Events
Week of Events
Monday Lunch Seminars Sarah Grace See (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Monday Lunch Seminars Sarah Grace See (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Parental Inputs, Formal Care, and Child Outcomes" Abstract Child outcomes are believed to be a result of cumulative inputs from both within and outside the family. Taking the theory of skill formation (Carneiro and Heckman, 2003) and the model of child outcome production function (Todd and Wolpin, 2003), earlier endowments especially those of high quality…
Collegio Aperto Collegio Aperto: “Perché facemmo nascere l’Euro?”
Collegio Aperto Collegio Aperto: “Perché facemmo nascere l’Euro?”
Alfonso Iozzo Introduction byPietro Terna Alfonso Iozzo is Vice President of the Robert Triffin International Foundation, Université Catholique de Louvain Pietro Terna is President of the Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università di Torino Please confirm your participation at: 011-6705289 - collegioaperto@carloalberto.org The video: Pietro Terna: https://vimeo.com/143974566 Alfonso Iozzo: https://vimeo.com/143972127 The event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/381052498768879/
Seminars in Economics Francesco Squintani (University of Warwick)
Seminars in Economics Francesco Squintani (University of Warwick)
"Information Revelation and Pandering in Elections" Abstract Does electoral competition induce office motivated candidates to commit to policies that reflect their information? Or do candidates hide their information, and pander to the electorate's beliefs? We find that efficient information aggregation is precluded, but candidates' platforms may be informative: Equilibrium policy can at best be based…
Seminars in Economics Jordi Gali (CREI and UPF)
Seminars in Economics Jordi Gali (CREI and UPF)
"Insider-Outsider Labor Markets, Hysteresis and Monetary Policy" Abstract I develop a version of the New Keynesian model with insideroutsider labor markets and hysteresis that can account for the high persistence of of European unemployment. I study the implications of that environment for the design of monetary policy. A simple interest rule that includes the unemployment…
Seminars in Politics and Society Karen A. Shire (University Duisburg-Essen)
Seminars in Politics and Society Karen A. Shire (University Duisburg-Essen)
"Family Policy Shifts and the Creation of a Market for Domestic and Care Work in Germany" abstract The introduction of tax credits for purchases of personal, household, and most recently elderly care services is aimed both at supporting dual-earner households and creating jobs in household services. In this talk, recent shifts in German family policy…