Organizers
Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics and IZA)
Ahmed Elsayed (IZA)
About the Meeting
Two years after the “G²LM|LIC - Call of Interest on COVID-19 in Low-Income Countries”, we are excited to learn about the results of the COVID-19 related research, the evidence found and the challenges the projects had to deal with.
Program
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Friday, May 20, 18:00 - 18:10
Introduction
Oriana Bandiera (Director of the G²LM |LIC Programme)
Ahmed Elsayed (Deputy Director of the G²LM |LIC Programme)
Session A: Migration, 18:10 - 18:30
Simone G. Schaner (University of Southern California) - "Is Heading Home a Dead End? COVID-19-Induced Migration and Local Labor Market Opportunities in Rural India"
Session B: Firms and the Informal Sector
18:30 - 18:50 - Atiya Rahman (BRAC University) - "The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Small Firms in Developing Countries"
18:50 - 19:10 - Nathan Fiala (University of Connecticut), Jörg Peters (RWI Essen) - "Resilience and Recovery: The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Informal Sector in Uganda"
19:10 - 19:30 - Ashley Whillans (Harvard Business School) - "Tracking the Value of Time of Informal Sector Workers during and Post-Curfew in Nairobi, Kenya"
Session C: Gender
19:30 - 19:50 - Livia Alfonsi (University of California, Berkeley) - "Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers during COVID-19"
19:50 - 20:10 - Michael Walker (University of California, Berkeley) -"Gender Effects of COVID-19: Evidence from the Kenya Life Panel Survey"
20:10 - Wrap Up
Oriana Bandiera (Director of the G²LM |LIC Programme)
Ahmed Elsayed (Deputy Director of the G²LM |LIC Programme)
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