Organizers:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, University of Georgia

Session Chairs:

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Emory University

Papers:

"Elder Entrepreneurs versus Low-Income Elder Entrepreneurs"
Barbara J. Robles, Federal Reserve Board
Marysol McGee, Federal Reserve Board

"Are Women 'Naturally' Better Credit Risks in Microcredit? Evidence from Field Experiments in Patriarchal and Matrilineal Societies in Bangladesh"
Sugato Chakravarty, Purdue University
S.M. Zahid Iqbal, Purdue University
Abu Zafar Shahriar, Monash University

"Coordination Requires More than One Leader! Experimental Evidence from Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal"
Tanguy Bernard, International Food Policy Research Institute
Ligane Sene, International Food Policy Research Institute
Angelino C.G. Viceisza, Spelman College
Fleur Wouterse, International Food Policy Research Institute

"The Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances"
Berrak Bahadir, The University of Georgia
Santanu Chatterjee, The University of Georgia
Thomas Lebesmuehlbacher, The University of Georgia

Discussants:

Lee Cohen, The University of Georgia
Bento Lobo, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Emory University
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, University of Georgia

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Session Chairs:

Jonathan Bauchet, Purdue University

Papers:

"Bigger Is Better: Group Size and Loan Repayment in Microfinance"
Jonathan Bauchet, Purdue University (Contact Author)
Sugato Chakravarty, Purdue University

"Evaluating the Impact of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on the Girl Child"
Nayana Bose, Washington and Lee University
Shreyasee Das, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (Contact Author)

"Sex of the First Child, Fertility, Birth Interval and Parental Inputs in Northern India"
Md Nazmul Ahsan, University of Southern California
Riddhi Bhowmick, University of Southern California (Contact Author)

"Women’s Reservation and India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme"
Nayana Bose, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nayana Bose, Washington and Lee University
Shreyasee Das, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Robert M. Gonzalez, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Claus C. Portner, Seattle University

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