Conference on Public Economics of Inequality – June 16-17, 2014, Berlin
June 16th
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1:00 pm
Entrance hall
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Registration and Lunch (optional)
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2:00 pm
“Plenarsaal”
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Welcome
Giacomo Corneo, Freie Universitaet Berlin
Keynote Lecture
John Roemer, Yale University
“Microfoundations for cooperative behavior”
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3:00 pm
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Taxes and Transfers
- Rolf Aaberge, Statistics Norway
“The Median as Watershed”
Discussant: Timm Bönke, Freie Universitaet Berlin
- Erwin Ooghe, KULeuven
“Fair and efficient taxation under partial control”
Discussant: Tobias König, Humboldt University of Berlin, WZB
- Xavier Jara, University of Essex/ISER
“The Implications of an EMU Unemployment Insurance Scheme for Supporting Incomes”
Discussant: Saša Randjelovic, University of Belgrade
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4:30 pm
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Coffee break
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5:00 pm
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Mobility at the Top
- Elise Brezis, Bar-Ilan University
“Social Mobility at the Top: Why are Elites Self-Reproducing”
Discussant: Guido Neidhöfer, Freie Universitaet Berlin
- Katharina Jenderny, Freie Universitaet Berlin
“Mobility of Top Incomes in Germany”
Discussant: Christoph Schinke, ifo Institute Munich
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6:00 pm
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Keynote Lecture
Giacomo Corneo, Freie Universitaet Berlin
“Income Inequality from a Lifetime Perspective”
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7:30 pm
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Conference Dinner
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June 17th
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9:00 am
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Measuring mobility and inequality
- Jacques Silber, Bar-Ilan University, CEPS/INSTEAD
“On the Measurement of Multi-Period Income Mobility”
Discussant: Katharina Jenderny, Freie Universitaet Berlin
- Iryna Kyzyma, CEPS/INSTEAD
“Accounting for Changes in the Distribution of Household Income by its Sources”
Discussant: Robin Jessen, Freie Universitaet Berlin
- Ben Etheridge, University of Essex
“Why are households that report the lowest incomes so well-off?”
Discussant: Anita Tiefensee, Hertie School of Governance
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10:30 am
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Coffee break
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11:00 am
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Equality of Opportunity
- Francesco Andreoli, University of Verona, CEPS/INSTEAD
“Equalization of Opportunity: Definitions and Implementable Conditions”
Discussant: Felix Weinhardt, Humboldt University of Berlin
- Vito Peragine, University of Bari
“Opportunity-Sensitive Poverty Measurement”
Discussant: Carsten Schröder, Freie Universitaet Berlin, DIW
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12:00 am
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Keynote Lecture
John Weymark, Vanderbilt University
“Citizen Candidates and Voting Over Incentive-Compatible Nonlinear Income Tax Schedules”
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1:00 pm
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Lunch
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2:00 pm
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Status and Preferences
- Sugata Marjit, CSSSC Calcutta
“Does Inequality Affect the Consumption Patterns of the Poor? – The Role of Status Seeking Behavior”
Discussant: Kevin Spiritus, KU Leuven
- Ed Hopkins, University of Edinburgh
“Inequality and Risk-Taking Behaviour”
Discussant: David Klenert, PIK
- Michele Bernasconi, Università di Venezia
“Do We Value Mobility?”
Discussant: Wilfried Altzinger, Vienna University of Economics and Business
- Carina Engelhardt, University of Hannover
“Biased Perceptions of Income Inequality and Redistribution”
Discussant: Frank Neher, Freie Universitaet Berlin
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4:00 pm
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Coffee break
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4:30 pm
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Poverty and Growth
- Sebastian Böhm, University of Leipzig
“The Trickle-Down Growth Hypothesis Revisited: Publicly Financed Higher Education versus Redistributive Transfers”
Discussant: Yasuhiro Nakamoto, Kyushu Sangyo University
- Mario Negre, German Development Institute, World Bank
“Concepts and Operationalisation of Pro-Poor Growth”
Discussant: Nadia von Jacobi, University of Pavia
- Humberto Llavador, University Pompeu Fabra
“North-South Convergence and the Allocation of CO2 Emissions”
Discussant: Gregor Schwerhoff, PIK
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6:00 pm
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Farewell
Giacomo Corneo, Freie Universitaet Berlin
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6:30 pm
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Dinner (optional)
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