Programme

Organizers: Catherine Guirkinger (catherine.guirkinger@unamur.be), Etienne Le Rossignol (etienne.lerossignol@unamur.be)

 


November 20th 2023


     

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09:15–09:25    

Introduction

09:25–10:55    

SESSION 1 | CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS

Anselm Hager (U. Humbolt, Germany) - The Transition from Tribal to Hierarchical Political Organization

Paula Gobbi (ULB, Belgium) - Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of inheritance

Coffee break      
11:15–12:45    

SESSION 2 | IMPACT OF COLONIALISM

Jutta Bolt (U. Groningen, NL) - African Political Institutions and the Impact of Colonialism

Elias Papaioannou (London Business School, UK) - Private Colonialism in Africa

Lunch break      
14:00–15:30    

SESSION 3 | GENDER I

Felix Meier zu Selhausen (U. Utrecht, NL) - Missionary Legacies of Gender Equality: Multidimensional Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa        

Marijke Verpoorten (U. Antwerp, Belgium) - The Promise of Ecooking

 Coffee break      
15:45–17:30    

Siwan Anderson (U. British Columbia, Canada) - The Persistence of Female Political Power in Africa

KEYNOTE I | Jean-Philippe PLATTEAU (UNamur, Belgium) - The Economics of Institutional Change: Achievements and Challenges

 

       
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November 21st 2023


 

09:10–10:40    

SESSION 4 | GENDER II

Katharine Baldwin (U. Yale, USA) - The Gender Legacy of Catholic Missions Schools for Political Development in Africa

Augustin Tapsoba (Toulouse School of Economics, France) - Polygyny and the Economic Determinants of Family Formation Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Coffee break      
11:00-12:00    

KEYNOTE II | David LAITIN (Stanford U., USA) - Addressing Government Failure in Africa

 

 Lunch break      
13:10-14:40    

SESSION 5

Jon Weigel (U. California Berkeley, USA) - Does collective taxes erode the accountability of informal leaders?  Evidence from the D.R.C.

Catherine Guirkinger (UNamur, Belgium) - Colonial Institutions and Women's Lives: evidence from Colonial Congo

 Coffee break      
15:00-16:30    

SESSION 6 | HISTORICAL TRADE

Ewout Frankema (U. Wagningen, NL) - East African food markets in the long 20th century: why did cheap maize become so expensive?

Devesh Rustagi (U. Warwick, UK) - Market Exposure, Civic Values and Rules

 16:30-16:50    

Concluding remarks - David LAITIN