19-20 nov. 2015, workshop « The Economics of Cultural Transmission and Evolution » - ERC, PSE
Workshop organisé par PSE avec le soutien de l’ERC
Contacts : Thierry Verdier, Béatrice Havet
“The Economics of Cultural Transmission and Evolution”
Paris, November 19-20 2015 Cité Universitaire
Maison des Provinces de France – Salle Antilles
Day 1 : Thursday 19 November
- 9h00-9h15 : Registration
- 9h15 –10h00 : “Identity-based organizations". Presenter : Jean-Paul Carvalho (University of California Irvine)
- 10h00-10h45 : “Welfare state, religiosity and church participation". Presenter : Federico Gabriel Masera (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
- 10h45- 11h15 : Coffee Break
- 11h15-12h00 : “Cultural differences and institutional integration”. Presenter : Luigi Guiso (EIEF Rome and CEPR)
- 12h00-14h00 : Lunch
- 14h00-15h45 : “Leadership and peer effects". Presenter : Gonzalo Olcina (Universidad de Valencia)
- 15h45- 16h30 : “The spread of innovations in social networks : collectivist versus individualist societies”. Presenter : Bryony Reich (University College London)
- 16h30-17h00 : Coffee Break
- 17h00-17h45 : “Cultural Leaders and the Dynamics of Assimilation”. Presenter : Yves Zenou (University of Stockholm)
Day 2 : Friday 20 November
- 9h15 –10h00 : “Schooling, Nation Building, and Industrialization : a Gellnerian Approach. Presenter : Esther Hauk (IAE- CSIC and Barcelona GSE)
- 10h-10h45 : « From Gutenberg to Google : 1500 AD Communications Technology Predicts Internet Use ». Presenter : Martin Ljunge (IFN Stockholm)
- 10h45- 11h15 : Coffee Break
- 11h15-12h00 : « On the emergence of gender differences in preferences ». Presenter : Thomas Baudin (Université Catholique de Louvain)
- 12h00-14h00 : Lunch
- 14h00-15h45 : “Endogenous Growth and Demographic Transition in a model of Cultural Transmission”. Presenter : Roman Zakharenko (National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
- 15h45- 16h30 : "Community Leaders and the Preservation of Cultural Traits”. Presenter : Anja Prummer (Cambridge-INET Institute)
- 16h30-17h00 : Coffee Break and Adjourn