SI 2023 Inequality and Macroeconomics
Roland Bénabou, Raquel Fernández, and Jonathan Heathcote, Organizers
July 18-19, 2023
University Room BC
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 |
Dean Corbae, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER Andrew Glover, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Michael Nattinger, University of Wisconsin - Madison Equilibrium Eviction |
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| 1:45 pm |
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 Intergenerational Mobility and Credit |
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |
| 2:44 pm | Historical Origins of Inequality | |
| 2:45 pm |
Graziella Bertocchi, Universita di Modena Arcangelo Dimico, Queen's University Belfast Gian Luca Tedeschi, University of Bergamo Food Variability and Preferences for Redistribution: Storage, Sedentarism, and Inequality |
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| 3:30 pm |
Matthias C. Flueckiger, University of York Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth Markus Ludwig, TU Braunschweig Luigi Pascali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra The Dawn of Civilization Metal Trade and the Urban Revolution |
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| 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 |
Julia Fonseca, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Adrien Matray, Princeton University and NBER Financial Inclusion, Economic Development, and Inequality: Evidence from Brazil |
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| 9:30 am |
Michael Gilraine, Simon Fraser University and NBER James Graham, The University of Sydney Angela Zheng, McMaster University Public Education and Intergenerational Housing Wealth Effects |
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| 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am |
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 The Impact of Racial Segregation on College Attainment in Spatial Equilibrium |
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| 11:15 am |
Francesco Agostinelli, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Margaux Luflade, University of Pennsylvania Paolo Martellini, New York University Onthe Spatial Determinants of Educational Access |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:59 pm | Inequality and Redistribution | |
| 1:00 pm |
Benny Kleinman, Stanford University and NBER Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, University of Chicago Intermediate Input Prices and the Labor Share |
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| 1:45 pm |
Oren Danieli, Tel-Aviv University Revisiting U.S. Wage Inequality at the Bottom 50% |
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |
| 2:45 pm |
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 National Accounts in a World of Naturally Occurring Data: A Proof of Concept for Consumption |
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| 3:30 pm |
Philipp Gruebener, Goethe University Frankfurt Dominik Sachs, University of St. Gallen Axelle Ferriere, Paris School of Economics Optimal Redistribution: Rising Inequality vs. Rising Living Standards |
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| 4:15 pm | Adjourn | |