Conference Program (BCDE2011)

1st day Monday, 14 November 2011 08:00 - 08:45 Registration 08:45 - 09:00 Opening ceremony   - Welcome from organizers 09:00 - 10:00 - Keynote lecture 1: James Robinson (Harvard University) 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 - 12:00 Parallel sessions A1, A2, A3 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break 13:30 - 15:00 Parallel sessions B1, B2, B3 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break 15:30 - 17:00 Parallel sessions C1, C2, C3 17:00 - 18:30 Plenary session 1: Checks and Balances in the New Bolivian Constitution (1)     19:30 - 22:30 Conference Dinner invited by the Danish Embassy 2nd day Tuesday, 15 November 2011 08:00 - 09:00 Coffee 09:00 - 10:00 Keynote Lecture 2: Santiago Levy (IADB) 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 - 12:00 Parallel sessions D1, D2, D3 12:00 - 12:30 Assembly SEBOL 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break (2) 14:00 - 15:30 Parallel sessions E1, E2, E3,E4 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break 16:00 - 17:30 Plenary session 2: Conditional Cash Transfers: Are They Effective Social Policies(3) Adjourn 18:00 - 20:00 Cocktail Party invited by IISEC and INESAD     (1) In this plenary session we will have the participation of James Robinson (Harvard University), Victor Hugo Cardenas (Ex-vice-president of Bolivia), Carlos Toranzo (ILDIS), Diego Ayo (UMSA) and Luis Tapia (CIDES) (2) In this plenary session we will have the participation of Santiago Levy (IADB), Rolando Morales (Ciess-Econométrica) and Fernando Landa (UDAPE) (3) During the lunch break a presentation of the postgraduate program of the Universidad de Chile will take place for students  PARALLEL SESSIONS BCDE 2011 (to be determined) Session A1: Conditional cash transfers El impacto del Bono Juancito Pinto: Un análisis a partir de microsimulaciones Ernesto Yáñez (FOCAL)* Discussant: Diego Vera (Universidad de Chile) Why May Government Transfers to the Poor Have Modest Effects on Reducing Rural Inequality? Christian Lehmann (Paris School of Economics)* Discussant: Ernesto Yáñez (FOCAL) Matriculación, Trabajo Infantil y Asistencia Escolar en Bolivia: una evaluación al Bono Juancito Pinto Diego Vera (Univesidad de Chile)* Discussant: Christian Lehmann (Paris School of Economics) Session A2: Financial Macroeconomics Credit Frictions and Unexpected Credit Crunches Sergio Salas (Central Bank of Chile)* Discussant: Rene Osorio (IDB) Water Nationalization: network access, quality, and health outcomes Nicolás González (Universidad de Montevideo)*, Fernando Borraz (Banco Central del Uruguay & Deparmento de Economía FCS-UDELAR), Marcelo Olarreaga (University of Geneva and CEPR) Discussant: Sergio Salas (Central Bank of Chile) Travelling the Distance: A GPS-based Study of the Access to Birth Registration Services in Latin America Rene Osorio (IDB)*, Ana Corbacho (IDB) Discussant: Nicolás González (Universidad de Montevideo) Session A3: Corruption, trust & governance Reexamining the link between gender and corruption: The role of social institutions Boris Branisa (University of Mannheim & University of Goettingen)*, Maria Ziegler (University of Mannheim and Deutsches Institut fur Entwicklungspolitik) Discussant: Martín Mendoza-Botelho (Tulane University) Social Capital and Institutional Trust, are these concepts related? Evidence from Bolivia’s decentralisation reforms Martín Mendoza-Botelho (Tulane University)* Discussant: Boris Branisa (University of Mannheim) Session B1: Informality ¿Ser o no ser informal? : Una Simulación Estructural para Bolivia Mauricio Vargas (Fundación ARU)* Discussant: Darwin Ugarte (University of Namur (CRED)) Entre la formalidad y la informalidad ¿Opciones e ingresos diferentes? Rolando Morales (CIESS-Econometrica)* Discussant: Mauricio Vargas (Fundación ARU) The impact of formality on firm profitability: an heterogeneous assessment Darwin Ugarte (University of Namur (CRED))* Discussant: Rolando Morales (CIESS-Econometrica) Session B2: History & comparative development Eye Disease and Development Pablo Selaya (University of Copenhagen)*, Carl-Johan Dalgaard (University of Copenhagen)and Thomas B. Andersen (University of Southern Denmark) Discussant: Session participants Brechas de Infraestructura, Crecimiento y Desigualdad en los Países Andinos Omar Zambrano (IDB), Gabriela Aguilera (IDB) Discussant: Pablo Selaya (University of Copenhagen) Session B3: Economic Cycles Estimating private returns to education in Mexico Sylvia Guillermo (Universidad Autónoma de Puebla & UCLA)*, Arnold C. Harberger (UCLA) Discussant: Luis Gonzáles (PUC Chile) Medición de la brecha del producto para la economía boliviana Fabián Chaín (Banco Central de Bolivia)* Discussant: Sylvia Guillermo (Universidad Autónoma de Puebla & UCLA) Ciclos Económicos en Bolivia: La importancia de los shocks sectoriales y regionales Luis Gonzáles (PUC Chile)*, Pablo Cuba (University of Maryland) Discussant: Fabián Chaín (Banco Central de Bolivia) Session C1: Labor markets Costos laborales, economía informal y reformas a la legislación laboral en Bolivia Soraya Román (INESAD)* Discussant: José Rodríguez (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) Determinantes de la fecundidad adolescente en el departamento del Atlántico, 2005 Paula Martes (Fundación Para el Desarrollo del Caribe, FUNDESARROLLO, Colombia)* Discussant: Soraya Román (INESAD) Brechas de ingresos laborales entre asalariados y autoempleados en el Perú José Rodríguez (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)* Discussant: Paula Martes (Fundación Para el Desarrollo del Caribe, FUNDESARROLLO, Colombia) Session C2: Monetary policy How to survive in a more volatile world food inflation? Lessons from Bolivian 2007-2008 upsurge Pablo Mendieta (Banco Central de Bolivia)*, Martín Palmero (Banco Central de Bolivia) Discussant: Ernesto Sheriff (UPB, UMSA, CIEDE & Univalle) News, Noise, and Fluctuations: An Empirical Exploration Jean-Paul L'Huillier (MIT)*, Olivier J. Blanchard (MIT), Guido Lorenzoni (MIT) Discussant: Pablo Mendieta (Banco Central de Bolivia) Memoria inflacionaria e histéresis en la econometría de la demanda de dinero para el caso boliviano 1970 – 2010 Ernesto Sheriff (UPB, UMSA, CIEDE & Univalle)* Discussant: Jean-Paul L'Huillier (MIT) Session C3: Trade & FDI Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform: Hard and Soft Infrastructure Alberto Portugal (DECRG-World Bank)*, John S. Wilson (World Bank) Discussant: Luis Castro (University of Colorado, Boulder) Does Licensing Induce Technological Spillovers to Domestic Firms? Luis Castro (University of Colorado, Boulder)* Discussant: Catalina Franco(IADB) Latin American Immigration in the United States: Is There Wage Assimilation Across The Wage Distribution? Catalina Franco (IADB) Discussant: Alberto Portugal (DECRG - World Bank) Session D1: Agricultural economics Agricultura y Empleo Rural Agropecuario en Bolivia: Consecuencias del control de precios en el sector agropecuario Diego Vera (Universidad de Chile)* Discussant: Carola Mejía (Embajada de Corea en Bolivia) The Effect of Rainwater Harvesting on Reducing Poverty Christian Lehmann (Paris School of Economics)*, Raquel Tsukada (Ohio State University) Discussant: Diego Vera (Universidad de Chile) Community - Based Forest Management as a determinant for development of indigenous people in Northern La Paz – Bolivia Carola Mejía (Embajada de Corea en Bolivia)* Discussant: Christian Lehmann (Paris School of Economics) Session D2: Credit & insurance The heterogeneity of public financing systems: a study of the efficiency of national development banks in Latin America Diego Landivar (CERDI)*, Patrick Plane (University of Auvergne) and Mohammed Chaffai (University of Sfax) Discussant: Francisco Galarza (Universidad del Pacífico, Perú) Remenbering to Save: Timing of SMS Reminders in Ecuador Dylan Ramshaw (IPA-Yale University)* Discussant: Diego Landivar (CERDI) Risk preferences and demand for insurance in Peru: A field experiment Francisco Galarza (Universidad del Pacífico, Perú)*, Michael R. Carter (UC Davis) Discussant: Dylan Ramshaw (IPA-Yale University) Session D3: Decentralization Diseño Institucional e Incentivos Implícitos en la Descentralización Boliviana David Zavaleta (MpD-UCB)*, Gover Barja (MpD-UCB) and Sergio Villarroel (MpD-UCB)* Discussant: Lourdes Espinoza (UCB & UMSA) Efficiency in local public investment: Proof of Tiebout hypothesis in Bolivian country Mónica Meneses (IESE-Universidad Mayor de San Simón)*, Fernando Ayala and Carlos Meneses Discussant: David Zavaleta (MpD-UCB) Equidad en la prestación de servicios: Tarifa Dignidad en electricidad Lourdes Espinoza (UCB & UMSA)*, Wilson Jiménez Discussant: Mónica Meneses (IESE-Universidad Mayor de San Simón) Session E1: Economic Growth Foreign aid - A Filllip for Development or a fuel for corruption? Gonzalo Forgues-Puccio (University of St Andrews)*, Keith Blackburn (University of Manchester) Discussant: Session participants En busca de los determinantes del crecimiento económico: Instituciones y el rol de la distribución del poder político Elizabeth Jiménez (CIDES-UMSA)*, Patricia Suarez (CIDES-UMSA) Discussant: Gonzalo Forgues-Puccio (University of St Andrews) Session E2: International Economics Enfermedad holandesa y coyuntura macroeconómica boliviana Sergio Cerezo (Banco Central de Bolivia)* Discussant: Luis Castro Precios de exportación de gas natural para bolivia: Modelación y poolling de pronósticos Daney Valdivia (Banco Central de Bolivia)* Discussant: Sergio Cerezo (Banco Central de Bolivia) Heterogeneous Fixed Trade Costs and Firm-Level Exporting Performance Luis Castro (University of Colorado, Boulder)*, Ben Li (Boston College), Yiqing Xiez (University of Colorado, Boulder) Discussant: Daney Valdivia (Banco Central de Bolivia) Session E3: Natural Resources and Sustainable Growth Insights from Bolivia’s Green National Accounts Lykke Andersen (Conservation International - Bolivia)* Discussant: Alejandro Guarín (German Development Institute) Alternative Measurements for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth: With application to the case of Bolivia Luis Carlos Jemio (INESAD)* Discussant: Hwa - Soo Park, KOICA European Report on Development 2011/2012: land, water and renewable energy Alejandro Guarín (German Development Institute)* Discussant: Luis Carlos Jemio (INESAD) Session E4: Reflexiones sobre el Crecimiento y Desarrollo en Bolivia Espacio y Desarrollo Municipal en Bolivia Osvaldo Nina (INESAD)* y Tania Evia (INESAD) Discussant: Rolando Morales (CIESS-Econométrica) La Tortuosa Relación entre Inversión y Crecimiento en Bolivia Rolando Morales (CIESS-Econométrica)* Discussant: Kathlen Lizárraga (INESAD) Capital Humano y Crecimiento: El caso de la formación técnica Kathlen Lizárraga (INESAD)* Discussant: Osvaldo Nina (INESAD) * presenter Award for Best Development Economics Paper   Current as 20/11/2011 *** Will be issuing certificates to the 20th of december, confirm via phone 2-2146069 ***        La Paz - Bolivia. 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