SEED 2026

Symposium on Evidence of Economic Development
May 20–21, 2026 · Department of Economics, University of Bath
The Third Edition
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Venue: Department of Economics, University of Bath
9:30 – 9:45 AM Opening Remarks
Session 1
9:45 – 10:30 AM
“Reciprocity in Gift Giving: Norms, Kindness, and Equity Implications”
Ronak Jain (University of Zurich)
10:30 – 11:15 AM
“Collective Aspirations and Group Cooperation”
Sanchari Roy (University of Exeter)
11:15 – 11:30 AM Tea
Session 2
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
“Symbolic Policies Cause Economic Harm: Cognitive and Behavioural Responses to Nationalist Exclusion”
Joseph Flavian Gomes (UCLouvain)
12:15 – 1:00 PM
“Informing the Job Search: A Field Experiment in an Urban Labor Market”
Nikita Sangwan (Queen's University Belfast)
1:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch
Session 3 · Plenary I
2:00 – 3:00 PM
“Training to End Poverty?”
Stefano Caria (University of Oxford)
3:00 – 3:15 PM Tea
Session 4
3:15 – 4:00 PM
“Language Barriers, Internal Migration, and Labor Markets in General Equilibrium”
Amrutha Manjunath (University of Nottingham)
4:00 – 4:45 PM
“Input Tariffs, Roads, and Female Employment: Evidence from Ethiopia”
Wondatir Gebre (Lancaster University)
6:00 – 9:00 PM Symposium Dinner at The Coconut Tree
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Venue: Department of Economics, University of Bath
Session 5
9:30 – 10:15 AM
“Liquidity Shocks, Crime Perceptions and Household Financial Stability: Theory and Evidence from the 2019 Kenyan Demonetisation”
Jiao Wang (University of Sussex)
10:15 – 11:00 AM
“Identity Politics, Partisan Sentiment and Household Spending”
Aruni Mitra (University of Manchester)
11:00 – 11:15 AM Tea
Session 6
11:15 AM – 12:00 Noon
“Price Shock and Supply Chain Reorganization”
Anindya S. Chakrabarti (IIM Ahmedabad)
12:00 Noon – 12:45 PM
“Labour Market Power and Automation”
Aseem Patel (University of Essex)
1:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch
Session 7
2:00 – 2:45 PM
“R&D Outsourcing: Theory and Evidence”
Antonio Navas (University of Sheffield)
2:45 – 3:30 PM
“Protected or Postponed? The Dynamics of Deforestation in Protected and Non-Protected Areas”
Kyungbo Han (University of Bath)
3:30 – 3:45 PM Tea
Session 8 · Plenary II
3:45 – 4:45 PM
“Informality and Labour Market in the Age of AI”
Kunal Sen (University of Manchester)

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