NEUDC 2022 Conference 

Houses on stilts in a river in Bangladesh
                           Photo by Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

The North East Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) annual conference was held in-person and hosted by the Economic Growth Center at Yale University in New Haven, CT.  Sessions ran all day Saturday, November 5, and Sunday morning, November 6.

NEUDC has organized annual conferences in development economics since 1967. The location and sponsorship of the annual NEUDC conference usually rotates among the organizing institutions: Boston University, Brown University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, MIT, Northwestern University, Tufts University, Williams College, and Yale.

Conference registration opened on July 1, 2022 at this link - NEUDC 2022 (touchnet.net). Early registration for general faculty and business was $200. Early discounted registration was $120, which was applicable to all students, all post-docs, residents of low- and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), and faculty at community colleges and historically Black colleges and universities. The early registration discount ended at 8am on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, after which registration was $250 for faculty or business and $150 for individuals in discounted categories. Registration fees will not be refunded after October 11, except upon a positive Covid test. The registration fee will include breakfast, lunch, coffee/tea, and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast and coffee/tea on Sunday. 

Travel grant opportunity: J-PAL’s Governance Initiative (GI), which funds randomized evaluations of strategies to improve governance, is now offering Conference Travel Grants to support the participation of researchers from low- and middle-income countries at leading economics conferences. Up to two successful applicants will be fully funded to attend the NEUDC 2022 Conference. Researchers have until September 5, 2022 to apply and must submit a letter of support from a J-PAL affiliate or GI invited researcher with their application. Find more information on how to apply here. For any questions, please reach out to gi@povertyactionlab.org.

Covid-19 Protocols: All staff, students and guests of Yale must be vaccinated and boosted (if eligible) for COVID 19 and follow all of Yale’s guidelines, which can be found under Events, Gatherings & Meetings | COVID-19 Information (yale.edu).

The EGC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive space where participants of all identities and from all backgrounds feel welcomed, supported, and encouraged to engage in the free and open exchange of ideas without expectation of discrimination or harassment. Conference participants were expected to uphold these values of mutual respect in all their interactions during the conference. If you experienced or witnessed harassment of any kind, please contact Yale's SHARE Center or contact us directly. You can also pursue reporting channels at your own institution.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at neudc2022@yale.edu. 

The Call for Papers is now closed

From June 15 to Aug 15, 2022, EGC welcomed submissions of papers that investigate topics in economic development broadly defined. Submitters were notified of decisions on September 27th, and the program is available at this link.

Read the conference program.

Watch the Plenary Panel discussion online

The NEUDC Plenary Panel "Lessons Learned on Poverty Measurement through Household Panel Surveys" was held in-person at Yale and broadcast live online on Saturday, November 5, 2022. The event featured development economists introducing three major household panels surveys available to researchers.

Conference Program

Saturday, November 5th

Activity

Track A Trade, Firms
WTS B60

Track B: Education, Behavior
WTS A74

Track C: Gender, Labor
WTS A53

Track D: Political Economy
WTS A51

Track E: Environment, Agriculture, Macro
WTS A30

Track F: Finance, Health
WTS A60

8:00-8:30 Breakfast, Yale Watson Center
8:30-10:10 Block 1 T1 Intranational Trade
Chair: Amit Khandelwal
Trade see also A2
  L1 Labor Market Institutions
Chair: Melanie Khamis
PE2 Corruption
Chair: Saad Gulzar
A2 Agricultural Trade
Chair: Kyle Emerick
H2 Health Policy Evaluations
Chair: John Hoddinott
10:10-10:30 Break
10:30-12:10 Block 2 T2 Trade Policy Infrastructure
Chair: Daniel Bjorkegren
ED1 Learning and Parental Involvement
Chair: Owen Ozier
L2 Labor Market Networks
Chair: Nancy Chau
EE2 Natural Resources
Chair: Mushfiq Mobarak
A1 Agricultural Technology
Chair: Chris Udry
Environment see EE2
H1 Early Life Circumstances and Health
Chair: Andrew Foster
12:10-1:10 Lunch
1:10-2:50 Block 3 T3 Spatial Disparities
Chair: Brian McCaig
ED2 What Impacts Education Decisions?
Chair: Valentina Martinez-Pabon
L3 Migration
Chair: Emily Beam
PE5 Culture and the State
Chair: Diego Ramos-Toro
EE1 Electricity Supply
Nicholas Ryan
FIN2 Microfinance
Chair: Rohini Pande
2:50-3:10 Break
3:10-4:50 Block 4 G1 Gender Roles
Chair: Pinar Keskin
ED3 Education Policy
Chair: Chris Neilson
Education see also L4
L4 Education and Labor
Chair: Robert Garlick
Gender see G1
PE4 Conflict and the State
Chair: Sabyasachi Das
EE3 Environmental Damages
Chair: Nidhiya Menon
FIN1 Risk
Chair: Silvia Prina
Health see EE3
5:00-6:00 Plenary, Yale School of Management (SOM) Zhang Auditorium
6:00-8:00 Dinner, Greenberg Center and the Old Refectory at Yale Divinity School

Saturday, November 5th

Activity

Track A Trade, Firms
WTS B60

Track B: Education, Behavior
WTS A74

Track C: Gender, Labor
WTS A53

Track D: Political Economy
WTS A51

Track E: Environment, Agriculture, Macro
WTS A30

Track F: Finance, Health
WTS A60

  Breakfast, Yale Watson Center
8:30-10:10 Block 5 F1 Supply Chains and Networks
Chair: Gaurav Chiplunkar
B1 Norms Transmission
Chair: Pamela Jakiela
G3 Intrahousehold Bargaining
Chair: Charity Troyer Moore
Labor see also M1
PE1 Bureaucracy
Chair: Vincent Pons
M1 Macroeconomics of Labor Markets
Chair: Daniela Vidart
H3 Health and Demand
Chair: Antonella Bancalari
10:10-10:30 Break
10:30-12:10 Block 6 F2 Retail Trade
Chair: Lauren Bergquist
B2 Goals and Preferences
Chair: Nishith Prakash
G2 Gender and Work
Chair: Rossella Calvi
PE3 Public Finance
Chair: Rohini Pande
M2 Growth
Chair: Michael Peters
P1 Poverty
Chair: Ardina Hasanbasri
Finance see PE3