May 30 - June 2, 2025 | 14:00 | More 54PhD LECTURE SERIESInnovative Approaches in Development Economics: Methods and Applications Health & EducationKate Rich and Volker Schoer (Wits University,Johannesburg) Session 1Friday, May 30, 14:00 - 17:00The Friday lecture (2-5 PM) will consist of an overview of the WITS professors' respective research areas, with K.

22 May | 12:45 | Doyen 22Enrico Spolaore(Tufts University)will give a presentation onCultural Remittances and Modern FertilityAbstractWe argue that migrants played a significant role in the diffusion of the demographic transition from France to the rest of Europe in the late 19th century.

21 May | 15:30 | OnlineSerena Chellini(KU Leuven)will give a presentation on How do environmental measures impact firms’ trade? joint with Hylke Vandenbussche About the speakerSerena Chellini is PhD candidate at the Department of Economics at KU Leuven.

20 May | 12:45 | Dupriez D. 144Marion Richard(NovaSBE)will give a presentation on Mass media and fertility: evidence from a population-control programAbstractThis paper examines the long-run impact of a national-scale family planning radio campaign on fertility outcomes in Malawi.

May 15, 2025 | Doyen 22 Ralf Meisenzahl (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)will give a presentation on The Research University, Invention, and Industry: Evidence from Germany 1760-1900Abstract: We examine the role of universities in knowledge production and industrial change using historical evidence.

13 May | 12:45 | Dupriez D. 144Keiti Kondi(Bureau Fédéral du Plan)will give a presentation on The importance of migration hypothesis in population projectionsAbstractMigration is a crucial yet inherently uncertain component of population projections, particularly in the context of long-term demographic forecasting and economic planning.

08 May | 12:45 | Doyen 22Céline Zipfel(Stockholm School of Economics)will give a presentation on Female Wage Labor and Fertility: Evidence from the Cut-Flower Industry in KenyaAbstractSub-Saharan Africa’s unique fertility transition is widely documented. However, its underlying causes are less well understood.

07 May | 15:30 | OnlinePablo Muylle(Ghent University)will give a presentation on Parent-affiliate networks and the impact of import competition in Europe - Evidence from the China shock Joint with Bruno Merlevede (Ghent University) About the speakerPablo Muylle is postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University. Practical informationThe Leuven-Louvain Trade Workshop occurs online e

06 May | 12:45 | Dupriez D. 144Lucie Giorgi(AMSE)will give a presentation on Learning Together: The Introduction of Co-Education in French Elementary SchoolsAbstractThis study examines how early-life exposure to the opposite gender shapes long-term socioeconomic outcomes by exploiting the gradual implementation of co-education in French elementary schools between 1958 and 1975.

23 April | 15:30 | OnlineStijn Salden(Ghent University)will give a presentation on Identifying trade diversion effects in structural gravity with Glenn Rayp and Ruben Dewitte (Ghent UniversityAbout the SpeakerStijn Salden is PhD Student at Ghent University Practical informationThe seminars are held online from 15:30h to 16:30h.