NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 |
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NBER Economic Fluctuations and Growth |
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Income Distribution and Macroeconomics
Workshop |
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Daron Acemoglu, Roland
Benabou, and Oded Galor, Organizers |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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July 16-18, 2008 |
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PROGRAM |
WEDNESDAY JULY 16: |
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12:30
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Lunch |
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Marriage and Fertility |
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1:30 pm |
GILLES
SAINT-PAUL, |
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage |
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2:30 pm |
ZVIKA
NEEMAN, |
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ANDREW
NEWMAN and CLAUDIA OLIVETTI, |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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3:45 pm |
CAROL
SHIUE, |
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4:45 pm |
ROBERT
TAMURA, |
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KEVIN
MURPHY, |
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CURTIS
SIMON, |
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5:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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THURSDAY, JULY 17: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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Comparative Development |
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9:00 am |
WILLIAM
EASTERLY, |
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10:00
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Break |
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10:15
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MATTEO CERVELLATI, University of Bologna |
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MARCEL JANSEN, Universidad Carlos III
de Madrid |
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UWE
SUNDE, |
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Religious Norms and Long
Term Development: |
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Insurance, Human Capital
and Technological Change |
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11:15
am |
Break |
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11:30
am |
QUAMRUL
ASHRAF and ODED GALOR, |
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Human
Genetic Diversity and Comparative Economic Development |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch |
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Finance, Technology and
Inequality |
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1:30 pm |
RAGHURAM
RAJAN, |
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RODNEY
RAMCHARAN, International Monetary Fund |
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Landed Interests and
Financial Underdevelopment in the |
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2:30 pm |
Break |
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2:45 pm |
ROSS
LEVINE, |
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ALEX
LEVKOV and YONA RUBINSTEIN, |
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Racial Discrimination and
Competition |
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3:45 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm |
ARIELL
RESHEF, |
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Is Technological Change
Biased Towards the Unskilled in Services? |
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An Empirical Investigation |
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5:00
pm |
Adjourn |
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FRIDAY JULY 18: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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Norms and Culture in
Heterogeneous Societies |
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9:00 am |
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MICHELE TERTLIT, |
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10:00
am |
Break |
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10:15
am |
ERZO
F.P. LUTTMER and MONICA SINGHAL, |
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11:15
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Break |
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11:30
am |
LINDA
WONG, |
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Black-White Intermarriage |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch |
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Political Economy,
Redistribution and Conflict |
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1:30 pm |
DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER |
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DAVIDE
TICCHI, |
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ANDREA
VINDIGNI, |
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2:30 pm |
Break |
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2:45 pm |
EMMANUEL
FARHI, |
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IVAN
WERNING, MIT and NBER |
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The Political Economy of
Nonlinear Capital Taxation |
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3:45 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm |
KAIVAN
MUNSHI, |
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MARK
ROSENZWEIG, |
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The
Efficacy of Parochial Politics: Caste, Commitment, and Competence in Indian
Local Governments |
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5:00 pm |
PIERRE
YARED, |
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6:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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5/22/08 |
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