourth Bolivian Conference on Development Economics
Preliminary Conference Program (BCDE2012)
Monday, 5 November 2012, 7 pm - 10 pm
Welcome cocktail for presenters Hosted by the Brazilian Embassy, at the famous Residence of the Brazilian Ambassador on Av. Arce.
1st day Tuesday, 6 November 2012
08:00 - 09:00
Registration and coffee
09:00 - 09:30
Opening ceremony - Welcome words from host and conference organizers
- Keynote lecture by Eduardo Lora (IADB): "Mas Alla de los Hechos: Como Incorporar las Percepciones en la Teoria y las Practicas Economicas"
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Parallel sessions A1, A2, A3
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00
Parallel sessions B1, B2, B3
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 17:00
Parallel sessions C1, C2, C3
17:00 - 18:30
Plenary session 1: Tourism and Development - Viceministry of Tourism - Marcel Biato, Brazilian Ambassador in Bolivia - Cynthia Rojas, Wonderland Bolivia - Eduardo Lora, IADB
2nd day Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Coffee
09:00 - 10:00
Keynote Lecture by Rodrigo Soares (PUC-Rio): "Spillovers from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Bolsa Família and Crime in Urban Brazil"
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 12:00
Parallel sessions D1, D2, D3
12:00 - 12:30
- Annual Assembly SEBOL - Presentation of postgraduate programs for interested students - Book fair
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Parallel sessions E1, E2, E3
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:30
Plenary session 2: Corporate Social Responsibility and local development - Fernando Miranda, RSE S.A. - Fundación Estas Viva - SOBOCE - Banco BISA
Closing session: Perspectives for the Bolivian Economy by Luis Arce, Bolivian Minister of Economics and Finance
- Best Paper Award presented by the Bolivian Academy of Economic Sciences
PARALLEL SESSIONS BCDE 2012
Session A1: Labor Markets and Informality Session Chair: Beatriz Muriel (INESAD)
Labour Exclusion and Informality in a Latin American country, a latent class model approach Jorge Davalos* (University of Geneva) Discussant: Beatriz Muriel Exportaciones y Empleo en Bolivia Beatriz Muriel (INESAD), Joaquín Mayorga* (INESAD) Discussant: Jorge Davalos Employment and Labor Regulation: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in Bolivia, 1988-2007 Beatriz Muriel* (INESAD) and Carlos Gustavo Machicado (INESAD) Discussant: Joaquín Mayorga Session A2: Health and Gender Session Chair: Pablo Selaya (Harvard University)
The effect of women’s empowerment on child nutrition in rural Senegal Aurélia Lépine* (University of Otago) and Eric Strobl (Ecole Polytechnique) Discussant: Soraya Román Análisis costo-efectividad de intervenciones para reducir la mortalidad materna en el marco de la política SAFCI Soraya Román* (INESAD) Discussant: Pablo Selaya Eye Disease and Development Thomas Barnebeck Andersen (University of Southern Denmark), Carl-Johan Dalgaard (University of Copenhagen) and Pablo Selaya* (Harvard University) Discussant: Aurélia Lépine
Session A3: Taxes and Cash Transfer Programs Session Chair: Daney Valdivia (EMI)
La eficiencia asignativa de los hogares: El caso del Bonosol y su gasto en salud y educación José Gabriel Espinoza Yáñez* (Confederación de Empresarios Privados de Bolivia) Discussant: Luis Carlos Jemio A Framework for the Analysis of the Macroeconomic effects of Multi-funds in the Macedonian Pension System Luis Carlos Jemio* (INESAD) Discussant: Daney Valdivia Analizando la determinación de impuesto a la renta y sus efectos sobre el crecimiento de la economía boliviana Daney Valdivia* (EMI) & Lilian Loayza Discussant: José Gabriel Espinoza Yáñez
Session B1: Discrimination and Communiciation Session Chair: Francisco B. Galarza* (Universidad del Pacifico)
Cheap Talk With Global Unknown Misalignment Hugo Pablo Rocha Portugal* (University of Bonn) Discussant: Alexis Le Nestour Allocation of schooling in polygynous households: the case of rural Senegal Alexis Le Nestour* (University of Otago, New Zealand) Discussant: Francisco B. Galarza Labor Market Discrimination in Lima, Peru: Evidence from a Field Experiment Francisco B. Galarza* (Universidad del Pacifico) and Gustavo Yamada (Universidad del Pacifico) Discussant: Hugo Pablo Rocha Portugal
Session B2: Subjective Wellbeing, Risk Aversion and Beliefs Session Chair: Sanne Blauw (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Peer Effects in Risk Aversion Ana Balsa (Universidad de Montevideo), Néstor Gandelman* (Universidad ORT Uruguay), Nicolás González (Universidad de Montevideo) Discussant: Sanne Blauw Beliefs: The Ultimate Determinant of Property Rights? Romel Brun* (POPULI - Políticas Públicas para la Libertad) Discussant: Enrique Garcia Ayaviri (ABCE) Subjective Wellbeing in Bolivia Sanne Blauw* (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Discussant: Romel Brun
Session B3: Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Cycles and Redistribution Session Chair: Martín Mendoza-Botelho (Tulane University)
Transmisión internacional de ciclos económicos Boris Zambrana Flores* (Banco Central de Bolivia) Discussant: Hugo Siles Espada Ranking Macroprudencial 2011 de Economías Sudamericanas Hugo Siles Espada* (EMI) Discussant: Martín Mendoza-Botelho Equitable Growth through the Redistribution of National Resources: Bolivia's Visible Hand Martín Mendoza-Botelho* (Tulane University) Discussant: Boris Zambrana Flores
Session C1: Productivity Session Chair: Carlos Gustavo Machicado (INESAD)
Does Licensing Induce Technological Spillovers to Domestic Firms? Luis Castro* (University of Colorado) Discussant: Roberto del Barco Politica Industrial, la experiencia Boliviana Roberto del Barco* (Universidad Técnica de Oruro) Discussant: Carlos Gustavo Machicado The Role of Productivity and Factor Accumulation in Bolivia: A Development Accounting Approach Carlos Gustavo Machicado* (INESAD) Discussant: Luis Castro
Session C2: Environmental Economics Session Chair: Lykke E. Andersen (INESAD)
Spatial Causality. An application to the Deforestation Process in Bolivia Javier Aliaga* (IISEC), Marcos Herrera (University of Zaragoza), Daniel Leguía (IISEC), Jesús Mur (University of Zaragoza), Manuel Ruiz (Technical University of Cartagena), Horacio Villegas (IISEC) Discussant: Lykke E. Andersen Estimación del potencial de almacenamiento de carbono de la Guadua angustifolia en el Parque Nacional Carrasco, del Departamento de Cochabamba – Bolivia Ricardo Rojas Quiroga* (CIPCA) Discussant: Javier Aliaga Efficiency/equity trade-offs in the design of REDD incentives: A comparison between REDD Payments and Conservation Incentives using OSIRIS-Bolivia and CISS-Bolivia Lykke E. Andersen* (INESAD), Jonah Busch (Conservation International), Elizabeth Curran (INESAD), Juan Carlos Ledezma (Conservation International), Joaquín Mayorga (INESAD), Pablo Ruiz Junco (INESAD) and Diana Weinhold (London School of Economics) Discussant: Ricardo Rojas Quiroga
Session C3: Economic Growth and Development Session Chair: Cristian Ugarte (University of Geneva)
Empleo y Oportunidades Economicas en la Ciudad de El Alto" Elizabeth Jimenez* (CIDES-UMSA) Discussant: Ernesto Sheriff Relaciones cointegrantes entre el sector minero y la actividad económica en Bolivia 1950 - 2011 Ernesto Sheriff* (Universidad Privada Boliviana) Discussant: Cristian Ugarte Weak Links and Growth Cristian Ugarte* (University of Geneva) Discussant: Elizabeth Jimenez
Session D1: Institutions, Income Distribution and Elasticity Session Chair: José Luis Flor (PUC-Peru)
Parametric and Non-parametric Estimation of Consumption Demand Income Elasticity Hugo Pablo Rocha Portugal* (University of Bonn) Discussant: Kathlen Lizárraga Zamora Cambio institucional, grupos de poder y desarrollo: Un análisis del Sindicato de Maestros de Bolivia Kathlen Lizárraga Zamora* (INESAD) Discussant: José Luis Flor La Distribución del Ingreso en el Perú: 1980-2010 Waldo Mendoza, Janneth Leyva y José Luis Flor* (PUC-Peru) Discussant: Hugo Pablo Rocha Portugal
Session D2: Crime, Health and Foreign Aid Session Chair: Alberto Portugal-Perez(World Bank)
Determinantes de los Crímenes a la Propiedad en Chile, 1997-2009: Un Análisis Regional Mauricio Gallardo, Andrés Vallone * (Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile), Rodrigo Sfeir Discussant: Alberto Portugal-Perez Analisis costo-efectividad de intervenciones para reducir la prevalencia de la enfermedad de Chagas en el marco de la politica SAFCI Carolina Cardona* (INESAD) Discussant: Natalia Zegarra (INESAD) Aid to the Services Sector Does It Affect Manufacturing Exports? Esteban Ferro (World Bank), Alberto Portugal-Perez* (World Bank) and John S. Wilson (World Bank) Discussant: Andrés Vallone
Session D3: Rural Development Session Chair: Virginia Robano (George Washington University)
Hacia la creación de Sociedades de Transformación Rural: Promoviendo Desarrollo Sostenible en Bolivia Ricardo Nogales Carvajal* (Universidad Privada Boliviana), Pamela Córdova Olivera (Universidad Privada Boliviana), Ana Carola Galindo Huerta, Rodrigo García Ayala, Laura Constanza García Sobral Discussant: Horacio Vera Cossio Crecimiento Pro Pobre en Bolivia Horacio Vera Cossio* (Fundacion ARU) Discussant: Virginia Robano Multidimensional Targeting and Evaluation: Framework and Application to a BRAC Program in Bangladesh Virginia Robano* (George Washington University) and Stephen C. Smith (George Washington University) Discussant: Ricardo Nogales Carvajal
Session E1: Impact Evaluation Session Chair: Steve Brito (IADB)
Outliers in Semiparametric Estimation of Treatment Effects Darwin Ugarte Ontiveros* (University of Namur) Discussant: Rene Osorio Rivas Birth Registration and the Impact on Educational Attainment Steve Brito* (IADB), Ana Corbacho (IADB), Rene Osorio Rivas* (IADB) Discussant: Darwin Ugarte Ontiveros
Session E2: Credit and Remittances Session Chair: Néstor Gandelman (Universidad ORT Uruguay)
Remittances, International Reserves, and Exchange Rate Regimes Diego E. Vacaflores* (Texas State University), Ruby Kishan(Texas State University) and Jose Trinidad (Texas State University) Discussant: Participants The impact of bank credit on employment formality in Uruguay Néstor Gandelman* (Universidad ORT Uruguay) and Alejandro Rasteletti (Universidad ORT Uruguay) Discussant: Diego E. Vacaflores
Session E3: Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Session Chair: Diego Vera (IADB)
Identifying Fixed Export Costs and their Impact on Firm-Level Export Behavior Luis Castro* (University of Colorado), Ben Li (Boston College), Keith E. Maskus (University of Colorado), Yiqing Xie (University of North Dakota) Discussant: Hernán Aguilar Pacajes Inversión Extranjera Directa en Bolivia Un enfoque sectorial e institucional Hernán Aguilar Pacajes* (Universidad Mayor San Simón - UMSS) Discussant: Diego Vera Towards The World Finance Organization Oscar Landerretche (Universidad de Chile), Andres Velasco (Harvard University), Diego Vera* (IADB), Federico Huneeus (Universidad de Chile) Discussant: Osvaldo Nina (INESAD)
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