Meeting of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Network on Social
Interactions and Economic Inequality, March 2-3
CEP Conference Room, Department of Economics, London School of Economics
March 2
12:15: Introductions
12:30: Lunch
1:00: Richard Freeman, "Liking the
Workplace You Have: The Incumbency
2:00: Break
2:15: Roberto Fernandez,
"Skill-Biased Technological Change and Wage
Inequality: Evidence from Plant Retooling"
3:15: Break
3:30: Carol Graham,
"Frustrated Achievers: Winners, Losers
and Subjective Well Being in New Market Economies"
4:30: Scott Page, "Behavioral Diversity in Game Ensembles"
5:30: Adjourn
March 3
9:00: Michael Kremer, "Peer Effects from Alcohol Use Among Students"
10:00: Break
10:15: Caroline Hoxby, "Peer
Effects in the Classroom: Learning From
11:15: Break
11:30: Yannis Ioannides, "Neighborhood Income Distributions"
12:30: Lunch
1:30: Michael Sobel, ''Influence, ''Exogenous'' and ''Endogenous'' Peer Effects''
2:30: Daniel Nagin,
"Integrating Celerity, Impulsivity and Extralegal
Sanction Threats into a General Model of Deterrence"
3:30: Discussion
5:00: Adjourn