Nicolás de Roux PhD, Columbia University Associate Professor Department of Economics Universidad de los Andes, Colombia I am an applied microeconomist working on topics in development economics. My current research focuses on production in developing countries, with an emphasis on firm| sites.google.com
This paper studies the dynamics of farm size distribution, how they are influenced by weather shocks, and the implications for aggregate productivity. Using data from several developing countries, we| ideas.repec.org
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VDEV/CEPR/BREAD Seminars is an online seminar series, featuring invited speakers in the area of Development Economics. It was set up in the spring semester of 2020 as the VDEV seminar and is now organised jointly by the group of researchers below, CEPR and BREAD. The seminars are held on Zoom and consist of a 45-minute presentation, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. A moderator collects questions on the chat and selects a few of general interest to be asked to the speaker at reasonable intervals...| CEPR
As part of our interview series, we ask renowned experts in the field about the future of research in development economics, and for their advice for young researchers. For this interview, we got …| www.econthatmatters.com