SI 2018 Income Distribution and Macroeconomics

Roland Bénabou, Oded Galor, and Fabrizio Zilibotti, Organizers

July 17-19, 2018

Parkview Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 17
12:30 pm
Lunch
Tuesday afternoon joint with Political Economy (Charles Suites)
1:30 pm

The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities
Discussant: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Educational Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility in Africa
Discussant: Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
4:00 pm

The Oriental City: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, AD1000-2000
Discussant: Xiaoxue Zhao, Wesleyan University
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

A Global View of Creative Destruction
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Unequal Growth
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Skill-biased Technological Transitions
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Taxing Unwanted Populations: Fiscal Policy and Conversions in Early Islam
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

From Stagnation to Growth: Demography, Democracy, and Comparative Development
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 19
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Employment Protection, Investment in Job-Specific Skills, and Inequality Trends in the United States and Europe (slides)
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

The Macroeconomic Consequences of Early Childhood Development Policies
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Social Mobility with Unobserved Heritable Characteristics
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Unions and Inequality Over the Twentieth Century: New Evidence from Survey Data (slides)
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Spatial Structural Change
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Wealth Taxation and Wealth Accumulation: Theory and Evidence from Denmark
5:00 pm
Adjourn