Studies to help policy design in developing countries at Essex Development Workshop

Poverty and Crime: Evidence from Rainfall and Trade Shocks in India by Lakshmi Iyer (Harvard Business School); Stigma, Sex Workers and Self‐Belief by Anandi Mani (Warwick) and Interaction, prejudice and performance: Evidence from South Africa by Eliana La Ferrara (Bocconi) were among the presentations on day 1 with Managerial Incentives in Public Service Delivery: Evidence from School‐Based Nutrition Programs in Rural China by Marcos Vera Hernandez (UCL) and Local Financial Networks’ Performance in the Aftermath of an Aggregate Shock: Evidence from ROSCAs and the Indian Ocean by Stefan Klonner (Heidelberg) on day 2.

ISER presentations included Professor Adeline Delavande on University Choice: The Role of Expected Earnings, Non‐pecuniary Outcomes and Financial Constraints and Professor Sonia Bhalotra on The Twin Instrument and the Fertility Investment Tradeoff.

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