Pablo Muylle is postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University. 

Practical information

The Leuven-Louvain Trade Workshop occurs online every two weeks, typically on Wednesdays at 15:30

We invite graduate students and faculty with an interest in international trade to participate, and to sign up for the workshop mailing list.

For further information on how to attend, you can contact: serena.chellini@kuleuven.be or c.depierpont@uclouvain.be

Céline Zipfel is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics and an affiliate of the Mistra Centre for Sustainable Markets (Misum). Her research interests are in development, labor and family economics

Keiti Kondi is an expert in demography and population dynamics at the Federal Planning Bureau. She is responsible for population and household projections.

Marion Richard is postdoctoral researcher at NovaSBE and IC Migration fellow. Her current work focuses on conflict, climate change, gender norms and colonial policies as determinants and barriers to migration in developing countries.

Serena Chellini is PhD candidate at the Department of Economics at KU Leuven. Her research interests are international trade and environmental economics. 

Practical information

We invite graduate students and faculty with an interest in international trade to participate, and to sign up for our mailing list.

For further information on how to attend, you can contact: serena.chellini@kuleuven.be or c.depierpont@uclouvain.be

Enrico Spolaore is Seth Merrin Professor of Economics at Tufts University and a Research Associate with the NBER. He does research in political economy, growth and development, and international economics

• Klaus Desmet (SMU, NBER, CEPR)
• Joseph F. Gomes (UCLouvain and CEPR)

Programme

Day 1 - 23 June 2025

9:00 - 9:15
Klaus /Joseph - Welcome address

9:15 - 9:55
Elias Papaioannou – (Invited Session) 
Uprootedness, Human Capital and Skill Portability 
(Co-authors: Stelios Michalopoulos, Elie Murard and Seyhun Orcan Sakalli)

9:55 - 10:35
Sam Asher 
Cultural Capital and Economic Opportunity in Rural India 
(Co-authors: Aditi Bhowmick, Maurizio Bussolo, Vidisha Mehta, Paul Novosad)

10:35 - 11:05
Coffee Break

11:05 - 11:45
Monica Beeder 
Effects of Jobs on Ethnic Switching – Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia 
(Co-authors: Lovise Aalen, Andreas Kotsadam, Espen Villanger)

11:45 - 12:25
Netanel Ben-Porath 
Imagined Communities? Print Media and Identity in the Age of Nation-State Formation
(Co-authors: W. Walker Hanlon)

12:25 - 13:50
Lunch

13:50 - 14:30
Tanushree Goyal 
Increasing Polarization of Hindu-Muslim Identity in India 
(Co-authors: Feyaad Allie, Viktor Enssle, Saad Gulzar, Gufran Pathan)

14:30 - 15:10
Roland Hodler 
Ethnofederalism: Subnational Borders and the Salience of Ethnicity in Politics 
(Co-authors: Richard Bluhm, Roland Hodler, Paul Schaudt)

15:10 - 15:50 
Coffee Break

15:50 - 16:30
Ömer Ozak 
(De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa 
(Co-authors: Emilio Depetris-Chauvin)

16:30 - 17:10
Marta Reynal-Querol (Invited Session)
Hierarchy Differences and the Social Foundations of State 
(Co-authors: Miriam Artiles and Joachim Vot)

18:30 onwards
Conference Dinner (By invitation only)

Day 2 - 24 June 2025

9:00 - 9:40
Moses Shayo - (Invited Session) 
Paying Not to Know: News Avoidance in Times of War
(Co-authors: Ro’ee Levy, Guy Yanay)

9:40 - 10:20
Max Posch 
Do Disasters Affect the Tightness of Social Norms?

10:20 - 10:40
Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:20
Clara Sievert 
Supernatural Beliefs about Illness and Modern Medicine Use: Evidence from the DRC

11:20 - 12:00
Andrea Tesei 
Pilgrims and Crusaders: Religion as a Political Double-Edged Sword 
(Co-authors: Tommaso Colussi, Dominic Rohner, Felipe Valencia Caicedo)

12:00 - 12:20
Break

12:20 - 13:00
Mathias Thoenig  - (Invited Session)
The gravity of violence 
(Co-authors: Mathieu Couttenier, Julian Marcoux and Thierry Mayer)
 

13:00 - 14:30
Lunch (and end of the workshop)

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