Effects of Inequality on Economic Performance: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
Political and Bureaucratic Obstacles to Redistribution
Sloan Building E52, Room #232 at M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
9-10:30 Boaventura Santos on Participatory Budgeting in Brazil, and comments by Erik Wright
10:30 - 11 Coffee break
11 - 12:30 Abhijit Banerjee and Rohini Somanathan on Local Public Goods Supply in India
12:30 - 2 Lunch break
M.I.T. Faculty Club, E52 sixth floor, Dining Room East
2-3:15 PM: Asim Dasgupta on Decentralization Experiments in West Bengal
3:15-3:30 Coffee break
3:30 - 5:00 Panel Discussion on Resistance to Redistribution:
Christopher Jencks
Michael Wallerstein
Martin Gilens
5-6 Group Meeting I (Network Members only)
7:30 Dinner (Speaker: Joseph Stiglitz)
Marriott Hotel
Decentralization and Educational Opportunities for the Poor
Sloan Building E51, Room #395 at M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
9 - 9:45 Paul Peterson on School Choice
9:45 - 10:30 Dennis Epple on Vouchers
10:30 - 11 Coffee break
11 - 11:45 Caroline Hoxby on School Financing
11:45 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 2 Lunch
Effects of Educational Investment
2 - 3:15 Jess Benhabib and Mark Spiegel on the Contribution of Educational Capital to National Productivity
Discussion
3:15 - 3:30 Coffee break
3:30 - 4:45 Roland Benabou on What Levels of Redistribution Maximize Income and Efficiency
Discussion
4:45 - 6 Sam Bowles and Herbert Gintis on the Role of Cognitive Skill Differences in Explaining Inequality
Discussion
Sloan Building E51, Room #395 at M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
9 - 10:15 Michael Kremer on Textbooks, Teachers and Class Size in Kenya
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 11:45 Matthew Rabin on Bargaining Power, Fairness and Efficiency
12 - 1 Group Meeting II (Network Members only)
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