Opportunities to be economically successful in life are not always equally distributed among individuals. Which factors determine inequality in economic opportunities, and what role is there for policy to enhance equality of opportunity? On Thursday 9 and Friday 10 June Erasmus School of Economics, organizes a workshop on this topic, in collaboration with CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.
- Date
- Thursday 9 Jun 2022, 10:00 - Friday 10 Jun 2022, 17:00
- Type
- Workshop
- Room
- Serre Room
- Building
- Erasmus Pavilion
On Thursday and Friday morning, various national and international academic experts will present their work on the causes and mechanisms underlying (in)equality. The workshop includes two keynote lectures by leading experts Prof. Nathan Hendren (Harvard University) and Prof. Deborah Cobb-Clark (University of Sydney).
The presentations of academic findings will be followed by a round table discussion on Friday afternoon, where academic experts and policy makers from various ministries and the city of Rotterdam will discuss which policy measures can help to improve equality of opportunity.
Programme
Thursday 9 June
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome & coffee |
| 10:15-11:00 | Hans van Kippersluis (Erasmus School of Economics) 'Enriching inequality of opportunity estimates using genetic data' |
| 11:00-11:45 | Pietro Biroli (University of Bologna) 'Sources of inequality at birth: the interplay between genes and parental socioeconomic status' |
| 11:45-12:30 | Mareen Bastiaans (Erasmus School of Economics) 'Activating the Long-term Inactive: Labor Market and Mental Health Effects' |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Keynote: Deborah Cobb-Clark (University of Sydney) 'Self-control and intergenerational disadvantage' |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30-16:15 | Gloria Moroni (Erasmus School of Economics) 'Prolonged worklife among older workers: Spillover effects on grandchildren's educational outcomes' |
| 16:15-17:00 | Jan Stuhler (Universidad Carlos III Madrid) 'A life-cycle estimator of intergenerational income mobility' |
| 17:00-17:45 | Dinand Webbink (Erasmus School of Economics) 'Estimating neigbourhood exposure effects in the Low Countries' |
Friday 10 June
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30-11:15 | Esmee Zwiers (Princeton University) 'Moral barriers to birth control access' |
| 11:15-12:00 | Marco Musumeci (Erasmus School of Economics) 'The fast and the studious? Ramadan observance and student performance' |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:30 | Keynote: Nathan Hendren (Harvard University) 'Social mobility and investments in children' |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00-16:00 | Round table (location: Theatre Room, Erasmus Pavillion) |
| 16:00-17:00 | Drinks |
Registration
Please register below if you wish to attend the workshop. The deadline for registration is Wednesday 25 May, 15:00.
- More information
Anne Gielen, (gielen@ese.eur.nl)
