Inequality, Education and Intergenerational Mobility
Conference Program
Location: JHS, Langenhorner Chaussee 384, 22419 Hamburg
Thursday, December 12, 2019
11:30 Lunch reception
12:15 Welcome Henneke Lütgerath, Chairman, Joachim Herz Stiftung Sebastian Findeisen, University of Konstanz Dominik Sachs, LMU Munich
12:30 „Socio-Economic Gaps in University Enrollment: The Role of Perceived Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns“, joint with Teodora Boneva Christopher Rauh, Université de Montréal
Discussant: Katharina Werner, ifo Institute Munich
13:30 „Opportunity and Inequality across Generations“, joint with Carlo Zanella Winfried Königer, University of St. Gallen
Discussant: Alessandro di Nola, University of Konstanz
14:30 Coffee break
15:00 Keynote I: Elizabeth Caucutt, Western University, Canada
16:00 „The Option Value of Human Capital: Higher Education and Wage Inequality“, joint with with Yongs Shin and Donghoon Lee Tim Lee, Queen Mary University
Discussant: Charles Gottlieb, Unviersity of St. Gallen
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17:00 „Firm Heterogeneity in Skill Returns“, joint with Khalil Esmkhani and Giovanni Gallipoli Michael Böhm, University of Bonn
Discussant: Maurizio Strazzeri, University of Konstanz
18:00 Conference Dinner (ends at 22:00)
Friday, December 13, 2019
9:00 “The Impact of All-Day Schools on Students' Skills -- Evidence from Extending School-Days in German Primary Schools”, joint with Arnim Seidlitz Larissa Zierow, ifo Institute Munich
Discussant: Agnès Charpin, European University Institute Florence
10:00 „Social Mobility Across Germany“, joint with Majed Dodin, Sebastian Findeisen and Lukas Henkel Dominik Sachs, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Discussant: Timm Bönke, FU Berlin
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 “The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Law-making“, joint with A. Hager and S. Maurer Luna Bellani, University of Konstanz
Discussant: David Martinez de la Fuente, European University Institute Florence
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Keynote II: Jonathan Heathcote, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
14:00 “Correction Methods for Intergenerational Mobility Estimates”, joint with Martin Nybom and Jan Stuhler Ursula Mattioli Mello, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Discussant: Paul Hufe, ifo Institute Munich
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15:00 „Are children better off? Intergenerational Mobility of Living Standards“, joint with Timm Bönke and Astrid Harnack Holger Lüthen, FU Berlin
Discussant: Maximilian Müller, UC Berkeley
16:00 Closing and optional city tour
19:00 Dinner and transfer back to MotelOne
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ARRIVAL AND ACCOMMODATION
Location Joachim Herz Stiftung Langenhorner Chaussee 384 22419 Hamburg
Accommodation MotelOne Alsterkrugchaussee 455 22335 Hamburg
Train At Hamburg-Central take subway U1 (direction: Norderstedt/Ochsenzoll) to Langenhorn Markt and then Bus 292 (direction: Ochsenzoll to Oehleckerring, duration: about 40 minutes
Airplane At the airport take Bus 292 (direction: Ochsenzoll) to Oehleckerring, duration; about 15 minutes
Contact Sebastian Findeisen [email protected]
Dominik Sachs [email protected]
Jan Brosse [email protected] +49 40 533295-39 +49 151 55117517
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