3rd Joint IMF-OECD-World Bank Conference on Structural Reforms: Draft Agenda

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