8:30 - 9:00

Breakfast and Registration

I. Climate change compounding risks in North Africa

Zylberberg Yanos

Drine Imed, UNU, WIDER

II. Do tropical typhoons smash community ties? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam

Echevin Damien

Zylberberg Yanos, Paris School of Economics

III. Food Security and the Allocation of Emergency Relief Funds after the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti

Drine Imed

Echevin Damien, University of Sherbrooke and CRCELB (Chairman)

I. Decomposing Terms of Trade Fluctuations in Ethiopia

Ndiaye Ameth S.

Loening Dr. Josef, The World Bank

with Masato Higashi

II. Impact de la fuite des capitaux sur l’investissement domestique en Zone Franc

Nubukpo Kako Kossivi

Ndiaye Ameth Saloum, Department of Economics, University of Dakar

III. Impact d’une dévaluation du Franc CFA sur la balance commerciale et la production dans les pays de l’Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)

Loening Dr. Josef

Nubukpo Kako Kossivi, UEMOA, Unité de Programmation Stratégique (Chairman)

with Cedric Kiema, Gilles Sanou

I. Food prices, social unrest and the Facebook generation: are you prepared for the total collapse?

Jean Sébastien

Arora Abhimanyu, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven

with Marijke Verpoorten, Jo Swinnen

II. Optimal food price stabilisation in a small open developing country

Fruttero Anna

Jean Sébastien, INRA and CEPII

with Christophe Gouel

III. Rising food prices and household welfare: evidence from Brazil in 2008

Arora Abhimanyu

Fruttero Anna, The World Bank (Chairman)

with Francisco H.G. Ferreira, Phillippe Leite, Leonardo Lucchetti

I. Children of the Revolution: Fetal and Child Health amidst violent civil conflict

Leone Marinella

Valente Christine, University of Sheffield

II. First and Second Generation Health Impacts of the Biafran War

Muller Christophe

Leone Marinella, University of Sussex

with Richard Akresh, Sonia Bhalotra, Una Osili

III. Group violence, ethnic diversity, and citizen participation: evidence from Indonesia

Valente Christine

Muller Christophe, DEFI, AMSE, Université d'Aix-Marseille (Chairman)

with Marc Vothknecht

I. Saving microinsurance: why you should do both or nothing. A behavioral experiment on the Philippines

Adjakidje Didier

Landmann Andreas, University of Mannheim

with Bjoern Vollan, Markus Froelich

II. Capital social et pauvreté au Cameroun

Comola Margherita

Adjakidje Didier, Catholic Relief Services, Benin

with Janvier Metangmo, Komi A. Segla

III. Are Gifts and Loans between Households Voluntary?

Landmann Andreas

Comola Margherita, Paris School of Economics (Chairman)

Lunch

Parallel Sessions B

I. The impact of income shocks on children education: the 1987-1989 locust plague in Mali

Luzi Lucia

Guilbert Nathalie, DIAL, Université Paris-Dauphine

with Philippe De Vreyer, Sandrine Mesplé-Somps

II. Long-Term Impact of Health and Nutrition Status on Education Outcomes for children in Rural Tanzania

Menendez Marta

Luzi Lucia, Unicef, IRC

III. Critical periods and the long-run effects of income shocks on education: evidence from Indonesia

Guilbert Nathalie

Menendez Marta, DIAL, Université Paris-Dauphine (Chairman)

with Jérémie Gignoux

I. The impact of weather shock induced migration flows on labor market outcomes: evidence from Sub-saharan Africa

Bianchi Milo

Valfort Marie-Anne, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

with Eric Strobl

II. Liquidity, Risk, and Occupational Choices

Ciarli Tommaso

Bianchi Milo, Université Paris-Dauphine

with Matteo Bobba

III. Entrepreneurship under Conflict in Afghanistan: determinants and motivations of small business owners

Valfort Marie-Anne

Ciarli Tommaso, Max Planck Institute of Economics (Chairman)

with Maria Savona, Saeed Parto

I. “Trade Liberalization, Productivity, Employment and Wages: Evidence from Uruguay”

Ghazali Monia

Peluffo Adriana, Instituto de Economia, Universidad de la Republica

II. Impact of trade reforms in Tunisia on the elasticity of labor demand

Lederman Daniel

Ghazali Monia, University of Sousse

with Mouelhi Rim

III. Formal Labor Markets in Northern Mexico during the United States Recession of 2008-09

Peluffo Adriana

Lederman Daniel, The World Bank (Chairman)

with David S. Kaplan, Raymond Robertson

I. Risk experiments in gains and losses: Do rural villagers want micro-insurance?

Robles Marcos

Gheyssens Jonathan, ETH Zurich, Center for Development and Cooperation

with Isabel Guenther

II. Financial Crisis and Households’ Access to Financial Services: Experience from Peru

Fabre Alice

Robles Marcos, Inter-American Development Bank

with Viviane Azevedo

III. Child Labor, Idiosyncratic Shocks and Social Policy

Gheyssens Jonathan

Fabre Alice, DEFI, Université Aix Marseille II (Chairman)

with Stéphane Pallage

Coffee break

Parallel Sessions C

I. Weather-index drought insurance: an ex ante evaluation for millet growers in Niger

De Nicola Francesca

Leblois Antoine, Cired

with Philippe Quirion, Agali Alhassane, Seydou Traore

II. The Impact of Weather Insurance on Consumption, Investment and Welfare

Verheyden Bertrand

De Nicola Francesca, IFPRI

III. On the interaction between mutual insurance and the risk-taking behaviour of farm households

Leblois Antoine

Verheyden Bertrand, CEPS, INSTEAD (Chairman)

with Matthieu Delpierre, Stéphanie Weynants

I. The Economic Value of the Willingness-to-Pay for a Community-Based Prepayment Scheme in Rural Cameroon

Lechtenfeld Tobias

Mahieu Pierre-Alexandre, Université de Rouen

with Ephias Makaudze, Hermann Donfouet, Eric Malin

II. Consumption insurance and illness in rural Thailand and Vietnam

Djemai Elodie

Lechtenfeld Tobias, Göttingen University

with Rainer Klump, Niels Kemper

III. HIV-related Risk Taking Behavior and Income uncertainty: empirical evidence from Sub-saharan Africa

Mahieu Pierre-Alexandre

Djemai Elodie, University of Michigan (Chairman)

I. Product market regulation, farm size, unemployment and informality in developing economies

Berrou Jean-Philippe

Terra Cristina, Université de Cergy-Pontoise and Fundação Getulio Vargas

with Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet

II. Dynamique des réseaux sociaux et résilience socioéconomique des microentrepreneurs informels en milieu urbain africain

Vaillant Julia

Berrou Jean-Philippe, GREThA, UMR CNRS 5113, Université Bordeaux IV

with Claire Gondard-Delcroix

III. Informal sector dynamics in times of fragile growth: the case of  Madagascar

Terra Cristina

Vaillant Julia, DIAL, IRD, Université Paris-Dauphine (Chairman)

with Michael Grimm, Jann Lay, François Roubaud

I. Impacts of migrant remittances on food security and nutrition of Farming Households in Kwara State, Nigeria

Kuhn Melanie

Babatunde Raphael, University of Ilorin

II. Migration and Remittances in South Africa: the role of political factors

Chort Isabelle

Kuhn Melanie, DIAL, Université Paris-Dauphine

with El Mouhoub Mouhoud, Florence Arestoff

III. Migrant Networks as a Basis for Social control: remittance obligations among Senegalese in France and Italy

Bargain Olivier

Chort Isabelle, Paris School of Economics

with Flore Gubert, Jean-Noël Senne

IV. Relative Concerns of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China

Babatunde Raphael

Bargain Olivier, University College Dublin (Chairman)

with Alpaslan Akay

I. Is VAT stabilizing?

Montalbano Pierluigi

Ebeke Christian, CERDI, Université d'Auvergne and IMF

with Helene Ehrhart

II. Macroeconomic fluctuations and foreign assets: a cross-country empirical analysis

Rougier Eric

Montalbano Pierluigi, Sapienza University of Rome

III. External shocks and volatility: New insights from three episodes of crisis

Gassie Esmeralda

Rougier Eric, GREThA, UMR CNRS 5113, Université Bordeaux IV

with Nicet-Chenaf Dalila

IV. Structural breaks and financial volatility: lessons from the BRIC countries

Ebeke Christian

Gassie Esmeralda, University of Limerick (Chairman)

with Lucia Morales

Visit of Musée d'Orsay and Gala Dinner at the museum restaurant

Breakfast and Registration

Coffee break

Parallel Sessions D

I. Market Competition in Export Cash Crops and Farm Income

Promsopha G.

Depetris Chauvin Nicolas, African Center for Economic Transformation

with Guido Porto

II. Land ownership as insurance and the market for land. A study in rural Vietnam

De Laiglesia Juan R.

Promsopha Gwendoline, Universite Paris Ouest la Defense, EconomiX

III. Why do farmers sell their land? Evidence from Nicaragua

Depetris Chauvin N.

De Laiglesia Juan Ramon, OECD Development Centre (Chairman)

I. Do surges in international capital flows influence the likelihood of banking crises?

Maarek Paul

Caballero Julian, Santa Cruz, University of California

II. Which factor bears the cost of currency crises?

Mallick Sushanta

Maarek Paul, Banque de France

with Elsa Orgiazzi

III. Macroeconomic effects of monetary policy and implicit exchange rate targeting in India

Caballero Julian

Mallick Sushanta, Queen Mary University of London (Chairman)

I. Remittances and household expenditure patterns in Tajikistan: A propensity score matching analysis

Delpierre Matthieu

Clément Matthieu, GREThA, UMR CNRS 5113, Université Bordeaux IV

II. Remittances as pure or precautionary investment? Risk, savings and return migration

Kroeger Antje

Delpierre Matthieu, Université Catholique de Louvain

with Bertrand Verheyden

III. Employment and the Financial Crisis in Tajikistan

Clément Matthieu

Kroeger Antje, German Institute for Economic Research (Chairman)

with Kristina Meier

I. Impact des fluctuations des prix internationaux sur l'économie du Burkina Faso et politique d'atténuation de crise à l'aide d'un modèle d'équilibre général calculable

Adeniyi Oluwatosin

with Adama Koursangama

II. Oil price shocks and economic growth in nigeria: are thresholds important?

Catherine Simonet

Adeniyi Oluwatosin, Redeemers University

III. Price volatility in Niger: are grain markets driven by speculation?

Richard Guissou

Catherine Simonet, CERDI, Université d'Auvergne  (Chairman)

with Araujo Catherine

I. Choc climatique, pauvreté et diversification des revenus dans la zone de Niakhar (Sénégal) entre 2000 et 2003

Latif Dramani

Vandermeersch Céline, IPDSR, IRD

with Audrey Naulin

II. Polarisation de la pauvreté au Sénégal

Fouzia Ejjanoui

Latif Dramani, Université de Thiès

III. Inégalité et polarisation des dépenses des ménages au Maroc : évolution et état actuel

Vandermeersch Céline

Fouzia Ejjanoui, Université Mohamed V Rabat-Agdal (Chairman)

with Touhami Abdelkhalek

Lunch

Parallel Sessions E

I. Exogenous Fertility shocks and children school attainment

Senne Jean Noel

Koissy-Kpein Sandrine, CESP, INSTEAD

with Mathias Kuepie, Michel Tenikue

II. Death and Schooling Decisions over the short and long run in rural Madagascar

Scorzafave Luiz

Senne Jean Noel, DIAL, CREST (INSEE), Paris School of Economics

III. Dengue outbreaks and the impact on school proficiency

Koissy-Kpein Sandrine

Scorzafave Luiz, University of São Paulo (Chairman)

with Daniel Roland

I. Les systèmes financiers décentralisés de l’UEMOA : un outil de réduction de la pauvreté et de promotion de la scolarisation essai d'évaluation empirique sur donnés de panel

Randriamanampisoa Holimalala

Momar Khary Mbow, CARE, Université de Rouen

II. Microcrédit et gestion des risques ; une analyse par les capabilites : le cas des ménages ruraux de madagascar

Sukadi Mata Ritha

Randriamanampisoa Holimalala, Université de Montpellier 1

with Randriamanampisoa Holimalala

III. Withdrawal Risk analysis in Microfinance: Comparing Migrants’ Deposits with Local Deposits

Momar Khary Mbow

Sukadi Mata Ritha, CERMi, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Chairman)

I. Intra Household Labor Supply, Agricultural Shocks and Women’s Bargaining Power in Rural Ethiopia

Thomas Anne-Claire

Dito Bilisuma, ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam

II. Wealth Differentiated Risk Management Strategies. Evidence from Madagascar

Urkato Samuel

Thomas Anne-Claire, DIAL, Université de Louvain

with Matthieu Delpierre, Bertrand Verheyden,

III. Microfinance Impact on Poor Rural Women Empowerment: A Household–Level Bargaining Analysis (The DECSI Case : Tigray State, Nothern Ethiopia)

Dito Bilisuma

Urkato Samuel, Wolaita Sodo University (Chairman)

I. Business Cycles in Subsaharan African Countries

Vicard Vincent

Jidoud Ahmat, TSE-GREMAQ, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole

II. Trade and income: using civil wars in transit countries as external shocks on trade

Naoussi Claude F.

Vicard Vincent, Banque de France

with Mathieu Couttenier

III. Trend shocks and business cycles in Sub Saharan Africa

Jidoud Ahmat

Naoussi Claude Francis, University of Nantes and LEMNA (Chairman)

with Claude Francis Naoussi, Fabien Tripier

Coffee break

Parallel Sessions F

I. Natural disasters, conflict and aid allocation

Mazhar Y. Mughal

Wagner Natascha, Graduate Institute-Geneva

with Aude-Sophie Rodella

II. Remittances and Dutch Disease in Pakistan - a Bayesian analysis

Le Goff Maëlan

Mazhar Y. Mughal, CATT, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour

with Farid Makhlouf

III. Aid and remittances: their stabilizing impact compared

Coulibaly Dramane

Le Goff Maëlan, CERDI, Université d'Auvergne

with Patrick Guillaumont

IV. How does financial development influence the impact of remittances on grothw volatility

Wagner Natascha

Coulibaly Dramane, CEPII (Chairman)

with Ibrahim Ahamada

I. Transitory shocks and birth weights: evidence from a blackout in Zanzibar

Mazumdar Sumit

Burlando Alfredo, University of Oregon

II. Multiple Shocks, Coping and Welfare Consequences natural disasters and health shocks in Indian Sundarbans

Bhalotra Sonia

Mazumdar Sumit, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

with Papiya Guha Mazumdar, Barun Kanjilal

III. Is the Captain of the Men of Death still at play? Long-run impacts of early life pneumonia exposure during the Sulfa Drug Revolution in America

Burlando Alfredo

Bhalotra Sonia, University of Bristol (Chairman)

with Atheendar Venkataramani

I. What's the marginal value of my peers? Empirical investigation of the shape of peer effects in the South Africa labour market

Borga Liyousew G.

Ferrant Gaelle, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

with Yannick Bourquin

II. Local Social Networks, Shocks and Rainfall Patterns in the Highlands of Ethiopia

Debebe Zelalem

Borga Liyousew Gebremedhin, Younglives Project, EDRI

with Mintewab Bezabih, Zenebe Gebreegziabher

III. Child Labor, Agricultural Shocks and Labor Sharing in Rural Ethiopia

Grimm Michael

Debebe Zelalem, ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam

IV. Kinship-ties and entrepreneurship in Western Africa

Ferrant Gaelle

Grimm Michael, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Chairman)

with Flore Gubert, Ousman Koriko, Jann Lay, Christophe J. Nordman

I. The determinants of regional manufacturing labor productivity in Mexico

Diaw Diadié

Escobar Gamboa Octavio, ESG Management School

II. Performance à l'exportation et commerce Sud-Sud: une analyse sectorielle appliquée à l'Afrique Sub-saharienne

Yucer Aycil

Diaw Diadié, Care, Université de Rouen

with Rieber Arsène, Tran Thi Anh-Dao

III. Did MERCOSUR affect interstate Brazilian trade?

Castilho Marta

Yucer Aycil, DIAL, Université Paris-Dauphine

with Jean-Marc Siroën, Aycil Yucer

IV. Trade Liberalization, Inequality and Poverty in Brazilian States

Escobar Gamboa O.

Castilho Marta, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Chairman)

with Aude Sztulman, Marta Menendez