3rd Joint IMF-OECD-World Bank Conference on Structural Reforms
IMPROVING THE INCOME DISTRIBUTION EFFECT OF MARKET REFORMS IN A POST-COVID-19 WORLD
AGENDA 24-25 September, 2020
3rd Joint IMF-OECD-World Bank Conference on Structural Reforms Improving the Income Distribution Effect of Market Reforms in a Post-COVID-19 World
AGENDA – DAY 1 – 24 SEPTEMBER 08:30 - 09:00 (DC) 14:30 - 15:00 (PAR) 09:00 – 09:15 (DC) 15:00 – 15:15 (PAR)
Connection to ZOOM
Welcome remarks
9:15 – 10:00 (DC)
Panel with Chief Economists of IMF, OECD and World Bank
15:15 – 16:00 (PAR)
Moderator: David Wessel, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute Panelists: Gita Gopinath (IMF), Laurence Boone (OECD), Carmen Reinhart (World Bank)
10:00 – 11:00 (DC) 16:00 – 17:00 (PAR)
Session I: A welfare perspective on the distributional aspects of structural reforms Moderator: •
Alain de Serres, Deputy Director, Policy Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD
Speakers: •
Gilles St-Paul, Professor, Paris School of Economics, “Pareto-Improving Structural Reforms”
Discussant: •
Juan Jimeno, Adviser, Macro-financial Analysis and Monetary Policy Department, Banco de Espana.
General discussion 11:00 - 11:15 (DC) 17:00 – 17:15 (PAR)
Coffee break
3rd Joint IMF-OECD-World Bank Conference on Structural Reforms Improving the Income Distribution Effect of Market Reforms in a Post-COVID-19 World
11:15 – 12:15 (DC) 17:15 – 18:15 (PAR)
Session II: Distributional aspects of technological change and digital adoption Moderator: •
William Maloney, Chief Economist, Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, World Bank
Speakers: •
Anton Korinek, Associate Professor, University of Virginia, “Steering technological progress” (co-authored with Joseph Stiglitz)
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Alan F. Shapiro, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Tufts University, “Digital adoption, automation and labor markets in developing and emerging economies” (co-authored with Federico Mandelman)
Discussant: •
Joseba Martinez, Assistant Professor, London Business School and CEPR research affiliate
General discussion 12:15 – 13:15 (DC) 18:15 – 19:15 (PAR)
Session III: The wage distribution impact of market concentration and reforms Moderator: •
Romain Duval, Advisor to Chief Economist and Head of Structural Reforms Unit, IMF
Speakers: •
Jan Eeckhout, Research Professor and Shubhdeep Deb, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, “The contribution of market power to wage inequality” (co-authored with Aseem Patel and Lawrence Warren)
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Cyrille Schwellnus, Senior Economist, Economics Department, OECD, “The firm-level link between productivity dispersion and wage inequality” (co-authored with Chiara Criscuolo, Alex Hijzen and Michael Koelle)
Discussant: •
James Spletzer, Principal Economist, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau and IZA institute
General discussion End of Day One
3rd Joint IMF-OECD-World Bank Conference on Structural Reforms Improving the Income Distribution Effect of Market Reforms in a Post-COVID-19 World
AGENDA – DAY 2 – 25 SEPTEMBER 08:15 - 08:45 (DC) 14:15 - 14:45 (PAR)
Connection to ZOOM
8:45 – 9:45 (DC)
Keynote intervention: Ed Glaeser, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
14:45 – 15:45 (PAR)
Pandemics, cities and growth
9:45 – 11:00 (DC)
Session I: The impact of trade liberalisation on jobs and distribution
15:45 – 17:00 (PAR) Moderator: •
Julia Nielson, Deputy Director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
Speakers: •
Deeksha Kokas, Economist, World Bank, “Short and long-run labor market effects of developing country exports: Evidence from Bangladesh” (co-authored with Raymond Robertson, Diego Cardozo, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo)
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Paulo Bastos, Professor, Universidade de Lisboa, “Long run effects of trade liberalisation on local labor markets: Evidence from South Africa” (co-authored with Nicolas Santos)
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Maria Bas, Professor, University of Paris I, “What gains and distributional implications result from trade liberalisation: Evidence from Ecuador” (co-authored with Caroline Paunov)
Discussant: •
Maryla Maliszewska, Senior Economist (Global Trade and Regional Integration), Macroeconomics, Trade & Investment, World Bank
General discussion
11:00 - 11:15 (DC) 17:00 – 17:15 (PAR)
Coffee break
3rd Joint IMF-OECD-World Bank Conference on Structural Reforms Improving the Income Distribution Effect of Market Reforms in a Post-COVID-19 World
11:15 – 12:15 (DC) 17:15 – 18:15 (PAR)
Session II: Distributional impacts of capital flows Moderator: •
Luiz de Mello, Director, Policy Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD
Speakers: •
Barry Eichengreen (U. of California, Berkeley), Balazs Csonto (IMF), Asmaa El-Ganainy (IMF), and Zsoka Koczan (EBRD), “Financial globalisation and inequality”
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Mark Spiegel, Senior Policy Advisor, Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, “Capital controls and income inequality” (co-authored with Zheng Liu and Jingyi Zhang)
Discussant: •
Olivier Jeanne, Professor, John Hopkins University
General discussion
12:15 – 13:15 (DC)
Session III: Distributional aspects of carbon pricing and related policies
18:15 – 19:15 (PAR) Moderator: •
Marcello Estevão, Global Director, Macroeconomics, Trade & Investment, World Bank
Speakers: •
Lutz Sager, Research Professor, Georgetown University “The global consumer incidence of carbon pricing: Evidence from trade”
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Marina M. Tavares, Economist, IMF, “Carbon pricing winners and losers: workers, consumers and policy options”
Discussant: •
Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Senior Economist, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD
General discussion
End of Conference
3rd Joint IMF-OECD-World Bank Conference on Structural Reforms Improving the Income Distribution Effect of Market Reforms in a Post-COVID-19 World
ORGANIZERS : IMF
Romain Duval
Email: RDuval@imf.org
OECD
Alain de Serres
Email: Alain.Deserres@oecd.org
World Bank
William Maloney
Email: wmaloney@worldbank.org
Marcello EstevĂŁo
Email: mestevao@worldbank.org
CONTACT: Administration and logistics: Lillie Kee
E-mail: Lillie.Kee@oecd.org
Other queries: Ariana Tayebi
E-mail: atayebi@imf.org
Lucy Mukuka
E-mail: lmukuka@worldbank.org