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 11-13, 2001
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts


 

Friday, May 11

MIT Sloan Building #E51-095

8:15 - 9:00: continental breakfast

9:00 - 10:45: Shelly Lundberg: "Efficiency in Marriage" [~54k pdf]

Esther Duflo10:45 - 11:15: coffee break

11:15 - 1:00: Esther Duflo and Chris Udry: "Risk and Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Cote d'Ivoire"

1:00 - 2:30: catered lunch

2:30 - 4:15: Esther Duflo and Raghabendra Chattopadhyay: "Can Mandated Representation of Women Affect Policy Decisions? Evidence from a Nationwide Randomized Experiment in India" [~223k pdf]

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

Saturday, May 12

MIT Sloan Building #E51-095

8:15 - 9:00: continental breakfast

9:00 - 10:45: Andrew Foster: "Consequences of the Green Revolution for Rural Landless Households: The Complex Relationship between Income Growth and Human Development" [~140k pdf]

Michael Hout10:45 - 11:15: coffee break

11:15 - 1:00: Michael Hout: "Educational Progress for African Americans and Latinos in the US from the 1950's to the 1990's: The Interaction of Ancestry and Class" [~70k pdf]; see also Figures [~62k pdf]

1:00 - 3:00: catered lunch

3:00 - 4:45: Ken Sokoloff: "Inequality, Institutions, and Differential Paths of Growth among New World Economies" [~2.8M pdf]

6:00: Group Dinner at Elephant Walk, 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, near Porter Square (617-492-6900)

Sunday, May 13

MIT Sloan Building #E51-095

8:15 - 9:00: continental breakfast

9:00 - 10:45: Sam Bowles: "The Evolutionary Success of Egalitarianism" [~185k pdf]

Adam Przeworski and Thomas Picketty10:45 - 11:00: coffee break

11:00 - 12:45: Thomas Piketty: "Income Inequality in France, 1901-98" [~313k pdf] and "Income Inequality in the U.S., 1913-1998" [~1.6M pdf]

network members at dinner Pranab Bardhan

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