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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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11:00-12:00 |
KEYNOTE II | David LAITIN (Stanford U., USA) - Addressing Government Failure in Africa
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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 |
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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 |
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16:30-16:50 |
Concluding remarks - David LAITIN |
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