Wealth Inequality at the French Academy of Sciences

Using the strengths of economics, econophysics, sociology, and history to develop new tools to understand wealth inequality.
Recurring Event | Workshop
Location The French Academy of Sciences, 23 Quai de Conti, 75006 Paris
Organizers Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Steven Durlauf, Tao Zha
Featured Speakers Yonatan Berman, Luis Bettencourt, Alberto Bisin, Bruce Boghosian, Moshe Buchinsky, William Darity, Roger Farmer, Morgan Kelly, Karen Kopecky, David McMillon, Antoine Parent, Nirbhay Patil, Fabian Pfeffer, Kjell Salvanes
Research Areas Wealth

The Wealth Inequality workshop series is a multi-year collaboration advancing transdisciplinary research on cross-cultural wealth differences in the United States, Europe, and emerging market economies. This workshop combined the strengths of economics, econophysics, sociology, history, and other relevant disciplines to develop new methodological tools to understand wealth inequality within and across generations and cultural contexts. The inaugural event in Paris was made possible by generous funding from the International Institute of Research in Paris Faculty Grants and the space provided by the Institut de France.  

 

Participation was by invitation only.

 

Schedule

Wednesday, August 30

Start Time
End Time 
Session
Session Leaders
 
  
Tools
  
9:00 a.m. 
9:25 a.m.
Breakfast
 
9:25 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
 Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Steven Durlauf
9:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Stochastic Processes, Scales, & Wealth Dynamics
Luís M. A. Bettencourt, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Steven Durlauf
10:30 a.m. 
11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
 
11:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Stochastic Processes, Scales, & Wealth Dynamics (Continued)
 Luís M. A. Bettencourt,  Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Steven Durlauf
12:30 p.m. 
1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
  
1:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Substantive Modeling
Alberto Bisin, Bruce Boghosian, Roger Farmer
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Coffee Break
 
3:30 p.m. 
5:00 p.m.
Substantive Modeling (Continued)
 Alberto Bisin, Bruce Boghosian, Roger Farmer

 

Thursday, August 31

Start Time
End Time
Session
Session Leaders
 
  
Empirical Work
  
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Breakfast
 
9:00 a.m. 
10:30 a.m.
Microeconomic Mechanisms
 Yonatan Berman, Moshe Buchinsky, Nirbhay Patil, Kjell Salvanes
10:30 a.m. 
11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
 
11:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Microeconomic Mechanisms (Continued)
 Yonatan Berman, Moshe Buchinsky, Nirbhay Patil, Kjell Salvanes
12:30 p.m. 
1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
  
1:30 p.m. 
3:00 p.m.
Racial Inequality
 William Darity, Karen Kopecky, David McMillon
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Coffee Break
 
3:30 p.m. 
5:00 p.m.
Racial Inequality (Continued)
 William Darity, Karen Kopecky, David McMillon

 

Friday, September 1

Start Time
End Time
Session
Session Leaders
 
  
Historical Work
  
9:00 a.m. 
9:30 a.m.
Breakfast
 
9:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Long-Term Dimensions of Inequality
 Morgan Kelly, Antoine Parent, Fabian Pfeffer
10:30 a.m. 
11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
 
11:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Long-Term Dimensions of Inequality (Continued)
 Morgan Kelly, Antoine Parent, Fabian Pfeffer
12:30 p.m. 
1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
  
1:30 p.m. 
1:35 p.m.
Closing Remarks
 Tao Zha