Globalisation, Inequality and Well-Being

CESifo Conference Centre , Poschingerstraße 5, 81679 Munich

08-09 November 2002


Programme
Friday, 08 November 2002
09:00 - 10:00	Keynote Lecture: Income Inequality in OECD Countries: Data and Explanations TONY ATKINSON Chair: Hans-Werner Sinn
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee Break
Session 1: Comparisons Over Time and Space Chair: James Galbraith
10:30 - 12:45	Growth, Income Distribution, and Well-Being: Comparisons across Space and Time Stephan Klasen & Carola Grün Discussant: RAYMOND RIEZMAN
	Did Partial Globalization Increase Inequality? Did Inequality Stimulate Globalization Backlash? The case of the Latin American Periphery, 1950-2000 JÖRG BATEN Discussant: ROBERT HUNTER WADE
	All About the Giants: Probing the Influences on Growth and Income Inequality at the End of the 20th Century JOHN SERIEUX and Albert Berry Discussant: DANNY TSIDDON
12:45 - 14:00	Lunch Break
Session 2: Trade and Inequality Chair: Eytan Sheshinski
14:00 - 15:30	Trade and Labour Standards Theory, New Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications VIVEK H. DEHEJIA and Yiagadeesen Samy Discussant: ALESSANDRO CIGNO
	How Often Are Propositions on the Effects of Regional Trade Agreements Theoretical Curiosa and When Should They Guide Policy RAYMOND RIEZMAN, Lisandro Abergo and John Whalley Discussant: DANNY TSIDDON
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
Session 3: Transition and Developing Economies Chair: Thorvaldur Gylfason
16:00 - 17:30	The Impact of Liberalisation and Globalisation on Income Inequality in the Developing and Transitional Economies GIOVANNI ANDREA CORNIA Discussant: SYED AHSAN
	Inequality, Well-Being and Institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean SYED AHSAN Discussant: CAROLA GRÜN
Saturday, 09 November 2002

08:30 - 09:30	Keynote Lecture: The New Distributional Politics of Globalisation and the Lessons of the Great Depression HAROLD JAMES Chair: GERHARD ILLING
Session 4: Education and Child Labor Chair: Gerhard Illing
09:30 - 11:00	Does Globalisation Increase Child Labour? ALESSANDRO CIGNO, Furio C. Rosati, Lorenzo Guarcello Discussant: CARL JOHAN DALGAARD
	Education, Social Equality and Economic Growth: A View of the Landscape Thorvaldur Gylfason, Gylfi Zoega Discussant: EYTAN SHESHINSKI
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee-Break
Session 5: Inequality and Income Distribution Chair: Efraim Sadka
11:30 - 13:00	Poor Results? Examining Estimates of Global Inequality and Poverty SURJIT BHALLA Discussant: STEPHAN KLASEN
	Globalization, Poverty and Income Distribution: Does the Liberal Argument Hold? ROBERT HUNTER WADE Discussant: CARL JOHAN DALGAARD

Globalisation, Inequality and Well-Being

Programme