Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar
Hilary W. Hoynes, Camille Landais, and Johannes Spinnewijn, Organizers
June 4-5, 2018
London School of Economics
| Monday, June 4 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 9:00 am | SESSION 1 | |||
| Social Insurance | ||||
| Chair: Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics | ||||
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Jenna E. Stearns, University of California, Davis The Long-Run Effects of Wage Replacement and Job Protection: Evidence from Two Maternity Leave Reforms in Great Britain
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Andreas Kuhn, Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training Stefan Staubli, University of Calgary and NBER Jean-Philippe Wuellrich, University of Zurich Josef Zweimueller, University of Zurich Fatal Attraction? Extended Unemployment Benefits, Labor Force Exits, and Mortality
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| 11:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:45 am | SESSION 2 | |||
| Inequality and the Business Cycle | ||||
| Chair: Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics | ||||
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Michael Graber, Statistics Norway Labor Income Dynamics over the Business Cycle
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| 1:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 2:00 pm | SESSION 3 | |||
| Early-Life Education and Skills | ||||
| Chair: Joana Naritomi, London School of Economics | ||||
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Joseph P. Ferrie, Northwestern University and NBER Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER Quentin O. Brummet, NORC at the University of Chicago Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER Karen Rolf, University of Nebraska, Omaha Elizabeth Mokyr Horner, American Institutes for Research Early-Life Education and Late-Life Outcomes: Exposure to Pre-School 1943-46 and Well-Being After Age 50
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Orazio Attanasio, Yale University and NBER Richard Blundell, University College London and IFS Gabriella Conti, University College London Giacomo Mason, University College London Inequality in Noncognitive Skills: a Cross-Cohort Comparison
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| 4:30 pm | Break | |||
| 5:00 pm |
Keynote: Richard Blundell, University College London Household Behavior and the Dynamics of Inequality |
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| 6:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:30 pm | Group Dinner at Ivy Market Grill, Covent Garden, 1A Henrietta St, London | |||
| Tuesday, June 5 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 9:00 am | SESSION 4 | |||
| Taxation and Labor Market Responses | ||||
| Chair: Daniel Reck, London School of Economics | ||||
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Hyejin Ku, University College London Uta Schonberg, University College London Ragnhild C. Schreiner, University College London Do Place-Based Tax Incentives Create Jobs?
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Fabian Kindermann, University of Regensburg Lukas Mayr, University of Essex Dominik Sachs, University of St. Gallen Inheritance Taxation and Wealth Effects on the Labor Supply of Heirs
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| 11:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:45 am | SESSION 5 | |||
| Education and Spillovers | ||||
| Chair: Hilary Hoynes, University of California at Berkeley and NBER | ||||
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Camille Terrier, Queen Mary University London Matthew W. Ridley, UC Berkeley Fiscal and Education Spillovers from Charter Expansion
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| 1:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 2:00 pm | Keynote: Raj Chetty, Stanford University and NBER (background paper) | |||
| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:30 pm | SESSION 6 | |||
| Consumption Inequality and Measurement | ||||
| Chair: Camille Landais, London School of Economics | ||||
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Lorenz Kueng, University of Lugano Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University and NBER Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER Steffen Meyer, Aarhus University Measurement Error in Imputed Consumption
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Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER James X. Sullivan, University of Notre Dame Inequality in the Joint Distribution of Consumption and Time Use
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| 6:00 pm | Adjourn | |||