Development and Security Seminar

Monday, 11.30 - 12.30 (unless otherwise indicated)

The Development and Security Seminar provides the opportunity for members of the Department Development and Security at DIW Berlin and invited speakers to present on-going research. The seminar takes place on a weekly basis and is open for the public. If you would like to receive weekly announcements by email, please contact Dr. Kati Schindler. Unless otherwise specified, the seminar takes place from 11.30 to 12.30.


Timetable

 2011

   
RoomDate / Time
Speaker (Affiliation)
Title of the Presentation
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
8 Aug
Patricia Justino (IDS)Carrot or Stick? Redistributive transfers versus policing in contexts of civil unrest
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
5 Sep
Hella Engerer and Max Gössler (DIW Berlin)
Shipping Data
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
19 Sep
Beatrice Farkas (DIW Berlin)
Technology-Skill Complementarity and International TFP Differences
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
10 Oct
Giacomo de Luca (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Civil War and Political Participation: Evidence from Uganda
5.2.010
Dulles
Fri,
21 Oct
Karlijn Morsink (University of Twente)
The Impact of Micro-Insurance on Vulnerability of Low Income Households in the Philippines: The Case of Typhoon Re-Housing Insurance
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
24 Oct
Maren Michaelsen (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)The Effect of Mental Health on Labour Supply at a Time of Armed Conflict in Mexico
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
7 Nov
Tewodros Kebede (Fafo, Norway)Poverty and Inequality in Syria
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
14 Nov
Tony Muhumuza
Credit access and child work in Uganda
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
28 Nov
Sindu Workneh
Does rainfall shock perpetuate poverty? Evidence from rural Ethiopia
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
5 Dec
Antje Kröger
Conflict in Kyrgyzstan: New Evidence from a Micro-Level Dataset
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
9 Jan
Ghassan Baliki
The transience of autocracies: modeling insufficient returns to education as a driver for change
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
16 Jan
Susan Steiner
Migration and social networks in Kyrgyzstan (with Bakhrom Mirkasimov and Tanika Chakraborty)
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
20 Jan
Clemens Breisinger, Olivier Ecker, Jean-Francois Maystadt (IFPRI)Decreasing Vulnerabilities to Conflict in MENA through Rural development; Climate Change and Civil War in Somalia: Does Drought Fuel Conflict through Livestock Price Shocks?
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
23 Jan
Max Gössler
Cournot Approach on Criminal Investment: The Case of Maritime Piracy
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
13 Feb
Damir EsenalievIntergenerational mobility in Kyrgyzstan

Archive 2011

 2011

   
RoomDate / Time
Speaker (Affiliation)
Title of the Presentation
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
10 Jan
Edite de Fátima Rosario (CISA Project)
Setting up a Demographic Surveillance System in Dande, Angola
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
17 Jan
Isabel Teichmann (DIW Berlin)
The Strategic Use of Private Quality Standards in Food Supply Chains
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
24 Jan
Anita Gohdes (Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences) Exploring Patterns and Repertoires of Violence in Civil War
5.2.010
Dulles
Fri,
28 Jan,
11.30am
Tatiana Karabchuk (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
Temporary Employment in Russia: Why Mostly Men?
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
14 Feb
Damir Esenaliev (DIW Berlin)
Poverty Dynamics in Kyrgyzstan
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
28 Feb
Sindu Workneh (DIW Berlin)
Trade liberalization and poverty in Ethiopia: A macro-micro analysis (co-authored with Dejene Aredo and Belay Fekadu)
5.2.010
Dulles
Wed,
2 Mar,
2-3pm
Anja Shortland (DIW Berlin)
Development through Cash Transfers: the Puntland Pirate Economy
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
7 Mar
Michiel Gerritse (VU University Amsterdam)The informal Sector and the Location of Manufacturing Activities
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
14 Mar
Susan Steiner (DIW Berlin)Perceptions of Microinsurance in Ghana
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
28 Mar
Nina Wald (DIW Berlin)
Bullet Proof? Program Evaluation in Conflict Areas: Evidence from Rural Colombia (with Carlos Bozzoli)
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
11 Apr
Daniel Neff (GIGA, Hamburg)
Subjective well-being in a developing country context
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
2 May
Kati Schindler (DIW Berlin)
The Effects of Conflict on Fertility in Rwanda (with Tilman Brück)
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
9 May
Christophe Muller (Université de la Méditerranée)
A Dominance Approach to the Appraisal of the Distribution of Well-Being across Countries
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
16 May
Guo Xu (DIW Berlin)
Long-run consequences of natural disasters: Evidence from Tangshan
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
23 May
Marc Vothknecht (DIW Berlin)
Aspirations, Migration, and Changes in Perceived Well-being
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
30 May
Armando Barrientos (University of Manchester)
Social transfers and global poverty reduction
5.2.010
Dulles
Thu,
9 June
David Lawson (University of Manchester)Consumption and Asset Smoothing - How the Chronically Poor Cope with HIV/AIDS
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
20 June
Mansoob Murshed (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague) On the Salience of Identity in Civilizational and Sectarian Conflict
5.2.010
Dulles

Mon,
11 July 

Daniel Mejía Londoño (DIW Berlin and Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá)
Crime and Conspicuous Consumption

Archive 2010

 2010

   
RoomDate / Time
Speaker (Affiliation)
Title of the Presentation
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
11 Jan
Ulrich Thießen
(DIW Berlin)
Shadow economy, tax policy and labor markets in international comparison
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
18 Jan
Marc Vothknecht
(DIW Berlin)
Beyond the Overall Economic Downturn: Evidence on Sector-specific Effects of Violent Conflict from Indonesia
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
25 Jan
Nina Wald
(DIW Berlin)
Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia*
1.2.026
Schmoller

Thur,
4 Feb
14:00-15:00

Adama Bah (CERDI)Bilateral Aid Allocation in Conflict-Affected Countries in Africa
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
8 Feb
Christine Binzel (DIW Berlin)Intergenerational Mobility over Time: Evidence from a Developing Country
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
15 Feb
Tanika Chakraborty (DIW Berlin)Impact of Industrialization on Relative Female Survival: Evidence from Trade Policies
1.2.026
Schmoller
 Wed,
17 Feb
13:30-14:30
Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance in Ukraine (with Jonathan Wadsworth)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
1 March
Thomas de Hoop (Radboud University of Nijmegen, Centre for International Develop-ment Issues)The Economic Determinants of Reconciliation in Rwanda (with Sonja Fransen, Kim Caarls)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon, 8 MarchCarlos Bozzoli (DIW Berlin)Birth Outcomes and Economic Crises: Evidence from Argentina (with Climent Quintana-Domeque)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
22 March
Alexandra Avdeenko (DIW Berlin)
A Generic Conflict Module for Household Surveys: Usefulness, Design and Implementation (with Tilman Brück, Patricia Justino and Philip Verwimp)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
29 March
Climent Quintana-Domeque (Universitat d'Alacant)
Roads to Development: Experimental Evidence from Urban Road Pavement (Marco Gonzalez-Navarro)

1.2.026
Schmoller
Wed, 7 Apr
11:00-12:30
Anja Shortland (Brunel University)

Pinar Derin (Middle East Technical University)
Anja Shortland: Fighting the Shining Path Insurgency in Peru" (with David Fielding)

Pinar Derin: Economic Development and Terrorism: Is There a Causal Connection?

1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
19 April
Susan Steiner (DIW Berlin)
Household Behavior and Well-Being in Kyrgyzstan: A Research Agenda*
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
26 April
Cathérine Müller (DIW Berlin)The formation of Income Expectations and Conflict (with Carlos Bozzoli)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
10 May
Tony Muhumuza (DIW Berlin)The Effect of Conflict Reduction on Labour Opportunities. Survey Evidence from Northern Uganda (with Carlos Bozzoli and Tilman Brück)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
17 May
Kristina Czura (Frankfurt Goethe University)The Tsunami and the Chit Fund - Evidence from the Indian Ocean Tsunami Hit on Credit Demand in South India” (with Stefan Klonner)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
31 May
Olaf de Groot (DIW Berlin)
Calculating the Costs of Conflict*
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
7 June
Jean-Paul Carvalho (University of Oxford)
Veiling
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
14 June
Kati Schindler (DIW Berlin) 
The Impact of Conflict on Fertility and Marriage: Evidence from Rwanda (with Tilman Brück)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
21 June
Nina Wald (DIW Berlin)Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
28 June
Marc Vothknecht (DIW Berlin)The Role of Knowledge for Participation in Local Development Initiatives (with Christophe Muller)
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
06 Sep
Alma Kudebayeva (KIMEP)
Kazakhstan: Rural Development and Poverty
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
13 Sep
Paul R. Gregory
(University of Houston)
The Political Economy of Terror: The Stalin Case
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
20 Sep
Olaf de Groot (DIW Berlin)Gov-arrrgh-nance: Jolly Rogers and Dodgy Rulers
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
27 Sep
Carlos Bozzoli (DIW Berlin)
The Weight of the Crisis: Evidence from Newborns in Argentina
(with Climent Quintana-Domeque)
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
25 Oct
Nannette Schliebner (HU Berlin)Returns to Schooling in the Palestinian Areas - The Effect of Labour Supply and Demand Shifts for Skilled Labour
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
1 Nov
Antje Kröger (DIW Berlin)
Remittances and Educational Outcomes in Tajikistan
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
8 Nov
Raphael Bossong (IFSH)International counterterrorism cooperation and collective action problems. A qualitative application of public good theory
5.2.010
Dulles
Thu, 11 Nov
16:30-17:30
Adeline Delavande (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)HIV/AIDS-related expectations and risky sexual behaviour in Malawi
5.2.010
Dulles

Mon, 15 Nov
1.30pm-2.30pm

Konstantinos Drakos (Athens University of Economics and Business)Behavioural channels in the cross-market diffusion of major terrorism shocks
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
29 Nov
Tony Muhumuza (DIW Berlin)
Violent conflict and household welfare: A comparison of Early and Late victims
5.2.010
Dulles
Fri,
10 Dec
11:00-12:00
Nishith Prakash (Cornell University) The Returns to English-Language Skills in India
5.2.010
Dulles
Mon,
13 Dec
Giacomo De Luca (Leuven University) Beyond Divide and Rule: Sparking Civil Conflict to Hold on to Power

Archive 2009

 2009

   

 Room

Date / Time
Speaker (Affiliation)
Title of the Presentation
1.2.027
Pigou
Mon, 14 Sep
Christine Binzel
(DIW Berlin)
Has increased investment in schooling paid off for Egyptians?
1.2.027
Pigou
Mon,
21 Sep
Tony Muhuzuma
(DIW Berlin)
Does Civil War Influence Individual Perceptions? Evidence from Northern Uganda (with Carlos Bozzoli, Tilman Brück)
Schumpeter Hall
Mon,
28 Sep
Christian von Hirschhausen
(DIW Berlin)
Water in the Development Context: Pricing, Sustainability, and Conflict
1.2.027
Pigou
Mon,
5 Oct
Carlos Bozzoli
(DIW Berlin)
Rebel with causes? Micro-level evidence from Ukraine's Orange Revolution (with Tilman Brück)*
1.2.026
Schmoller
Wed,
7 Oct
Gary Milante
(The World Bank)
Peace and War with Endogenous State Capacity
LoungeMon,
12 Oct
Olaf de Groot
(DIW Berlin)

Spillovers of Institutional Change in Africa.
1.2.027
Pigou
Mon,
26 Oct
Cathérine Müller
(DIW Berlin)
An Econometric Analysis of Terrorism Risk Concern in Europe
(with Konstantinos Drakos)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
2 Nov
Petros Sekeris
(University of Namur)

On the Feasibility of Power and Status Ranking in Traditional Setups
(with Jean-Philippe Platteau)
1.2.026
Schmoller

Thr,
5 Nov

Wim Naude (UNU-WIDER)
International Entrepreneurship from China: Evidence from Firm Level Data
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
9 Nov
Kati Schindler
(DIW Berlin)
Assets, shocks and poverty traps in rural Mozambique
Schumpeter Hall
Mon,
23 Nov

Peter Emerson
(The de Borda Institute)

Adversarial democracy is an oxymoron?
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
7 Dec
Isabel Teichmann
(DIW Berlin)
The Impact of Private Quality Standards on (Agricltural) Suppliers (with Pio Baake, Vanessa von Schlippenbach)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
14 Dec (10-11 am.)
Hella Engerer
(DIW Berlin)
Moving towards Competition in the Russian Power Generation Sector: Assessing the New Market Structure and Regulatory Challenges*
(with Yana Zabanova)
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
11 Jan
Ulrich Thießen
(DIW Berlin)
Shadow economy, tax policy and labor markets in international comparison
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
18 Jan
Marc Vothknecht
(DIW Berlin)
Beyond the Overall Economic Downturn: Evidence on Sector-specific Effects of Violent Conflict from Indonesia
1.2.026
Schmoller
Mon,
25 Jan
Nina Wald
(DIW Berlin)
Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia