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SUS.DIV - CEPR - PSE Conference
"Models of Cultural Dynamics and Diversity"

Supported by
FP6 Priority 7 "Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society" Project: Sustainable Development in a Diverse World"(SUS.DIV) (Contract No. CIT3-CT-2005-513438)

Paris School of Economics, 11-13 December 2008


Programme
Thursday 11 December

 
09.00-10.00 Norms of Mediocrity - Tall Poppies and the Law of Jante

*Sten Nyberg (Stockholm University)
Karl Wärneryd (Stockholm School of Economics)

 
Discussant: Thierry Verdier (Paris School of Economics and CEPR)

 
10.00-11-00 Taboos: Considering the Unthinkable

* Chaim Fershtman (Tel Aviv University and CEPR)

 
Discussant: Giacomo Corneo (Frei Universität Berlin and CEPR)

 
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break

 
11.30-12.30 Schelling Redux: An Evolutionary Dynamic Model of Residential Segregation

Emin Dokumaci (University of Wisconsin)
*William Sandholm (University of Wisconsin)

 
Discussant: Daisuke Oyama (Hitotsubashi University and visiting Paris School of Economics)

 
12.30-13.30 Searching for the Best Neighborhood: Mobility and Social Interactions

Yannis M. Ioannides (Tufts University)
*Giulio Zanella (Università di Siena)

 
Discussant: Eleonora Patacchini (Università di Roma La Sapienza)

 
13.30-14.30 Lunch

 
14.30-15.30 Regulation and Distrust

Philippe Aghion (Harvard University and CEPR)
* Yann Algan (CEPREMAP, IZA and Paris School of Economics)
Pierre Cahuc (CREST-INSEE and CEPR)
Andrei Shleifer (Harvard University)

 
Discussant: Andrew Postlewaite (University of Pennsylvania)

 
15h.0-16.30 Doux Commerces: Does Market Competition Cause Trust?

Patrick Francois (University of British Columbia and CEPR)
*Tanguy van Ypersele (GREQAM)

 
Discussant: Eric Uslaner (University of Maryland)

 
16.30-16.45 Coffee Break

 
16.45-17.45 The Demise of Social Insurance

* Emmanuel Frot (SITE, Stockholm School of Economics)

 
Discussant: Sten Nyberg (Stockholm University)

 
20.00 Dinner

 
Friday 12 December

 
09.00-10.00 Intergenerational Cultural Transmission as an Evolutionary Game

* James Montgomery (University of Wisconsin-Maddison)

 
Discussant: Alberto Acerbi (Università degli Studi di Bologna)

 
10.00-11.00 Culture as Learning: The Evolution of Female Labor Force Participation over a Century

*Raquel Fernández (New York University and CEPR)

 
Discussant: Luigi Guiso (European University institute and CEPR)

 
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break

 
11.30-12.30 Product-Based Cultural Change: Is the Village Global?

Nicolas Maystre (University of Geneva)
Jacques Olivier (Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Jouy-en-Josas and CEPR)
*Mathias Thoenig (University of Geneva and CEPR)
Thierry Verdier (Paris School of Economics and CEPR)

 
Discussant: Paola Giuliano (UCLA Anderson)

 
12.30-13.30 The Use of Diversity in Cultural Economics: Theoretical and Applied Considerations

*Françoise Benhamou (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne)
Renato G. Flôres Jr (Fundação Getulio Vargas)
Stéphanie Peltier (Université de La Rochelle)

 
Discussant: Jacques Olivier (Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Jouy-en-Josas and CEPR)

 
13.30-14.30 Lunch

 
14.30-15.30 The Role of Geography and History in Cultural Diffusion: A Gravitational Approach

*Pauline Grosjean (University of California, Berkeley)

 
Discussant: Alberto Bisin (New York University)

 
15.30-16.30 Cultural Identity and Knowledge Creation in Cosmopolitan Cities

Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano (U Bologna, FEEM and CEPR)
*Giovanni Prarolo (Università di Bologna and FEEM)

 
Discussant: Mark Gradstein (Ben Gurion University of the Negev and CEPR)

 
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break

 
17.00-18.00 Building Multicultural Societies: Some Evidence

Andreas Georgiadis (London School of Economics (LSE))
*Alan Manning (London School of Economics (LSE)

 
Discussant: Paolo Masella (European University institute)

 
20.00 Dinner

Restaurant 'Le Mauzac'

 
Saturday 13 December

 
09.00-09.30 A Role For Cultural Transmission in Fertility Transitions

* Thomas Baudin (Université de Paris I)

 
09.30-10.00 Gender Inequality, Endogenous Cultural Norms and Economic Development

* Victor Hiller (Université Paris I)

 
10.00-10.30 Unequal Longevities and Lifestyle Transmissions

* Gregory Ponthiere (École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and PSE)

 
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

 
11.30-12.00 School Sorting: The Effects of Immigration

*Lucila Berniell (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

 
12.00-12.30 Unemployment Insurance and Cultural Transmission: Theory and Application to European Unemployment

*Jean-Baptiste Michau (London School of Economics (LSE))

 
End of programme

 
* indicates the presenter

 
Organizers: Alberto Bisin (New York University)
Thierry Verdier (Paris School of Economics and CEPR)

 

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