Haslam College of Business Development Economics in the South Workshop (DevSouth)

Event Information:

This inaugural event was hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with the hope of creating a tradition of rotating the event across different institutions based in the South. The workshop was from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 19, 2023, at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg, TN. Breakfast was provided from 9 to 10 a.m., and the workshop was followed by an optional dinner for all attendees.

The workshop’s purpose is to foster the regional network of development economics based in the South of the United States. The event consisted of a small set of presentations on various topics in development economics. We welcome submissions in all areas of development economics.

Call for papers: Full papers prioritized, but extended abstracts considered. The deadline to submit a paper was March 29, 2023, and decisions were sent no later than April 8. The program committee was Andrew Dustan (Vanderbilt University), Maria Padilla-Romo (University of Tennessee) and Ketki Sheth (University of Tennessee). The deadline to register for the workshop was April 15, 2023.

Speaker Information:

Early Stage Research – Long Term Spillover Effects of Violence: Evidence from High-Stakes Exams
Cecila Peluffo

Early Stage Research – Intergenerational Effect of an Education Stipend Program on Child Development: Evidence from Bangladesh
Raisa Sara

Early Stage Research – Poverty measurement and the targeting of social protection programs
Stephen O’Connell

Early Stage Research – Ageing in a Dual Economy: Urban Ageing, Massive Migration, and Agricultural Development
Suqin Ge

Early Stage Research – Subnational Persistence of State History: Evidence from Geolocalized Civilizations
Justin Cook

Graduate Student Research and Advanced Stage Studies – Discrimination and Access to Capital: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
Ketki Sheth

Graduate Student Research and Advanced Stage Studies – Immigrant Classmates and Natives’ Academic Performance: Evidence from Peru
Renzo Severino

Graduate Student Research and Advanced Stage Studies – Safe Drinking Water at Schools and Student Outcomes
Luis Carvajal-Osorio

Advanced Research – Chat Over Coffee? Diffusion of Agronomic Practices Through Information Networks in Rwanda
Daniel Keniston

Advanced Research – Government Fragmentation and Economic Growth
Traviss Cassidy

Advanced Research – Guaranteed Employment in Rural India: Richer Households, Poorer Women?
Jorge Luis García