Economics Department

History and Development Workshop

Spring 2012

ALL TALKS start at 4pm in the 9th. Floor Thompson Seminar Room unless otherwise specified.

When available papers can be obtained by clicking on title.

Richard Greenwald St. Josephs College The End of 9 to 5: Freelancers, Empty Offices and the Transformation of Work Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji UMASS-Amherst Erasing Class/ (re)Creating Ethnicity: Jobs, Politics, accumulation and Identity in Kenya Tuesday April 10, 2012 Co-sponsored with Political Economy Workshop
Elizabeth Ramey Hobart and William Smith Colleges The Farmer Takes a Wife: The Farm Woman Problem and the Agrarian Ideal Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Carmen Diana Deere University of Florida Mixed-methods in Economic Research: lessons from the Gender Assets Gap project Friday, April 27, 2012 *11.45am-1.30pm*
Edward Kutsoati Tufts University Family Ties, Inheritance Rights and Successful Poverty Alleviation: The Case of Ghana Wednesday May 2nd, 2012