SI 2021 Inequality and the Macroeconomy
Organized by Roland Bénabou, Raquel Fernández, and Oded Galor
July 12-13, 2021
on Zoom.us
Monday, July 12
11:00 am

Race and Economic Well-being in the United States

Jean-Felix Brouillette, HEC Montréal
Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
11:45 am
Break
11:55 am

Long-Term Effects of Equal Sharing: Evidence from Historical Inheritance Rules for Land

Charlotte Bartels, DIW Berlin
Simon Jäger, Princeton University and NBER
Natalie Obergruber, CESifo
12:40 pm
Break
12:50 pm

Occupational Choice and the Intergenerational Mobility of Welfare

Corina Boar, New York University and NBER
Danial Lashkari, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
1:35 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 13
11:00 am

Career Choice of Entrepreneurs, Inventors and the Rise of Firms

Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Harun Alp, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Jeremy G. Pearce, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Marta Prato, Bocconi University
11:45 am
Break
11:55 am

A Q-Theory of Inequality

Matthieu Gomez, Columbia University
Emilien Gouin-Bonenfant, Columbia University
12:40 pm
Break
12:50 pm

Social Security and Trends in Wealth Inequality

Sylvain Catherine, University of Pennsylvania
Max Miller, Harvard University
Natasha Sarin, Yale University
1:35 pm
Adjourn