SI 2016 Income Distribution and Macroeconomics
Roland Bénabou, Oded Galor, and Fabrizio Zilibotti, Organizers
July 19-21, 2016
Royal Sonesta Hotel
| Tuesday, July 19 | ||
| 1:30 pm |
Raphael Franck, Hebrew University Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER The Consequences of the French Revolution in the Short and Longue Durée |
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| Wednesday, July 20 | ||
| 9:00 am |
Tim Lee, Queen Mary University of London Nicolas A. Roys, University of London Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER Can Redistribution Lead to Economic Development? |
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| 10:15 am |
Nancy Stokey, University of Chicago and NBER Technology, Skill and the Wage Structure |
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| 11:30 am |
Graziella Bertocchi, Universita di Modena Arcangelo Dimico, Queen University of Belfast Francesco Lancia, University of Vienna Alessia Russo, BI Norwegian Business School Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness, and Education Expenditure: Evidence from the U.S. |
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| 1:30 pm |
Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER Agricultural Diversity, Structural Change and Long-run Development: Evidence from US Counties |
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| 2:45 pm |
Joram Mayshar, Hebrew University Omer Moav, University of Warwick Zvika Neeman, Tel Aviv University Luigi Pascali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Cereals Appropriability and Hierarchy |
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| 4:00 pm |
William Maloney, The World Bank Felipe Valencia Caicedo, University of British Columbia Engineering Growth: Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas |
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| Thursday, July 21 | ||
| 9:00 am |
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER Hyejin Ku, University College London The Price of the East Asian Miracle: Generational Cultural Shift and Elderly Suicide |
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| 10:15 am |
Maleke Fourati, University of New South Wales Gabriele Gratton, University of New South Wales Pauline Grosjean, University of New South Wales Render Unto Caesar: Welfare, Charity, and Political Islam |
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| 10:15 am |
Tom Vogl, University of California, San Diego and NBER Intergenerational Dynamics and the Fertility Transition |
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| 11:30 am |
Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Kurt Mitman, Institute for International Economic Studies Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity |
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| 1:30 pm |
Andreas Fagereng, BI Norwegian Business School Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance Davide Malacrino Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University and NBER Heterogeneity and Persistence in Returns to Wealth |
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| 2:45 pm |
Jess Benhabib, New York University and NBER Alberto Bisin, New York University and NBER Mi Luo, Peking University Wealth Distribution and Social Mobility in the US: A Quantitative Approach |
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| 4:00 pm |
Laurent Bach, ESSEC Business School Laurent E. Calvet, EDHEC Business School Paolo Sodini, Stockholm School of Economics Rich Pickings? Risk, Return, and Skill in the Portfolios of the Wealthy |
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| 5:00 pm |
Sebastian Dyrda, University of Toronto Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame Taxes, Regulations of Businesses and Evolution of Income Inequality in the US |
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