University of Washington
Caster Endowment · EU Center

Growth and Inequality:
Issues and Policy Implications

Schloß Elmau, Bavaria, Germany

18-20 January 2002

Programme
Friday, 18 January 2002

15:00 - 15:15	Welcome: Theo Eicher, Hans-Werner Sinn, Stephen Turnovsky Technology and Natural Resources and Inequality Chair: Hans-Werner Sinn
15:15 - 16:15	Natural Resources, Inequality and Economic Growth Thorvaldor Gylfason, University of Iceland and GYLFI ZOEGA, Birkbeck College Discussant: Steve Turnovsky, University of Washington
16:15 - 16:45	Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:45	Wage Inequality and the Effort Incentive Effects of Technical Progress CAMPBELL LEITH, University of Glasgow, C.W. Li, University of Glasgow & Cecilia García Peñalosa, GREQAM Discussant: Raji Jayaraman, University of Munich
Saturday, 19 January 2002

	European Transition and Inequality Chair: Stephen Turnovsky
09:30 - 10:30	Inequality Transfer and Growth: New Evidence from Economic Transition in Poland MICHAEL KEANE, Yale University, and Eswar Prasad, IMF Discussant: Carola Grün, University of Munich
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00	Growth and Inequality: Evidence from Transitional Economies OLEKSIY IVASCHENKO, Goteborg University Discussant: Stephan Klasen, University of Munich
12:00 - 12:45	Lunch
	Population, Education and Inequality Chair : Stephan Klasen
12:45 - 13:45	Fertility Clubs and Economic Growth OMER MOAV, Hebrew University and Avner Ahituv, Hebrew University Discussant: M. Carme Riera Prunera, Barcelona University
13:45 - 14:45	Human Capital Formation, Income Inequality and Growth Itzhak Zilcha, Tel-Aviv University and JEAN-MARIE VIAENE, Erasmus University Discussant: Henryk Kierzkowski, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
Sunday, 20 January 2002

	Measuring the Impact of Growth on Inequality Chair: Theo Eicher
09:30 - 10:30	Some Simple Arithmetic on How Income and Inequality Matter DANNY QUAH, London School of Economics Discussant: Cecilia Garcia Peñalosa, GREQAM
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00	Inequality, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction FRANÇOIS BOURGUIGNON, DELTA and World Bank Discussant: Gylfi Zoega, Birkbeck College
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
	The Political Economy of Inequality Chair:
13:00 - 14:00	Redistribution of Personal Incomes, Education and Economic Performance Across Countries GUENTHER REHME, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt Discussant: Rafael Domenech, Valencia University
14:00 - 14:30	Cofee Break
14:30 - 15:30	The Impact of Tax Policy on Inequality and Growth: An Empirical and Theoretical Investigation THEO EICHER, University of Washington, Stephen Turnovsky, University of Washington & Maria Carme Riera Prunera, Barcelona University Discussant: Walter Fisher, Institute of Advanced Studies, Vienna
15:30	Close of Conference

Growth and Inequality: Issues and Policy Implications

Programme

Growth and Inequality:
Issues and Policy Implications