Previous seminars

20 Sept. 2024, 13:00-14:00

Anna Kochanova, Cardiff University

"Mobile Technologies and Firm Formalization: Evidence from Uganda". Seminar arranged by DERG (Development Economics Research Group)

12 Apr. 2024, 13:00-14:00

Michele Valsecchi, New Economic School

"Religious Practices and Voting Behavior". Seminar arranged by DERG (Development Economics Research Group)

22 Mar. 2024, 13:00-14:00

Karen Macours, Paris School of Economics

"The Complexity of Multidimensional Learning in Agriculture". Seminar arranged by DERG (Development Economics Research Group)

23 Feb. 2024, 13:00-14:00

Lucia Corno, Cattolica University

"Norm Replacement and Information. A Field Experiment on ending Female Genital Cutting". Seminar arranged by DERG (Development Economics Research Group)

8 Dec. 2023, 13:00-14:00

Tanguy Bernard, University of Bordeaux & CNRS

"The Future in Mind: Aspirations and Long-term Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia". Seminar arranged by DERG (Development Economics Research Group).

27 Oct. 2023, 13:00-14:00

Arjan Verschoor, University of East Anglia

"Informal Risk Sharing and Demand for Index Insurance: Experimental Evidence from Rural Uganda". Seminar arranged by DERG (Development Economics Research Group).

9 Sept. 2023, 13:00-14:00

Steve Berggreen-Clausen, Lund University

"Unsafe water and children's development". Scandinavian PhD Student Seminar Exchange arranged by DERG (Development Economics Research Group)

16 June 2023, 13:30-14:45

David Garces Urzainqui, University of Copenhagen

"Market Access and Social Change: Evidence from Road Construction in Rural India". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG) and the Department of Economics.

12 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Shotaro Nakamura, University of California, Davis

"Distributional and Productivity Implications of Regulating Casual Labor: Evidence from Ridesharing in Indonesia". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

21 Apr. 2023, 13:00-14:00

Arkadev Ghosh, briq - Institute on Behavior & Inequality

"Camps, Rituals and Nation-Building: A Field Experiment in India ". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

18 Apr. 2023, 16:00-17:00

Think WIDER Webinar: Corruption and theft in the global oil and gas sector

This event is part of Think WIDER Webinar Series - New perspectives on domestic revenue mobilization.

24 Mar. 2023, 13:00-14:00

Julia Cajal Grossi, The Graduate Institute Geneva

"Workers in Space: Evidence from Urban Bangladesh". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

3 Mar. 2023, 13:00-14:00

Simon Quinn, University of Oxford

"Microequity and Mutuality: Experimental Evidence on Credit with Performance-Contingent Repayment". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

8 Feb. 2023, 14:00-15:15

César Hidalgo, Universities of Toulouse, Manchester & Harvard

"Economic complexity theory and applications".  Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG) and the Department of Economics

28 Oct. 2022, 13:00-14:00

Kalle Hirvonen, IFPRI and UNU-WIDER

"Measuring consumption over the phone: Evidence from a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG).

10 June 2022, 13:00-14:00

Andreas Nicklish, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons

"Socio-Economic Values of Syrian Refugees". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

6 May 2022, 13:00-14:15

Marcella Veronesi, DTU + University of Verona

"The Impact of Suggested Donation and Social Information on Voluntary Donations: Evidence from a Field Experiment". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

29 Apr. 2022, 13:00-14:15

Marinella Leone, University of Pavia

"Nudging Parental Investments in Early Childhood: Experimental Evidence from a Video Intervention in Rwanda". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

22 Apr. 2022, 13:00-14:15

Jonathan Colmer, University of Virginia

"The Economics of Marine Conservation". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

11 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

Marcos Vera-Hernandes, University College London

"Monetary Incentives and Image Motivation: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment with Nigerian Midwives". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

9 Apr. 2021, 13:00-14:00

Hanna Berkel, University of Copenhagen

"Cash grants and firm recovery: An RCT following cyclone Idai in Mozambique". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

5 Mar. 2021, 13:00-14:00

Arthur Alik Lagrange, World Bank

"Highly vulnerable yet largely invisible: Forcibly displaced in the COVID-19-induced recession". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

29 Jan. 2021, 13:00-14:00

Kasper Brandt, University of Copenhagen

“The Impact of Eliminating Secondary School Fees: Evidence from Tanzania”. Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

11 Dec. 2020, 13:00-14:00

Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University and Haipen Xing, State University of New York at Stony Brook

"Endogenous Structural Transformation in Economic Development". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

23 Oct. 2020, 13:00-14:00

Seetha Menon, University of Southern Denmark

"The effect of domestic violence on cardiovascular risk factors". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Group (DERG)

25 Oct. 2019, 13:00-14:15

Paul Clist, University of East Anglia

“Risk Taking in a Social Context: Efficiency Matters”. Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

24 Oct. 2019, 16:00-18:00

Økonomisk Eksploratorium series

On 24 October, DERG contributed to the series ‘Økonomisk Eksploratorium’ hosted by the Department of Economics and Politrådet. 

12 June 2019, 9:00-12:30

Launch of the Mozambique Institutional Diagnostic

The Economic Development & Institutions (EDI) Programme organized in partnership with the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Programme a Launch Workshop of the Mozambique Institutional Diagnostic (MID) study.

7 June 2019, 13:00-14:15

Sandra K. Halvorsen, Norwegian School of Economics

"Factory employment and fertility decisions: Field experimental evidence from Ethiopia". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

26 Apr. 2019, 13:00-14:15

Fenella Carpena, Oslo Business School

"The Adverse Effects of Electrification: Evidence from India ". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

9 Apr. 2019, 10:00-12:00

Introduction Meeting at Danida Fellowship Centre

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18 May 2018, 13:30-14:45

Marc F. Bellemare, University of Minnesota

"Producer Attitudes toward Output Price Risk: Experimental Evidence from the Lab and from the Field". Seminar arranged by Development Economics Research Group (DERG) and IFRO

9 Feb. 2016, 14:00-15:15

Ulrik Beck, University of Copenhagen: "Coffee Price Volatility and Household Response: Evidence from Vietnam"

DERG seminar

1 Dec. 2015, 11:00-12:15

Thomas Markussen, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Economic and Non-Economic Returns to Communist Party Membership in Vietnam"

DERG seminar

17 Nov. 2015, 14:00-15:15

Zlata Tanovic, VU University Amsterdam / Amsterdam Institute for International Development (AIID): "The impact of subsidized private health insurance and health facility upgrades on healthcare utilization and spending in rural Nigeria"

DERG seminar

20 Oct. 2015, 14:00-15:15

Saurabh Singhal, UNU-WIDER: "The Impact of Peers on Cognitive, Non-Cognitive, and Behavioral Outcomes: Evidence from India"

DERG seminar

29 Sept. 2015, 14:00-15:15

Tseday Jemaneh Mekasha, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Conditional Cash Transfers and Household Demographic Dynamics: Capturing Unintended Outcomes"

DERG seminar

2 June 2015, 14:00-15:00

Gunes Gokmen, New Economic School, Moscow: "Minorities and Long-run Development: Persistence of Armenian and Greek Influence in Turkey"

DERG seminar

26 May 2015, 14:00-15:15

Anna Folke Larsen, University of Copenhagen: "The network at work: Diffusion of banana cultivation in Tanzania"

DERG seminar

24 Mar. 2015, 2:00-3:00

Seid Yimer, Sapienza Universita Roma: "Gender wage gap in Ghana manufacturing firms: Matched employer-employee data"

DERG seminar

17 Mar. 2015, 2:15-3:15

Thomas Pave Sohnesen, World Bank: "Using Reduced Consumption Aggregates to Track Poverty"

DERG seminar

10 Mar. 2015, 2:00-3:00

Monica Schuster, University of Leuven: "Worker empowerment through labor standards. Evidence from the Peruvian horticultural export sector"

DERG seminar

24 Feb. 2015, 2:00-3:00

Raphael Odoom, University of Ghana: "Branding as a Competitive Strategy for Enterprise Development – A Study of SMEs in Ghana"

DERG seminar

27 Jan. 2015, 2:15-3:15

César Antonio Salazar Espinoza, University of Copenhagen: "Is pesticide use risk-reducing or risk-increasing in rice production in Vietnam? Exploring consistency between a production and a lottery approach"

DERG seminar

20 Jan. 2015, 2:15-3:15

George Acheampong, University of Ghana and University of Copenhagen: "Stakeholder Network Position and SME Survival in Ghana"

DERG seminar

9 Dec. 2014, 2:15-3:15

Sonja Opper, Lund University: "Why Risk Aversion Affects Guanxi-Activities: A Behavioral Analysis of CEOs in China"

DERG seminar

25 Nov. 2014, 1:30-2:30

James Mensah, Kvame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi-Ghana: "Effects of business management training on performance of street food enterprises in Ghana: Evidence from randomized field experiment"

DERG seminar

10 Nov. 2014, 1:00-2:15

Heidi Kaila, University of Copenhagen: "Internet and Agricultural Production in Rural Vietnam"

DERG seminar

28 Oct. 2014, 2:00-3:00

Anja Tolonen, Gothenburg University: "Strike Gold: Gold mining and Female Empowerment"

DERG seminar

21 Oct. 2014, 2:00-3:00

Tseday Jemaneh Mekasha, University of Copenhagen: "Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Prices: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa with a Focus on Ethiopia"

DERG seminar

8 Oct. 2014, 2:00-3:00

Julien Labonne, Oxford University: "Candidate Promises, Citizens Knowledge and Vote-Buying. Experimental Evidence from the Philippines"

DERG seminar

29 Sept. 2014, 14:00-15:00

Anne Brenøe Hoffmann, University of Copenhagen

"The Missing Men: Combined Micro and Macro Evidence in Relation to Prenatal Fasting". DERG seminar

16 Sept. 2014, 2:00-3:00

Yonas Alem, Gothenburg University

"Optimal Expectation and the Welfare Cost of Climate Variability: Evidence from Ethiopia"

11 June 2014, 11:00-12:00

Hailemariam Ayalew Tiruneh, Department of Economics

"Tenure Security and Poverty Dynamics: Evidence from Ethiopia"

21 May 2014, 14:00-15:15

Tara Mitchell, Trinity College Dublin

"Is Knowledge Power? Competition and Information in Agricultural Markets". DERG seminar

29 Apr. 2014, 14:00-15:00

Thomas Markussen, University of Copenhagen

"The Happy Farmer, Self-Employment and Subjective Well-being in Rural Vietnam". DERG seminar

24 Apr. 2014, 3:00-4:00

Andres Zambrano, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia: ”Agricultural Production amidst Conflict: The Effects of Shocks, Uncertainty and Governance of Non-State Armed Actors”

DERG seminar

8 Apr. 2014, 2:00-3:00

Peter Fisker, University of Copenhagen

"Green Lights: Quantifying the economic impact of drought"

1 Apr. 2014, 2:00-3:15

Carol Newman, University of Copenhagen

"Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers: evidence from Vietnam"

12 Mar. 2014, 2:00-3:15

Sam Jones, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen:

"And the first shall be last?" The effect of birth order on cognitive skill acquisition in East Africa". DERG seminar

18 Feb. 2014, 2:00-3:30

Benedikte Bjerge from the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Are inter-household transactions pro-poor?"

DERG seminar

3 Feb. 2014, 2:30-3:30

Anne Hoffmann, University of Copenhagen: "Maternal Education and Child Human Capital: Evidence from Indonesia"

DERG seminar

21 Jan. 2014, 15:00-16:30

Marcela Jaime, University of Gothenburg

"Social norms and information diffusion in water-saving programs: Evidence from a randomized field experiment in Colombia". DERG seminar

17 Dec. 2013, 3:00-5:00

Carol Newman, Trinity College Dublin: "Trade Liberalizations, Supply Chains and Productivity"

DERG seminar

25 Nov. 2013, 15:00-16:30

Paolo Falco,University of Oxford

 "Do employers trust workers too little? An experimental study of trust in the labour market". DERG seminar

4 Nov. 2013, 3:00-4:30

Eyerusalem Siba from the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg

"Land Certification Program, Farm Size and Off-Farm Employment in Ethiopia"

24 Oct. 2013, 14:00-15:00

Leigh Gardner, London School of Economics

"Africa's growth prospects in a European mirror: a historical perspective". DERG/MEHR seminar

14 Oct. 2013, 3:00-4:30

Pablo Selaya, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Competition for export markets and the allocation of foreign aid"

DERG seminar

9 Oct. 2013, 1:15-3:00

Professor Justin Lin: "Against the Consensus – Reflections on the Great Recession"

DERG seminar

9 Sept. 2013, 15:00-17:00

Emilija Timmis, University of Nottingham

"Fiscal Effects of Aid in Ethiopia: A CVAR application". DERG seminar

16 July 2013, 3:00-4:30

Marisa Coetzee, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa: "Estimating the impact of a switch in the language of learning and teaching in South African primary schools"

DERG seminar

10 June 2013, 3:00-4:30

Ulrik Richardt Beck, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Growth, poverty and inequality trends in Malawi"

DERG seminar

27 May 2013, 14:00-15:00

Development Policy Seminar

We hope to gather young researchers from Anthropology, Economics, Political Science and Sociology.

13 May 2013, 3:00-4:30

Cesar Salazar Espinoza, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Share contract choices and economic performance in artisanal fishing communities in Chile"

DERG seminar

29 Apr. 2013, 3:00-4:15

Anna Folke Larsen, University of Copenhagen: "Reducing early childhood stunting – Evidence from an agricultural intervention in Tanzania"

DERG seminar

15 Apr. 2013, 3:00-4:15

Neda Trifkovic, IFRO: "Governance Strategies and Welfare Effects: Vertical Integration and Contracts in Pangasius Sector in Vietnam"

DERG seminar

8 Apr. 2013, 3:00-4:15

Benedikte Bjerge, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Job training and wage outcomes among Vietnamese SMES"

DERG seminar

11 Mar. 2013, 3:00

John Rand, Department of Food and Resource Economics: "Learning by Exporting: A New Perspective"

DERG seminar

25 Feb. 2013, 3:00-4:30

DERG seminar

DERG seminar with Henrik Hansen

19 Nov. 2012, 1:00-2:00

Edward Samuel Jones, Department of Economics

"What matters for learning in East Africa? A comparison of education production functions between and within countries"

22 Oct. 2012, 15:00-16:00

Marianne Hvidt, University of Copenhagen

"Convergence of Sector Labor Productivity". DERG seminar

24 Sept. 2012, 3:00-4:00

Benedikte Bjerge, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen: "Network Formation of Directed Economic Links: Evidence from Rural Gambia"

DERG seminar

23 Apr. 2012, 15:00-16:00

Edward Samuel Jones, University of Copenhagen

"Are children learning in East Africa? Evidence from the Uwezo surveys". DERG seminar

26 Mar. 2012, 15:00-16:00

Alan Matthews, Trinity College Dublin

"The differentiated effects of food price spikes on poverty in Uganda". DERG seminar

5 Mar. 2012, 3:00-4:00

Thomas Markussen, Department of Economics

"Property rights, political connections and land-related investment in rural Vietnam"

13 Feb. 2012, 3:00-4:00

César Salazar Espinoza, Department of Economics, Unviersity of Copenhagen: "Production risk, level of irrigation technology and agro-ecological factors. Evidence from potatoes family farmers in Chile"

DERG seminar

26 Jan. 2012, 4:30-5:15

Channing Arndt, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, External Project Director, UNU-WIDER: "Climate Change and Developing Countries"

DERG seminar