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.
Categories
Conference | Recurring Event
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
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Session
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Tools
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9:00 a.m.
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9:25 a.m.
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Breakfast
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9:25 a.m.
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9:30 a.m.
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Opening Remarks
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Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Steven Durlauf |
9:00 a.m.
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10:30 a.m.
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Stochastic Processes, Scales, & Wealth Dynamics
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10:30 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
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Coffee Break
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11:00 a.m.
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12:30 p.m.
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Stochastic Processes, Scales, & Wealth Dynamics (Continued)
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Luís M. A. Bettencourt, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Steven Durlauf |
12:30 p.m.
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1:30 p.m.
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Lunch Break
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1:30 p.m.
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3:00 p.m.
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Substantive Modeling
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3:00 p.m.
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3:30 p.m.
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Coffee Break
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3:30 p.m.
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5:00 p.m.
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Substantive Modeling (Continued)
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Alberto Bisin, Bruce Boghosian, Roger Farmer |
Thursday, August 31
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Empirical Work
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9:00 a.m.
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9:30 a.m.
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Breakfast
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9:00 a.m.
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10:30 a.m.
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Microeconomic Mechanisms
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Yonatan Berman, Moshe Buchinsky, Nirbhay Patil, Kjell Salvanes |
10:30 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
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Coffee Break
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11:00 a.m.
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12:30 p.m.
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Microeconomic Mechanisms (Continued)
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Yonatan Berman, Moshe Buchinsky, Nirbhay Patil, Kjell Salvanes |
12:30 p.m.
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1:30 p.m.
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Lunch Break
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1:30 p.m.
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3:00 p.m.
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Racial Inequality
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William Darity, Karen Kopecky, David McMillon |
3:00 p.m.
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3:30 p.m.
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Coffee Break
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3:30 p.m.
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5:00 p.m.
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Racial Inequality (Continued)
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William Darity, Karen Kopecky, David McMillon |
Friday, September 1
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Historical Work
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9:00 a.m.
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9:30 a.m.
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Breakfast
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9:00 a.m.
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10:30 a.m.
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Long-Term Dimensions of Inequality
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Morgan Kelly, Antoine Parent, Fabian Pfeffer |
10:30 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
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Coffee Break
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11:00 a.m.
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12:30 p.m.
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Long-Term Dimensions of Inequality (Continued)
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Morgan Kelly, Antoine Parent, Fabian Pfeffer |
12:30 p.m.
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1:30 p.m.
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Lunch Break
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1:30 p.m.
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1:35 p.m.
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Closing Remarks
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Tao Zha |