SI 2023 Inequality and Macroeconomics
Organized by Roland Bénabou, Raquel Fernández, and Jonathan Heathcote
July 18-19, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Tuesday, July 18
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:59 pm
Credit and Development
1:00 pm

Equilibrium Eviction (slides)

Dean Corbae, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Andrew Glover, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Michael Nattinger, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1:45 pm

Intergenerational Mobility and Credit

J. Carter Braxton, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Nisha Chikhale, University of Delaware
Kyle F. Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota and NBER
Gordon M. Phillips, Dartmouth College and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:44 pm
Historical Origins of Inequality
2:45 pm

Food Variability and Preferences for Redistribution: Storage, Sedentarism, and Inequality

Graziella Bertocchi, Universita di Modena
Arcangelo Dimico, Queen's University Belfast
Gian Luca Tedeschi, University of Bergamo
3:30 pm

The Dawn of Civilization Metal Trade and the Urban Revolution

Matthias C. Flueckiger, University of York
Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth
Markus Ludwig, TU Braunschweig
Luigi Pascali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
4:15 pm
Adjourn
7:00 pm
Dinner, The Helmand, 143 First St, Cambridge, MA
Wednesday, July 19
8:15 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:44 am
Education, Segregation, and Housing
8:45 am

Financial Inclusion, Economic Development, and Inequality: Evidence from Brazil

Julia Fonseca, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Adrien Matray, Princeton University
9:30 am

Public Education and Intergenerational Housing Wealth Effects

Michael Gilraine, Simon Fraser University and NBER
James Graham, The University of Sydney
Angela Zheng, McMaster University
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am

The Impact of Racial Segregation on College Attainment in Spatial Equilibrium

Victoria Gregory, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Julian Kozlowski, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Hannah F. Rubinton, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
11:15 am

Onthe Spatial Determinants of Educational Access

Francesco Agostinelli, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Margaux Luflade, University of Pennsylvania
Paolo Martellini, New York University
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:59 pm
Inequality and Redistribution
1:00 pm

Intermediate Input Prices and the Labor Share

Benny Kleinman, Stanford University and NBER
Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, University of Chicago and NBER
1:45 pm

Revisiting U.S. Wage Inequality at the Bottom 50%

Oren Danieli, Tel-Aviv University
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

National Accounts in a World of Naturally Occurring Data: A Proof of Concept for Consumption (slides)

Gergely Buda, Barcelona School of Economics
Vasco M. Carvalho, University of Cambridge
Stephen Hansen, University College London
Alvaro Ortiz, BBVA Research
Tomasa Rodrigo, BBVA Research
Jose Rodriguez Mora, The University of Edinburgh
3:30 pm

Optimal Redistribution: Rising Inequality vs. Rising Living Standards

Philipp Gruebener, Washington University in St. Louis
Dominik Sachs, University of St. Gallen
Axelle Ferriere, Paris School of Economics
4:15 pm
Adjourn