Nobel Symposium on Inequality

August 27-28, 2022

 

Program

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08.45-09.25 Coffee
09.25-09.30 Welcome
   

Inequality - the facts

 
09.30-10.00 Janet Currie: Changes in Poverty and Health Inequality (7059 Kb)
10.00-10.30 Orazio Attanasio: Consumption and Income Inequality (1358 Kb)
10.30-11.00 Questions and comments from the audience: David Seim
11.00-11.30 Coffee
   

Gender and Inequality

 
11.30-12.15 Marianne Bertrand: Gender, Stereotypes and Inequality (3890 Kb)
12.15-13.00 Questions and comments from the audience: Anna Dreber Almenberg
13.00-14.00 LUNCH
   

Drivers of Inequality - technology, skills, and institutions

 
14.00-14.30 Gianluca Violante: Capital-Skill Complementarity and Inequality (196 Kb)
14.30-15.00 Daron Acemoglu: Technology, Automation and Inequality
15.00-15.15 Discussant: Kurt Mitman (6124 Kb)
15.15-15.45 Questions and comments from the audience: Oskar Nordström Skans
15.45-16.15 Coffee
   

Trade and Inequality

 
16.15-16.45 David Autor: The Enduring Consequences of the China Shock (5695 Kb)
16.45-17.15 Elhanan Helpman: Trade and Inequality (1259 Kb)
17.15-17.30 Discussant: Philippe Aghion (1543 Kb)
17.30-18.00 Questions and comments from the audience: Timo Boppart

 

08.30-09.00 Coffee
   

Management, CEO-pay, and Inequality

 
09.00-09.30 Nicholas Bloom: Firms, Management and Inequality (7509 Kb)
09.30-10.00 Xavier Gabaix: CEOs and the Economics of Superstars more Generally (1889 Kb)
10.00-10.15 Discussant: Antoinette Schoar (928 Kb)
10.15-10.45 Questions and comments from the audience: Bo Becker
10.45-11.15 Coffee
   

Education and Equality of Opportunity

 
11.15-11.45 James Heckman: Intergenerational Transmission of Family Influence (819 Kb)
11.45-12.15 Raj Chetty: Improving Equality of Opportunity: Insights from Big Data (6453 Kb)
12.15-12.30 Discussant: Costas Meghir (76 Kb)
12.30-13.00 Questions and comments from the audience: Johanna Rickne
13.00-14.00 LUNCH
   

Tax and Transfer Programs

 
14.00-14.30 Henrik Kleven: What Have We (Not) Learned About Taxes and Transfers in the Last Twenty-Five Years (793 Kb)
14.30-15.00 Richard Blundell: Tax and Transfer Program Reform: The Challenge of Labour Market Inequality (1549 Kb)
15.00-15.30 Questions and comments from the audience: Eva Mörk
15.30-16.00 Coffee
   

Attitudes, Redistribution and Policy

 
16.00-16.30 Ernst Fehr: The Heterogeneous Human Quest for Fairness and Equality (869 Kb)
16.30-17.00 Roland Benabou: Inequality and Redistribution: From Classical to Behavioral Approaches (790 Kb)
17.15-17.30 Discussant: Torsten Persson (114 Kb)
17.30-18.00 Questions and comments from the audience: Jesper Roine
18.00 Closing of conference

 

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