Recent Developments in Research on Intergenerational Mobility

University of Edinburgh

Saturday 28 June
Conference Papers

Talent, Education and Mobility

9.30 am: Anders Björklund (SOFI Stockholm University), Lena Lindahl (SOFI Stockholm University) and Matthew Lindquist (Department of Economics Stockholm University)
What More Than Parental Income? An exploration of what Swedish siblings get from their parents
Discussant: Paul Devereux, University College Dublin

10.45 am: Andrea Ichino* (Universit´a di Bologna) Enrico Moretti (UC Berkeley) & Kjell Salvanes (Norwegian School of Economics)
Intergenerational Mobility, Equity and the Efficient Allocation of Talents
Discussant: José V. Rodíıguez Mora, University of Edinburgh and UPF

12.00pm: Omer Moav* (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Royal Holloway University) Zvika Neeman (Tel-Aviv University and Boston University)
Bling Bling, Human Capital, and Poverty
Discussant: Ed Hopkins, University of Edinburgh

1.05 pm Lunch

Talent, Education and Mobility (continued)

2.00 pm: Thomas Gall (University of Bonn) Patrick Legos (ECARES-ULB) Andrew Newman* (Boston University)
Investment, Nontransferabilities, and Matching Policies
Discussant: John Hardman Moore, University of Edinburgh and LSE

Mobility and Gender

3.15pm : Graziella Bertocchi (Universitá di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
The Enfranchisement of Women and the Welfare State
Discussant: John Hassler (IIES, Stockholm University)

4.30pm: Raquel Fernández (New York University)
Culture as Learning: The Evolution of Female Labor Force Participation Over a Century
Discussant: Jonathan Thomas, University of Edinburgh

5.45pm: Marcos A. Rangel (University of Chicago and USP)
Ownership Rights, Marriage Markets and Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from U.S. Historical Data
Discussant: Martin Chalkley, University of Dundee

6.50 pm: Adjourn

8.00 pm: all participants are invited to a dinner at La Garrigue Restaurant, 31 Jeffrey Street Edinburgh EH1 1DH (0131 557 3032)

Note: For each paper: 45 minutes presentation; 10 discussant; 10 general discussion; 10 minutes break (unless it is the last paper).

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