Research Circle for the Study of Inequality and Poverty (QMUL) and International Inequalities Institute (LSE) Workshop on 'Climate Change and Inequality', 10th May 2024.

8.45 – 9.15 Coffee and introduction: Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (RCSIP, QMUL) and Stephen Jenkins (III, LSE)

9.15 – 10.45 Session I: Income and wealth (Chair: Stephen Jenkins)

1. Shouldering the weight of climate change: Intra-household resource allocation after rainfall. Ulugbek Aminjonov (Bordeaux School of Economics)

2. Effects of extreme weather on the wealth inequality across households. Kati Kraehnert (RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and Ruhr University Bochum)

3. Climate impacts and wealth inequality: Global evidence from a novel subnational dataset. Martina Pardy (London Schools of Economics)

10.45-11.15 Break

11.15-12.45 Session II: Climate shocks and gender (Chair: Caterina Gennaioli)

4. The Incidence of flood risk and implications for insurance. Thomas Bézy (Paris School of Economics)

5. Women as ecological caretakers: Transformation of gender roles through Haritha Karma Sena (HKS) in Kerala. Slipa Rajeevan (University of Hyderabad)

6. On the effects of wildfires on poverty in Bolivia. Alejandro Puerta (Universidad Carlos III)

12.45 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Session III: Taxation (Chair: Liam Beiser-McGrath)

7. Regulating the environmental footprint of data consumption: efficiency and distributional effects of taxation and quotas. Mathilde Aubouin (University of Grenoble Alpes)

8. Geography versus income: the heterogeneous effects of carbon taxation. Yann Perdereau (Paris School of Economics)

9. The many faces of carbon tax regressivity: How multiple inequalities drive carbon tax regressivity. Jules Linden (LISER)

15.30-16.00 Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00 Keynote lecture by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern: The relationship between climate action and poverty reduction

Scientific Committee

Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Queen Mary University of London

Liam Beiser-McGrath, LSE

Stephen Jenkins, LSE

Amaia Palencia Esteban, LSE

We are grateful for the generous support from the Centre for Globalisation Research QMUL, the International Inequalities Institute LSE, Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change, LSE

Second Workshop for ‘Inequality in the 21st Century in the Developing World: Symposium’ of the Review of Development Economics

Hosted by:

Research Circle for the Study of Inequality and Poverty

Centre for Globalisation Research, Queen Mary University of London

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Francisco Ferreira (Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies at the International Inequalities Institute, LSE)

Professor Gordon Anderson (Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto)

26th January 2023, Queen Mary University of London

To attend please email: rcsip@qmul.ac.uk

Schedule of talks

Keynote Lecture 1:

Quantifying the unquantifiable: Growth and development typologies in categorical worlds

Gordon Anderson, Department of Economics, University of Toronto

Session 1

Estimating Inequality with Missing Incomes

Pedro Salas Rojo, International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics

Robust assessments of egalitarian and non-egalitarian socioeconomic development with ordinal variables: the case of water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa.

Gaston Yalonetzky, University of Leeds and University of Oxford

Keynote Lecture 2:

Combating inequality of opportunity: The role of human capital investments

Francisco Ferreira, International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics

Session 2

Assessing the role of tax-benefit policies during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the Andean region

Xavier Jara Tamayo, International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics

Economic, social, and political consequences of income inequality post-crisis

Annalena Oppel, International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics

Equal opportunity sensitive aggregate wellbeing measurement: Food security and basic household income on sub-Saharan African farms.

Gordon Anderson, Department of Economics, University of Toronto

First Workshop for ‘Inequality in the 21st Century in the Developing World: Symposium’ of the Review of Development Economics

Hosted by:

Research Circle for the Study of Inequality and Poverty

Centre for Globalisation Research, Queen Mary University of London

Editors: Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay and Andy McKay

10th November 2022, 9.30am to 3pm on Zoom

To attend please email: rcsip@qmul.ac.uk

Schedule of speakers

The Impact of the 1918/19 Pandemic on Inequality – Lessons from the Past

Laura Radatz, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Rapid Economic Growth but Rising Poverty Segregation: Will Vietnam Meet the SDGs for Equitable Development?

Hai-Anh Dan, World Bank

Employment transitions and COVID-19 containment measures: Evidence from a developing country

Adeola Oyenubi, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Remittances and Labour Market Multidimensional Inequality in Developing Countries: Impact and Transmission Channels

Christian, Nguena, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Dschang, Cameroon

Government, private distributions and income inequality in China

Jinxian Wang, Department of Economics, Central South University, China

Elite Capture of Finance, Inequality and Institutions in the Global South: How do Development Assistance and Illicit Financial Outflows affect Inequality

Magdalene Silberberger, Department of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Witten-Herdecke University Germany

The role of social policy in reducing income inequality in the context of structural transformation: Evidence from developing countries

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj, Faculty of Economics, Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand

Employment status and income inequalities during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cameroon: An analysis before and during the period of severe restrictions

Rodrigue Nda’chi Deffo, University of Yaounde, Economie des Ressources Humaines, Cameroon

Effects of culture on inequalities of opportunity in developing countries

Ondoua Blaise, University of Dschang, Cameroon

Climate change and income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): effects and transmission channels

Cerapis Nchinda Mbognou, University of Dschang, Faculty of Economics and Management, Cameroon

An empirical assessment of the effects of political decentralization on inequality

Loudi Njoya, Ibrahim University of Dschang, Faculty of Economics and Management.

Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does energy poverty matter?

Thierry Messie Pondie, University of Dschang, Faculty of Developement Economics, Cameroon.

What is the effect of political conflict on health inequalities in developing countries?

Agathe Cassandra Koumis Ngagni, University of Douala, Faculty of Economics and Applied Management, Cameroon.

Inequality of Opportunity in Access to Education and Health during COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Cameroon

Armand Mboutchouang, University of Dschang, Faculty of Economics and Management, Cameroon