RIEB Seminar
| Date&Time | Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 2:00pm-5:40pm |
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| Place | Research Room at RIEB (Building No.4, 2nd Floor) |
| Intended Audience | Faculties, Graduate Students and People with Equivalent Knowledge |
| Language | Japanese / English |
| Note | Copies of the paper will be available at Office of Promoting Research Collaboration. |
2:00pm-3:10pm
| Speaker | Atsuko MIZUNO |
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| Affiliation | Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University |
| Topic | Growth of Garment Industry of Myanmar: Reintegrating into the Regional and Global Economy |
3:10pm-4:20pm
| Speaker | Naoko UCHIYAMA |
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| Affiliation | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) / Reseach Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University |
| Topic | Do Conditional Cash Transfers Reduce Household Vulnerability in Rural Mexico? |
| Abstract | This study empirically analyzes risk-sharing functioning in rural Mexico. In particular, it aims to examine the vulnerability of rural households and the impact of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program on them. I adopt the two most recent Mexican rural household panel data for 2003 and 2007 and apply a risk-sharing model drawing on Townsend (1994). The empirical results reject the hypothesis of full risk sharing but imply that risk-sharing functions offer better insurance in securing basic needs such as food. In addition, the risk-sharing function, reinforced by longer exposures to the CCT program, serves to mitigate the liquidity constraints or vulnerability of poor households. |
4:30pm-5:40pm
| Speaker | Jagannath MALLICK |
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| Affiliation | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) /School of Economics, University of Hyogo |
| Topic | Revisiting into the Crowding-Out Effect of Government Investment on Private Investment in India |