Below you will find presentations from the Avenir Suisse Think Tank Summit 2019. To download a presentation, click on “slides” behind a particular speech title.
| Monday, 21 January 2019 | ||
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| 11.00 - 12.15 | Visitor Room (Plenary session) | Welcome Note - Peter Grünenfelder, Avenir Suisse Introduction - Natanael Rother, Avenir Suisse Input - (In)Equality of what? (Slides), Nils Karlson, Ratio Institute Chair: Patrick Dümmler, Avenir Suisse |
| 12.30 - 13.30 | Visitor Room (Lunch session A) | Is there a link between economic growth and (in)equality? Inequality and Political Instability (Slides), Anastassios Frangulidis, Pictet Growth, Equality and Middle Class in Finland (Slides), Ilkka Haavisto, EVA Chair: Peter Grünenfelder, Avenir Suisse |
| Radisson Blu, Basel 1+2 (Lunch session B) | What are the facts and figures about wealth inequality? Developments on a Global Scale (Slides), Hanno Lorenz, Agenda Austria New Findings about Wealth and Inequality in Switzerland (Slides), Ursina Kuhn, University of Lausanne Chair: Patrick Dümmler, Avenir Suisse |
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| 14.00-15.00 | Visitor Room Session A | Research discussion: How did the top income evolve? Top Incomes and the Composition of Top Earners – Evidence from Switzerland (Slides): Presenter: Isabel Martinez, University of St. Gallen Discussant: Miguel Otero, Elcano Royal Institute Chair: Daniel Pryor Adam Smith Institute |
| Radisson Blu, Basel 1+2 (Session B) | Drivers of (in)equality. What role of monetary policy and the institutional setting? Inequality and Monetary Policy (Slides), Jennifer Langenegger, Avenir Suisse Inequality and Institutions. A Case of Switzerland (Slides), Lukas Schmid & Christian Frey, University of Lucerne Chair: Patrick Dümmler, Avenir Suisse |
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| 15.30-16.30 | Visitor Room (Session A) | What are the main drivers of (in)equality? Gender Equality – Why it Matters to Income Inequality (Slides), Susan Harkness, University of Bristol Technological change and inequality: Florian Scheuer, University of Zurich Chair: Patrick Dümmler, Avenir Suisse |
| Radisson Blu, Basel 1+2 (Session B) | What are the consequences of political driven equality and inequality? Actual and Perceived Inequality (Slides), Judith Niehues, IW – Köln Inequality and Politics (Slides), Matti Apunen, EVA Chair: Natanael Rother, Avenir Suisse |
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| 17.00-17.15 | Visitor Room (Plenary session) | Summary of the two tracks Natanael Rother, Peter Grünenfelder, Patrick Dümmler |
| 17.15-18.30 | Visitor Room (Plenary session) | Changes in the Global Distribution and Their Political Consequences (Slides) Keynote & Talk: Branko Milanovic, The Graduate Center. City University of New York Chair: Peter Grünenfelder & Patrick Dümmler, Avenir Suisse |
| Tuesday, 22 January 2019 | ||
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| 8.00 - 8.45 | Visitor Room (Breakfast session A) | What are the best data bases? Income Database of Harmonized Microdata: LIS – Cross National Data Center in Luxembourg (Slides), Daniele Checchi, LIS Luxembourg Databases for Measuring Inequality (Slides), Martina Guggisberg & Irene Carbone, Bundesamt für Statistik Chair: Natanael Rother, Avenir Suisse |
| Radisson Blu, Basel 1+2 (Breakfast Session B) | How to fight inequality? A case study from South Africa Christoph Schmocker, Julius Bär Foundation Louise van Rhyn, Symphonia/Possibility-Project Chair: Jennifer Langenegger, Avenir Suisse |
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| 9.00-10.00 | Visitor Room (Plenary session) | Social mobility Social Mobility (Slides), Markus Jäntti, University of Stockholm The Longterm Evolution of Inequality of Opportunity (Slides), Daniele Checchi, LIS Luxembourg Chair: Peter Grünenfelder, Avenir Suisse |
| 10.15-11.00 | Visitor Room (Session A) | What Are the Drivers of Equality? (Slides) Ulf Berg, BLR & Partners AG Lars Tvede Video of the Session Chair: Peter Grünenfelder, Avenir Suisse |
| Radisson Blu, Basel 1+2 (Session B) | Inequality for ever? Inequality and Income Mobility (Slides), Martin Agerup, Cepos Chair: Salomè Vogt, Avenir Suisse |
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| 11.15-12.15 | Visitor Room (Session A) | Idea Factory 1: What are best practices for equality in terms of education? The Impact of Education on Social Mobility (Slides), Stina Vrang Elias, DEA Switzerland’s Dual Track System Fosters Stable Income Distribution (Slides), Tobias Schlegel, University of Zurich Chair: Matthias Ammann, Avenir Suisse |
| Radisson Blu, Basel 1+2 (Session B) | Idea Factory 2: Best practice for equality: flexible/liberal labour market Liberal Ideas for the Labour Market (Slides), Tibère Adler, Avenir Suisse Skills Forcasting: How Do We Prepare Workers for Future Labour Markets? (Slides), Stefan Heumann, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung Chair: Samuel Rutz, Avenir Suisse |
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| 12.30-13.30 | Visitor Room (Plenary session) | Outlook Fishbowl discussion about inequality in the future. Chair: Patrick Dümmler, Avenir Suisse Ultimate summary |
| 13.30-14.00 | Visitor Room (Plenary session) | Snacks |
