
	Tuesday, July 17
12:30 pm	Lunch
	Tuesday afternoon joint with Political Economy (Charles Suites)
1:30 pm	The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities Alessandra Fogli, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago and NBER Discussant: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Educational Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility in Africa Alberto F. Alesina, Harvard University Sebastian Hohmann, Stockholm School of Economics SITE Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER Elias Papaioannou, London Business School Discussant: Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
4:00 pm	The Oriental City: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, AD1000-2000 Ying Bai, Chinese University of Hong Kong Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER Discussant: Xiaoxue Zhao, Wesleyan University
5:00 pm	Adjourn
	Wednesday, July 18
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	A Global View of Creative Destruction Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER Ishan B. Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Unequal Growth Francesco Lippi, LUISS Guido Carli University Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	Skill-biased Technological Transitions Rodrigo Adao, University of Chicago and NBER Martin Beraja, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Taxing Unwanted Populations: Fiscal Policy and Conversions in Early Islam Mohamed Saleh, Toulouse School of Economics Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	From Stagnation to Growth: Demography, Democracy, and Comparative Development Matteo Cervellati, University of Bologna Gerrit Meyerheim, LMU Munich Uwe Sunde, University of Munich
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER Salomé Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Francesca Lotti, Bank of Italy
5:00 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
	Thursday, July 19
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Employment Protection, Investment in Job-Specific Skills, and Inequality Trends in the United States and Europe (slides) Matthias Doepke, Northwestern University and NBER Ruben Gaetani, University of Toronto
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	The Macroeconomic Consequences of Early Childhood Development Policies Diego Daruich, University of Southern California
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	Social Mobility with Unobserved Heritable Characteristics John Knowles, Simon Fraser University Chris A. Bidner, Simon Fraser University
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Unions and Inequality Over the Twentieth Century: New Evidence from Survey Data (slides) Henry S. Farber, Princeton University and NBER Dan Herbst, University of Arizona Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Spatial Structural Change Fabian Eckert, University of California, San Diego Michael Peters, Yale University and NBER
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Wealth Taxation and Wealth Accumulation: Theory and Evidence from Denmark Katrine Jakobsen, University of Copenhagen Kristian Jakobsen, DEA Henrik Kleven, Princeton University and NBER Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
5:00 pm	Adjourn

Participants

Rodrigo Adão, University of Chicago and NBER
Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Ying Bai, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Salomé Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Chris A. Bidner, Simon Fraser University
Pierre C. Boyer, Ecole Polytechnique
Roland Bénabou, Princeton University and NBER
Matteo Cervellati, University of Bologna
Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER
Ernesto Dal Bó, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Diego Daruich, University of Southern California
Matthias Doepke, Northwestern University and NBER
Fabian Eckert, University of California, San Diego
Maya R. Eden, Brandeis University
Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University and NBER
Andreas Fagereng, BI Norwegian Business School
Alessandra Fogli, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Raphaël Franck, Hebrew University
Ruben Gaetani, University of Toronto
Oded Galor, Brown University and NBER
Matthieu Gomez, Columbia University
Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago and NBER
Moshe Hazan, Monash University
Daniel Herbst, University of Arizona
Martin Blomhoff Holm, University of Oslo
David Hémous, University of Zurich

Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
John Knowles, Simon Fraser University
Christos Koulovatianos, Department of Finance, University of Luxembourg
Alessandro Lizzeri, Princeton University and NBER
Gerrit Meyerheim, LMU Munich
Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
Ishan B. Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Gisle Natvik, BI Norwegian Business School
Andrew Newman, Boston University
Omer Ozak, Southern Methodist University
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Elias Papaioannou, London Business School
Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Michael Peters, Yale University and NBER
Pascual Restrepo, Yale University and NBER
Mohamed Saleh, Toulouse School of Economics
Pedro Silos, Temple University
Enrico Spolaore, Tufts University and NBER
Uwe Sunde, University of Munich
Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics
David N. Weil, Brown University and NBER
David Weiss, Tel Aviv University
Fabrizio Zilibotti, Yale University and NBER
Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and NBER