Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy
Semi-annual
Conference
Editors:
Bennett
McCallum
Upcoming Conference
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April 25-26, 2008
Simon School, University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Carnegie-Rochester
Conference Schedule
"The Causes and Consequences of Rising Economic Inequality"
April 25-26, 2008
8:00 pm-11:00 pm Welcome Reception, Hyatt Regency - refer to hotel monitor
8:30 am Bus transportation to campus
8:45-9:15 am Packet Retrieval and Breakfast
CONFERENCE SESSION I - SCHLEGEL 207
Chairman: Charles Plosser
9:15-10:30 am "Welfare Implications of the Transition to High Household Debt"
by Jeffrey R. Campbell and Zvi Hercowitz
Discussant: Anthony Smith
10:30-10:45 am Break
10:45-12:00 pm "Heterogeneous Life-Cycle Profiles, Income Risk and Consumption Inequality"
by Giorgio E. Primiceri and Thijs van Rens
Discussant: Jonathan Heathcote
12:00pm Luncheon – Schlegel Hall Rotunda
CONFERENCE SESSION II - SCHLEGEL 207
Chairman: Mark Bils
1:30-2:45 pm "Politico Economic Consequences of Rising Wage Inequality"
by Dean Corbae, Pablo D’Erasmo and Burhan Kuruscu
Discussant: Vincenzo Quadrini
2:45-3:00 pm Break
3:00-4:15 pm "Measuring the Distribution of Material Well-Being: U.S. Trends"
by Clayne Pope
Discussant: Mark Aguiar
4:30 pm Bus Transportation back to the Hyatt Regency
6:30 pm Bus departs Hyatt Regency for transportation to the Country Club of Rochester
6:45 pm Cocktails, Country Club of Rochester
7:30
pm
Dinner, Country Club of Rochester
9:30 pm Transportation back to the Hyatt Regency
8:00 am Bus transportation to campus
8:15-8:45 am Breakfast
CONFERENCE SESSION III - SCHLEGEL 207
Chairman: Bennett McCallum
8:45-10:00 am "Does Rising Income Risk Lead to Better Risk Sharing"
by Kartik Athreya, Xuan S. Tam and Eric R. Young
Discussant: Fabrizio Perri
10:00-10:15 am Break
10:15-11:30 am "Turbulent Firms, Turbulent Wages"
by Diego Comin, Erica L. Groshen and Bess Rabin
Discussants: Luigi Pistaferri
11:30 am Lunch available in Schlegel Hall Rotunda.
12:15 pm Transportation to airport or hotel
Transportation will also be available for earlier or later flights if needed.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Bennett McCallum and Charles Plosser, Co-chairs: Andrew Abel, Yongsung Chang, Thomas Cooley, Janice Eberly, Marvin Goodfriend, Sergio Rebelo, Alan Stockman and Stanley Zin