Calendrier du 04 mai 2016
Development Economics Seminar
Du 04/05/2016 de 17:00 à 18:30
Campus jourdan,Bâtiment G, Rez de chaussée, Salle 8
BAU Natalie (UCLA)
Can Policy Crowd Out Culture ?
Policies may change the returns to transmitting cultural norms to the next generation with the unintended consequence of changing cultural practices. I study cultural norms that determine whether boys or girls support their parents in their old age in Indonesia and Ghana. These norms play the dual role of increasing old age support while relieving incomplete contracting problems between parents and children. Therefore, parents invest more in the human capital of the child who is more likely to care for them in old age. In both Indonesia and Ghana, the entry and expansion of pension plans crowds out human capital investment in the children targeted by these norms. Moreover, consistent with a model where transmission of the norm is costly, the pension plan also crowds out the practice of the norm. Thus, policy crowds out culture.
Casual Friday Development Seminar - Brown Bag Seminar
Du 04/05/2016 de 12:45 à 13:45
Campus jourdan,Bâtiment G, Rez de chaussée, Salle 8
HERGHELEGIU Cristina (ENS-PSE)
The political economy of non-tariff measures