Effects of Inequality on Economic Performance: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
8:15 - 9:00: continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:45: Oliver Hart: "On the Design of Hierarchies: Coordination verson Specialization"
Discussant: Philippe Aghion
10:45 - 11:15: coffee break
11:15 - 1:00: Debraj Ray: "Inequality, Lobbying, and Resource (Mis)Allocation"
Discussant: Roland Bénabou
1:00 - 2:15: catered lunch
2:15 - 4:00: Carol Graham: "Assessing Hardship and Happiness: Trends in Mobility and Expectations in the New Market Economies"
Discussant: Judith Tendler
4:00-4:15: coffee break
4:15 - 6:00: Sara Singleton: "Commons Problems, Collective Action and Efficiency: Past and Present Institutions of Governance in Pacific Northwest Salmon Fisheries"
Discussant: Jean-Marie Baland
8:15 - 9:00: continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:45: Katherine Newman: "In the Long Run: Career Patterns and Cultural Values in the Low Wage Work Force"
Discussant: Karla Hoff
10:45 - 11:15: coffee break
11:15 - 1:00: Dani Rodrik: "Democracies Pay Higher Wages"
Discussant: Michael Wallerstein
1:00 - 2:15: catered lunch
2:15 - 4:00: Miriam Golden: "Factional Conflict and Political Corruption in Postwar Italian Christian Democracy"
Discussant: Dilip Mookherjee
4:00 - 4:15: coffee break
4:15 - 6:00: Martina Morris: "Lifetime Wage Mobility after Economic Restructuring"
Discussant: Michael Kremer
7:30 pm: Cocktails at Rauxa, 70 Union Square, Somerville (617-623-9939)
8:00 pm: Dinner at Rauxa
8:00 - 8:30: continental breakfast
8:30 - 10:15: Cecilia Rouse and Lisa Barrow: "Are Public Schools Inefficient?"
Discussant: Esther Duflo
10:15 - 10:30: coffee break
10:30 - 12:15: Susan Mayer: "How the Increase in Economic Inequality in the US Affected Educational Attainment"
Discussant: Abhijit Banerjee
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