Spatial Inequality

Conference | One-Time Event
Location Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1000 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA, 30309
Organizers Steven Durlauf, Alexander Monge-Naranjo
Featured Speakers Steven Durlauf, Alexander Monge-Naranjo, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Julian Kozlowski, Lucas Conwell, Nicolas Syrichas, Simon Fuchs, Jesús Bueren, Siyu Shi, Raffael Kind, Raül Santaeulàlia-Llopis, Sevi Rodríguez Mora, Kristina Butaeva, Alberto Bisin
Research Areas Income, Mobility, Policy and Political Economy

The Spatial Inequality Conference, jointly organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility at the University of Chicago, brings together researchers studying how location shapes economic opportunity. Over two days, participants examine the spatial dimensions of inequality along three interrelated margins: (i) the accumulation and allocation of human capital across regions, (ii) the persistence of disparities through neighborhoods, schools, and labor markets, and (iii) the institutional and historical forces that sustain them.

 

Participation is by invitation only.

Schedule

Thursday, May 14

Start Time End Time Session Session Leader
8:15 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks

Paula Tkac

Alexander Monge-Naranjo
8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Human Capital Accumulation Across Space Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
9:30 a.m. 9:45 a.m. Break  
    Session I  
9:45 a.m. 10:30 a.m. The Impact of Racial Segregation on College Attainment in Spatial Equilibrium Julian Kozlowski
10:45 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Territorial Informality and Slums Lucas Conwell
11:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Geography and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries

Alexander Monge-Naranjo

Nicolas Syrichas
12:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Lunch  
    Session II  
2:00 p.m. 2:45 p.m. Urban Welfare: Tourism in Barcelona Simon Fuchs
3:00 p.m. 3:45 p.m. Spatial Health: How Does Education and Smoking Shape Our Neighborhoods?

Jesús Bueren

Siyu Shi
3:45 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Break  
4:00 p.m. 4:45 p.m. Labor-Market Adjustment to Government-Directed Firm Closures: Evidence from East Germany Raffael Kind
5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Reception  
6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Dinner  

Friday, May 15

Start Time End Time Session Session Leader
    Session III  
9:30 a.m. 10:15 a.m. The Fall and Rise of Labor in the Technological Revolution: Substitutability and Scalability since 1850 Raül Santaeulàlia-Llopis
10:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Break  
10:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. The Role of Industries in Rising Inequality Sevi Rodríguez Mora
11:15 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Class Mobility in the Era of Rising Inequality: A Synthetic Dynasty Analysis Kristina Butaeva
12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch  
    Session IV  
1:00 p.m. 1:45 p.m. On the Transition to Fascism in Italy Alberto Bisin
2:00 p.m. 2:45 p.m. Status Mobility in China: Past and Present Steven Durlauf
2:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks

Steven Durlauf

Alexander Monge-Naranjo

This program is jointly organized by the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Stone Center at the University of Chicago in Atlanta.