Tuesday, July 16
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:29 am
Policy and Conflict
9:30 am

The Political Economy of Laws to "Protect" Women (slides)

Matthias Doepke, Northwestern University and NBER
Hanno Foerster, Boston College
Anne Hannusch Michèle Tertilt, University of Mannheim
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am

Unequal Climate Policy in an Unequal World (slides)

Elisa Belfiori, Torcuato Di Tella University
Sewon Hur, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Daniel Carroll, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
11:15 am

Development Mismatch? Evidence from Agricultural Projects in Pastoral Africa

Eoin F. McGuirk, Tufts University and NBER
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER
12:00 noon
Lunch
12:59 pm
Inequality Dynamics
1:00 pm

Scale-Biased Technical Change and Inequality

Hugo Reichardt, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internactional
1:45 pm

Consumption, Wealth, and Income Inequality: A Tale of Tails

Alexandre Gaillard, Brown University
Christian Hellwig, Toulouse School of Economics
Philipp Wangner, Columbia Business School
Nicolas D. Werquin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Labor Unions and Social Insurance

Naoki Aizawa, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Katsuhiro Komatsu, University of Wisconsin - Madison
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 17
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:29 am
Sorting and Mobility
9:30 am

Female Labor Force Participation and Intergenerational Mobility (slides)

Jørgen Modalsli, Oslo Metropolitan University
Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER
M. Daniele Paserman, Boston University and NBER
Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am

Segregation and Sorting of U.S. Households: Who Marries Whom and Where?

Davide Alonzo, University of Montreal
Nezih Guner, CEMFI
Claudio Luccioleti, Bank of Italy
11:15 am

Racial and Gender Differences in School-College-Career Paths

Katarína Borovičková, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Alessia Leibert, Minnesota Department of Employment
Anusha Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
12:00 noon
Lunch
12:59 pm
Attitudes and Preferences
1:00 pm

Meritocracy and Inequality

Paul-Henri Moisson, Toulouse School of Economics
1:45 pm

Efficiency, Insurance, and Redistribution Effects of Government Policies

Anmol Bhandari, University of Minnesota and NBER
David Evans, University of Oregon
Mikhail Golosov, University of Chicago and NBER
Thomas J. Sargent, New York University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

The Welfare of Nations: Social Preferences and the Macroeconomy

Xavier Ragot, Sciences Po
Francois Le Grand, Rennes School of Business
Diego Rodrigues, SciencesPo
3:30 pm
Adjourn