Join us for the conference "CLACS Legacy and the REAL Development Challenges for Latin American Regional Economics."
Date: November 11–12
Location: Alice Campbell Center, Boardroom
Schedule:
November 11: 8:30 AM - 4:45 PM
November 12: 8:30 AM - 1:45 PM
Event Description:
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) turned 60 years being a lighthouse and promoting innovative research, specialist teaching, and public awareness of the Latin American and Caribbean region: its histories, challenges, and complex connections to the United States and other parts of the world. Under the unique inspiration and legacy of Prof. Werner Baer and with the enthusiastic, professional, selfless, and profound work of Prof. Geoffrey Hewings, CLACS and REAL Lab together with the Lemann Institute and various academic units of the UIUC collaborated in the training of several generations of scholars with a deep and lasting impact on the region. Nowadays, the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Science Association (LARCSA) provides an incipient space for the socioeconomic research on the local and regional challenges of the developing countries of LATAM and the Caribbean. This seminar proposes enhancing this academic legacy by discussing the actual and forthcoming REAL issues, including the social, income distribution, environmental, gender and macroeconomic challenges affecting regions at the LATAM and Caribbean countries.
Session 1 Program
8:30 - 9:00 AM: Coffee and Pastries
9:00 - 9:15 AM: Welcome
Remarks by CLACS Director Andrew Orta
9:15 - 10:45 AM: Panel 1 – Labor and Migration Issues in the Regions
- "Occupation Portability and Regional Labor Market Flexibility in Brazil"
Carlos Azzoni (USP, Brazil) - "Regional Disparities in Amenities and the Life Satisfaction of Internal Migrants"
Grace Carolina Guevara Rosero (Ecuador) - "For-Profit Higher Education Wage Returns: Evidence from Brazil"
Renato Vieira (USP, Brazil) - Moderator: Mariaedisa Sopelsa (University of Maryland)
10:45 - 11:00 AM: Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Panel 2 – Environmental and Regional Issues
- “Economic Drivers of Deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon”
Eduardo Haddad (USP, Brazil) - “All That Glitters Is Not Gold? Approaching the Sub-National Impact of the Colombian Gold Rush on Deforestation”
Natalia Cantet (Augusta University) - “Multidimensional Analysis of the Sea Economy: A Case Study for the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal”
Felipe Santos (USP, Brazil) - Moderator: Ricardo Bebczuk (UNLP, UIUC)
12:30 - 1:45 PM: Lunch
2:30 - 3:15 PM: Panel 4 – CLACS and REAL: Building Networks and Capacities in LATAM
- “The Colombian Economy and Its Regional Structural Challenges: A Linkages Approach”
Jaime Bonet (Banco de la República, Colombia) - “On the Legacy of Werner Baer and Geoff Hewing’s Many Contributions”
Ed Amman (and friends)
Panel Coordinators: Pedro Elosegi and Gisela Sin (Argentina)
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Session 2 Program
8:30 - 9:00 AM: Coffee and Pastries
9:00 - 9:15 AM: Welcome
Remarks by Kasia Szremski, CLACS Associate Director
9:15 - 10:00 AM: Panel 5 – Productivity and Spatial Spillovers in LATAM
- “Urban Form and Productivity: What Shapes Are Latin-American Cities?”
Nancy Lozano (World Bank) - “Spatial Spillovers and Productive Efficiency: A Spatial Stochastic Frontier Model for Panel Data”
André Chagas (USP) - Moderator: Ramses Armendariz (UIUC)
10:00 - 10:15 AM: Break
10:15 AM - 12:30 PM: Panel 6 – LATAM Input-Output Subnational Tables: Moving Forward Linked Agenda
Prof. Hewings has been a pioneer in developing subnational/regional input-output tables with applications in several LATAM countries. This panel will showcase regional tables from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and other LATAM countries and discuss how to advance from local subnational matrices to broader discussions on trade, environmental, macroeconomic, political, and social challenges in LATAM.
- A MRIO Table Under Limited Information for Argentina
Pedro Elosegui (Argentina) - A MRIO Table in Brazil
Eduardo Haddad (USP, Brazil) - A MRIO Table in Colombia
Jaime Bonnet (Banco de la República, Colombia) - Input-Output Tables in Ecuador
Grace Carolina Guevara Rosero (Ecuador)
Panel Coordinator: Dr. Jose Duran (ECLAC)
12:30 - 1:45 PM: Lunch
