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 |
Equilibrium Eviction |
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| 1:45 pm |
Intergenerational Mobility and Credit |
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |
| 2:44 pm | Historical Origins of Inequality | |
| 2:45 pm |
Food Variability and Preferences for Redistribution: Storage, Sedentarism, and Inequality |
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| 3:30 pm |
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 |
Financial Inclusion, Economic Development, and Inequality: Evidence from Brazil |
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| 9:30 am |
Public Education and Intergenerational Housing Wealth Effects |
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| 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am |
The Impact of Racial Segregation on College Attainment in Spatial Equilibrium |
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| 11:15 am |
Onthe Spatial Determinants of Educational Access |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:59 pm | Inequality and Redistribution | |
| 1:00 pm |
Intermediate Input Prices and the Labor Share |
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| 1:45 pm |
Revisiting U.S. Wage Inequality at the Bottom 50% |
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |
| 2:45 pm |
National Accounts in a World of Naturally Occurring Data: A Proof of Concept for Consumption |
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| 3:30 pm |
Optimal Redistribution: Rising Inequality vs. Rising Living Standards |
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| 4:15 pm | Adjourn | |