CURRENT FACULTY RESEARCH PROJECTS 2012-2013
Facundo Alvaredo, Tony Atkinson, Thomas Piketty,
Emmanuel Saez
The World Top Incomes Database (continuing project)
Enrico Moretti
Proposed Project: Economic Growth, Geography and Inequality: Who Benefits from Productivity Gains?
Jesse Rothstein
Proposed Project: School Finance Equalization and Student Outcomes
Stefano Dellavigna
Proposed Project: Unemployment Benefit Design for Behavioral Workers
Shachar Kariv, Raymond Fisman, Pamela Jakiela
Proposed Project: Recovering Social Preferences: A Combined Survey and Field experiment
Shachar Kariv, Alexander Cappelen, Bertil Tungodden, Erik Ø. Sørensen
Proposed Project: Is there a development gap in decision‐making quality?
Ben Handel, Ted Miguel
Proposed Project: Incentives for Preventive Health Care in India: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Pat Kline
Proposed Project: Gender Wage Gaps and Firm Characteristics
PAST FACULTY RESEARCH PROJECTS 2011-2012
Facundo Alvaredo, Tony Atkinson, Thomas Piketty,
Emmanuel Saez
The World Top Incomes Database (continuing project)
Camille Landais, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez
Tax Reform in France (continuing project)
David Card, Pat Kline, Joerg Heining
Proposed Project: Skills vs. Productivity: How Important Are Firms for Understanding Trends in Wage Inequality?
Completed Paper: Workplace Heterogeneity and the Rise of German Wage Inequality
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Maurice Obstfeld
Proposed Project: Consumption Inequality, Income Inequality and Global Imbalances
Ernesto Dal Bo, Frederico Finan
Proposed Project: Stimulating Local Development through Federal Transfers
Patrick Kline, Enrico Moretti
Proposed Project: Can Public Investment Shift Regional Growth Equilibria? 100 Years of Evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority
Completed Paper: Local Economic Development, Agglomeration Economies and the Big Push: 100 Years of Evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority
Shachar Kariv
Proposed Project: Wealth Differentials and Decision‐Making Quality: A Combined Survey and Field Experiment
Edward Miguel
Proposed Project: Do Cash Transfers to the Poor Reduce Low Birth Weight? Evidence from Matched Vital Statistics, Social Security, and Program Administrative Data
Completed Paper: Do Cash Transfers Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from Matched Vital Statistics, Program and Social Security Data
Michael Reich
Proposed Project: Are Minimum Wage Policies Consistent with Economic Growth? Relating a Frictions Model of the Labor Market to the Effects of Minimum Wages
Jesse Rothstein
Proposed Project: Unemployment Insurance and Job Search in the Great Recession
Completed Paper: The Labor Market Four Years Into the Crisis: Assessing Structural Explanations
Andres Rodriguez-Clare
Proposed Project: On the Aggregate and Distributional Effects of Globalization on the United States
Completed Paper: Innovation and Production in the Global Economy
CURRENT VISITORS 2013-2014
Gabriel Zucman (August 2013-August 2014)
Sebastian Findeisen (April-June 2013, September-December 2013)
Anders Jensen (August 2013-July 2014)
Joerg Paetzold (April 2013-October 2013)
PAST VISITORS 2012-2013
Danny Yagan (July 2012-June 2014)
Claire Lebarz (August 2012-June 2013)
Andreas Peichl (September-October 2012)
Floris Zoutman (September 2012-December 2012)
PAST VISITORS 2011-2012
Pascal Michaillat (August 2011-July 2012)
Alex Gelber (August 2011)
Stefanie Stantcheva (September 2011)
Christoph Lakner (August 2011-December 2011)
Michael Best (August 2011-May 2012)
Xiaoxia Wang (August 2011-August 2012)
CURRENT STUDENT FELLOWS 2012-2013
Mark Borgschulte
Proposed Project: Labor Market Scars of U.S. Veterans
Gautam Rao
Proposed Project: Poor kids in rich schools: The effects of school quality and social interactions in Delhi, India
PAST STUDENT FELLOWS 2011-2012
Francois Gerard
Proposed Project: Optimal Unemployment Insurance in Developing Countries, Theory and Evidence from Brazil
Mauricio Larrain
Completed Paper: Financial Liberalization, Capital-skill Complementarity, and Wage Inequality
Alex Rothenberg
Completed Paper: Transport Infrastructure and Firm Location Choice in Equilibrium: Evidence from Indonesia's Highways
CURRENT STUDENT FUNDED RESEARCH 2012-2013
Michel Serafinelli
Proposed Project: Good Firms, Worker Flows and Agglomeration Advantages
Emiliano Huet-Vaughn
Proposed Project: Status Experiments to Inform Optimal Income Tax Policy: Labor Elasticity in the Presence of Relative Income Concerns
PAST STUDENT FUNDED RESEARCH 2011-2012
Gautam Rao
Proposed Project: Poor kids in rich schools: The effects of school quality and social interactions in Delhi, India
Mitchell Hoffman and Gianmarco Leon
Proposed Project: Social Learning in Politics
Alex Solis
Completed Paper: Credit Access and College Enrollment
RESEARCH AGENDA FOR THE CENTER
The Center for Equitable Growth funds Berkeley Faculty and graduate student research on topics of equitable growth. It also hosts and supports visiting faculty and post-docs to come to Berkeley and pursue research projects in areas of equitable growth. The scope for equitable growth research is broad. The concept of growth, in addition to measures of GDP growth, can also incorporate education, health, and environmental sustainability aspects. Equitable growth research includes research on economic inequality and the determinants of economic growth. The Center is particularly interested in research on the links between inequality and economic growth, the effects of government policies on both the distribution of economic well-being and economic growth, as well as how the public views on equity and fairness affects policy making. Research based on other countries’ experiences is also welcome, particularly when it can inform US domestic policies and US international aid policy. Policies that are of highest relevance to the problem of equitable growth include (but are not limited to): Tax Policy Transfer Programs for Low Income Families Social Insurance Programs such as Unemployment and Disability Insurance Labor Market Regulations such as the Minimum and Living Wages Local Economic Development Programs Institutional Reforms Education Policies Environmental Policies Health Policies.
RESEARCH GOALS
The central goals of the Center are to encourage research in equitable growth and to help develop policy ideas that can simultaneously improve the distribution of economic well-being and economic growth. Therefore, the Center is primarily interested in research that can inform policy decisions in promoting equitable growth. The Center will disseminate its work through traditional academic means and, when appropriate, to institutions that can translate the Center’s applied research to policymakers in Washington DC and elsewhere. The ultimate goal is to use this research to develop innovative policy proposals that could produce strong, sustainable growth that is fairly shared.
APPLYING FOR RESEARCH SUPPORT
Berkeley Faculty Grants have an annual funding cycle with an application deadline of late spring. An email will be sent each spring to the Berkeley community with the application announcement and the due date.The application for funding includes the following:1) Summary: One (or at most two) page summary proposal describing the research project and how the research can have policy implications. This summary should not be technical and will be publicly posted on the Center's website for funded faculty. Preliminary draft or results, or a more detailed technical proposal, can also be attached but are not necessary.2) Budget: Provide a short budget justification. Maximum funding is generally $50K per proposal. Priority will be given to research expenses and junior faculty.Send application to ceg@econ.berkeley.edu in pdf electronic format.Research papers funded by those grants should acknowledge funding from the "Center for Equitable Growth at Berkeley" and will be posted on the Center's website with updates as papers are revised and eventually published. An update of the 1-2 page initial summary will be also be posted online when the research papers are completed.Contact Center Director Emmanuel Saez if you would like to discuss proposals, subject fit, or any other issue before submitting an application.The Center will also fund fellowships for advanced PhD students. Professors are welcome to encourage their PhD students working in areas of equitable growth to apply for CEG fellowships.
Esben Schultz, CEG visitor, Summer 2010