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Equal Chances: Equality of Opportunity and Social Mobility Around the World University of Bari 14th-15th December 2018 CALL FOR PAPERS The Department of Economics and Finance of the University of Bari is organizing the conference Equal Chances: Equality of Opportunity and Social Mobility Around the World, which will take place in Bari on December 14th and 15th, 2018. The purpose of the conference is to bring together scholars from different disciplines to share their current research on issues related to the measurement of the intergenerational transmission of advantages. We invite submissions on any theoretical and/or empirical papers relating to: Inequality of opportunity Intergenerational mobility Intergenerational transmission of education Intergenerational transmission of social status The invited keynote speakers are: Marc Fleurbaey Princeton University & John Roemer Yale University During the conference the first version of the website www.equalchances.org will be launched. Please submit your paper in pdf format by email to [email protected] by September 15st, 2018. Decisions are expected to be notified by October 1st, 2018. There is no conference fee, but presenters will be expected to cover their own travel and accommodation costs. Organizing committee: Paolo Brunori (University of Florence & University of Bari), Francisco Ferreira (World Bank), Vito Peragine (University of Bari), Patrizio Piraino (University of Cape Town), Laura Serlenga (University of Bari), Moris Triventi (University of Trento), Roy Van der Weide (World Bank).

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Page 1: Equal Chances: Equality of Opportunity and Social Mobility Around … · 2018. 10. 1.  · Equal Chances: Equality of Opportunity and Social Mobility Around the World University of

Equal Chances:Equality of Opportunity and

Social Mobility Around the World

University of Bari14th-15th December 2018

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Department of Economics and Finance of the University of Bari is organizing the conferenceEqual Chances: Equality of Opportunity and Social Mobility Around the World, which will take placein Bari on December 14th and 15th, 2018.

The purpose of the conference is to bring together scholars from different disciplines to share theircurrent research on issues related to the measurement of the intergenerational transmission ofadvantages.

We invite submissions on any theoretical and/or empirical papers relating to:

Inequality of opportunity

Intergenerational mobility

Intergenerational transmission of education

Intergenerational transmission of social status

The invited keynote speakers are:

Marc FleurbaeyPrinceton University

&John Roemer

Yale University

During the conference the first version of the website www.equalchances.org will be launched.

Please submit your paper in pdf format by email to [email protected] by September 15st,2018. Decisions are expected to be notified by October 1st, 2018. There is no conference fee, butpresenters will be expected to cover their own travel and accommodation costs.

Organizing committee: Paolo Brunori (University of Florence & University of Bari), Francisco Ferreira(World Bank), Vito Peragine (University of Bari), Patrizio Piraino (University of Cape Town), LauraSerlenga (University of Bari), Moris Triventi (University of Trento), Roy Van der Weide (World Bank).