Day 1: STEG Annual Conference 2021
0:00 Introduction
12:26 Electricity and Firm Productivity: A General-Equilibrium Approach by Stephie Fried (Arizona State University and San Francisco Fed)
1:12:50 Worker Mobility and Domestic Production Networks by Cian Ruane (IMF)
2:14:12 Relative Welfare from Disaggregate Expenditures by Ethan Ligon (Berkeley)
3:14:08 Policy Keynote: Albert Zeufack (Chief Economist, Africa, World Bank)
Full Programme: https://steg.cepr.org/events/annualconference2021
This conference will fall near the close of STEG’s first (inception) year. The conference papers will help define the current research frontiers in the area of structural transformation and economic growth. STEG seeks to advance these frontiers over the next four years, through a programme of competitive research funding and academic community building. We expect the first funding calls to be issued in Spring 2021. STEG’s objective is to build a body of research and evidence that will inform policy in low-income countries; we consequently seek papers that have clear relevance to this goal.
In addition to full-length presentations, the conference will include one or more (virtual) sessions of short presentations, as a way to highlight the diversity of research in the field and to offer more opportunities for early-career researchers and scholars representing a wide range of institutions and geographies.
