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Symposium on the Microeconomics of Intra-Household Behavior in Developing
Countries
June 28-29, 2002
Berkeley, California
Sponsored by
Department of Agriculture and Resource
Economics at the University of California Berkeley and the France Berkeley Fund
Organized by Pierre Dubois and Ethan Ligon
Purpose:
As the first of two
symposia (the second to be held in 2003 at the University of Toulouse) targeted
at the microeconomics of intra-household behavior in developing countries, this
conference will bring together experts in the area to collaborate on research in
this significant, yet largely unmodeled area of economics.
This research area is
essential in attempting to understand the true mechanisms of intra-household
allocation, as well as the way in which decisions are made within the household.
Moreover, the theoretical modeling of collective household behavior helps
explain the way in which targeted interventions can reduce poverty or gender
equality, or how they can strengthen human capital acquisition.
Featured
Speakers:
| Friday, June 28
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| Antoine Bommier (INED and INRA-LEA, Paris), 10:00
| "Rotten
Parents and Child Labor"
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| Pierre-Andre Chiappori (University of Chicago), 11:15
| "Collective Labor
Supply with Children"
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| Pierre Dubois (University of Toulouse (IDEI, INRA)), 2:00
| "Efficiency Wages for Rotten Kids"
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| Anjini Kochar (Stanford University), 3:15
| "Inter-generational
Income Sharing and Schooling Investments"
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| Ethan Ligon (University of California, Berkeley), 4:30
| "Dynamic
Household Bargaining"
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| Saturday, June 29
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| Shelly Lundberg (University of Washington), 10:00
| "Limits to
Specialization: Family Policy and Economic Efficiency"
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| Duncan Thomas (University of California, Los Angeles), 11:15
| "Intra-household Resource Allocation in a Crisis"
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LINKS:
For additional information
about UC Berkeley here are some useful links.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact Ethan Ligon, ligon@are.berkeley.edu
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