Business School

Institutions (Venue: Ernst and Young Lecture theatre)

Chair: Anu Rammohan (UWA)

Paul Raschky (Monash University) and Roland Hodler (University of Melbourne): Foreign Aid and Enlightened Leaders

Bharat Ramaswami (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), M Eswaran (UBC), W. Wadhwa (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): Status, Caste and the time allocation of women in rural India

Maria-Monica Wihardja (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) and Nadezhda V. Baryshnikova (University of Adelaide): The Effect of Inequality, Democracy, and Economic Development on Institutions: A Dynamic Panel Study

Shrabani Saha (Edith Cowan University) and Rukmani Gounder (Massey University): Does Higher Levels of Democracy and Economic Freedom Reduce Corruption: Some Cross-National and Regional Evidence

Risk/experimental (Venue: Ernst and Young Lecture theatre)

Chair: Brett Inder (Monash University)

Lisa Cameron (Monash University) and Manisha Shah: Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disaster

Tim Capon, Paulo Santos and Nicholas Ross (University of Sydney): Risk, Ambiguity and the Adoption of New Technologies: Experimental Evidence from a developing economy

Debdulal Mallick (Deakin University): Microfinance and Moneylender Interest Rate: Evidence from Bangladesh

Ariel BenYishay (University of New South Wales) and Sarah Pearlman (Vassar College): Crime and microenterprise: evidence from Mexico

3A Health and Development (Ernst and Young Lecture Theatre)

Chair: Marie-Claire Robitaille (UWA)  

Nejat Anbarci (Deakin University): Contagious diseases and segregation: A neoclassical framework

Asadul Islam and Russell Smyth (Monash University): The economic returns to good looks and risky sex in the Bangladesh commercial sex market

Yi Jin (Monash University) and Elizabeth Asiedu (University of Kansas): The impact of HIV/AIDS on foreign direct investment in developing countries   

3B Growth  ( Michael Chaney case study room)

Chair: Sam Tang (UWA)

Chetan Ghate (Indian Statistical Institute): Has India Emerged? Business Cycle Stylized Facts from a Transitioning Economy

Andrew Kam (Australian National University) Linking International Production Network and Productivity Growth: The Case of The Malaysian Manufacturing Sector

Hal Hill (Australian National University): Navigating Crises and Maintaining Growth: Challenges for Middle-Income Developing Asia

4A Poverty and Aid (Ernst and Young Lecture theatre)

Chair: Andrew Williams (UWA)

Stephen Knowles, David Fielding and Alvin Etang (University of Otago, New Zealand): Giving to Africa and perceptions of poverty

Girijashankar Mallick and J. Kathavate (University of Western Sydney): The impact of interaction between institutional quality and aid volatility on growth: theory and evidence.

Kompal Sinha and Ranjan Ray (Monash University): Multidimensional Deprivation in China, India and Vietnam: A Comparative Study on Micro Data

4B Trade and Migration  (Michael Chaney Case Study Room)

Chair: Abu Siddique (UWA)

Mustafa Rahman and Partha Gangopadhyay (University of Western Sydney): Seasonal migration with gift-giving and gift-exchanges: lessons from a field study of rural-urban migration in Bangladesh

Titik Anas (Australian National University): The Role of Firm heterogeneity and Spillovers in Indonesian Exports

Moekti Soejachmoen (Australian National University): Globalization and the Automotive Industry

Professor Robin Burgess, London School of Economics.

Can Entrepreneurship Programs Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor?

Ernst and Young Lecture theatre

Trade and Macro (Ernst and Young Lecture theatre)

Chair: Ken Clements (UWA)

Reshad Ahsan (University of Melbourne) and Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University): Trade Liberalization and Labor’s Slice of the Pie: Evidence from Indian Firms

Markus Brückner (University of Adelaide): Economic Growth, Size of the Agricultural Sector, and Urbanization

John Gibson (University of Waikato) Bonggeun Kim (Seoul National University): A simple test of liquidity constraints and whether the poor pay more

Emerging Asian Giants (Ernst and Young Lecture theatre)

Partha Sen (Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi)

Sudarno Sumarto (SMERU, Jakarta)

Rodney Tyers (UWA)

Education (Ernst and Young Lecture theatre) 

Chair: Elisa Birch (UWA)

Pushkar Maitra (Monash University), U. Dasgupta (Franklin and Marshall College), L. Gangadharan (Monash), S. Mani (Fordham University) and S. Subramanian (Pratham): Selection into Skill Accumulation: Evidence using Observational and Experimental Data

Salma Ahmed and Ranjan Ray (Monash University): Parent’s Bargaining Powers, Child Labour and Education

Eik Swee (University of Melbourne) and Margarita Pivovarova (University of Toronto): Quantifying the microeconomic effects of war: how much can panel data help?

Migration  (Ernst and Young Lecture theatre) Chair: Yanrui Wu (UWA)

Katy Cornwell and Brett Inder (Monash University): Measuring Income Mobility of Internal Migrants in Indonesia

Budy Resosudarmo and D. Suryadarma (Australian National University): The Effect of Childhood Migration on Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Rural-Urban Migrants in Indonesia

Prema-chandra Athukorala (Australian National University) and E.S. Devadason (University of Malaya): The Impact of Foreign Labour on Host Country Wages:  The Experience of a Southern Host, Malaysia