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Event Review: Inequality in the EU: What Can Be Done? What Should Be Done?

Friday, 11.10.2013

09:00 – 09:00

1, Place du Congrès, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Speakers:

Maurizio Franzini, Tim Callan, Gerhard Bosch, István Tóth, Laura Hospido, Ive Marx, Michiel Berrevoets

As economic inequality in Europe has continued to rise, it has become the subject of increasing academic attention. What are the drivers of inequality? How does it affect intergenerational economic and social mobility? At what point does inequality become a drag on economic growth or a threat to social order? What economic policy tools are available to reduce inequality? This conference addresses these and other aspects of this complex and disturbing trend. Case studies of Ireland, Germany and Spain also highlight the impact of economic inequality on individual member states.

Contributions by the speakers at the 2013 Intereconomics conference were published in an Intereconomics Forum discussing the topic of inequality in the EU, in Intereconomics Volume 48, November/December 2013, Number 6.

Organised by:

Intereconomics - Review of European Economic Policy, in association with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

 

Speakers:

  • Maurizio Franzini
    Professor, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
  • Tim Callan
    Research Professor, Economic and Social Research Institute
  • Gerhard Bosch
    Professor, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • István Tóth
    Director, TÁRKI Social Research Institute
  • Laura Hospido
    Research Economist, Bank of Spain
  • Ive Marx
    Programme Director, University of Antwerp
  • Michiel Berrevoets
    DG for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion

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Conference Programme: Inequality in Europe: What Can Be Done? What Should Be Done?