XVI RIDGE Forums | Towards Sustainable Growth

Scientific Committee
Giorgio Chiovelli (Universidad de Montevideo)
Michela Giorcelli (University of California, Los Angeles)
Omar Licandro (Nottingham University)
Luigi Pascali (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Felipe Valencia Caicedo (University of British Columbia)
Diana Van Patten (Princeton University)

Keynote Speaker:
David Weil (Brown University)

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Thursday, December 15, 2022

08:45-9:00
Registration

9:00-10:30
Environmental
Pellegrina Heitor: Deforestation: A Global and Dynamic Perspective.
de Roux Nicolas: Temperature Shocks and Land Fragmentation: Evidence from Transaction and Property Registry Data.

10:30-11:00
Coffee break

11:00-12:30
Health and Nation Building
Denton-Schneider Jon: Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease in Brazil.
Ronconi Juan Pedro: Nation-building, Nationalism, and Military Service: Lessons from Argentina.

12:30-14:00
Lunch

14:00-14:45
Migration
Shwartzman Matthew: Risk Management and Aggregate Migration Flows.

14:45-15:15
Coffee Break

15:15-16:40
David Weil, keynote: Climate Change, Population Growth, and Population Pressure.

16:45-18:00
International Monetary Policy – Panel
Chair: David Perez-Reyna (Universidad de los Andes)
Speakers: José Antonio Ocampo (Ministerio de Hacienda de Colombia)
Juan Pablo Nicolini (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Paulina Restrepo-Echavarría (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Fabio Ghironi (University of Washington)

18:30
Guided visit and cocktail at Museo del Oro

Friday, December 16, 2022

9:00-10:30
Labor Market and Firm
Medina Pamela, Labor Market Power, Self-Employment and Development
Rosenberg Michele, Factory Location: Resistance to Technology Adoption and Local Institutions

10:30-11:00
Coffee Break

11:00-12:30
Persistence
Elizalde Aldo, Local knowledge, pre-colonial trade routes, and contemporary economic activity: Evidence from Australia
Huaroto Cesar, The Legacy of Resistance. Evidence from the Chilean Invasion of Peru in the XIX Century.

12:30-14:00
Lunch

14:00-15:30
Martinez Luis R., Dictatorship, Higher Education, and Social Mobility
Cox Lescano Alvaro Esteban, The Role of College Education in the Process of Economic Development

15:30-16:00
Coffee Break