The CEGA Research Retreat (R^2) is an annual gathering of invited faculty, staff, postdocs and graduate students from multiple CEGA campuses with a shared interest in impact evaluation for social and economic development. R^2 is designed to generate feedback and discussion around presentations of newly completed, unpublished work by CEGA affiliates and their colleagues.

This is a closed event.

Agenda

9:00 AM Introduction, Ted Miguel
9:05 AM Paul Niehaus, Targeting impact versus deprivation
9:50 AM Virtual coffee break
10:00 AM Simone Schaner, Information, Intermediaries, and International Migration
10:45 AM Gaurav Khanna, Spatial Mobility, Economic Opportunity, and Crime
11:30 AM Virtual coffee break
11:40 AM Layla Kwong, The Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Bangladesh
12:25 PM CEGA updates and discussion – Ted Miguel, Josh Blumenstock, Carson Christiano
12:45 PM End