CEGA Day 2010: Innovating for the Poor – New Directions in Financial Services and Labor Markets
2nd Annual CEGA Day: Innovating for the Poor – New Directions in Financial Services and Labor Markets. CEGA Faculty Affiliates presented their latest work on micro-insurance and savings, education, and human capital development to practitioners and graduate students.
Agenda
10:30 am – Introduction to CEGA
- Executive Director, Dr. Temina Madon, UC Berkeley
11:00 am – Long-term Benefits of Child Health Investments
- Faculty Director, Professor Edward Miguel, UC Berkeley
11:30 am – New Financial Services for Developing Markets
- Professor Craig McIntosh, UC San Diego
- For more information on the projects mentioned in Craig’s presentation, please visit:
- Interlinked Micro-insurance in Ethiopia:
http://i4.ucdavis.edu/projects/seed%20grants/McIntosh-Ethiopia/ - Micro-insurance in China:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/mifacility/activities/research/grants.htm#agricult,
http://www.3ieimpact.org/openwindow/round2/#17 - Savings Services in Rural Kenya:
http://www.econ.ucla.edu/pdupas/SavingsConstraints.pdf - Savings for Guatemalan Small-business Owners:
http://are.berkeley.edu/courses/DEVELWORK/microfinance.html
12:30 pm – Lunch
1:30 pm – Achieving Universal Quality Primary Education in India
- Professor Karthik Muralidharan, UC San Diego
- “Teacher Absence in India: A Snapshot.” (May 2005) Karthik Muralidharan with Michael Kremer, Nazmul Chaudhury, F. Halsey Rogers, and Jeffrey Hammer.
- “Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India.” (September 2009) Karthik Muralidharan with Venkatesh Sundararaman.
- “The Impact of Diagnostic Feedback to Teachers on Student Learning: Experimental Evidence from India.” (February 2010) Karthik Muralidharan with Venkatesh Sundararaman.
- “Contract Teachers: Experimental Evidence from India.” (May 2010) Karthik Muralidharan with Venkatesh Sundararaman.
- “When Can School Inputs Improve Test Scores?” (October 2010) Karthik Muralidharan with Jishnu Das, Stefan Dercon, James Habyarimana, Pramila Krishnan, and Venkatesh Sundararaman.
2:45 pm – Coffee Break
3:15 pm – Who Gets the Job Referral? Social Networks in India
- Professor Jeremy Magruder, UC Berkeley
- Paper: “Who gets the job referral? Evidence from a social networks experiment.” (October 2010) Jeremy Magruder with Lori Beaman.
