Intergenerational transfers, insurance and the transmission of inequality

Published on 5 October 2023

This two day academic conference was held in London on 5th and 6th October 2023, and featured 13 presentations across a range of topics.

This two day conference was held in London on 5th and 6th October 2023. It featured 13 presentations, which can all be downloaded above.

Presentations included:

Jo Blanden (University of Surrey): Intergenerational mobility of women across working ages: the role of partnership, participation and dual-working households
Uta Bolt (University of Bristol & IFS): Gender Attitudes and Later Life Outcomes
Sarah Cattan (IFS): First generation elite: the role of school networks
Eric French (Cambridge University & IFS): The Intergenerational Elasticity of Earnings: Exploring the Mechanisms
Limor Golan (Washington University): What Accounts for the Racial Gap in Time Allocation and Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital?
Lance Lochner (Western University): Child skill production: Accounting for parental and market-based time and goods investments
Hamish Low (University of Oxford & IFS): Fertility and Family Labour Supply
Aruni Mitra (University of Manchester): Consumption and Income Inequality Across Generations
Joseph Mullins (University of Minnesota): Designing Cash Transfers in the Presence of Children's Human Capital Formation
Mariacristina De Nardi (University of Minnesota & IFS): Measuring health and its inequality and economic implications
Cormac O’Dea (Yale University & IFS): Who benefits from retirement saving incentives in the US?
Aureo de Paula (UCL & IFS): Mobility in Socio-emotional Skills
David Sturrock (UCL & IFS): Wealth, gifts and estate planning at the end of life