The Theme 2 workshop discussed the linkages between home production, market work, and structural transformation in the development process. We will have an emphasis on papers that address structural change in the labour market in developing countries or in developed countries in historical perspectives, links between home and market work, and trends in female labour force participation over the development process.
Programme
Thursday 27 August
15:00 Welcoming remarks Taryn Dinkelman (Notre Dame) and Rachel Ngai (CEPR & LSE) Recording
15:15 Structural transformation and the U-Shaped Female Labor Supply Rachel Ngai (CEPR & LSE), Claudia Olivetti (Dartmouth) and Barbara Petrongolo (CEPR & Queen Mary University) Recording
16:00 The human side of structural transformation Tommaso Porzio (Columbia), Federico Rossi (Warwick) and Gabriella Santangelo (Cambridge) Recording
16:45 Break
17:00 Labor migration, capital accumulation, and the structure of rural labor markets Taryn Dinkelman (Notre Dame), Grace Kumchulesi (IZA) and Martine Mariotti (Australian National University) Recording
17:45 Structural Change and Service-led Growth in India Tianyu Fan (Yale), Michael Peters (CEPR & Yale) and Fabrizo Zilibotti (CEPR & Yale) Recording
18:30 Break
18:45 Allocation of female talent and cross-country productivity differences Munseob Lee (UC San Diego) Recording
19:30 Closing remarks
