By using this website you are agreeing to our use of cookies and to the terms and conditions listed in our data protection policy. I exploit variation in electricity project placement and timing to estimate district fixedeffects models, and instrument for project placement. Previous question next question transcribed image text from this question from this. Among her activities outside of the classroom, sauter ortiz was an undergraduate adviser and a research assistant for assistant professor of economics taryn dinkelman, and was active in the sustainability office. The kellogg institute for international studies, part of the university of notre dames new keough school of global affairs, is an interdisciplinary community of scholars that promotes research, provides educational opportunities, and builds linkages related to democracy and human development. Matias busso publications refereed articles books chapters. The longrun effects of labor migration on human capital formation in communities of origin, american economic journal. Dinkelman s main current interests are in infrastructure in developing countries both determinants of access and effects of this infrastructure in changing the set of activities that poor people can undertake and the role of information in education choices for students in middle income countries. At the center of the paper is an instrumental variables iv approach with the interaction of the land gradient and time. Sam schulhoferwohl senior vice president and director of financial policy, federal reserve bank of. Working papers, princeton university, department of economics, center for economic policy studies. Modernization and development, edited by sebastian edwards, simon johnson, and david n. The second of three nber conferences on economic research on african development successes took place in accra, ghana on july 1820, 2010.
Taryn dinkelman taryn dinkelman is an associate professor of economics at the university of notre dame who specializes in development and labor economics, with a focus on africa. Racial differences in school advancement in urban south africa. Her research focuses on labor markets and human capital in developing count. Associate professor of economics, university of notre dame. No 1255, working papers from princeton university, woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs, research program in development studies. Dinkelmans current work exploits historical natural experiments combined with newly digitized archival data to examine long run impacts of circular migration in africa on local economic development outcomes. Evidence from a panel study of young adults in cape town, south african journal of economics, 76 s1. Proin gravida dolor sit amet lacus accumsan et viverra justo commodo. Faculty by area department of economics university. View sara lalumias profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Associate professor, economics at williams college.
Levinsohn july 19, 2011 \monopolistic competition and international trade. Journal of development economics vol 114, pages 1252 may. Taryn dinkelman is an assistant professor of economics at dartmouth college. Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector. Her work identifies barriers that prevent workers in developing countries from realizing the full value of their labor.
Taryn dinkelman alumni of the michigan population studies. Taryn dinkelman is an associate professor of economics at the university of notre dame who specializes in development and labor economics, with a focus on africa. Fall 2014 midterm 2 solutions economics 20 midterm exam. Published in september 2016 by university of chicago press. Correlates of service rollout and network performance. Experimental evidence from chile, with taryn dinkelman, claudia martinez and, dario romero. Taryn dinkelman and sam schulhoferwohl development economics.
Richman kellogg institute for international studies. However, labour migration and earnings could have important impacts on migrants home countries. Linking poverty and income shocks to risky sexualbehavior. This paper estimates the impact of electrification on employment growth by analyzing south africas mass rollout of electricity to rural households. Economics letters, 2017 working paper datacode presentation the effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools. Evidence from the cape area panel study 2002 and 2005, with taryn dinkelman and murray leibbrandt, aids, november 2007, 21 suppl 7. Two alumni receive daad fellowships dartmouth news.
Using census data, i estimate effects of early childhood drought exposure on later. Professor dinkelman works primarily on labor markets in developing countries. Faculty fellow and director of the kellogg global leadership program rev. This question hasnt been answered yet ask an expert.
Her research focuses on labor markets and human capital in developing countries. Robin burgess, taryn dinkelman, seema jayachandran, dean karlan, benjamin a. According to taryn dinkelman of dartmouth college, vimal ranchhod and clare hofmeyr both of uct, authors of a paper investigating the impact of this minimum wage, the increase in wages government proposed was substantial. Taryn dinkelman is an associate professor at dartmouth college in hanover, new hampshire, in the united states of america. Journal of population economics, volume 31, issue 3 springer. A model for understanding gender discrepancies in sexual behavior reports. Studies of african economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces.
Notre dames department of economics offers graduate and undergraduate degrees, and its faculty specializes in microeconomics and macroeconomics theory. Department of economics 3058 jenkins nanovic halls university of notre dame south bend, in 46617. Murray leibbrandt director, saldru and professor of economics, university of cape town verified email at uct. Taryn dinkelman associate professor of economics, university of notre dame verified email at nd. Her work identifies barriers that prevent workers in developing countries from realizing the. Her research focuses on labour markets in developing countries. Taryn dinkelman centre for economic policy research.
Comm from the university of the witwatersrand and a b. Economic research on migration tends to focus on workers, labour markets, or communities in receiving countries. Development economics allows me the opportunity to ask a range of questions about topics that i feel passionate about, using the tools that economists use to come up with very specific, clean answers to important social questions, said taryn dinkelman, associate professor of economics. Taryn dinkelman is an associate professor in the economics department at the university of notre dame, a faculty research associate at the national bureau of economic research, and a research affiliate at the cepr and bread.
From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and longstanding corruption, a raft of deeprooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. The effects of rural electrification on employment. Mit press books and journals are known for their intellectual daring, scholarly standards, and distinctive design. Dinkelman is a development economist who studies labor markets and human capital in developing countries, predominantly in africa. Groody, csc theology and global affairs wrote the foreword for a new book, love prevails. Dinkelman s current work exploits historical natural experiments combined with newly digitized archival data to examine long run impacts of circular migration in africa on local.
Lam, david, cally ardington, and murray leibbrandt. Undergraduate research archive department of economics. Mostly because of concerns similar to those raised above, the south african government introduced a minimum wage in 2002. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. This column explores these effects by focusing on circular migration from malawi to south africa in the 1960s and 1970s. Drought is africas primary natural disaster and a pervasive source of income risk for poor households. Women, energy, and economic empowerment the atlantic. Domestic workers in south africa, journal of development economics, elsevier, vol.
Issn 02658003 migration, congestion externalities, and the evaluation of spatial investments taryn dinkelman, dartmouth college, bread and cepr sam schulhoferwohl, federal reserve bank of. Journal of development economics vol 99, issue 1, pages 1. Dinkelman s current work exploits historical natural experiments combined with newly digitized archival data to examine long run impacts of circular migration in africa on local economic. Migration, congestion externalities, and the evaluation of spatial investments, journal of development economics, elsevier, vol. View test prep fall 2014 midterm 2 solutions from economics 20 at dartmouth college. Associate professor of economics email protected 62099. Economics 20 midterm exam 2 professor taryn dinkelman fall quarter.
Benschgotzpeters rural electrification comment dinkelman. She was previously an assistant professor of economics at dartmouth college and an assistant professor at princeton university and held visiting appointments at yale university and. This paper documents the longrun health effects of early life exposure to drought and. Ashley wong 14, yi yang 14 both presidential scholars, lucy xie 14 and janine leger 15 are working with taryn dinkelman to investigate the short and longrun impacts of mass male labor migration from malawi to south africa over the period 1950 to 1990.
Taryn dinkelman kellogg institute for international studies. Dinkelman is a development economist who studies labor markets and human capital in. We provide new empirical insights on the joint distribution of consumption, income, and wealth using crosssectional and panel householdsurvey data from three of the poorest countries in the worldmalawi, tanzania, and ugandaall located in subsaharan africa ssa. View test prep fall 2014 midterm 2 from economics 20 at dartmouth college. National bureau of economic research, the direct benefits of infrastructure in developing countries can be large, but if new infrastructure induces inmigration, congestion of other local publicly provided goods may offset the direct. Sara lalumia assistant professor, economics williams. Dinkelman s main current interests are in infrastructure in developing countries both determinants of access and effects of this infrastructure in changing the set of activities that poor people can undertake and the role of information in education. Taryn dinkelman department of economics 3058 jenkins nanovic halls university of notre dame south bend, in 46617 tel. Using several new data sources and two different identification strategies an instrumental variables strategy and a fixed effects approach, i find that electrification significantly raises female employment within five years. Domestic workers in south africa journal of development economics, 2012, 99, 1, 2745 view citations 42 see also working paper 2011 2011. Seminar in economics with taryn dinkelman stockholm. Two recent contributions to econ3x3 may help to take the debate forward. The mit press is a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. View taryn dinkelman s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover taryn s. Individual, household and regional determinants of labour force attachment in south africa. Chapter 1 investigates the employment effects of a mass rollout of household electrification in rural south africa. Taryn dinkelman is an associate professor at the university of notre dame. Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal. Labor migration, capital accumulation, and the structure of rural labor markets taryn dinkelman y grace kumchulesi z martine mariotti x february 2017 download most recent version abstract.
The consumption, income, and wealth of the poorest. As long as there is sufficient variation in the incidence of shocks across households and these shocks are not correlated with household type. Taryn dinkelman faculty department of economics university. Migration, congestion externalities, and the evaluation of. One couples story of faith and survival in the rwandan genocide orbis books, 2019. Effects of economic shocks on childrens employment and schooling in brazil, with suzanne duryea and deborah levison, journal of development economics, september 2007, 841. I present new evidence from africa that droughts are an important component of long. Migration, congestion externalities, and the evaluation of spatial investments. Pdf the effects of rural electrification on employment. Taryn dinkelman is an associate professor of economics at the university of notre dame who specializes in development and labor economics, with a focus on. The university of texas at austin 2225 speedway brb 1. Household and community income, economic shocks and risky sexual. Books recent books earlier books by decade browse books by series chapters from books in process free publications bulletin on retirement and disability.
Taryn dinkelman alumni of the michigan population studies center. David lams select publications michigan population studies. D in economics from the university of michigan, an m. Jul 20, 2016 taryn dinkelman, martine mariotti 20 july 2016 however, labour migration and earnings could have important impacts on migrants home countries. Rub, department of economics, empirical economics phone. Applied economics, american economic association, vol. The truth about domestic workers in south africa johan fourie. Her aim is to understand the technological, legislative and institutional factors that affect the development and operation of these labor markets in middle income countries as well as in poor countries that are just. Labor migration, capital accumulation, and the structure. Jul 03, 2018 to view the rest of this content please follow the download pdf link above.
This article analyses and contrasts these views and finds that, though they emphasise and underplay different aspects, the differences may not be insurmountable especially once one recognises that the proposals apply to different time frames. Ultimately, sauter ortiz says, she wants to return to costa rica to work in sustainable development. Taryn dinkelman national bureau of economic research. Her work identifies specific barriers that prevent workers in developing countries from realizing the full value of their labor. This paper estimates the impact of electrification on employment growth by analyzing south af.