ERG Annual Winter Conference 2018
8th Winter Conference on Economic Research
Organized by Economic Research Group (ERG) in association with AEDSB
Date: December 22, 2018 (Saturday)
Venue: ERG Conference Room
House # 304, Road # 19 B, New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1206
Program
09:30-09:50 Registration & Morning Tea
09:50-10:00 Introduction & Logistics
Session 1:
10:00-10:30 ATM Hasibul Islam (East West University) An Assessment of Mobile Money in Bangladesh and the Impact of Mobile Money on Poverty Download
10:30-11:00 Mohammed Mehrab Bin Bakhtiar (University of Maryland) Do Cash Transfers Improve Women’s Agency? Evidence from Lab and Field Experiments Download
11:00-11:30 Tea Break & Networking
Session 2:
11:30-12:00 Nirman Saha (Arizona State University) The Value of a Statistical Life: Evidence from Medical Expenditure Download
12:00-12:30 Naima Farah (Texas A&M University) Defensive Investment in Municipal Water Hardness Reduction Download
12:30-13:00 Abu Shonchoy (Florida International University) Illusion of Gender Parity in Education: Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Bangladesh Download
13:00-14:30 Lunch & Catching up
Session 3:
14:30-15:00 Atonu Rabbani (University of Dhaka) Norms, Attitudes and Behaviors among Young Men in an Urban Slum: Observational Outcomes and Results from an Experiment Download
15:00-15:30 Minhaj Mahmud (BIDS) Employer and Employee Preferences for Worker Benefits: Evidence from a Matched Survey on the Bangladesh Informal Sector
15:30-16:00 Last Words & Feedbacks
16:00 Afternoon Snacks & More Adda