Inclusion Week

Join the Department of Economics at LSE for our first “Inclusion Week.”
The week will feature three evening talks and a full-day workshop.
Each evening talk will be followed by a reception with drinks and canapés.

Please ensure you book the sessions you wish to attend.

Evening Talks

Date: Monday 7 October 2024 to Thursday 10 October 2024
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00PM
Location: SAL.1.04, Sir Arthur Lewis Building (SAL) or via Zoom (links below)
Drinks & canapé reception: SAL.105 from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Monday 7th October

• Speaker: John Van Reenen
• Chair: Gilat Levy
• Topic: What Makes an Inventor? Finding the Lost Einsteins and Marie Curies

Zoom link: https://lse.zoom.us/j/85751193012

Wednesday 9th October

• Speaker: Barbara Petrongolo
• Chair: Francesco Caselli
• Topic: The Evolution of Gender in Labor Markets: Inequality, Efficiency, and Policy

Zoom link: https://lse.zoom.us/j/86212416937

Thursday 10th October

• Speaker: Imran Rasul
• Chair: Nava Ashraf
• Topic: Economic Opportunities by Race and Ethnicity in the UK

Zoom link: https://lse.zoom.us/j/88547585215

All Day Workshop

Economic Opportunities and Inclusion

Date: Friday 11 October 2024
Time: 9:30 AM to 4:45 PM
Location: SAL.1.04, Sir Arthur Lewis Building (SAL)

Zoom link: https://lse.zoom.us/j/86213184067

Schedule:

9:30 - 9:35 - Opening Remarks

Session 1 - Discrimination: Theory and Evidence

9:35 - 10:20: Paula Onuchic (LSE) - Signaling and Discrimination in Collaborative Projects

10:20 - 11:05: Duncan Webb (Princeton) - Silence to Solidarity: How Communication About a Minority Affects Discrimination

11:05 - 11:30 - Coffee Break

Session 2 - Macro and Micro Perspectives on Gender Equality

11:30 - 12:15: Jane Olmstead-Rumsey (LSE) - Changing Preferences of Married Women and the Gender Wage Gap

12:15 - 13:00: Nina Buchmann (Yale) - Paternalistic Discrimination

13:00 - 14:30: Lunch

Session 3 - Policies to address barriers to economic opportunity

14:30 - 15:15: Laura Weiwu (Stanford) - Unequal Access: Racial Segregation and the Distributional Impacts of Interstate Highways in Cities

15:15 - 16:00: Cody Cook (Yale) - Where to Build Affordable Housing? Evaluating the Tradeoffs of Location

16:00 - 16:45: Lindsey Raymond (Microsoft Research) - The Market Effects of Algorithms

16:45 - Closing Remarks

16:45 – 17:30 Tea and Coffee in 1.05