“经济学论坛”是由北京大学经济学院经济学系主办的专业学术性论坛。论坛致力于打造一个经济学专业人士进行交流与对话的平台，对当前及未来的经济理论、研究方法和现实热点问题展开广泛、深入、全面、开放的探讨。论坛每月举办一次，由主题演讲、专业评论和自由讨论构成。论坛邀经济学各领域素有研究的知名学者或研究取得积极进展的中青年学者发表主题演讲，并围绕相关问题展开讨论。本期论坛信息如下：
题 目：The Gold Digger and the Machine：Evidence on the Distributive Effect of the Artisanal and Industrial Gold Rushes in Burkina Faso
报告人: Rémi Bazillier
时 间：5月30日上午11-12点
地 点：三教101教室
主持人: 夏庆杰教授
主 办：经济学系和北京大学经济与人类发展研究中心联合举办
摘 要: This paper uses a quasi-natural experiment, the recent gold boom in Burkina Faso, to document the local impact of two alternative mining techniques: artisanal and industrial mines. Artisanal mines have a bad reputation. When these mines (managed in commons) compete for land with industrial mines (privatized), governments tend to favor industries. However, more than 100 million people depend on artisanal mines for their livelihoods. Our identification strategy exploits two sources of variation. The spatial variation comes from the exposure of households to different geological en- dowments, and the temporal variation comes from changes in the global gold price. We are the first to document the economic impact of artisanal mines. We show that a 1% increase in the gold price increases consumption by 0.15% for households neighboring artisanal mines. Opening an industrial mine, in contrast, has no impact on local consumption.
报告人简介: Rémi Bazillier目前执教于Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne(巴黎第一大学），任正教授。他的研究领域包括发展经济学和劳动经济学。他的研究成果发表于Journal of Comparative Economics，International Economics等期刊。
