Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality at the Dilijan Training and Research Centre of the Central Bank of Armenia
The Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality seeks to provide the next generation of scholars with the multidisciplinary underpinning necessary for effective research on inequality dynamics. It featured leading scholars tackling inequality research from the lens of economics, sociology, and public policy, to foster cross-disciplinary approaches to inequality research and public policy evaluation regarding long-term inequality issues. It also engaged advanced Ph.D. students and early-career faculty through immersive lectures on state-of-the-art methods for inequality research, one-on-one and small-group meetings with senior researchers, and poster sessions where summer school students can receive input on their early-stage research from the research community. The summer schools are designed to yield long-term benefits in creating lasting intellectual links that can be pursued long after the conclusion of the meetings. Organized in partnership between the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and the Yerevan Economic School in Yerevan, Armenia.
Participation is by invitation only.
To apply as a summer school participant please visit our Call for Applications page.
This program is made possible through equal support from the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and the Yerevan Economic School (YES) in collaboration with the Central Bank of Armenia.
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Schedule
Thursday, July 3
| Start Time | End Time | Session | Session Leader |
| 9:00 a.m. | 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | The Geography of Social Mobility in Developed Countries | Ruben Enikolopov |
| 12:00 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | Lunch & Office Hours | |
| 1:00 p.m. | 2:55 p.m. |
Student Presentations |
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| 1:00 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
Analyzing Determinants of Regional Income Inequality in the Republic of Armenia |
Hakob Manukyan |
| 1:30 p.m. | 1:55 p.m. |
Crossing Borders for Opportunity: Uzbek’s Migration through Mexico to the USA |
Shoirakhon Nurdinova |
| 2:00 pm. | 2:25 p.m. |
Social Curves: A Spatial Functional Regression Approach |
Maximilian Propst |
| 2:30 p.m. | 2:55 p.m. |
Modeling the Impact of Capital Accumulation on Economic Inequality: An Empirical Analysis of the r-g Effect |
Mark Kreshchuk |
| 3:00 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. |
The Geography of Social Mobility in Developing Countries |
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| 5:30 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Office Hours | Alexander Monge-Naranjo |
Friday, July 4
| Start Time | End Time | Session | Session Leader |
| 9:00 a.m. | 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Raising Futures: Innovation in Child Skill Development | Ariel Kalil |
| 12:00 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | Lunch & Office Hours | |
| 1:00 p.m. | 2:55 p.m. |
Student Presentations |
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| 1:00 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
Efficient Resource Allocation Based on Data Envelopment Analysis Considering Contextual Variables: The Case of Resource Allocation in Higher Education Systems |
Pavel Serebrennikov |
| 1:30 pm. | 1:55 p.m. |
Livestock Insurance Prospects in RA |
Nerses Nersisyan |
| 2:00 p.m. | 2:25 p.m. |
Beneath the Ban of Abortion: Evidence from the USSR |
Yaroslav Prokhorskoy |
| 2:30 p.m. | 2:55 p.m. | Revealing Private Information in a Patent Race | Pavel Kocourek |
| 3:00 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | Social Networks | Lawrence Blume |
| 5:30 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Office Hours | Lawrence Blume |
Saturday, July 5
| Start Time | End Time | Session | Session Leader |
| 9:00 a.m. | 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Women’s Liberation and Long-run Development | Hosny Zoabi |
| 12:00 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | Lunch & Office Hours | |
| 1:00 p.m. | 1:55 p.m. |
Student Presentations |
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| 1:00 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
Reconsidering the Concept of the Greater Middle East: Patterns of Subregional Development |
Vilen Mnatsakanian |
| 1:30 p.m. | 1:55 p.m. |
Decoding Black Swan Narratives: AI-Driven Analysis of Historical Texts to Identify Early Crisis Signals |
Luka Baklaga |
| 2:00 p.m. | 4:30 p.m. | Meritocracy |
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| 4:30 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Office Hours | |
| 5:00 p.m. | 5:10 p.m. | Concluding Remarks |
Location
- The Summer School venue and participant lodging are the same location: Dilijan Training and Research Centre of the Central Bank of Armenia, 29 Maxim Gorky St., Dilijan 3901, Armenia