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Day 1: Monday 16 March - Day 2: Tuesday 17 March
Roundtable on "Crisis" 18 March 2009
OECD, Conference Centre, 2 rue André Pascal, Paris 16
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, in conjunction with the University of Maryland, is convening an international conference on European perspectives on poverty, inequality and social exclusion, currently scheduled to be held in Paris on March 16-17. The purpose of the conference is to bring together leading scholars from Europe as well as from North America whose research focuses on measures of poverty, inequality and social exclusion along with their uses in policy. The papers presented at the conference will be published by the Oxford University Press in an edited volume. The volume is intended to provide a high level reflection of the European perspective on measures of poverty and inequality and their uses in a policy context for academic and policymaking communities interested in the topic.
List of participants
Conference Agenda
Day 1: Monday 16 March 2009
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9:30-10:00
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Welcome and Introduction
Chair: M. Pirog, Indiana University
Statements by M. Queisser (OECD) and D. Besharov (University of Maryland) and by C. Stone (US Mission to the OECD)
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Session I: Monetary measures of poverty and inequality in different national settings
Chair: S. Jenkins, ISER, University of Essex
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10:00-10:30
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The OECD approach to measuring income distribution and poverty: Strengths, limits and statistical issues (Paper and PPT)
by M. Förster and M. Mira D’Ercole, OECD
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10:30-11:00
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Income indicators in the EU’s open method of coordination (Paper and PPT)
by I. Maquet and D. Stanton, SPC, European Commission
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11:00-11:30
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Coffee/Tea
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11:30-12:00
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Income distribution in new (and old) EU member states (Paper and PPT)
by I. Tóth and M. Medgyesi, TARKI
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12:00-12:30
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Weakly relative poverty (Paper and PPT)
by M. Ravallion and S. Chen, The World Bank
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12:30-13:00
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Session Discussant: T. Smeeding, University of Wisconsin-Madison / LWS (PPT)
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13:00-14:30
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Lunch
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Session II: Broadening measures of income (or resources)
Chair: T. Smeeding, University of Wisconsin-Madison and LWS
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14:30-15:00
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Accounting for the distributional effects of in-kind public benefits (Paper and PPT)
by H. Sutherland, ISER, Essex and P. Tsakloglou, Athens University
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15:00-15:30
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Incidence and Welfare Effects of Indirect Taxes (Paper and PPT)
by A. Decoster and D. Verwerft, KU Leuven and Cathal O'Donoghue and J. Loughrey, RERC, Galway
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15:30-16:00
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Coffee/Tea
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16:00-16:30
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Accounting for imputed and capital income flows in inequality analyses (Paper and PPT)
by J. Frick and M. Grabka, DIW Berlin
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16:30-17:00
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Analysing and measuring social inclusion in a global context (Paper)
by E. Marlier, CEPS/INSTEAD and A. B. Atkinson, University of Oxford
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17:00-17:30
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Accounting for employee benefits: Issues of measurement, valuation and social equivalencies (Paper and PPT)
By N. Gilbert, University of California, Berkeley
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17:30-18:00
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Session Discussant: D. Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau (PPT)
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18:00-19:30
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Cocktail
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19:30
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Business Dinner for Authors, Discussants and Chairpersons
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Day 2: Tuesday 17 March 2009
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Session III: Income levels for social assistance
Chair: M. Ravallion, The World Bank
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9:30-10:00
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Social assistance schemes in OECD countries: eligibility and benefits
by H. Immervoll and M. Förster, OECD (PPT)
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10:00-10:30
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Social assistance schemes across the world: Eligibility conditions and benefits (Paper and PPT)
by E. Tesliuc, The World Bank
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10:30-11:00
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The dynamics of social assistance receipt: measurement and modelling issues, with an application to Britain (Paper and PPT)
by S. Jenkins, ISER, Essex and L. Cappellari, Università Cattolica, Milano
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11:00-11:30
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Session Discussant: R. Lerman, American University and Urban Institute, Washington DC (PPT)
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11:30-12:00
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Coffee/Tea
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Session IV: Non-income measures
Chair: B. Nolan, University College Dublin
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12:00-12:25
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Asset-related measures of poverty and economic stress (Paper and PPT)
by A. Brandolini, Bank of Italy and LWS, S. Magri, Bank of Italy and T. Smeeding, University of Wisconsin-Madison and LWS
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12:25-12:50
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Constructing a Consumption Aggregate for the Purpose of Welfare Analysis: Principles, Issues and Recommendations Arising from the Case of Brazil (Paper and PPT)
by P. Lanjouw, The World Bank
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12:50-13:00
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Session Discussant: K. Couch, University of Connecticut (PPT)
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13:00-14:30
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Lunch
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Session V: Multidimensional measures
Chair: B. Marin, European Center for Social Welfare Policy and Research
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14:30-15:00
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Developing and learning from measures of social inclusion in the European Union
by E. Marlier, CEPS/INSTEAD, B. Cantillon and K. Van den Bosch, University of Antwerp, and B. Nolan, University College Dublin (Paper and PPT)
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15:00-15:30
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Using Non-Monetary Deprivation Indicators to Analyse Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rich Countries: Lessons from Europe? (Paper and PPT)
by B. Nolan, University College Dublin and C. Whelan, ESRI Dublin
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15:30-16:00
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Coffee/ Tea
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16:00-16:30
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Estimating the extra costs of living for disabled people in the EU (Paper and PPT)
by A. Zaidi, OECD, and T. Burchardt, LSE
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16:30-17:00
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Poverty redefined as low consumption and low wealth, not just low income: its psychological consequences in Australia and Germany (Paper and PPT)
by B. Headey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and G. Wagner and P. Krause, DIW Berlin
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17:00-17:30
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Session Discussant: N. Gilbert, UC Berkeley
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Concluding Session: Lessons for the US from Europe
Chair: D. Besharov (University of Maryland)
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17:30-18:30
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Summing up discussion by R. Burkhauser (PPT), D. Johnson (PPT) and T. Smeeding (PPT) |
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18:30
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Closing statements by M. Queisser and D. Besharov
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Logistics
List of hotels near the OECD and address.
Practical information for visitors www.oecd.org/conferencecentre
If you want to know more about the conference or the Roundtable event, please contact Mr. Asghar Zaidi (Tel: 33 (0) 1 45 24 17 38; email: asghar.zaidi@oecd.org).
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