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Cours scientifiques - ECO_5TO10_AE : Economics of Inequality: Measure and Findings

Domaine > Economie.

Descriptif

The objective of this course is to present recent – and less recent - work on income and wealth inequality with a focus on long run inequality and its determinants, lifetime inequality and intergenerational mobility. It intends to mix theoretical and empirical approaches.

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    Programme détaillé

    Economics of Inequality: Measures & Findings

    This a first draft of the lecture, subject to further changes

    1-      Introduction: Why do we care about inequality? Theoretical and empirical justifications

    2-      Long-run trends in income inequality

    3-      Determinants of labor income inequality 

    4-      Redistribution: Labor supply theory and optimal redistribution

    5-      Long-run trends in wealth inequality

    6-      Determinants of wealth inequality

    7-      Going beyond current (cross sectional) income inequality: lifetime income inequality and intergenerational mobility

    8-      Concluding remarks

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