Programme

New Resources

Can rural public works affect agricultural wages? Evidence from India, CSAE working paper
The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel data evidence from South Africa, CSAE working paper
CSAE Research Summary 2012
Financial Architecture and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Tanzania, CSAE working paper
Media Freedom and Democracy: Complements or Substitutes in the Fight against Corruption?, CSAE working paper
Market Integration and Border Effects in Eastern Africa, CSAE working paper
How to improve knowledge and take-up of public services by the poor: The case of the RSBY National Health Insurance in India, iiG Briefing Paper 20

Please follow links for details of parallel sessions. All parallel sessions take place in the Bernard Sunley Building.

		Session Titles	Venue
Sunday 9 April
1200-1400	Registration		Main Lodge
1400-1600	Session 1: Parallel sessions	African manufacturing in a global economy Agricultural markets Credit and savings	Lecture Theatre Seminar Rm A Seminar Rm C
1600-1630	Tea		Foyer
1630-1830	Session 2: Parallel sessions	Agriculture and technology Manufacturing and institutions Social dimensions of African labour markets	Seminar Rm C Seminar Rm A Lecture Theatre
1900	Dinner		Dining Hall

Monday 10 April
0830-1030	Session 3: Parallel sessions	Health and education Risk and demand Wage determination	Lecture Theatre Seminar Rm A Seminar Rm C
1030-1100	Coffee		Foyer
1100-1300	Session 4: Parallel sessions	Poverty Social capital and the community Risk coping and consumption smoothing Public services	Seminar Rm A Seminar Rm C Lecture Theatre Seminar Rm D
1300-1430	Lunch and key note address		Dining Hall
1430-1630	Session 5: Parallel sessions	Intrahousehold issues Employment, skills and wages Returns to social capital Performance of African manufacturers	Seminar Rm D Seminar Rm A Seminar Rm C Lecture Theatre
1630-1700	Tea		Foyer
1700-1800	Session 6: Plenary	Where do we go from here? Lessons for future research	Lecture Theatre

African manufacturing in a global economy

Chair: James Tybout, Pennsylvania State University
Discussant: Arne Bigsten, Goteborg University

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Jean-Paul Azam, University of Toulouse, with Marie-Francoise Calmette, Catherine Loustalan and Christine Maurel	Export performance of manufacturing firms in Cote d'Ivoire	pdf, 536KB abstract
Bernard Gauthier, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales	Exports and firm-level efficiency in the African manufacturing sector	pdf, 400KB abstract
Willem Naude, Potchesfstroom University, with Remco Oostendorp and Philip Serumaga-Zake	Manufacturing investment and exports in South Africa: first results from a firm-level survey	pdf, 359KB abstract
Emmanuel Nnadozie, Truman State University	US direct investment in Africa	pdf, 478KB abstract

Agricultural markets

Chair: Adebiyi Daramola, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
Discussant: Bart Minten, KU Leuven

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Pascale Motel-Combes, Universite d'Auvergne, with Jean-Louis Combes, Claudio Araujo, and Catherine Araujo-Bonjean	Devaluation and spatial arbitrage: application to the cattle market of Burkina Faso
Mbolatiana Rambonilaza, Université d’Auvergne with Jean-Louis Arcand	Blood, sweat and tears: how much is unobservable effort worth?	pdf, 348KB abstract
Flore Gubert, Université d’Auvergne	Migration, remittances and moral hazard evidence from the Kayes area (Western Mali)	pdf, 291KB abstract
Jean-Philippe Platteau, FUNDP, Namur, with Frederic Gaspart, Jean-Marie Baland and Frank Place	Poverty, tenure security and access to land in central Uganda the role of market and non-market processes	pdf, 454KB abstract

Credit and savings

Chair: Marcel Fafchamps, University of Oxford
Discussant: Janvier Nkurunziza, University of Oxford

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Stefan Dercon, University of Oxford and KU Leuven	Credit constraints in manufacturing enterprises in Africa	pdf, 382KB abstract
Ade S. Olomola, NISER	Determinants of smallholder loan repayment performance evidence from the Nigerian microfinance system	pdf, 211KB abstract
Ashok Rai, Harvard	Efficient lending in village economies	pdf, 270KB (this file can only be read with Acrobat Reader 4.0) abstract

Agriculture and technology

Chair: Jonathan Kydd, University of London
Discussant: Luc Christiaensen, World Bank

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Emmanuelle Auriol, Université des Sciences Sociales, with Steven G.M. Schilizzi	Quality signaling through certification with an application to seed certification	pdf, 1474KB abstract
Abdul Kamara, University of Goettingen, with N. McCarthy and M. Kirk	The effect of environmental variability on livestock and land-use management in the Broana placteau, southern Ethiopia	pdf, 353KB abstract
Nicholas Minot, IFPRI, with Mylene Kherallah	Fertilizer market liberalization in Benine and Malawi: a household-level view	pdf, 296KB abstract
Sharada Weir with John Knight, University of Oxford	1) Education externalities in rural Ethiopia evidence on the adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations 2) Adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations in Ethiopia: the role of education	1) pdf, 265KB abstract 2) pdf, 309KB

Manufacturing and institutions

Chair: Abena Oduro, Centre for Policy Analysis, Ghana
Discussant: Mans Soderbom, University of Oxford

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Olatundun Adelegan, University of Ibadan	Impact of growth prospect, leverage and firm size on dividend behaviour of corporate firms in Nigeria	pdf, 374KB abstract
Marcel Fafchamps, University of Oxford	Contract flexibility and dispute resolution in African manufacturing	pdf, 115KB abstract
Catherine Ris, Université Lumière Lyon 2	Wage policy and labor organization in the Ivorian manufacturing firms	abstract
Jim Tybout, Penn State University	A firm's-eye-view of commercial policy and fiscal reforms in Cameroon	pdf, 658KB abstract

The social dimensions of African labour markets

Chair: Geeta Kingdon, University of Oxford
Discussant: Sonia Bhalotra, University of Cambridge; Pieter Serneels, University of Oxford

Speaker	Paper title	File available
John Cockburn, University of Oxford	Child labour in rural Ethiopia income constraints or income opportunities	pdf, 516KB abstract
Alice Mesnard, Université des Sciences Sociales	Temporary migration and capital market imperfections	pdf, 290KB abstract
Renata Serra, Universita di Milano-Bicocca, with Bill Kinsey	Child fostering in rural Zimbabwe investment in human capital and social relations or a response to negative shocks?	pdf, 213KB abstract

Health and education

Chair: Francis Teal, University of Oxford
Discussant: Deograsias Mushi, University of Oxford

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Mark Gersovitz, Johns Hopkins University	The African HIV epidemic as seen through the demographic and health surveys	pdf, 176KB abstract
Kenneth Leonard, Colombia University, with Gilbert H. Mliga	Health centre bypassing in Tanzania revealed preferences for organizational form	link to paper abstract
David Stifel, Cornell University, with D. Sahn and S. Younger	Inter-temporal changes in welfare preliminary results from 10 African countries	link to paper abstract

Risk and demand

Chair: Trudy Owens, University of Oxford
Discussant: Will Cavendish, Imperial College

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Tilman Bruck, University of Oxford	Post-war coping strategies of subsistence households in Mozambique	link to paper abstract
Luc Christiaensen, Cornell University	On measuring household vulnerability case evidence from Northern Mali	pdf, 481KB abstract
Abbi Mamo Kedir, University of Nottingham	Correcting for quality effects and measurement error in unit values application on Ethiopian data	pdf, 296KB abstract
Samuel B Mulenga Bwaly, University of Zambia	The demand for woodfuel and substitution possibilities in urban Zambia	pdf, 619KB abstract

Wage determination

Chair: John Knight University of Oxford
Discussant: Margaret Stevens, University of Oxford

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Dorte Verner, World Bank	Wage and productivity gaps evidence from Ghana	pdf, 250KB abstract
Abena Oduro, Centre for Policy Analysis with Abigail Barr, University of Oxford	Ethnicity and wage determination in Ghana	pdf, 724KB abstract
Pene Kalalumia, University of Sherbrooke	Labour adjustment costs, macroeconomic shocks and real business cycles in a small open economy	pdf, 419KB abstract
Pramila Krishnan, University of Oxford	Public sector pay and private sector wage premiums: testing alternative models of wage determination	pdf, 242KB abstract

Poverty

Chair: Will Cavendish, Imperial College
Discussant: Abebe Shimeles, Economic Commission for Africa (to be confirmed)

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Julian May, University of Natal, with Benjamin Roberts	A dynamic analysis of household livelihoods and asset accumulation in post-apartheid South Africa	pdf, 268KB abstract
Olaniyan Olanrewaju, University of Ibadan	The role of household endowments in determining poverty in Nigeria	pdf, 544KB abstract
Trudy Owens, University of Oxford	Investing in development or investing in relief quantifying the poverty tradeoffs using Zimbabwe household panel data	pdf, 502KB abstract
Kenneth Simler, IFPRI, with Gaurav Datt, Sanjukta Mukherjee and Gabriel Dava	Determinants of poverty in Mozambique econometric estimates and policy simulations	pdf, 408KB abstract

Social capital and the community

Chair: Janine Aron, University of Oxford
Discussant: Marcel Fafchamps, University of Oxford

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Michael Woolcock, World Bank	Social capital and development	pdf, 470KB abstract
Abigail Barr, University of Oxford	Familiarity and trust an experimental investigation	pdf, 473KB abstract
Eliana La Ferrara, Bocconi University	Inequality and participation theory and evidence from rural Tanzania	link to pdf abstract
Christiaan Grootaert, World Bank	Social capital and development outcomes in Burkina Faso	pdf, 627KB abstract

Risk coping and consumption smoothing

Chair: John Muellbauer, University of Oxford
Discussant: Stefan Dercon, University of Oxford and KU Leuven

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Stefan Ambec, Université Laval	Income-sharing within extended families as a social norm	pdf, 280KB abstract
Orazio Attanasio, UCL, with Jose-Victor Rios-Rull	Consumption smoothing in island economies: can public insurance reduce welfare?	pdf, 328KB abstract
Markus Goldstein, Yale University	Chop time, no friends intrahousehold and individual insurance mechanisms in Southern Ghana	link to pdf abstract

Public services

Chair: Geoffrey Mwau, ECA (to be confirmed)
Discussant: Emmanuelle Auriol, Universite des Sciences Sociales

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Elsa Duret, Université d’Auvergne, with Gerard Chambas	Local taxation versus central taxation micro-evidence from African decentralized government	pdf, 455KB abstract
Ben Kaluwa, University of Malawi	Pro-poor budgeting in the social sectors, efficiency or uninformed patronage? Some answers from Malawi	pdf, 498KB abstract
Ritva Reinikka, World Bank with Jacob Svensson	How inadequate provision of public infrastructure and services affects private investment	pdf abstract
Jacob Svensson, University of Stockholm	Who must pay bribes and how much?	pdf, 254KB abstract

Intrahousehold issues

Chair: Pramila Krishnan, University of Oxford
Discussant: Katleen van der Bruek, KU Leuven

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Bereket Kebede, University of Oxford	Patterns of intrahousehold expenditures in rural Ethiopia	pdf, 350KB abstract
Ayal Kimhi, HebrewUniversity, with Nathan Sosner	Intrahousehold allocation of food in Southern Ethiopia	pdf, 1286KB abstract
Valerie Lechene, University of Oxford	Income and price effects in intrahousehold models (TBC)	abstract
Agnes Quisumbing, IFPRI	Intrahousehold allocation and gender relations new empirical evidence	pdf, 465KB abstract

Employment, unemployment and skills

Chair: William Kingsmill, Snr. Economics Advisor, Economics Policy and Research Dept, DfID
Discussant: Mary Gregory, University of Oxford

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Sonia Bhalotra, University of Cambridge	1. Child labour in Ghana and Pakistan 2. Is child work necessary?	1. pdf, 133KB abstract 2. pdf, 154KB
Geeta Kingdon, University of Oxford	Are searching and non-searching unemployment distinct states: the case of South Africa	pdf, 254KB abstract
Taye Mengistae, World Bank	Skill formation and job matching effects in wage growth the case of manufacturing workers in Ethiopia	pdf, 1,034KB abstract
Francis Teal, University of Oxford	Employment and unemployment in Africa	pdf, 477KB abstract

Returns to social capital

Chair: Abigal Barr, University of Oxford
Discussant: Remco Oostendorp, Free University, Amsterdam

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Ray Fisman, Columbia University	Decomposing the ethnic effect networks versus human capital in credit access	pdf, 386KB abstract
Jon Isham, Middlebury College	The effects of social capital on technology adoption: evidence from rural Tanzania	pdf, 396KB abstract
John Maluccio, IFPRI, with Lawrence Haddad	Social capital and household welfare in South Africa pathways of influence	pdf, 222KB abstract

The performance of African manufacturers

Chair: Bernard Gauthier, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales
Discussant: Willem Naude, University of Potchefstroom; Jacob Svensson, University of Stockholm

Speaker	Paper title	File available
Arne Bigsten, Göteborg University, with Peter Kimuyu and Karl Lundvall	Are formal and informal small firms really different? Evidence from Kenyan manufacturing	pdf, 486KB abstract
Margaret McMillan, Tufts University, with Ann E. Harrison	Do domestic firms' credit requirements differ from foreign owned firms?	pdf, 211KB abstract
Cathy Pattillo, IMF and Mans Soderbom, University of Oxford	Managers' risk attitudes and firm performance micro evidence from manufacturing Ghana	pdf, 456KB abstract
Albert Zeufack, World Bank	Why are Thai firms more productive than Kenyan firms?	pdf, 368KB abstract

Plenary

Paul Collier, World Bank
Jan Willem Gunning, Free University, Amsterdam
John Toye, University of Oxford

Where do we go from here — lessons for future research