Seminar Series: Parenthood and the gender wage gap (Invitation only)
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Marta Murray-Close, a Research Economist at the U.S. Census Bureau, for a seminar on how much parenthood contributes to the gender wage gap. This event was the latest installment of our monthly academic seminar series, which aims to elevate important…
Seminar Series: Stratification Economics—A General Theory of Intergroup Inequality (Invitation only)
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted William Darity, the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics at Duke University, for a seminar on the emerging field of stratification economics. This event was the latest installment of our m…
Seminar Series: Unequal Opportunity, Unequal Growth (Invitation Only)
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Roy Van der Weide, an economist on the Poverty and Inequality Research team within the Development Research Group of the World Bank, for a seminar on how inequality can be both good and bad for growth, depending on different measures and outcomes. If…
Seminar Series: Inequality in 3D—Income, Consumption, and Wealth (Invitation Only)
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted David Johnson, Deputy Director of PSID and Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, for a seminar on measuring economic well-being and inequality in multiple dimensions using income, consumption, and wealth. If you would like to read…
Seminar Series: Just Deserts? Earnings Inequality and Bargaining Power in the U.S. Economy (Invitation Only)
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Nancy Folbre, Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Massachusettes Amherst, for a seminar on economics rents, rent-seeking activities, and their influence on labor market outcomes. If you would like to read the paper, you can find it he…
Fighting the Next Recession
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The Great Recession officially ended in June 2009 and the current recovery is still ongoing, yet economists believe that the next recession is likely to occur before the start of the next decade. In the wake of the Great Recession and the slow uptick in wages and job growth, how can past monetary, f…
Making Antitrust Work for the 21st Century
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a conversation on exploring the impacts of antitrust enforcement and increasing market concentration on economic growth and inequality. Prominent academics and practitioners highlighted the changes in antitrust policy over the past 40 years and exami…
Seminar Series: Profit shifting on the corporate tax base in the United States (Invitation Only)
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Professor Kim Clausing of Reed College for a seminar on her research investigating the effects of profit shifting on the corporate tax base in the United States. If you would like to read the paper, you can find it here. The seminar took place on Sep…
Seminar Series: Student loans and the labor market (Invitation Only)
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Equitable Growth grantee Stephanie Chapman, who recently completed her Ph.D. in economics at Northwestern University, for a seminar on her paper, “Student loans and the labor market: Evidence from merit aid programs.” The seminar took place on July 1…
Seminar Series: Implications of economic inequality for women’s employment patterns (Invitation Only)
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Equitable Growth grantee Professor Philip Cohen of the University of Maryland for a seminar on the implications of economic inequality for women’s employment patterns on Tuesday, June 21 from 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm. This event was an installment of our…