Inequality and Mobility
The conference on Inequality and Mobility brought together scholars working across disciplines on theoretical, econometric, and empirical papers that address inequality and mobility in Asia to engage with each other through presentations and round-table discussions. Organized in partnership between the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and the Institute for Economic Research at Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea.
Participation was by invitation only.
Schedule
Monday, July 17
| Start Time | End Time | Session | Session Leaders |
| 8:30 a.m. | 9:00 a.m. | Registration | |
| 9:00 a.m. | 9:20 a.m. | Opening Remarks | |
| Segregation in Inequality | Chair: Chul-In Lee | ||
| 9:20 a.m. | 10:00 a.m. | Schelling Meets Hotelling: Segregation Dynamics and Policy | Gregorio Caetano |
| 10:10 a.m. | 10:50 a.m. |
Black-White Differences in Intergenerational Occupational Mobility and Inequality Since the 1880s |
Gueyon Kim |
| 11:00 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | Distributional Impacts of Centralized School Choice | Suk Joon Son |
| 11:40 a.m. | 1:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |
| Intergenerational Mobility | Chair: Chul-In Lee | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | Keynote: An Empirical Investigation of Intergenerational Mobility in Korea | Steven Durlauf |
| 2:10 p.m. | 2:50 p.m. | Intergenerational Mobility in Socio-emotional Skills | Alessandro Toppeta |
| 3:00 p.m. | 3:40 p.m. | Effects of House-Inheriting on Labor and Family Decisions | Kuan-Ju Tseng |
| 3:40 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
| Measurement of Inequality and Mobility | Chair: Chul-In Lee | ||
| 4:00 p.m. | 4:40 p.m. |
How Do Macroaggregates and Income Distribution Interact Dynamically? A Novel Structural Mixed Autoregression with Aggregate and Functional Variables |
Yoosoon Chang |
| 4:50 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | Analysis of Intergenerational Mobility Using Markovian Transition | Bo Hu |
| 6:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Reception |
Tuesday, July 18
| Start Time | End Time | Session | Session Leaders |
| Gender Gaps in Inequality | Chair: Chamna Yoon | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | 9:40 a.m. |
Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and the Gender Skill Gap |
Jessica Pan |
| 9:50 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. |
Financial Crisis and Female Entrepreneurship: Evidence from South Korea |
Jungho Lee |
| 10:40 a.m. | 11:20 a.m. |
Intergenerational Occupational Mobility: A New Approach to the Occupation |
Jinyoung Kim |
| 11:20 a.m. | 12:40 p.m. | Lunch Break | |
| Education in Inequality | Chair: Syngjoo Choi | ||
| 12:40 p.m. | 1:40 p.m. | Keynote: Tuition Control and Unequal Opportunity | Dae-il Kim |
| 1:50 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | Equal Education, Unequal Outcomes? | Jinseong Park |
| 2:40 p.m. | 3:20 p.m. | Impacts of Schooling Modes on Test Scores, Non-Cognitive Traits and Academic Inequality | Youjin Hahn |
| 3:20 p.m. | 3:40 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
| Trade, Environment, and Institution in Inequality | Chair: Hee-Seung Yang | ||
| 3:40 p.m. | 4:20 p.m. | Minimum Wage, Social Insurance Mandate, and Working Hours | Jungmin Lee |
| 4:30 p.m. | 5:10 p.m. | Effects of Early Childhood Climate on Cognitive Development | Jun Hyung Kim |
| 5:20 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Trade, Jobs, and Worker Welfare | Eunhee Lee |