
	Tuesday, July 16
12:15 pm	Lunch
	Joint session with the Political Economy Group in Parkview
1:30 pm	Hierarchical Corruption Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, University of Chicago and NBER Kristof Titeca, Antwep University Discussant: Guilherme Lichand, Stanford Graduate School of Education
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Coming out in America: AIDS, Politics, and Cultural Change Raquel Fernández, New York University and NBER Sahar Parsa, New York University Martina Viarengo, The Graduate Institute, Geneva Discussant: Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University and NBER
3:45 pm	Redistributive Politics with Target-Specific Beliefs Christina Fong, Carnegie Mellon University Panu Poutvaara, Ifo Institute for Economic Research Discussant: Edoardo Teso, Northwestern University and NBER
4:45 pm	Adjourn
	Wednesday, July 17
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
	Technology, Demand Forces, and Labor Market Polarization
9:00 am	Labor Market Polarization and The Great Divergence: Theory and Evidence Donald R. Davis, Columbia University and NBER Eric Mengus, HEC Paris Tomasz K. Michalski, HEC Paris
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Automating Labor: Evidence from Firm-level Patent Data (slides) Antoine Dechezleprêtre, OECD David Hemous, University of Zurich Morten G. Olsen, University of Copenhagen Carlo Zanella, University of Zurich
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	The Race Between Preferences and Technology Joachim Hubmer, University of Pennsylvania
12:30 pm	Lunch
	Income and Wealth Concentration
1:30 pm	Owning Up: Closely Held Firms and Wealth Inequality Alessandra Peter, New York University and NBER
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Capital Gains and the Distribution of Income in the United States Jacob Robbins, University of Illinois at Chicago
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Accounting for the Determinants of Wealth Concentration in the US Baris Kaymak, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Markus Poschke, McGill University David C. S. Leung, McGill University
5:00 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
	Thursday, July 18
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
	Innovation, Population, and the Organization of Production
9:00 am	Low Interest Rates, Market Power, and Productivity Growth (slides) Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER Atif R. Mian, Princeton University and NBER Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Small Teams in Big Cities: Inequality, City Size, and the Organization of Production Clara Santamaria, Sciences Po
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	Demographic Transitions Across Time and Space Matthew J. Delventhal, Claremont McKenna College Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Nezih Guner, CEMFI
12:30 pm	Lunch
	Family, Culture, and Gender Issues
1:30 pm	Bitter Sugar: Slavery and the Black Family Graziella Bertocchi, Universita di Modena Arcangelo Dimico, Queen University of Belfast
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Gender Bias and Male Backlash as Drivers of Crime Against Women: Evidence from India Debasis Bandyopadhyay, University of Auckland James Jones, University of Auckland Asha Sundaram, University of Auckland
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Natural Selection on Culture Makes Society More Conservative on Family Values Jeremy Freese, Northwestern University Tom Vogl, University of California, San Diego and NBER
5:00 pm	Adjourn

Participants

Debasis Bandyopadhyay, University of Auckland
Graziella Bertocchi, Universita di Modena
Donald R. Davis, Columbia University and NBER
Matthew J. Delventhal, Claremont McKenna College
Arcangelo Dimico, Queen University of Belfast
Maya R. Eden, Brandeis University
Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University and NBER
Raquel Fernández, New York University and NBER
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Christina Fong, Carnegie Mellon University
Paul Gaggl, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Oded Galor, Brown University and NBER
Joachim Hubmer, University of Pennsylvania
David Hémous, University of Zurich
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
James Jones, University of Auckland
Bariş Kaymak, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
David C. S. Leung, McGill University

Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER
Alessandro Lizzeri, Princeton University and NBER
Eric Mengus, HEC Paris
Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER
Alexander Monge-Naranjo, European University Institute
Morten G. Olsen, University of Copenhagen
Omer Ozak, Southern Methodist University
Elias Papaioannou, London Business School
Alessandra Peter, New York University and NBER
Markus Poschke, McGill University
Jacob Robbins, University of Illinois at Chicago
Clara Santamaria, Sciences Po
Asha Sundaram, University of Auckland
Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra, University of Chicago and NBER
Tom Vogl, University of California, San Diego and NBER
David N. Weil, Brown University and NBER
David Weiss, Tel Aviv University
Carlo Zanella, University of Zurich
Fabrizio Zilibotti, Yale University and NBER