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Event
Economic Inequality: A Policy Series
January 30, 2020
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Feature Video
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Welcome Remarks
Listening to Voices & the LAB
Inequality: What Does the Data Tell Us?
Inequality: Household & Community Impacts
Event Details
Date & Time
Thursday, January 30, 2020
3:00pm - 7:00pm
Thursday, January 30, 2020
3:00pm - 7:00pm
Location
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Museum & Learning Center
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Museum & Learning Center
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
Audience
This event was open to members of the public.
This event was open to members of the public.
Agenda
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Registration (Bring a government-issued ID. Please allow 30 minutes for entrance and security screening.)
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| 3:30pm - 3:40pm | Welcome Remarks David Erickson, SVP & Head of Outreach & Education, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| 3:40pm - 3:45pm | Listening to Voices & the LAB Nora Fitzpatrick, Chief of Staff, Communications & Outreach, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| 3:45pm - 4:45pm | Inequality: What Does the Data Tell Us? Moderator: Andrew Haughwout SVP and Policy Leader for Household/Regional, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Jaison R. Abel, AVP & Function Head, Regional Analysis Function Rajashri Chakrabarti, Senior Economist, Microeconomic Studies Function Fatih Karahan, Senior Economist, Microeconomic Studies Function Maxim Pinkovskiy, Senior Economist, Microeconomic Studies Function Wilbert van der Klaauw, SVP, Microeconomic Studies Function They will be discussing posts from a recent blog series, including: Some Places are Much More Unequal Than Others Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz Job Ladders and Careers Faith Karahan, Brendan Moore, and Serdar Ozkan Does U.S. Health Inequality Reflect Income Inequality—or Something Else? Maxim Pinkovskiy Who Borrows for College—and Who Repays? Andrew Haughwout, Donghoon Lee, Joelle Scally, and Wilbert van der Klaauw Is Free College the Solution to Student Debt Woes? Studying the Heterogeneous Impacts of Merit-Aid Programs Rajashri Chakrabarti, William Nober, and Wilbert van der Klaauw |
| 4:45pm - 5:45pm | Inequality: Household & Community Impacts Moderator: Claire Kramer Mills, Ph.D., AVP and Director, Community Development Analysis, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Marissa Muñoz, Northeast Director, Young Invincibles Martha Ross, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution David Williams, Policy Director, Opportunity Insights |
| 5:45pm - 7:00pm | Networking Reception & Idea Boarding* *Idea boards will be placed in the LAB for participants to provide views and ideas on the topic.Please note that the reception is closed to the press. |
Media
This event was open to the media. All remarks and panels were on-the-record, unless otherwise noted.
Resources
Explore the topic of heterogeneity in the United States through a series of blog posts published by the New York Fed.
