The 2024 Kuznets Mini-Conference, Friday, April 5, 2024
Held in conjunction with the 33rd Kuznets Lecture, the Kuznets Mini-Conference on Agriculture and Development will highlight current work in these areas.
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The 2024 Kuznets Mini-Conference: Agriculture and Development
A mini-conference spotlighting the work of early-career researchers on topics related to the 33rd Kuznets Memorial Lecture, hosted by the Economic Growth Center.
The 33rd Kuznets Memorial Lecture: Structural Change & Declining Agricultural Productivity
Christopher Udry of Northwestern University will deliver the 33rd Annual Kuznets Memorial Lecture on April 4, 2024.
Program Schedule
87 Trumbull St., B120
Papers are linked as available.
7:30-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8:10 Opening Remarks: Christopher Udry (Northwestern University), 33rd Annual Kuznets Memorial speaker
8:10-9:40 Session 1: "Technology Adoption"
- Kyle Emerick (Tufts University): "Targeted Subsidies for Water Conservation in Smallholder Agriculture"
- Hope Michelson (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign): "Misperceptions About Input Quality: Fertilizer in Tanzania”
- Brian Dillon (Cornell University): "Technology Adoption After Relaxing Supply and Demand Constraints"
9:40 - 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:30 am Session 2: "Input Markets and Rural Poverty"
- Lorenzo Casaburi (University of Zurich): "Land Markets and Land Allocation: Evidence from East Africa"
- Namrata Kala (MIT): "Mechanizing Agriculture"
- Leah Bevis (Ohio State University): “Soils, Stunting, and the Green Revolution in South Asia" (Work in progress. Sources: "Soil Zinc Deficiency and Child Stunting: Evidence from Nepal", "Soil Micronutrients Linked to Human Health in India," and a third source in progress
11:30 – 12:15 pm Lunch
12:15 – 1:00 pm Plenary Panel: Doug Gollin (Tufts University), Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University), and Christopher Udry (Northwestern University)
1:00 – 2:30 pm Session 3: "Intermediation and Supply Chains"
- Meredith Startz (Dartmouth College): "Search Costs Intermediation and Trade: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan Agricultural Markets”
- Eleanor Wiseman (Stanford University): “Border Trade and Information Frictions: Evidence from Informal Traders in Kenya”
- Jie Bai (Harvard University): "Demand-side Incentives and Quality Upgrading in Uganda’s Coffee Supply Chain.”
2:30 pm: Concluding Remarks
Watch 32nd Annual Kuznets Memorial Lecture: Changing Harmful Norms
Eliana La Ferrara of Harvard University delivered the 32nd Annual Kuznets Memorial Lecture "Changing Harmful Norms" on March 2, 2023. She discussed new research on how values, beliefs, and biases affect individual outcomes.
