SITES 2023 Annual Conference
Persistence and Change: the new challenges for economic development
14 – 16 September 2023 | Naples, Italy
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Thursday, 14/Sept/2023 | |
9:30am | Registration opens Location: Ground Floor |
9:30am - 11:30am | Pre-conference and press conference: Le radici dello sviluppo economico moderno e prospettive attuali - Roots of modern economic development and contemporary perspectives Location: Room A.1.1 |
11:30am - 11:50am | Coffee break Location: Sala Lettura (Floor -1) |
11:50am - 12:15pm | Welcome and opening remarks Location: Room A.1.2 Maria Rosaria Carillo, Raffaele Fiorentino, Antonio Garofalo, Federico Perali |
12:15pm - 1:15pm | PL1: Keynote: François Bourguignon (Paris School of Economics) - Institutions and Development Location: Room A.1.2 |
1:15pm - 2:15pm | Lunch Location: Sala Lettura (Floor -1) |
2:15pm - 4:00pm | 1A: Ethnic fragmentation and Conflicts Location: Room A.1.1 |
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Child multidimensional poverty in conflict areas: the cases of Iraqi children and Syrian children in Jordan 1Department of Economics and Management, University of Firenze, Italy; 2Department of Economics and Management, University of Firenze, Italy Conflict and firms’ performance: A global view 1Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; 2Word Bank; 3Asian Development Bank From Conflict to Consequence: Understanding the Intergenerational Impact of Civil War in Sierra Leone 1991-2002 University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland Start off on a bad note: the long-term effect of Sri Lankan Civil War on mental health and occupational choice Kobe University, Japan |
2:15pm - 4:00pm | 1B: Italian institutions Location: Room A.1.6 |
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For whom the bell tolls. The endowment of schooling infrastructures in Italy: supply, demand, outcomes Banca d'Italia, Italy Politically connected cities: Italy 1951-1991 1Bank of Italy, Italy; 2University of Bologna R&D Tax Incentives in Italy ISTAT, Italy The quality of electricity supply: a comparison among Italian regions Banca d'Italia, Italy |
2:15pm - 4:00pm | 1C: Migration Location: Room A.1.7 |
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Migration flows and their impacts on public spending in receiving countries by using time series models West University, Romania Information campaigns and migration perceptions University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy The Impact of Immigration on Native Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Spain Queen Mary University London, United Kingdom |
2:15pm - 4:00pm | 1D: Poverty and inequality I Location: Room A.T.1 |
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Income Inequality in Western Balkans 1AUEB, Greece; 2Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece Information Design To Improve Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from Guinea-Bissau Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA Intra-household allocation of land property right effect women’s bargaining power? University of Verona, Italy The effects of social pensions on family transfers among the poor: Evidence from Peru 1Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER); 2Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru; 3Innovations for Poverty Action |
4:00pm - 4:30pm | Coffee break Location: Sala Lettura (Floor -1) |
4:30pm - 6:00pm | Agricultural productivity, food security, and One Health Location: Room A.1.2 Julian Alston (University of California, Davis), Carl Pray (Rutgers University), Sara Savastano (IFAD), Lucio Scandizzo (Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”) and Justus Wessler (Wageningen University) |
7:00pm | Welcome Aperitivo: Villa Doria D'Angri Location: Villa Doria d'Angri |
Date: Friday, 15/Sept/2023 | |
9:30am - 11:10am | 2A: Informality and Development Location: Room A.1.1 |
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Measuring social protection fragmentation and its relation with informality in developing countries University of Siena, Italy Spillover Effects of Minimum Wage on the Informal Sector: Evidence from Vietnam CERGE EI, Czech Republic Terrorism and Tourism Labor Market: Evidence from Egypt University of Turin, Italy |
9:30am - 11:10am | 2B: Historical economics and economic development Location: Room A.1.6 |
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Landownership elites and the literati’s expansion: Historical Evidence from Italy University of Brescia, Italy The effects of Italy’s unification on its dual development: a synthetic control approach 1Bank of Italy, Italy; 2University of Bologna; 3King's College London; 4University of Rome Tor Vergata The Political Consequences of Mass Repatriation WU Vienna, Austria When Pork-Barrel Fails to Work: Evidence from the construction of dams and the use of Forced Labor University of Lausanne, Italy |
9:30am - 11:10am | 2C: Cultural and Institutional persistence Location: Room A.1.7 |
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Cultural Doorways in the Barriers to Development 1Università Federico II, Italy; 2Università Suor Orsola Benincasa Do political sanctions matter? Evidence from local elections in Colombia 1Universidad Santiago de Cali, Colombia; 2Universidad del Rosario, Colombia; 3Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia Fascist Ideology and Migrant Labor Exploitation UPF, Federico II, Spain Social Norms, Product Demand, and Firm Growth 1Stockholm School of Economics; 2Universitat Pompeu Fabra; 3Barcelona School of Economics |
9:30am - 11:10am | 2D: Challenges in Gender Economics Location: Room A.T.1 |
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Are Global Value Chains Women Friendly? Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Developing Countries 1Université Clermont Auvergne, CERDI, CNRS, IRD; 2Cairo University, Economic Research Forum, EMANES Education and Domestic Violence: Evidence from a School Construction Program in India 1Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne, Switzerland; 2Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Switzerland; 3London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom; 4King’s College London, United Kindgom Towards Gender Equality in Inheritance? A Randomized Informational Experiment European University Institute, Italy Gendered effect of climate shocks on resilience to food insecurity: the role of kinship norms. 1Università di Firenze, Department of Economics and Management; 2Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) |
11:10am - 11:40am | Coffee break Location: Sala Lettura (Floor -1) |
11:40am - 12:40pm | PL2: Keynote: Klaus F. Zimmermann (Bonn University & UNU-Merit): "Social Identity and Economic Assimilation" Location: Room A.1.2 |
12:40pm - 2:00pm | Lunch Location: Sala Lettura (Floor -1) |
2:00pm - 3:15pm | 3A: The Persistence of Social Norms Location: Room A.1.1 |
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Colonial legacies of gender norms: the case of forced labour in Mozambique. 1Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy; 2United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); 3Universidade Federal da Bahia; 4University of Copenhagen; 5Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Living Arrangement Decision of Young Italians: Preferences and Culture University of Verona, Italy Understanding Mechanisms of Persistence in Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from a large-scale Field Experiment 1University of Lausanne, Switzerland; 2National University of Singapore, Signapore; 3Swiss National Bank, Switzerland; 4University of Essex, United Kingdom |
2:00pm - 3:15pm | 3B: Environment and Climate Change Location: Room A.1.6 |
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Confined to Stay: Natural Disasters and Indonesia's Migration Ban 1CIRED/CIRAD; 2University of Goettingen The Long-Term Impact of Energy Poverty and Its Mitigation on Educational Attainment: Evidence From China CERGE-EI (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute), Czech Republic The political economy of environmental regulation: evidence from sand mining in India 1Queen Mary University, United Kingdom; 2University of Westminster; 3University of Reading; 4University of Glasgow |
2:00pm - 3:15pm | 3C: Demography and employment Location: Room A.1.7 |
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Spillover Effects of Raising the Retirement Age on Coworkers and Firm Employment CERGE-EI, Czech Republic Estimating the Growth Effect of the Demographic Dividend Wesleyan University, United States of America The Determinants of Employment in Italian Provinces. A Spatial Dynamic Panel Approach University of Naples Parthenope, Italy |
2:00pm - 3:15pm | 3D: Emigration and Cultural Persistence Location: Room A.T.1 |
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Do job prospects precede the migration decision, or is it preceded by migration flows? Evidence from urban India. School of Economics, University of Hyderabad(India). Effects of emigration on gender norms in countries of origin National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russian Federation The political consequences of an internal resettlement policy Università degli studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Italy |
3:15pm - 3:45pm | Coffee break Location: Sala Lettura (Floor -1) |
3:45pm - 5:00pm | 4A: Cognitive and non-cognitive skills in the development process Location: Room A.1.1 |
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Educational take-off and the role of wealth 1Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Palermo; 2Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo Intergenerational effects of conflict on non-cognitive skills: Evidence from Peru 1Lancaster University, United Kingdom; 2Group of the Analysis for Development (GRADE) Lost in Translation. Reading Performance and Math Performance of Second-Generation Immigrant Children in Italy 1University of Bristol, UK; 2University of Salerno, Italy |
3:45pm - 5:00pm | 4B: Health Location: Room A.1.6 |
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Organizational culture and language policies in healthcare management within China. A literature review about China’s hospitals during COVID-19 pandemic. 1University of Verona, Italy; 2University of Bergamo The Lonely Elder: How Much Is It Worth Investing in Social Networks? Evidence from Italy 1University of Verona, Department of Economics, Italy; 2Office of the Chief Economist, U.S., Department of Agriculture The Effects of the Indian Mid-Day Meal Scheme on Cognitive and Health Outcomes of Children in Andhra Pradesh 1Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy; 2Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope |
3:45pm - 5:00pm | 4C: Poverty and inequality II Location: Room A.1.7 |
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Riddles and waves of economic growth and wealth concentration driven by non-productive assets 1University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy; 2University of Calabria, Italy Scale-biased Technical Change and Inequality London School of Economics, United Kingdom The Dynamics of Social Identity, Inequality and Redistribution 1University of Basel, Switzerland; 2University of Essex, UK |
3:45pm - 5:00pm | 4D: Resilience and Climate Change Location: Room A.T.1 |
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Coping with Drought in Village Economies: Does Polygyny Matter? 1Université Laval, Québec, Canada; 2University of Florence, Italy; 3World Bank, Rome; 4Université Laval, Québec, Canada Labor Market Effects of Drought Shocks in Tunisia 1University of Trento, Italy; 2World Bank; 3GSSI; 4INS Tunisia Coping strategies in both idiosyncratic and covariate risks: the case of COVID-19 pandemic in rural Uganda University of Firenze, Italy |
5:00pm - 6:00pm | PL3: Keynote Paola Giuliano (UCLA Anderson School of Management): "Aggregate shocks, preferences and beliefs" (online) Location: Room A.1.2 |
6:00pm - 7:00pm | General Assembly of Members and Prizes Location: Room A.1.2 |
8:30pm | Social Event |
Date: Saturday, 16/Sept/2023 | |
9:30am - 11:10am | 5A: Trade and firms Location: Room A.1.1 |
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CETA, an ex-post analysis University of Messina, Italy Why Don’t Small Firms Consolidate? Evidence from an Information Experiment in Ghana 1CERGE-EI, Czech Republic; 2NYU Abu Dhabi; 3University of Michigan; 4IZA Trade Sanctions and Informal Employment 1Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy; 2Loughborough University, UK Supply Chain Disruptions and Sourcing Strategies 1Parthenope University of Naples, Italy; 2Geneva Graduate Institute; 3London School of Economics |
9:30am - 11:10am | 5B: Crime, corruption, and economic development Location: Room A.1.6 |
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Assessing the effect of international terrorism on civil liberties using a potential outcomes framework. 1University of Patras, Greece; 2LSE Health, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics; 3University of Ioannina, Greece; 4Hellenic Open University, Greece Mining rents, institutional quality and social conflicts: the experience of Peru Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy What causes juvenile crime? 1University of Verona, Italy; 2Interdepartmental Center of Economic Documentation (CIDE) |
9:30am - 11:10am | 5C: Structural change and economic development Location: Room A.1.7 |
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Can AK Models with International Technological Interdependence Explain Cross-Country Income Distribution and Convergence? Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Green Hydrogen development: mapping possible diffusion pathways in Italy 1Parthenope University of Naples, Italy; 2Ulm University, Germany Regional Industrial Development: tales of success and failures from European Regions. 1University of Naples L'Orientale, Italy; 2University of Naples Parthenope Beyond Cost Benefit Analysis: A SAM-CGE Model for Project-Program Evaluation Università Roma Tor Vergata, Italy |
9:30am - 11:10am | 5D: Cultural Persistence and Change Among Immigrants Location: Room A.T.1 |
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Immigration restriction and the transfer of religiosity to the second generation 1Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy; 2CSEF Media and Assimilation: Evidence from the Golden Age of Radio Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Diversity and Integration of Immigrants in Italy University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Violent hate crimes and immigrants social identity: Evidence from the San Gennaro’s Massacre Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy |
11:10am - 11:40am | Coffee break Location: Sala Lettura (Floor -1) |
11:40am - 12:40pm | PL4: Keynote: Sandra Sequeira (London School of Economics): “Persistence and Change in Social Cohesion” Location: Room A.1.2 |
12:40pm - 1:00pm | Closing remarks Location: Room A.1.2 |
1:00pm - 2:00pm | Lunch Location: Sala Lettura (Floor -1) |
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