SI 2016 Income Distribution and Macroeconomics
Organized by Roland Bénabou, Oded Galor, and Fabrizio Zilibotti
July 19-21, 2016
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Tuesday, July 19

1:30 pm

The Consequences of the French Revolution in the Short and Longue Durée

Raphael Franck, University of Stuttgart
Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER

Wednesday, July 20

9:00 am

Can Redistribution Lead to Economic Development?

Tim Lee, Queen Mary University of London
Nicolas A. Roys, University of London
Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

10:15 am

Technology, Skill and the Wage Structure

Nancy Stokey, University of Chicago and NBER

11:30 am

Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness, and Education Expenditure: Evidence from the U.S.

Graziella Bertocchi, Universita di Modena
Arcangelo Dimico, Queen's University Belfast
Francesco Lancia, University of Vienna
Alessia Russo, University of Padua

1:30 pm

Agricultural Diversity, Structural Change and Long-run Development: Evidence from US Counties

Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER

2:45 pm

Cereals Appropriability and Hierarchy

Joram Mayshar, Hebrew University
Omer Moav, University of Warwick
Zvika Neeman, Tel Aviv University
Luigi Pascali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

4:00 pm

Engineering Growth: Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas

William Maloney, The World Bank
Felipe Valencia Caicedo, Brown University

Thursday, July 21

9:00 am

The Price of the East Asian Miracle: Generational Cultural Shift and Elderly Suicide

Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Hyejin Ku, University College London

10:15 am

Render Unto Caesar: Welfare, Charity, and Political Islam

Maleke Fourati, University of New South Wales
Gabriele Gratton, University of New South Wales
Pauline Grosjean, University of New South Wales

10:15 am

Intergenerational Dynamics and the Fertility Transition

Tom Vogl, University of California, San Diego and NBER

11:30 am

Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity

Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Kurt Mitman, CEMFI
Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

1:30 pm

Heterogeneity and Persistence in Returns to Wealth

Andreas Fagereng, BI Norwegian Business School
Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
Davide Malacrino Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University and NBER

2:45 pm

Wealth Distribution and Social Mobility in the US: A Quantitative Approach

Jess Benhabib, New York University and NBER
Alberto Bisin, New York University and NBER
Mi Luo, Peking University

4:00 pm

Rich Pickings? Risk, Return, and Skill in the Portfolios of the Wealthy

Laurent Bach, ESSEC Business School
Laurent E. Calvet, SKEMA Business School
Paolo Sodini, Stockholm School of Economics

5:00 pm

Taxes, Regulations of Businesses and Evolution of Income Inequality in the US

Sebastian Dyrda, University of Toronto
Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame