Inequality, Politics and Power

Third World Bank Conference on Inequality

Topic: Inequality, Politics and Power, June 5-6, 2006

Agenda: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDECINEQ/Resources/conference_on_inequality_2006_agenda.pdf


“….The distributions of income, wealth and political power are jointly determined, with economic status both affecting and being affected by political influence. In addition, the impact of inequality on the nature of institutions and on policy choice is one of the key channels through which income and wealth distributions affect economic performance.

The Conference on Inequality will focus on the interaction between economic and political inequalities, and on their consequences for institutional and economic development. The program includes both theoretical and empirical papers prepared by academics and professionals that were selected drawing on a widely advertized call for submissions …”

Papers:

· Endogenous Constitutions, Davide Ticchi and Andrea Vindigni (University of Urbino and Princeton University)

· Trade, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Institutions, Quy-Toan Do and Andrei Levchenko (World Bank and International Monetary Fund)

· Populist Policies in the Transition to Democracy, Daniel Mejía and Carlos Esteban Posada (Brown University and Banco de la República)

· The Colonial Origins of Inequality: Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Land Distribution, E.H.P. Fankema (University of Groningen)

· The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana, Markus Goldstein and Christopher Udry (World Bank and Yale University)

· Revolution and Redistribution in Iran: Changes in poverty and distribution 25 years later, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani (Virginia Tech)

· Are Jurisdictions with the Median Voter and Median Inequality Favored?, Santanu Gupta (Institute of Technology and Management)

· Informatization, Turnout, and Income Inequality, Ryo Arawatari (Osaka University)

· Divide and Conquer: Noisey Communication in Networks, Power, and Wealth Distribution, Wilson Perez-Oviedo
(Cornell Univesity and Banco Central del Ecuador)

· Inflation, Inequality and Social Conflict, Christopher Crowe, (International Monetary Fund)

· Conflict and Wealth, Oskar Nupia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

· Kidnaps and Migration: Evidence from Colombia, Catherine Rodriguez and Edgar Villa (Boston University)

· Inequality and Education Decisions in Developing Countries, Catalina Gutierrez-Sourdis (New York University)

· To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy, David de la Croix and Matthias Doepke (FNRS, IRES, Core and UCLA)

· Are Female Leaders Good for Education? Evidence from India, Irma Clots-Figueras (London School of Economics)

· Why doesn't Capitalism flow to Poor Countries?, Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch (Harvard Business School and Imperial College London)

· Economic Inequality and Corruption, Boris Begovic (Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies)

· How do Inequality and Households' Position in Income Ladder Affect the Response towards Privatisation? A Study of Indian States, V. Santhakumar and U.S. Mishra (Centre for Development Studies)

· Local Inequality and Project Choice in a Social Investment Fund, M. Caridad Araujo, Francisco H.G. Ferreira, Peter Lanjouw and Berk Ozler (World Bank)

· Social Funds, Clientelism and Redistribution: Chavez, Michael Penfold-Becerra (Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración)

· Inequality, Ethnicity and Social Disorder: The Ecuadorian Case, Jeannette Sánchez
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