Urban Economics - Oct 14th
Urban Economics - Oct 14th
Map of Paris showing demographic growth
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We are hosting a 1-day workshop in urban economics on the theme of Demography, Technological Change, Inequality and the Internal Structure of Cities.
Co-organisers: Don Davis (Columbia), Nicolas Cœurdacier (Sciences Po), Pierre-Philippe Combes (Sciences Po).
This event is sponsored by the Alliance Program with the support of Sciences Po, Columbia and HEC Paris.
Invited speakers will include:
- Don DAVIS (Columbia University)
- Florian OSWALD (Sciences Po)
- Amrita KULKA (Warwick University)
- Milena ALMAGRO (Chicago Booth)
- Conor WALSH (Columbia University)
- Pierre-Philippe COMBES (Sciences Po)
Programme agenda
8.45 - 9.00 AM - Welcome and Coffee
9.00 - 10.00 AM - Don Davis (Columbia)
Labor Market Polarization and the Great Divergence: Theory and Evidence, with Eric Mengus (HEC) and Tomasz Michalski (HEC).
10.00 - 11.00 AM - Florian Oswald (SciencesPo)
Fertility, Housing Costs and City Growth, with Nicolas Coeurdacier (SciencesPo), Pierre-Philippe Combes (SciencesPo) and Laurent Gobillon (PSE).
11.00 AM - Coffee Break
11.20 AM - 12.20 PM - Amrita Kulka (Warwick University)
How to Increase Housing Affordability? Understanding Local Deterrants to Building Multifamily Housing?, with Aradhya Sood (University of Toronto) and Nick Chiumenti (FRB Boston).
1.40 - 2.40 PM - Milena Almagro (Chicago Booth)
Urban Renewal, Gentrification, and Inequality: Evidence from Chicago Public Housing Demolitions, with Eric Chyn (Dartmouth College) and Bryan Stuart (FRB Philadelphia).
2.40 - 3.40 PM - Conor Walsh (Columbia University)
Urban-biased Growth: A Macroeconomic Analysis, with Fabian Eckert (University of California, San Diego) and Sharat Ganapat (Georgetown University).
3.40 PM - Coffee Break
4.00 - 5.00 PM - Pierre-Philippe Combes (Sciences Po)
The emergence, growth, and stagnation of cities: France c. 1760-2020, with Gilles Duranton (University of Pennsylvania), Laurent Gobillon (PSE), and Clément Gorin (University of Toronto).
Download the programme (PDF 268.22 PM)
When? FRIDAY, October 14th - 8:45 AM to 5 PM
Where? Sciences Po - Department of Economics - 28, rue des Saints Pères, 75007 Paris - Room H 405 (4th floor)
Entrance is free but registration is mandatory: if you would like to attend, please email Maria Ohlund.
