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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2016 Income Distribution and Macroeconomics

Roland Bénabou, Oded Galor, and Fabrizio Zilibotti, Organizers

July 19-21, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Charles Suite and University BC

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Tuesday, July 19
	Joint session with the Political Economy Group Charles Suite
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Laurent Bouton, Georgetown University and NBER Alessandro Lizzeri, New York University Nicola Persico, Northwestern University and NBER Entitlements Discussant: Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Jose Montalvo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Marta Reynal-Querol, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Ethnic Diversity and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence Discussant: Romain Wacziarg, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER
3:45 pm	Raphael Franck, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER The Consequences of the French Revolution in the Short and Longue Durée Discussant: Davide Cantoni, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
4:45 pm	Adjourn
Wednesday, July 20
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Tim Lee, University of Mannheim Nicolas Roys, University of Wisconsin, Madison Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin, Madison Can Redistribution Lead to Economic Development?
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Nancy Stokey, University of Chicago and NBER Technology, Skill and the Wage Structure
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	Graziella Bertocchi, Universita di Modena Arcangelo Dimico, Queen University of Belfast Francesco Lancia, University of Vienna Alessia Russo, University of Oslo Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness, and Education Expenditure: Evidence from the U.S.
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Martin Fiszbein, Boston University Agricultural Diversity, Structural Change and Long-run Development: Evidence from US Counties
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Omer Moav, University of Warwick Zvika Neeman, Tel Aviv University Luigi Pascali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Joram Mayshar, Hebrew University Cereals, Appropriability, and Hierarchy
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	William Maloney, The World Bank Felipe Valencia Caicedo, Bonn University Engineering Growth: Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas
5:00 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 21
	University BC Room
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Ruixue Jia, University of California at San Diego Hyejin Ku, University College London The Price of the East Asian Miracle: Generational Cultural Shift and Elderly Suicide
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Tom Vogl, Princeton University and NBER Intergenerational Dynamics and the Fertility Transition
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Kurt Mitman, Institute for International Economic Studies Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity
12:30 pm	Break
1:30 pm	Andreas Fagereng, Statistics Norway Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance Davide Malacrino, Stanford University Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University and NBER Heterogeneity and Persistence in Returns to Wealth
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Jess Benhabib, New York University and NBER Alberto Bisin, New York University and NBER Mi Luo, New York University Wealth Distribution and Social Mobility in the US: A Quantitative Approach
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Laurent Bach, Stockholm School of Economics Laurent Calvet, HEC Paris Paolo Sodini, Stockholm School of Economics Rich Pickings? Risk, Return, and Skill in the Portfolios of the Wealthy
5:00 pm	Sebastian Dyrda, University of Toronto Benjamin Pugsley, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Taxes, Regulations of Businesses and Evolution of Income Inequality in the US
6:00 pm	Adjourn