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

MacArthur Research Network on Inequality and Economic Performance
and
Instituto Futuro Brasil

November 19-20, 2004

IBMEC, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

PROGRAM


Thursday, November 18, 2004

Hotel Arpoador Inn, Rua Francisco Otaviano 177, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro

20:00

Group dinner at Siri Mole
Rua Francisco Otaviano 50, Copacabana - tel 2523.4240

Friday, November 19, 2004

IBMEC (Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais)
Avenida Rio Branco 108, 5th floor; Centro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

08:15

Pick up from hotel for transport to IBMEC

09:00

Welcome and Opening
Claudio Haddad and Gregorio Stukart (IFB - Instituto Futuro Brasil)

09:15

Land and Power and the Impact of the 1958 Electoral Reform in Chile
Jean-Marie Baland (Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Belgium), co-author James Robinson (Harvard University)

10:45

Coffee Break

11:30

Ownership Form and Contractual Inefficiency: Comparing Performance of Cooperatives and Private Factories in the Indian Sugar Industry
Dilip Mookherjee
(Boston University), co-author Sanghamitra Das

13:00

Lunch at IBMEC

14:15

The Evolution of International Output Differences (1960-2000): From Factors to Productivity
Samuel Pessoa (EPGE-FGV Rio)
Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira (EPGE-FGV Rio)
Fernando Velloso (IBMEC Rio)

15:45

Coffee Break

16:00

Non-Agricultural Land Use and Land Reform: Theory and Evidence from Brazil
Juliano J. Assuncao (PUC - Rio)

17:30

Marcos Lisboa (Finance Ministry)

18:30

End of day 1/ Transport back to Hotel Arpoador Inn, Ipanema

20:00

Group dinner at Marius Crustaceos
Avenida Atlantica 290A Leme - tel. 2104.9001

Saturday, November 20

IBMEC - Avenida Rio Branco 108, 5th floor; Centro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

08:30

Pick up from hotel for transport to IBMEC

09:00

Pro-poor Growth in Brazil
Naercio Aquino Menezes Filho (USP FEA)

10:30

Coffee Break

10:45

Presentation of the World Bank: World Development Report
Outline of the WDR 2006 on Equity and Development
Francisco Ferreira (World Bank)

Inequality and Investment
Abhijit Banerjee (MIT)

Robustness and Interpretation of Inequality Decompositions
Peter Lanjouw (World Bank)
Berk Ozler (World Bank)

13:00

Lunch at Confeitaria Colombo/ Informal Overview of the Research of the MacArthur Network Pranab Bardhan (UC Berkeley Economics)
Samuel Bowles (Santa Fe Institute and University of Siena, Italy)

14:30

Intergenerational Mobility of Wages in Brazil
Sergio Guimaraes Ferreira (BNDES and UCAM)
Fernando A. Veloso (IBMEC/Rio)

16:00

Coffee Break

16:15

Space and Poverty: Lessons from the Paulista Metropolitan Region
Eduardo Marques (USP/CEBRAP/CEM)
Haroldo Torres (CEBRAP/CEM)

17:45

End of Conference/ Transport back to Hotel Arpoador Inn

20:00

Group dinner at Siri Mole
Rua Francisco Otaviano 50, Copacabana - tel 2523.4240


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