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Economica Centenary Conference

13-14 May 2021

The Editors of the Journal Economica are pleased to invite you to the journal’s Centenary Conference (Online). The Journal was established in 1921 and has served as the ½ûÂþÌìÌà “house” journal throughout its history. 

Daron Acemoglu, a former ½ûÂþÌìÌà PhD student, will give a public lecture on 13 May at 14.00 (BST). To add to the celebratory conference, a select group of former ½ûÂþÌìÌà students and faculty will also present papers.

Registration is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. When registering, please tick the sessions you wish to attend. We look forward to welcoming you!

 

Conference Programme: Download here

Thursday 13 May 2021

Session 1: Chair, Tim Besley

Session 1
14.00 - 14.10  Welcome and Introduction- Tim Besley
14.10 - 14.30 Opening Remarks- Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director (½ûÂþÌìÌÃ)
14.30 - 15.30 Economica Centenary Lecture
Obedience in the Labour Market and Social Mobility:
A Socio-Economic Approach
Daron Acemoglu (MIT)
15.30 - 15.50 Break

Session 2: Chair, Francesco Caselli

Session 2
15.50 - 16.50 Coming Out in America: Salience, Politics, and Cultural
ChangeRaquel Fernández (NYU)
16.50 - 17.50 ,
Lawrence Christiano (NWU), with Husnu Dalgic (UMA)
and Armen Nurbekyan (CBA)

 

Friday 14 May 2021

Session 3: Chair, Steve Machin

Session 3
9.00 - 10.00 Gender and Psychological Pressure in Competitive
Environments
Alison Booth (ANU) with Patrick Nolen
10.00 - 11.00 Inequality, Redistribution and the Labour Market,
Richard Blundell (UCL)
11.00 - 11.20  Break


Session 4: Chair, Maitreesh Ghatak

Session 4
11.20 -  12.20 Men are from Mars and Women Too: Gender
similarities in self-confidence and altruism

Barbara Petrongolo (Oxford) with Oriana Bandiera (½ûÂþÌìÌÃ),
Nidhi Parekh (½ûÂþÌìÌÃ) and Michelle Rao (½ûÂþÌìÌÃ)
12.20 - 13.20 Social Structure and the Localized Delivery of Development
Interventions
Imran Rasul (UCL), with Oriana Bandiera (½ûÂþÌìÌÃ),
Robin Burgess (½ûÂþÌìÌÃ), Erika Deserranno (NWU),
Ricardo Morel (IPA) and Munshi Sulaiman (BRAC)
13.20 - 14.00  Break


Session 5: Chair, Noam Yuchtman

Session 5
14.00 - 15.00 War and Inequality: Bombing and the Social Contract in
England
James Robinson (UChicago) with
Leander Heldring (NWU) and Parker Whitfill (U Chicago) 
15.00 - 16.00 The conflict between consumer intentions, beliefs
and actions to pay down credit card debt
David Laibson
(Harvard) with Paul Adams, Benedict Guttman-Kenney,
Lucy Hayes, Stefan Hunt and Neil Stewart
16.00 - 16.30  Break


Session 6: Chair, Henry Overman

Session 6
16.30 - 17.30  Suburbanization in the United States 1960-2010,
Stephen Redding (Princeton)
17.30 - 17.50 Closing Remarks - Steve Pischke, Head of Department,
Department of Economics (½ûÂþÌìÌÃ)

Speakers and Chairs

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, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Tim Besley

Professor Sir Tim Besley, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

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, University College London

 

alison-booth

, Australian National University

 

Francesco Caselli

Professor Francesco Caselli, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

lawrence-christiano

, Northwestern University

 

raquel

, New York University

 

Maitreesh Ghatak

Professor Maitreesh Ghatak, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

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, Harvard Kennedy School

 

Stephen Machin

Professor Steve Machin, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

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Professor Henry Overman, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

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, University of Oxford

 

Steve Pischke

Professor Steve Pischke, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

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, University College London 

stephen-redding

, Princeton University

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, University of Chicago

 

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Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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Professor Noam Yuchtman, London School of Economics and Political Science