Session 85: Wealth Inequality

Friday, Apr 2 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Gardner 3rd Floor

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Utility Evaluation of Risk in Retirement Saving Accounts  •   James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and National Bureau of Economic Research; Joshua Rauh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Steven Venti, Dartmouth College and National Bureau of Economic Research; David Wise, National Bureau of Economic Research and Harvard University

2.	Grasshoppers, Ants, and Pre-Retirement Wealth: A Test of Permanent Income Consumers  •   Erik Hurst, University of Chicago

3.	Immigration and Wealth Inequality in the U.S.  •   Lingxin Hao, Johns Hopkins University

4.	Cross-Population Comparability and PPPs: Using Micro-Data on Indicators of Consumer Durables  •   Ajay Tandon, Harvard University; Angelica Sousa, World Health Organization (WHO); Emmanuela E. Gakidou, Harvard University; Christopher J.L. Murray, World Health Organization (WHO)

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