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The 5th International Workshop

The 5th International Workshop
on Agriculture and Economic Development
in Memory of Professor Yair Mundlak

 June 19-20, 2023

The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Faculty Club, Rehovot Campus of the Hebrew University, Israel

 List of presentations

Session 1 - Chair: Iddo Kan (Hebrew University)

  1. “Does Poverty Change Labor Supply? Evidence from Multiple Income Effects and 115,579 Bags” (with Abhijit Banerjee, Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry) - Hannah Trachtman (Hebrew University)
  2. “The Effect of Warehouse Receipt Finance on Terms of Trade for Farmers” (with Ayal Kimhi) – Beata Itin-Shwartz (Hebrew University)
  3. “Back from Israel: The Impacts of Employment in Modern, Commercial Farms on Smallholder Agriculture” – Ram Fishman (Tel-Aviv University)

Session 2 - Chair: Eli Feinerman (Hebrew University)

  1. “Systemic Value Chain Development: How Bundling Market Access Interventions Can Transform Agriculture” - Michael Keenan (IFPRI)
  2. ”Can Resource Windfalls Reduce Corruption? The Role of Term Limits” (with Yacov Tzur) – Ohad Raveh (Hebrew University)
  3. “Revealed Preferences Test of Taste Change: The Case of Processed Meats” (with Israel Finkelshtain and Iddo Kan) – Adam Dvir (Hebrew University)

Session 3 - Chair: Ohad Raveh (Hebrew University)

  1. “Two-technology for one good in the HOS Model can explain ‘Export-led economic growth’ in East Asia” - Yuko Arayama (Nagoya University)
  2. “Determinants of Social Capital at the Farm Level and the Implications for Sustainable Agriculture” (with Joseph Parcell) - Haluk Gedikoğlu (Konya Food and Agriculture University)
  3.   “The Climatic Impacts on Rice and Sugarcane Yields in Odisha, India” - Janmejaya Panda (IIT- Dharwad)
  4. “Resilience to Extreme Heat in Milk Production: Evidence from Israel” (with Ram Fishman and others) – Ayal Kimhi (Hebrew University)

Keynote Lecture - Chair: Ayal Kimhi (Hebrew University)

  1. "When Wonky Works: How Evidence Empowers by Leveraging Scarce Resources, Examples from Fighting Poverty in Low-Income Countries" – Dean Karlan (Northwestern University)

Session 4 - Chair: Yacov Tsur (Hebrew University)

  1. “Agricultural Input Use and Index Insurance Adoption: Concept and Evidence” (with Sandip Kumar Agarwal and Sumedha Shukla) - Gaurav Arora (IIIT-Delhi)
  2. “The Estimation of Israeli Farmers' Risk Attitudes Based on Choice of Insurance Contract” (with Israel Finkelshtain and Iddo Kan) – Tom Cromsjo (Hebrew University)
  3. “Food Self-Sufficiency under Limited Resources: The Case of Israel” (with Israel Finkelshtain and others) – Iddo Kan (Hebrew University)

Session 5 - Chair: Inbar Amit (University of Oxford)

  1. “Does Agricultural Productivity lead to Capital Accumulation or Re-Location? Evidence from Long-Term Irrigation in India” (with Ram Fishman and David Blakeslee) - Mathilde Degois (Tel-Aviv University)
  2. “Is Agriculture the Fourth Aquifer? The Impact of Weather Fluctuations on Optimal Capacity of Desalination” (with Israel Finkelshtain and Iddo Kan) - Ami Reznik (Hebrew University)
  3. “The Economic Cost of Wastewater Quality Standards” - Yehuda Slater (Hebrew University)

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