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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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The Carl Melchior Minerva Center for Macroeconomics and Growth |
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"Technology, Human Capital, and Economic Growth" |
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June 7, 1999 - June 9, 1999 |
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at the Hyatt Regency |
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(Lehi Str. 32, Jerusalem. Tel.: 972-2-5331234. Fax: 972-2-5323196) |
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P r o g r a m (Revised: May 26, 1999) |
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Please address inquiries to: melchior@mscc.huji.ac.il |
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Monday, June 7 |
Population, Technology, and Growth
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9:00-10:00 |
William Baumol (NYU and Princeton) |
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"Return of the Prince of Denmark to Hamlet: Growth Theory and the Unparalleled Performance of Capitalism" |
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Discussant: Eytan Sheshinski (Hebrew University) |
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10:15-11:15 |
Oded Galor (Hebrew University) and David Weil (Brown University) |
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"Population, Technology, and Growth: From Malthusian Stagnation to Modern Growth" |
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Discussant: Costas Azariadis (UCLA) |
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11:45-12:45 |
Charles Jones (Stanford University) |
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"Was the Industrial Revolution Inevitable? Economic Growth Over the Very Long Run" |
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Discussant: Nathan Sussman (Hebrew University) |
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Technology and Growth
Chair: Elhanan Helpman (Harvard and Tel-Aviv University)
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14:30-15:30 |
Boyan Jovanovic (NYU) |
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"Ignorance is Bliss" |
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Discussant: John Leahy (B.U.) |
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15:45-16:45 |
Daron Acemoglu (MIT) and Fabrizio Zilibotti (IIES) |
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"Productivity Growth" |
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Discussant: Avi Simhon (Hebrew University) |
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Tuesday, June 8 |
Technology, Human Capital, and Wage Inequality
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9:00-10:00 |
Claudia Goldin (Harvard University) and Larry Katz (Harvard University) |
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"Inequality in the 20th Century United States: The Returns to Skill over the Long Run" |
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Discussant: Yoram Weiss (Tel-Aviv University) |
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10:15-11:15 |
Philippe Aghion (Harvard University), Peter Howitt (OSU), and Gianluca Violante (UCL) |
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"Technology, Knowledge, and Inequality" |
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Discussant: Zvi Hercowitz (Tel-Aviv University) |
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11:45-12:45 |
Oded Galor (Hebrew University) and Omer Moav (Hebrew University) |
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"Technological Transition, Wage Inequality, and Economic Growth" |
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Discussant: Fabrizio Zilibotti (IIES) |
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Wednesday, June 9 |
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9:00-10:00 |
John Hassler (IIES) and Jose Rodriguez Mora (UPF) |
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"Intelligence, Social Mobility and Growth" |
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Discussant: Moshe Justman (Ben-Gurion University) |
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10:15-11:15 |
Daniel Tsiddon (Tel-Aviv University) and Yona Rubinstein (University of Chicago) |
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"Coping with Technological Change: The Role of Ability in Making Inequality so Persistent" |
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Discussant: Gianluca Violante (UCL) |
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11:45-12:45 |
Joseph Zeira (Hebrew University) |
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"Wage Inequality, Technology, and Trade" |
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Discussant: John Hassler (IIES) |
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Technology and Wage Inequality
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14:30-15:30 |
Erik Gould, Omer Moav (Hebrew University) and Bruce Weinberg |
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"The Precautionary Demand for Education, Ineqaulity, and Technological Progress" |
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Discussant: Itzhak Zilcha (Tel-Aviv University) |
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15:45-16:45 |
Daron Acemoglu (MIT), Philippe Aghion (Harvard) and Gianluca Violante (UCL) |
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"De-Unionization, Technological Progress and Inequality" |
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List of Speakers, Discussants, and Chairs:
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