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
Antoine Bommier (INED and INRA-LEA, Paris), 10:00 Rotten Parents and Child Labor"
Pierre-Andre Chiappori (University of Chicago), 11:15 "Collective Labor Supply with Children"
Pierre Dubois (University of Toulouse (IDEI, INRA)), 2:00 "Efficiency Wages for Rotten Kids"
Anjini Kochar (Stanford University), 3:15 "Inter-generational Income Sharing and Schooling Investments"
Ethan Ligon (University of California, Berkeley), 4:30 "Dynamic Household Bargaining"
Saturday, June 29
Shelly Lundberg (University of Washington), 10:00 "Limits to Specialization: Family Policy and Economic Efficiency"
Duncan Thomas (University of California, Los Angeles), 11:15 "Intra-household Resource Allocation in a Crisis"

LINKS:

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FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact Ethan Ligon, ligon@are.berkeley.edu