SI 2015 Income Distribution and Macroeconomics
Organized by Roland Bénabou, Oded Galor, and Fabrizio Zilibotti
July 14-16, 2015
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Wednesday, July 15

9:00 am

The Dynamics of Inequality

Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University and NBER
Jean-Michel Lasry, Université Paris Dauphine
Pierre-Louis Lions, College de France
Benjamin Moll, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

10:15 am

Insolvency After the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform

Stefania Albanesi, University of Miami and NBER
Jaromir Nosal, Boston College

11:30 am

Inequality and Bubbles

Julien Bengui, Bank of Canada
Toan Phan, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

1:30 pm

Acts of God? Religiosity and Natural Disasters Across Subnational World Districts

Jeanet Bentzen, University of Copenhagen

2:45 pm

The Causal Effect of Environmental Catastrophe on Long-run Economic Growth: Evidence from 6,700 Cyclones

Solomon M. Hsiang, Stanford University and NBER
Amir Jina, University of Chicago and NBER

4:00 pm

Correlating Social Mobility and Economic Outcomes

Maia Guell, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Michele Pellizzari, University of Geneva
Jose Rodriguez Mora, The University of Edinburgh
Giovanni Pica, University of Salerno

5:00 pm

College Diversity and Investment Incentives

Thomas Gall, University of Southampton
Patrick Legros, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Andrew Newman, Boston University

Thursday, July 16

9:00 am

The Openness-Equality Trade-Off in Global Redistribution

Glen Weyl, Microsoft

10:15 am

The Home Market Effect and Patterns of Trade Between Rich and Poor Countries

Kiminori Matsuyama, Northwestern University

11:30 am

Globalization and Wage Polarization

Guido Cozzi, University of St. Gallen
Giammario Impullitti, University of Nottingham

1:30 pm

Bargaining over Babies: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications

Matthias Doepke, Northwestern University
Fabian Kindermann, University of Regensburg

2:45 pm

Women's Liberation as a Financial Innovation

Moshe Hazan, Monash University
David Weiss, Tel Aviv University
Hosny Zoabi, New Economic School

4:00 pm

Bobos in Paradise: Urban Politics and the New Economy

Gilles J. Saint-Paul, Paris School of Economics

5:00 pm

The Price of Growth: Consumption Insurance in China 1989-2009

Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis, Barcelona GSE
Yu Zheng, Queen Mary University of London