The International Policy and Development (IPAD) workshop is a forum for faculty and students to present research, learn from one another, and build a community of development economics scholars in ACE. This weekly workshop features research presentations on a range of topics related to international policy and development economics. Early stage research is welcome.
IPAD takes place on Thursdays from 12:30pm - 1:30pm in Mumford Hall Room 426-428.
Faculty Coordinator
Bill Ridley and Catalina Herrera Almanza
Graduate Student Coordinator
Julian Diaz and Christian Valencia
IPAD Seminar Faculty Team
Mary Arends-Kuenning
Catalina Herrera Almanza
Sarah Janzen
Angela Lyons
Hope Michelson
Paul McNamara
Bill Ridley
Alex Winter-Nelson
Spring 2024 Schedule
Feb. 26th Professor Chris Barret (Cornell University)
“If I Could Start Anew: Some Reflections of an Applied Economist”
MillerComm Lecture, “Developing the Food System We Urgently Need: Healthy, Equitable, Resilient, and Sustainable.”
March 6th Professor Laura Schechter (University of Wisconsin-Madison, AAE)
(ACE seminar) Title TBD
March 21st Shahadat Hossain (PhD Student, ACE)
“Impacts of COVID-19 illness and job loss on Household Welfare: coping through labor markets”
March 28th Christian Valencia (PhD Student, ACE)
“Diversity in Academia”
April 4th No seminar
David Kinley Lecture, Prof. Stefan Dercon, April 3rd (Economics department), Midwest Development Economic Conference, April 5-6th, U. Chicago
April 11th Professor Catalina Herrera-Almanza (ACE)
“Disparities in Spousal Desired Fertility and Land tenure Expectations: Experimental Evidence from Rural Tanzania”
April 18th Gustavo Nino (PhD Student, ACE)
“Succession in the Shadows: Analyzing the Competition's Response to the Dissolution of the Largest Drug-Trafficking Actor in Colombia”
April 18th Farzana Shrin (PhD Student, ACE)
“Rainfall aberrations and household food security: Evidence from Bangladesh”
April 25th Julian Diaz (PhD Student, ACE)
“Industrial Robots and Infant Health in Mexico”