International TVSEP Conference on “Shocks and resilience in rural Southeast Asia”

May 23, 2022, 10:00 AM → May 24, 2022, 9:00 PM Europe/Berlin

Göttingen and virtual

The TVSEP Team invites submissions to the International TVSEP Conference on Shocks and resilience in rural Southeast Asia to be held on May 23 and 24, 2022 in Göttingen, Germany. The conference is planned to be held physically in Göttingen (if regulations allow) and virtually (hybrid event). If you intend to participate virtually, please indicate your wish to do so in your registration.

The conference program will include scientific papers that use the TVSEP – Thailand-Vietnam Socio-Economic Panel Data but also invites all further papers related to shocks and resilience in rural Southeast Asia.

Book_of_Abstracts.pdf

TVSEP Final Program .pdf

Monday, May 23

Conference Opening

Convener: Prof. Krisztina Kis-Katos (University of Göttingen)

Parallel Session 1: A1: Shocks and Agricultural Decisions

Nguyen_weather_shocks_income_inequality.pdf

1 Weather Shocks and Income Inequality

Speaker: Thi Thao Nguyen (The University of Queensland)

Nguyen_weather_shocks_income_inequality.pdf

2 Extreme Weather and Agricultural Input Management in Rural Thailand and Vietnam: Intensify or De-intensify?

Speaker: Huong Jaretzky (GNOI)

3 Misallocation and Shocks: Evidence from Vietnamese Villages

Speaker: Andre Groeger (Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB))

Parallel Session 1: B1: Financial Decisions

Nguyen_weather_shocks_income_inequality.pdf

4 Does Gender Matter in Access to Credit for Rural Non-Farm Self-Employment Business? Evidence from Rural Vietnam

Speaker: Chung Phan (RMIT UNIVERSITY VIETNAM)

5 Liquidity Management in the Face of Extreme Weather: Empirical Evidence of Microfinance Clients in the Philippines

Speaker: Maria Jose Mendoza (ESHPM)

6 The Effect of Cognitive Function on the Poor’s Economic Performance: Evidence from Cambodian Smallholder Farmers

Speaker: Selina Bruns (University of Goettingen)

Parallel Session 1: C1: TVSEP and Data Science

Nguyen_weather_shocks_income_inequality.pdf

7 Determinants of Household Livelihood Strategies in Rural Thailand

Speaker: Uchook Duangbootsee (Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University)

8 Fostering Energy Resilience in the Rural Thai Power System: A Case Study in Nakhon Phanom

Speaker: Maria Hart (GNOI)

9 Measuring Consumption Changes in Rural Villages based on Satellite Image Data — A Case Study for Thailand and Vietnam

Speaker: Fabian Wölk (Institut für Informatik)

12:00 PM Lunch

Parallel Session 2: A2: The Determinants of Agricultural Productivity

10 Farming Efficiency and Natural Resource Dependence: Evidence from Panel Data for Rural Vietnam

Speaker: Sina Bierkamp (NHLU)

11 Internet Use and Agricultural Productivity in Rural Vietnam

Speaker: Thanh Tung Nguyen (Leibniz Hannover Universität)

12 Return to Adopting Better Agricultural Practice: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Thailand

Speaker: Nipon Poapongsakorn

Parallel Session 2: B2: Household Debt

13 Dynamics of Household Debt in Thailand and Vietnam: Explaining trends from 2007–2017

Speaker: Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu

14 Don't Expect Too Much - High Income Expectations and Over-Indebtedness

Speaker: Wiebke Stein (Leibniz Universität Hannover)

15 Over-Indebtedness and Child Well-Being: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

Speaker: Duy Linh Nguyen (NHLU)

Parallel Session 2: C2: Pandemic Impacts

16 The Marginal Propensity to Consume during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam

Speaker: Giang Nghiem (GNOI)

17 Extreme Lockdowns and the Gendered Informalization of Work

Speaker: Vincent Jerald Ramos (Humboldt University Berlin)

18 COVID-19 Crisis, Economic Hardships and Schooling Outcomes

Speaker: Claudia Schupp (UWVL)

2:30 PM Coffee Break

Poster Session

Conveners: Kim Caroline Rothert-Schnell (GNOI), Leon Worbs, Louisa Grimm (Institute of Empirical Economic Research, Osnabrück University), Lukas Wilken (GNOI), Maria Hart (GNOI), Miguel Jiménez (GNOI), Nicolas Schäder, Sasha Abrahams (GNOI), Steffen Bauerochse

Grimm_ A_Renminbi_Block_for_East_Asia.pdf

TVSEP Highlights and Best Paper Awards

Brian McCaig: FDI and Women: Impacts on Work, Marriage, and Childbirth

6:30 PM Conference Dinner

Tuesday, May 24

Gert G. Wagner: Going Beyond (Longitudinal) Surveys of WEIRD Societies and People

10:00 AM Coffee Break

Parallel Session 3: A3: Risk Preferences

19 Behavioural Responses to a Man-Made Disaster: Insights from a Natural Experiment

Speaker: Ralitza Dimova (GNOI)

20 Disability and Risk Preferences: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Vietnam

Speaker: Ute Rink (UZPR)

21 Rainfall Shocks and Risk Preferences: Evidence from Southeast Asia

Speaker: Sabine Liebenehm (University of Saskatchewan)

Parallel Session 3: B3: Structural Change and Crime

22 Transformation of Rural Development: Case Study of a Rural Village in Thailand

Speaker: Chompunuch Nantajit (GNOI)

23 Conflicts of Rural Transformation: The Effects of Oil Palm Expansion in Indonesia

Speaker: Tobias Hellmundt (University of Göttingen)

24 Applying the Routine Activity Approach to Identify Determinants of Rural Crime in Southeast Asia

Speaker: Ulrike Grote (NHLU)

Parallel Session 3: C3: Migration

25 Drought’s Impact and Migration in Vietnam’s Rural and Central Region

Speaker: Minh Hien Nguyen (GNOI)

26 Confined to Stay: Natural Disasters and Indonesia's Migration Ban

Speaker: Andrea Cinque (Leibniz University Hannover)

27 Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Income, Asset and Education of Rural Households and their Migrants in Thailand

Speaker: Chawalrath Buranakij

12:00 PM Lunch

Parallel Session 4: A4: Resilience

Do_Resilience_against_shocks_in_developing_countries.pdf

28 Making Smart Choices – Behavioural Traits and Resilience to Environmental Shocks Among Farming Households in Thailand

Speaker: Robyn Blake-Rath (Leibniz University Hannover)

29 Resilience Against Shocks in Developing Countries: Evidence from Panel Data for Rural Southeast Asia

Speaker: Manh Hung Do (Leibniz University Hannover)

Do_Resilience_against_shocks_in_developing_countries.pdf

30 Weather Shocks, Recall Error and Health

Speaker: Soschia Karimi (LUH)

Parallel Session 4: B4: Information and Learning

Do_Resilience_against_shocks_in_developing_countries.pdf

31 Macroeconomic Expectations and Consumer Sentiment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Others' Beliefs

Speaker: Dzung Bui (University of Marburg)

32 The Effects of Information Sharing on Moral Hazard in Credit Markets: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in the Philippines

Speaker: Lisa Spantig (RWTH Aachen University and University of Essex)

33 Career Goals and Investments in Education: Experimental Evidence from Cambodia

Speaker: Friederike Lenel (UWDV)

2:45 PM Coffee Break

Panel Discussion: Prospects and Challenges of Long-Term Household Panels

Christiane Joerk, Stefan Klonner, Martin Odening, Nipon Poapongsakorn, Hermann Waibel

Conference Closing

7:00 PM Dinner (at own cost)