JUEVES
8:30 Opening Ceremony. Auditorio Fundadores
10:00 Two kinds of economic life. Edmund Phelps (Columbia University)
11:05 Poverty and Inequality. 38-110
Session Chair: Carlos Medina (Banco de la República de Colombia) José Darío Uribe (Banco de la República de Colombia) Mauricio Cárdenas (Ministry of Finance, Colombia) (TBC) Alejandro Gaviria (Ministry of Health, Colombia) (TBC) Eduardo Lora (LACEA and Harvard University) Francisco Ferreira (World Bank)
11:05 Early Childhood Development. 38 -101
Session Chair: Costas Meghir The effect of childcare quality on developmental outcomes for children 6-24 months of age in Peru Norbert Schady (Inter-American Development Bank) Coauthors: Caridad Araujo (Inter-American Development Bank), Marta Dormal (InterAmerican Development Bank) The aeiotu randomized trial: the effects of high-quality center- based care in Colombia Raquel Bernal (Universidad de Los Andes). Coauthors: Milagros Nores (Rutgers University) Home visiting at scale: the evaluation of peru’s cuna mas program Marta Rubio Codina (Institute for Fiscal Studies) Coauthors: Caridad Araujo (Inter-American Development Bank), Sally Grantham-McGregor (University College of London), Fabiola Lazarte and Norbert Schady (Inter-American Development Bank) Estimating the production function for human capital: results from a randomized control trial in Colombia Costas Meghir (Yale University) Coauthors: Orazio Attanasio (University College of London), Sarah Cattan (Institute for Fiscal Studies), Emla Fitzsimons (Institute for Fiscal Studies), Marta Rubio-Codina (Institute for Fiscal Studies).
11:05 Slow Growth and External and Fiscal Adjustment in Latin America and the Caribbean: What’s to be done? Auditorio Fundadores
Session Chair: Santiago Levy Mauricio Cardenas Santa Maria (Ministry of Finance, Colombia) Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard University) José Juan Ruiz (Inter-American Development Bank) Augusto de La Torre (World Bank).
11:05 Violence and Crime. 38 - 201
Session Chair: Juan Vargas Monopolizing violence in ungoverned spaces: evidence from the pacification of Rio’s Favelas Claudio Ferraz (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro) Coauthors: Joana Monteiro (Fundacao Getulio Vargas), Bruno Ottoni (Fundacao Getulio Vargas) Predictable violence? evidence from machine learning in Indonesia Christopher Blattman (University of Chicago) Coauthors: Samuel Bazzi (Boston University), Robert Blair (Brown University), Matthew Gudgeon (Boston University), Richard Peck (Northwestern University).
11:05 Pensions. 27 -101
Session Chair: Sergio Urzua Challenges of pensions systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. Mariano Bosch (Inter-American Development Bank) Coauthors: Solange Berstein (Inter-American Development Bank), Laura Oliveri (Inter-American Development Bank) Global demographic trends, capital mobility, saving and consumption in latin America and Caribbean (lac) Orazio Attanasio (University College of London) Coauthors: Andrea Bonfatti (University of Padua), Sagiri Kitao (City University of New York), Guglielmo Weber (xUniversity of Padua, CEPR and IFS).
11:25 Auditorio Fundadores
Session Chair: Eduardo Engel Presidential address econometric society: hard evidence in mechanism design and in games Eddie Dekel (Northwestern University).
15:50 Experimental Economics and Behavioral Finance. 38 - 110 Session Chair: Diego Agudelo Location choice, portfolio choice Harrison Hong (Columbia University) The neural mechanisms of financial decision makin Monica Capra (Claremont Graduate University).
15:30 CAF Flagship: Skills for Work and Life: The Role of Family, School, Work and Habitat. 27 - 101
Session Chair: Pablo Sanguinetti Lucila Bernniell (CAF) Comments: Orazio Attanasio (University College of London), Sergio Urzua (University of Marylan.
15:30 Macroeconomic Implications of Rising Inequality and Stagnation: Heterodox Perspectives. 38 - 201 Session Chair: Alejandro Torres Garcia Inequality and stagnation as the result of economic policy: the hypothesis mainstream economists refuse to consider Thomas Palley (Economic Policy Adviser, AFL-CIO) Colonizing the future: an alternative view of financialization and of inequality as it’s driving force Photis Lysandrou (City, University of London) Absolute income inequality and rising housing prices Thomas Goda (Universidad EAFIT) Coauthors: Christ Stewart (Kingston University) and Alejandro Torres Garcia (Universidad EAFIT).
VIERNES
9:50 Inter-American Development Bank Flagship Report: Saving for Development: How Latin America and the Caribbean can save More and Better. Auditorio Fundadores
Session Chair: Jose Juan Ruiz Eduardo Cavallo (Inter-American Development Bank) Tomás Serebrisky (Inter-American Development Bank).
9:50 Public private partnerships. 27 – 103
Session Chair: Christian Posso Infrastructure gaps in the real world Eduardo Engel (Universidad de Chile) Coauthors: Ronald Fischer (Universidad de Chile), Alexander Galetovic (Universidad de Los Andes, Chile) Is there a ppp interest rate premium? Ronald Fischer (Universidad de Chile) Coauthors: Eduardo Engel (Universidad de Chile), Alexander Galetovic (Universidad de Los Andes, Chile).
9:50 Fiscal Policy and Inequality. 38 -201 Session Chair: Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza The dynamics of inequality in lac: the role of labor and non-labor income Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva (World Bank) Coauthors: Nora Lustig (Tulane University), Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan (World Bank) Fiscal policy and the emerging middle class in latin america: an analysis based on the commitment to equity Angel Melguizo (OECD) Coauthors: Christian Daude (OECD), Nora Lustig (Tulane University), Jose Ramon Perea (World Bank) Taxes, expenditures, poverty and income distribution in Argentina. an analysis from ceq perspective Dario Rossignolo (Universidad de Buenos Aires and Tulane) The impact of taxes and transfers on inequality and poverty in Colombia Marcela Melendez (Econestudio y Universidad de los Andes) Coauthors: Arturo Harker (Universidad de los Andes), Nora Lustig (Tulane University) y Valentina Martínez (Inter-American Development Bank).
9:50 Challenges for Central Banking: Perspectives from Latin America. 38- 110
Session Chair: Nicolas Magud Central Banking in Latin America Luis Jacome (International Monetary Fund) Comments: Carlos Vegh (Johns Hopkins University) and Guillermo Perry (Universidad de Los Andes)
9:50 Recent Developments on the Economics of Crime. 38 - 201
Session Chair: Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza The direct and displacement effects of hotspot policing and street cleanup: experimental evidence from Bogotá Christopher Blattman (University of Chicago) Coauthors: Donald Green (Columbia University), Daniel Mejia (Universidad de Los Andes), Daniel Ortega (CAF), Santiago Tobon (Universidad de Los Andes). Local economic shocks and crime: evidence from the brazilian trade liberalization Rodrigo Soares (Columbia University) Coauthors: Rafael Dix-Carneiro (Duke University) and Gabriel Ulyssea (Pontificia Universidade do Rio de Janeiro).
15:50 Bank Risk, Macro-prudential Policy and Micro Data. 38 – 101
Session Chair: Enrique Alberola Macroprudential policy and bank risk Leonardo Gambacorta (Bank for International Settlements) Coauthors: Yener Altunbas (ECB and Central Bank of Turkey), Mahir Binici (University of Wales).
15:50 Education Quality in Developing Countries. Auditorio Fundadores
Session Chair: Maria Marta Ferreyra Mainstreaming and effective intervention: evidence from randomized evaluations of “teaching at the right level” in India Esther Duflo (MIT) Coauthors: Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Rukmini Banerji (ASER Centre and Pratham), James Berry (Cornell University), Harini Kannan (JPAL), Shobhini Mukerji (JPAL), Marc Shotland (MIT), and Michael Walton (Harvard) Multidimensional school quality Miguel Urquiola (Columbia Univeristy) Classrom effects on child learning: magnitude, depreciation, and complementarities Norbert Schady (Inter-American Development Bank) Coauthors: Pedro Caneiro (University College of London) and Yyannu CruzAguayo (Inter-American Development Bank).
15:50 Innovation and Productivity in LAC: What have we learnt? 38 - 104
Session Chair: Jose Miguel Benavente Firm innovation and productivity in lac the engine of economic development Matteo Grazzi (Inter-American Development Bank) and Carlo Pietrobelli (InterAmerican Development Bank) Innovation efforts and productivity dynamics: evidence from Colombia manufacturing firms Juan Miguel Gallego (Universidad del Rosario) Comments: Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University)
15:50 LAMES Simoensen Lecture. 27 - 103
Session Chair: Eduardo Engel Demographics, real interest rates and monetary policy Carlos Vianha de Carvalho (Central Bank of Brazil and PUC-Rio) Heterogeneous firms: skilled-labor productivity and the destination of exports Irene Brambilla (Universidad de La Plata) Coauthors: Jorge Balat (Johns Hopkins University), Yuya Sasaki (Johns Hopkins University).
SÁBADO
9:50 Panel: Policy and Research Challenges for Central Banks. Auditorio Fundadores
Session Chair: Enrique Alberola Andres Neumeyer (Banco Central de Argentina) Jose Toro (Banco de la República de Colombia) Carlos Vianha de Carvalho (Banco Central do Brazil and PUC-Rio) Jessica Roldan (Banco de Mexico)
11:25 Auditorio Fundadores
Session Chair: Juan Felipe Mejia The accumulation and diffusion of knowhow Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard University).
15:50 Auditorio Fundadores Session Chair: Eduardo Lora Carlos Díaz Alejandro Prize: Investment in human capital and inequality: an opportunity and a challenge for policy makers Orazio Attanasio (University College of London).
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