MOVE Workshop on Development: Structure and Field
 The Venue: Casa de la Convalescència (Barcelona) |
MOVE Workshop on Development: Structure and Field
Date: 9th and 10th of July
Venue: Casa Convalescència
Organizers: Giacomo De Giorgi
Sponsors: MOVE, UAB, Generalitat de Catalunya (DIUE), Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
Program: pdf version
Presentation:
In the past two decades there has been a tremendous increase in the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in development economics. Trials ranging from school interventions to health provisions, from minimal information campaigns to large subsidies to farmers. As evidence and data are cumulated on specific policies it becomes easier to combine such exogenous variations with more theoretically grounded work.In this workshop, we seek to put together a methodologically diverse group of researchers to explore how RCTs can be fruitfully used to explore synergies between reduced form and structural work and, more generally, to advance our understanding of economic theory and policy.
MOVE (Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics) is a brand new Economics research institute in the Barcelona area, engaged in high quality economic analysis research. Its objectives are to push the frontiers of knowledge in its three broad areas of expertise, to attract the best junior and senior researchers, and to promote scientific collaboration and exchange through events such as this Workshop.
