SI 2017 Income Distribution and Macroeconomics

Roland Bénabou, Oded Galor, and Fabrizio Zilibotti, Organizers

July 18-20, 2017

Parkview Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 18
12:30 pm
Lunch
Tuesday afternoon joint with Political Economy (Charles Suites)
1:30 pm

Capital-Skill Complementarity and the Emergence of Labor Emancipation
Discussant: Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Medieval Roots of Inclusive Institutions: From the Norman Conquest of England to the Great Reform Act
Discussant: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
4:00 pm

The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States
Discussant: Marco Battaglini, Cornell University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 19
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Historical Roots of Preferences over Political Institutions: Monarchy vs Republic in 1946 Italy
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Minorities, Human Capital and Long-Run Development: Persistence of Armenian and Greek Influence in Turkey
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Autocratic Rule and Social Capital: Evidence from Imperial China
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Origins and Long-Run Consequences of the Division of Labor
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Capitalists in the Twenty-First Century
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

The Spillover Effects of Top Income Inequality
5:00 pm

Income and Wealth Inequality in America, 1949-2013
6:00 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 20
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Intergenerational Mobility and Support for Redistribution
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

From Extreme to Mainstream: How Social Norms Unravel
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Of Cities and Slums
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Intangibles, Inequality and Stagnation
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

College Pricing and Income Inequality
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Innovation, Firm and Wage Inequality
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel