#  Seminars: Economic Development 

 



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

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All Seminars are joint with MIT, unless noted otherwise.





SortDATESPEAKERTITLEFebruary 4, 2026



[Esther Duflo (MIT)](https://economics.mit.edu/people/faculty/esther-duflo)

["The Limits of Government Outsourcing: Property Tax Re-Assessments in India"](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/is9fissxs8mdzi1t9gos4/TN_Property_Tax.pdf?rlkey=rxwpzekqfkbit10472p6yiglo&st=qxr10bky&dl=0) 

February 11, 2026

[Nava Ashraf (LSE)](https://www.lse.ac.uk/economics/people/faculty/nava-ashraf)

“Female Entrepreneurship and Trust in the Market”

February 18, 2026

[Melanie Morten (Stanford)](https://web.stanford.edu/~memorten/Melanie_Morten.html)

"The Returns to Temporary Migration: Experimental Evidence from the H-2A Program” 

February 25, 2026

[Eduardo Montero (UChicago)](https://www.eduardo-montero.com/)

["The Price of Faith: Economic Costs and Religious Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa"](https://www.nber.org/papers/w33482)

March 4, 2026

[Ritam Chaurey (Johns Hopkins)](https://sites.google.com/site/ritamchaurey/)

["Social Learning Among Urban Manufacturing Firms: Servo Motors in Bangladesh"](https://www.nber.org/papers/w34296) 

March 11, 2026

[Doug Gollin (Tufts)](https://as.tufts.edu/economics/people/faculty/douglas-gollin)

"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)](https://michaelcbest.github.io/)

"Cash Transfers and Productive Inclusion: Evidence from Bolsa Família"

April 15, 2026

[Augustin Bergeron (Harvard)](https://www.augustinbergeron.com/)

“Does Progressivity Raise Tax Capacity? Experimental Evidence from D.R. Congo"

April 22, 2026

[Stelios Michalopulous (Brown)](https://vivo.brown.edu/display/smichalo)

"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](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_file_d_1yetFt2fX-2DX6Np58HKSrrsLQOHVbrUJdN_view-3Fusp-3Dsharing&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=f0yVfqZK_zMrKJkxFmf2Rnn4SU8MPqk5m2WEu0PbFkE&m=0aQAmD2CiFbv9WfzNAqCeIWKbNrNHgHLqRV1fc2mPEDkeg3b2aSt38zia58LekrK&s=le6gpAG0ExFmLoauIYWBLQsqTGw0RZcIqPpdYRSOQ-s&e=)"