Center for International Policy Studies
Fordham University Economics, GSB and Law
The Changing Faces of Migration in Mexico And The USA: Challenges and New Opportunities
Salon T 252 (November 14th) & Salon T 553 (November 15th) Campus Central, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla
Thursday October 17th 2019 12:00pm- 2:00pm
Flom Auditorium William D. Walsh Family Library
Fordham University, 441 E. Fordham Road, Bronx, NY
Speakers:
Darney K Born Rivers, I AM MY COMMUNITY
Imam Sheikh Musa Drammeh, Community Public Safety Partnership
Marion Frampton, TBS New Direction
Paule Cruz Takash, SF Global LLC
Sunitha Malieckal, Greyston Bakery
Sponsors:
Fordham Center for International Policy Studies
Fordham Social Innovation Collaboratory
Spring Bank
For more information contact Max Lynch mlynch63@fordham.edu
Thursday October 10th 2019
11 AM E530 Dealy Hall
Maxwell Lynch -speaker
Special Thanks to the Conference Planning Committee
Elaine Congress, Associate Dean and Professor for Continuing Education and Extra Mural Programs,
Erika Marte, Administrative Program Assistant at the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer
Darryl McLeod, Associate Professor of Economics,
Rafael Zapata, Chief Diversity Officer,Special Assistant to the President for Diversity & Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Photo: Migration Policy Institute
8.45-9.30
Breakfast and Registration
9.30-9.45
Welcome remarks by Darryl McLeod Chair of the Economics Department
9.45-10.20
Session I Chair: Prakarsh Singh
Wellbeing Evidence for the Assessment of Progress
Author: Paul Anand, Open University
Discussant: Sophie Mitra, Economics Department Fordham University
10.20-10.55
Session I Chair: Prakarsh Singh
Agricultural Fires and Child Health: Evidence from Brazil
Extended abstract draft
Author: Tom Vogl, Princeton University
Discussant: Jorge Aguero, University of Connecticut
10.55-11.10
Coffee Break
11.10-11.45
Session II Chair: Andrew Simons
Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health:
Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi workers in India
Author: Prakarsh Singh, Amherst College
Discussant: Tom Vogl, Princeton University
11.45-12.20
Session II Chair: Andrew Simons
Cognitive, Socio-emotional and Behavioral Returns to College Quality:
Evidence from India
Author: Subha Mani, Fordham University
Discussant: Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut
12.20-1.00
Lunch
1.00-2.00
Keynote Lecture:
Early-Life Undernourishment in Developing Countries:
Prevalence, Associations/Impacts over the Life Cycle and Determinants
Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania
2.00-2.35
Session III Chair: Resul Cesur
The Importance of Educational Credentials:
Schooling Decisions and Returns in Modern China
Author: Alex Eble, Teacher’s College, Columbia University
Discussant: Maulik Jagnani, Cornell University
2.35-3.10
Session III Chair: Resul Cesur
Identifying Critical Periods in Human Capital Development Beyond Early Childhood:
Evidence from Rwanda
Author: Jorge Aguero, University of Connecticut
Discussant: Catalina Herrera Almanza, Northeastern University
3.10-3.25
Coffee Break
3.25-4.00
Session IV Chair: Subha Mani
Temperature and Human Capital:
Short and Long-run Evidence from India
Author: Maulik Jagnani, Cornell University
Discussant: Alex Eble, Teacher’s College, Columbia University
Session IV Chair: Subha Mani
Early Childbearing, School Attainment and Cognitive Skills:
Evidence from Madagascar
Author: Catalina Herrera Almanza, Northeastern University
Discussant: Andrew Simons, Fordham University
5.10-5.25
Concluding remarks
NOTE: Within each 35-minute session, the speaker presents for 20 minutes, the discussant for up to 10 minutes, and the audience asks questions for 5 minutes.