NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar

Conference on Income Taxation

June 12-13, 2008

Roger Godron and Thomas Piketty, Organizers

Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, JUNE 12:

Cash Transfers: Size and Form

CHAIR: THOMAS PIKETTY, Paris School of Economics

9:00 am HANMING FANG, Duke University

DANIEL SILVERMAN, University of Michigan

Time Inconsistency and Welfare Program Participation:

Evidence from the NLSY

Discussants: RAJ CHETTY, UC, Berkeley and NBER

HELENA SKYT NIELSEN, University of Aarhus

10:15 am Break

10:45 am JUSTINE HASTINGS, Yale University and NBER

EBONYA WASHINGTON, Yale University and NBER

The First of the Month Effect: New Evidence for the Optimal Timing of Food Stamp Benefits

Discussants: NADA EISSA, Georgetown University and NBER

CAMILLE LANDAIS, Paris School of Economics

12:00 n MARIEKE HUYSENTRUIT, London School of Economics

EVA LEFEVERE, University of Antwerp

Child Benefit Support and Method of Payment:

Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Belgium

Discussants: ERIC MAURIN, Paris School of Economics

MARC GURGAND, Paris School of Economics

1:15 pm Lunch

Cash Transfers: Resulting Economic Behavior

CHAIR: ERIC MAURIN, Paris School of Economics

2:45 pm DAVID NEUMARK, UC, Irvine and NBER

WILLIAM WASCHER, Federal Reserve Board

Does a Higher Minimum Wage Enhance the Effectiveness of The Earned Income Tax Credit?

Discussants: JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER

PAUL BINGLEY, University of Aarhus

4:00 pm Break

4:15 pm PAUL BINGLEY, University of Aarhus

IAN WALKER, University of Warwick

The Labor Supply Response to In-Work and In-Kind Transfer Reforms in the UK

Discussants: MARTIN FELDSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER

DAVID NEUMARK, UC, Irvine and NBER

5:30 pm Adjourn

FRIDAY, JUNE 13:

Noncash transfers: resulting economic behavior

Chair: JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER

9:00 am GABRIELLE FACK and CAMILLE LANDAIS, Paris School of Economics

Are Fiscal Incentives Towards Charitable Giving Efficient? Evidence from France

Discussants: WOJCIECH KOPCZUK, Columbia University and NBER

DANIEL SILVERMAN, University of Michigan

10:15 am Break

10:45 am ERIC MAURIN, Paris School of Economics

DOMINIQUE GOUX, DARES

Preschooling and Female Labor Supply

Discussants: AMALIA MILLER, University of Virginia

THOMAS PIKETTY, Paris School of Economics

12:00 n Lunch

Role Of Market Failures in Design of Transfers

Chair: ROGER GORDON, UC, San Diego and NBER

1:30 pm HELENA SKYT NIELSEN and TORBEN SØRENSEN, University of Aarhus

CHRISTOPHER TABER, University of Wisconsin and NBER

Estimating the Effect of Student Aid on College Enrollment:

Evidence from a Government Grant Policy Reform

Discussants: MARIEKE HUYSENTRUIT, London School of Economics

JULIEN GRENET Paris School of Economics

2:45 pm Break

3:00 pm AMALIA MILLER, University of Virginia

LEI ZHANG, Clemson University

The Effects of Welfare Reform on the Academic Performance of Children in Low-Income Families

Discussants: EBONYA WASHINGTON, Georgetown University and NBER

GABRIELLE FACK, Paris School of Economics

4:15 pm RAJ CHETTY and EMMANUEL SAEZ, UC, Berkeley and NBER

Optimal Taxation and Social Insurance with Crowdout of Private Insurance

Discussants: ROGER GORDON, UC, San Diego and NBER

ANDREW CLARK, Paris School of Economics

5:30 pm Adjourn

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