Networks and Misallocation:Insurance, Migration, and the Rural-Urban Wage Gap

Time:Monday, December 8, 2014, 2:00—3:30 p.m.

Location:Second floor of Wanzhonglou, Lang Run Garden, Peking University

Language: English

Speakers:Kaivan Munshi, Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge

Chair:Xiaobo Zhang, Deputy Dean, National School of Development, Peking University

Introduction of speaker:

Kaivan Munshi’s research career has been devoted to the analysis of communities and their interaction with economic activity. His recent work has examined the effect of community networks on education, health, and mobility, which are key determinants of growth and development. Munshi’s research has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Review of Economic Studies. He is currently co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics.

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