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15 June 2026
Economic Opportunity European Conference
About this event
From 15 June 2026 09:00 to 16 June 2026 16:30
Simone Veil Amphitheatre
28 rue des Saints-Pères, 75007, ParisThis event is not accessible to people with reduced mobility.
Economic Opportunity European Conference
Venue : Sciences Po Department of Economics - 28, rue des Saints Pères, 75007 Paris - Ground floor - Simone Veil Amphitheatre
Organisers :
Antoine Ferey and Claire Montialoux for Sciences Po; Javier Soria, Ines Guix, and Matthew Staiger for Opportunity Insights
Administrative contact :
Lucy Desramaut (email)
We gratefully acknowledge the support of Opportunity Insights and the Spanish Opportunity Lab for the organisation of this event.
Our guests
Keynote speaker :
Raj Chetty is the William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics at Harvard University. He is also the Director of Opportunity Insights, which uses “big data” to understand how we can give children from disadvantaged backgrounds better chances of succeeding.
Chetty's research combines empirical evidence and economic theory to help design more effective government policies. His work on topics ranging from tax policy and unemployment insurance to education and affordable housing has been widely cited in academia, media outlets, and Congressional testimony.
Guest speakers :
- Yonatan Berman (King's College London)
- Martin Nybom (Uppsala University)
- Sonia Bhalotra (University of Warwick)
- Roberto Hsu Rocha (NOVA School of Business and Economics)
- Javier Soria (Paris School of Economics & Opportunity Insights)
- Elin Colmsjö (University of Copenhagen)
- Bluebery Planterose (Paris School of Economics)
- Imran Rasul (University College London & Institute for Fiscal Studies)
- Matthew Staiger (Opportunity Insights & Harvard)
- Sara Signorelli (CREST - Ecole Polytechnique)
- Federica Meluzzi (Bocconi)
- Sevin Kaytan (CEMFI)
- Nagisa Tadjfar (Massachussetts Institute of Technology)
- Nagui Bechichi (Paris School of Economics)
- Matias Giaccobasso (VATT Institute for Economic Research)
- Arash Nekoei (Institute for International Economic Studies)
The programme
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9.00 - 9.20 - Welcome and coffee
9.20 - 9.30 - Opening Remarks
9.30 - 10.10 - Yonatan Berman (King's College London)
Multigenerational Mobility and Long-Run Inequality
(with Taylan Alpkaya, University of Mannheim )
10.10 - 10.50 - Martin Nybom (Uppsala University)
Labor-market Drivers of Intergenerational Earnings Persistence
(with Erika Forsberg, IFAU and Uppsala University; Jan Stuhler, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid )
10.50 - 11.10 - Coffee
11.10 - 11.50 - Sonia Bhalotra (University of Warwick)
The Long Run Economic Effects of Medical Innovation and the Role of Opportunities
(with Damian Clarke, Universidad de Chile; Atheendar Venkataramani, University of Pennsylvania )
11.50 - 12.30 - Roberto Hsu Rocha (NOVA SBE)
Equalizing the Great Equalizer: The Long-run Consequences of School Funding Reforms
(with Claire Montialoux, CNRS & Sciences Po; Sebastián Otero, Columbia University)
12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch Break
13.30 - 14.10 - Keynote lecture
Raj Chetty (Harvard University)
The Social Origins of Economic Opportunity: Theory and Evidence
14.10 - 14.30 - Coffee
14.30 - 15.10 - Javier Soria (PSE & Opportunity Insights)
First-Home Tax Incentives, Parental Gifts, and Unequal Housing Wealth Accumulation
(with Isabel Micó-Millán, Banco de España)
15.10 - 15.50 - Elin Colmsjö (University of Copenhagen)
A Flying Start: Intergenerational transfers, wealth accumulation, and entrepreneurship of descendants
15.50 - 16.10 - Coffee
16.10 - 16.50 - Bluebery Planterose (PSE)
The Place of Inheritance: Housing Transfers, Capital Lock-in, and the Spatial Misallocation of Talents
(with Rémi Lei, International Tax Observatory)
16.50 - 17.30 - Imran Rasul (UCL & IFS)
Majority Perceptions of Minority Groups: Economic Inequalities, Their Causes, and Policy Solutions
(with Lucinda Platt, LSE & IFS; Pratyush Tiwari, UCL)
17.30 - 19.00 - Break
19.00 - 21.00 - Conference dinner (invitation only)
9.00 - 9.30 - Welcome and coffee
9.30 - 10.10 - Matthew Staiger (Opportunity Insights & Harvard)
Creating High- Opportunity Neighborhoods: Evidence f rom the HOPE VI Program
(with Taylan Alpkaya, University of Mannheim )
10.10 - 10.50 - Sara Signorelli (CREST - Ecole Polytechnique)
The Making of a Ghetto:Place-Based Policies,Labeling, and Impacts on Neighborhoods and Individuals
(with Yajna Govind, Aix-Marseille School of Economics(AMSE); Jack Melbourne, Bocconi University; Edith Zink, University of Copenhagen)
10.50 - 11.10 - Coffee
11.10 - 11.50 - Federica Meluzzi (Bocconi)
The College Melting Pot: Peers, Culture and Women's Job Search
11.50 - 12.30 - Sevin Kaytan (CEMFI)
The Long-Term Effects of After-School Care
12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch break
13.30 - 14.10 - Nagisa Tadjfar (MIT)
Prediction or Prejudice? Standardized Testing and University Access
(with Kartik Vira, MIT)
14.10 - 14.50 - Nagui Bechichi (PSE)
Second Chances in Higher Education: Turning Setbacks into New Opportunities
14.50 - 15.10 - Coffee
15.10 - 15.50 - Matias Giaccobasso (VATT)
Delaying Fertility, Advancing Careers: The Lasting Consequences of Growing Up with a Safety Net
15.50 - 16.30 - Arash Nekoei (IIES)
Who Can Have It All? The Unequal Cost of Career & Inter-generational Mobility
(with Patrizia Massner, Johns Hopkins University)
16.30 - Coffee and adjourn