SI 2024 Inequality and Macroeconomics
Roland Bénabou, Raquel Fernández, and Jonathan Heathcote, Organizers
July 16-17, 2024
University BC
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
| Tuesday, July 16 | ||
| 9:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 9:29 am | Policy and Conflict | |
| 9:30 am |
Matthias Doepke, Northwestern University and NBER Hanno Foerster, Boston College Anne Hannusch, University of Mannheim Michèle Tertilt, University of Mannheim The Political Economy of Laws to "Protect" Women |
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| 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am |
Elisa Belfiori, Torcuato Di Tella University Sewon Hur, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Daniel Carroll, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Unequal Climate Policy in an Unequal World |
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| 11:15 am |
Eoin F. McGuirk, Tufts University and NBER Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER Development Mismatch? Evidence from Agricultural Projects in Pastoral Africa |
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| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |
| 12:59 pm | Inequality Dynamics | |
| 1:00 pm |
Hugo Reichardt, CREI Scale-Biased Technical Change and Inequality |
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| 1:45 pm |
Alexandre Gaillard, Brown University Christian Hellwig, Toulouse School of Economics Philipp Wangner, Columbia Business School Nicolas D. Werquin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Consumption, Wealth, and Income Inequality: A Tale of Tails |
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |
| 2:45 pm |
Naoki Aizawa, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Katsuhiro Komatsu, University of Wisconsin-Madison Labor Unions and Social Insurance |
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| 3:30 pm | Adjourn | |
| Wednesday, July 17 | ||
| 9:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 9:29 am | Sorting and Mobility | |
| 9:30 am |
Jørgen Modalsli, Oslo Metropolitan University Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER M. Daniele Paserman, Boston University and NBER Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER Female Labor Force Participation and Intergenerational Mobility |
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| 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am |
Davide Alonzo, University of Montreal Nezih Guner, CEMFI Claudio Luccioleti, Bank of Italy Segregation and Sorting of U.S. Households: Who Marries Whom and Where? |
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| 11:15 am |
Katarína Borovičková, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Alessia Leibert, Minnesota Department of Employment Anusha Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Racial and Gender Differences in School-College-Career Paths |
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| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |
| 12:59 pm | Attitudes and Preferences | |
| 1:00 pm |
Paul-Henri Moisson, Toulouse School of Economics Meritocracy and Inequality |
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| 1:45 pm |
Anmol Bhandari, University of Minnesota and NBER David Evans, University of Oregon Mikhail Golosov, University of Chicago and NBER Thomas J. Sargent, New York University and NBER Efficiency, Insurance, and Redistribution Effects of Government Policies |
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |
| 2:45 pm |
Xavier Ragot, Sciences Po Francois Le Grand, Rennes School of Business Diego Rodrigues, SciencesPo The Welfare of Nations: Social Preferences and the Macroeconomy |
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| 3:30 pm | Adjourn | |