UConn + LAEF Growth, Inequality, and Macro Development Conference, Fall 2026
Dates: September 11-12, 2026
Location: McHugh Hall (MCHU) 302
Organizers: Nick Pretnar, Kanda Naknoi, Jackie Zhao, and Daniela Vidart
Program
| Friday, September 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Coffee and welcome | |
| 8:45 – 9:30 | A Theory of Endogenous Degrowth and Environmental Sustainability with Philippe Aghion, Timo Boppart, Michael Peters, Matthew Schwartzman |
Fabrizio Zilibotti (Yale) |
| 9:30 – 10:15 | Education, Technology Choice, and Structural Transformation with T. Terry Cheung |
Lei Fang (Atlanta Fed) |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Sectoral Reallocation and the Firm Life Cycle | Carter Bryson (BEA) |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | What Explains the Rise in Intergenerational Inequality? with Titan Alon, Menaka Hampole, Shane McMiken |
Adam Jørring (UMass Amherst) |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Break | |
| 12:15 – 1:00 | The Yeoman’s Portfolio: Measuring Historical Risk Preferences Using Crop Choice with Daniela Vidart |
Remy Levin (UConn) |
| 1:00 – 2:30 | Lunch — UConn Sports Museum | |
| 2:30 – 3:15 | Technology, Growth, and Skill Obsolescence with Joseph P. Kaboski, Rong Hai |
Ge (Sybil) Sun (Arkansas) |
| 3:15 – 4:00 | Directed R&D Subsidies with Ryo Horii |
Gregory Casey (Williams) |
| 4:00 – 4:15 | Break | |
| 4:15 – 5:00 | Who Built the Service Economy? with Immo Schott |
Vladimir Smirnyagin (Virginia) |
| 5:00 – 5:45 | Family-led Structural Change | Luca Looser (Pompeu Fabra) |
| 5:45 – 6:15 | Transfer to dinner | |
| 6:15 | Dinner — Stix n Stones Kitchen and Bar | |
| Saturday, September 12 | ||
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Coffee | |
| 8:45 – 9:30 | Constructing Structural Change with Mayara Felix, Kristina Manysheva |
Julieta Caunedo (Cornell) |
| 9:30 – 10:15 | Economic Growth, CO2 Emissions, and the Green Transition with Yuki Murakami |
Masashige Hamano (Waseda) |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Structural Transformation or Marketization? The Role of Household Production in Consumption Expenditure with Benjamin Bridgman |
Akos Valentinyi (Manchester) |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | The Macroeconomics of Intergenerational Mental Health Dynamics with Boaz Abramson, Job Boerma, Aleh Tsyvinski |
Diego Daruich (USC) |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Break | |
| 12:15 – 1:00 | Development Policy as Social Insurance: Fertilizer Policy in Times of Crisis with Wyatt Brooks |
Kevin Donovan (Yale SOM) |
| 1:00 | Boxed lunch, adjourn | |
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