International Conference Trends in Inequality: Social, Economic and Political Issues Bologna, 2-3-4 November 2017 PROGRAM THURSDAY, 2 NOVEMBER 2017 09:00-10:00 Registration of participants & Welcome Coffee 10:00-10:30 Welcome Speeches Pier Giorgio Ardeni, President of Istituto Cattaneo Virginio Merola, Mayor of Bologna Elisabetta Gualmini, Vice-President of Regione Emilia-Romagna 10:30-11:15 Plenary Session: Salone del Podestà Introduction – Pier Giorgio Ardeni, President of Instituto Cattaneo Opening Lecture – The Anthony Atkinson Lecture: Poverty in EU Stephen Jenkins, London School of Economics 11:15-11:30 Sala di Re Enzo: Coffee Break 11:30-13:30 Parallel Sessions SESSION 1 – Salone del Podestà: Income Inequality and Growth CHAIR: Salvatore Morelli, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York Francesco Grigoli, Gabriel Di Bella, International Monetary Fund; Evelio Paredes, Ministerio de Hacienda (Spain) Inequality and Growth: A Heterogeneous Approach Elizabeth Casabianca, Elena Giarda, Prometeia Associazione From Rags to Riches, from Riches to Rags: Intra-generational Mobility in Europe Before and After the Great Recession Julia Włodarczyk, University of Economics, Katowice Income Comparisons and Individual Well-being: the Case of Poland Florent Bresson, Université Clermont Auvergne; Gaston Yalonetzky, University of Leeds A Widening Global Divide? A Bipolarization Analysis Riccardo Leoncini, University of Bologna Innovation, Inequality and Skill Premium SESSION 2 – Sala degli Atti: Labour and Wage Inequality CHAIR: Fabio Clementi, University of Macerata Franziska Disslbacher, Stefan Angel, Stefan Humer, Matthias Schnetzer, Vienna University of Economics and Business What Did You Really Earn Last Year? Explaining Measurement Error in Survey Income Data Michael Chletsos, University of Iannina; Anna Saiti, Harokopio University Income Inequality in Labour Income: What are their its Drivers? Evidence from OECD Countries Ulrike Stein, Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) Earnings Inequality in Germany: A Decomposition-analysis Ciro Baldi, Silvia Pacini, Stefano Costa, Davide Zurlo, ISTAT Wage Inequality and the Economic Structure. New Data Sources and Evidence Christian Hutter, Enzo Weber, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) Labour Market Effects of Wage Inequality and Skill-Biased Technical Change in Germany SESSION 3 – Sala del Quadrante: Re-distribution and Fiscal Policies CHAIR: Emanuele Felice, University of Chieti-Pescara Inessa Luksha, Belgorod State University Influence of the Financial Macro Regulators Activity on Inequality and Poverty: the Example of Russia and the Associative Effect on the EU Goksu Aslan, University of Messina Direct and Indirect Effects of Income Inequality on Economic Growth through Political Economy: Taxes as Proxy of Redistributive Pressure Klaudijo Klaser, University of Trento The European Social Welfare Function Shaped on a Difference Principle: a Normative Rawlsian Approach in Favor of the Fiscal Union. Stefania Cardinaleschi, Stefano De Santis, ISTAT Italian National Institute of Statistics; Marina Schenkel, University of Udine Effects of Wage Bargaining on Inequality: Evidences from Italy Vanda Almeida, Paris School of Economics Income Inequality and Redistribution in the Aftermath of the 2007-2008 Crisis: the Us Case 13:30-14:45 Sala di Re Enzo: Lunch 14:45-17:00 Parallel Sessions SESSION 4 – Sala del Podestà: Income and Wealth Inequality CHAIR: Maurizio Franzini, University of Rome “Sapienza Salvatore Morelli, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York; Facundo Alvaredo, Paris School of Economics; Paolo Acciari, Ministry of Economy (Italy) The Concentration of Personal Wealth in Italy – Evidence from Inheritance Tax Returns 1995-2013 Junichi Kanzaka, Soka University Did the Land Rental Market Reduce Poverty in Interwar Japan? Gregor Boehl, Goethe University, Frankfurt; Thomas Fischer, Lund University Capital Taxation and Investment: Matching 100 Years of Wealth Inequality Dynamics Tahnee Ooms, University of Oxford Where Does the Missing Capital Income Go? Jan Mares and Roman Horvath, Charles University; Iftekhar Hasan, Fordham University and Bank of Finland The Determinants of Wealth Inequality: International Evidence SESSION 5 – Sala degli Atti: Perspectives on Inequality in Low-Income Countries CHAIR: Giovanni Vecchi, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Fabio Clementi, University of Macerata; Andrew Dabalen, Vasco Molini, World Bank; Francesco Schettino, University of Campania We Forgot the Middle Class! Inequality Underestimation in a Changing Sub-Saharan Africa Andrea Passacantilli, ISTAT Italian National Institute of Statistics The Measurement of Wealth Inequality through LSMS Surveys: the Case Study of Peru 1985-1991 Lela Tijanić, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula European Regional Inequalities in Competitiveness Alba Del Villar Olano, Roberto Ezcurra, University of Navarra Has Economic Globalization Increased Regional Inequality? SESSION 6 – Sala del Quadrante: Health and Social Inequality CHAIR: Tiziana Caponio, University of Torino, Collegio Carlo Alberto Guido Erreygers, University of Antwerp; Philippe Clarke, University of Melbourne Defining and Measuring Health Poverty Masato Shikata, Kwansei Gakuin University Age Structure, Family Formation and Income Inequality in Japan Luca Bortolotti, University of Trento Lights and Shadows in the Distribution of Wellbeing in China Katarzyna Swierczynska, Agata Kliber, Poznan University of Economics and Business African Immigration to Europe. The Inequality and Social Cohesion Nexus Sarah Grace See and Emma Tominey, University of York Juggling Work and Family: The Effect of Flexibility on Mental Health 17:00-17:15 Sala di Re Enzo: Coffee Break 17:15-18:00 Plenary Session: Salone del Podestà Introduction – Achille Lemmi, Center “Camilo Dagum”, University of Siena Lecture – Measuring Diversity and its Relevance for Economics Jacques Silber, Bar-Ilan University FRIDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 2017 09:00-11:30 Parallel Sessions SESSION 7 – Sala del Podestà: Inequality of Opportunities CHAIR: Stefano Zamagni, University of Bologna Maurizio Bussolo, World Bank, Daniele Checchi, University of Milano; Vito Peragine, University of Bari The Long-term Evolution of Inequality of Opportunity Anja Gaentzsch, Freie Universitaet Berlin; Gabriela Zapata Roman, University of Manchester More Educated, Less Mobile? Diverging Trends in Long-term Opportunities in Chile and Peru Josè Caballero, IMD World Competitiveness Center Social Disparities and Economic Outcomes: A “Social-centric” Model of Competitiveness Roberto Velez-Grajales and Luis Angel Monroy-Gomez Franco, Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias; Gaston Yalonetzky, University of Leeds Inequality of Opportunity in Mexico Ana Suárez Álvarez, Ana Jesús López Menéndez, University of Oviedo Bootstrapping Inequality of Opportunity in Europe. Are changes significant? SESSION 8 – Sala degli Atti: Inequality and Inter-generational Mobility CHAIRS: John Goldthorpe, Erszebet Bukodi, University of Oxford Giovanni Abbiati, Fondazione Bruno Keller-IRVAP; Jonathan Pratschke, University of Salerno Inequalities in Access to Higher Education in Italy: The Role of Peer Groups, Families and Schools Antonio Schizzerotto, University of Trento Long-run Transformations in Mobility Processes in Italy Fabrizio Bernardi, Diana Galos EUI European University Institute Same Education, Different Labour Market Outcomes? A Fixed Effect University Analysis in Italy Paolo Barbieri, University of Trento Flexible Employment in Europe. Assessing Social Stratification Through the Lens of Labour Market Segmentation: A Sociological Insight Yonatan Berman, University of Tel Aviv Understanding the Mechanical Relationship between Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility SESSION 9 – Sala del Quadrante: Faces of Gender Inequality CHAIRS: Chiara Saraceno, University of Torino, Collegio Carlo Alberto Arianna Briganti, University of Cumbria Inequality and Poverty Have a Female Face Lars Engberg-Pedersen, Danish Institute for International Studies Gender Inequality and Global Norms Thomas Baumert, María Mercedes de Obesso Arias and Esther Valbuena García, ESIC Business & Marketing School Are Women Less Meritorious? An International Empirical Analysis of Gender Bias Against Women in the Bestowing of Civil Orders Anna Jawor, Polish Academy of Sciences The Consequences of Gender Inequality for Contemporary 11:30-11:45 Sala di Re Enzo: Coffee Break 11:45-12:30 Plenary Session: Salone del Podestà Introduction: Chiara Saraceno, University of Turin, Collegio Carlo Alberto Lecture – The Pathology of Gender Inequality Lynn Prince Cooke, University of Bath 12:30-13:45 Sala di Re Enzo: Lunch 13:45-14:30 Plenary Session: Salone del Podestà Introduction: Antonio Schizzerotto, University of Trento Lecture – Social Inequality and Social Mobility: Is there an Inverse Relation? John Goldthorpe, Erzsébet Bukodi, University of Oxford 14:30-14:45 Sala di Re Enzo: Coffee Break 14:45-17:15 Parallel Sessions SESSION 10 – Salone del Podestà: Gender-based Wage Inequality CHAIR: Lynn Prince Cooke, University of Bath Melania Verde and Federica D’Isanto, University of Naples “Federico II”; Giorgio Liotti, University of Bari The Impact of Spatial Factors on Female Exclusion from the Labor Market: Empirical Evidences from South of Italy Verónica Amarante, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; Cecilia Rossel, Catholic University of Uruguay Differences in Housework and Income: Intra-household Evidence from Latin America Paola Naddeo, Stefania Cardinaleschi and Chiara Gnesi, ISTAT The