Seminars: Economic Development

Seminar in Economic Development
Term: Spring 2026
Location: MIT, Department of Economics, E51-395
Meeting Time: Wednesday 2:30PM - 4:00PM (unless noted otherwise)
Description: MIT/Harvard Joint Seminar in Economic Development
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All Seminars are joint with MIT, unless noted otherwise.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
February 4, 2026	Esther Duflo (MIT)	"The Limits of Government Outsourcing: Property Tax Re-Assessments in India"
February 11, 2026	Nava Ashraf (LSE)	“Female Entrepreneurship and Trust in the Market”
February 18, 2026	Melanie Morten (Stanford)	"The Returns to Temporary Migration: Experimental Evidence from the H-2A Program”
February 25, 2026	Eduardo Montero (UChicago)	"The Price of Faith: Economic Costs and Religious Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa"
March 4, 2026	Ritam Chaurey (Johns Hopkins)	"Social Learning Among Urban Manufacturing Firms: Servo Motors in Bangladesh"
March 11, 2026	Doug Gollin (Tufts)	"Human Mobility and Spatial Frictions in Three African Countries”
March 18, 2026	Harvard Spring Recess
March 25, 2026	MIT Spring Recess
April 1, 2026	NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK
April 8, 2026	Michael Best (Columbia)	"Cash Transfers and Productive Inclusion: Evidence from Bolsa Família"
April 15, 2026	Augustin Bergeron (Harvard)	“Does Progressivity Raise Tax Capacity? Experimental Evidence from D.R. Congo"
April 22, 2026	Stelios Michalopulous (Brown)	"Private Colonialism in Africa"
April 29, 2026	Harvard only Seminar- Rob Garlick (Duke) Location: Sever Hall, 202	"Women's Mobility and Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan"