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

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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