Effects of Inequality on Economic Performance: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley

Network on the Effects of Inequality on Economic Performance; MacArthur Research Networks, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley

Agenda

May 5-7, 2000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts


 

Friday, May 5

MIT Sloan Building #E51-385

9:00 - 10:45: Anne Case: "How Hungry is the Selfish Gene?"

10:45 - 11:15: coffee break

11:15 - 1:00: Jean-Marie Baland: "The Economics of ROSCA's and Intra-Household Resource Allocation"

1:00 - 2:30: catered lunch

Note: Meeting moves downstairs to Room E51-095

2:30 - 4:15: Tony Atkinson: "Is Rising Inequality Inevitable? A Critique of the Trans-Atlantic Consensus"

4:30 - 6:00: (Network Members only) Meeting

7:00: Group Dinner at Aspasia

Saturday, May 6

MIT Sloan Building #E51-095

8:15 - 9:00: continental breakfast

9:00 - 10:45: Esther Duflo: "Inequality and Growth: What Can the Data Say?"

10:45 - 11:15: coffee break

11:15 - 1:00: Chris Udry: "Social Networks and Innovation: Learning to Grow Pineapple in Ghana"

1:00 - 3:00: catered lunch

3:00 - 4:45 Abhijit Banerjee and Kaivan Munshi: "Social Networks, Migration, and Investment Behavior: A Study in the Knitted Garment Industry in Tirupur"

Sunday, May 7

MIT Sloan Building #E51-095

9:00 - 10:45: Adam Przeworski: "Why Democracies Survive in Wealthy Societies"

10:45 - 11:00: coffee break

11:00 - 12:45: Dilip Mookherjee and Debraj Ray: "Contractual Structure and Wealth Accumulation"


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