主讲人: Giovanni Andrea Cornia教授, University of Florence
主讲人介绍：
Giovanni Andrea Cornia is a development economist. He is Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Management (formerly Faculty of Economics), at the University of Florence. He has previously been the director of the Regional Institute of Economic Planning of Tuscany (Istituto Regionale Programmazione Economica della Toscana, IRPET), the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), in Helsinki, and the Economic and Policy Research Program, UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti, in Florence. He was formerly also Chief Economist, UNICEF, New York. My research has focused primarily on development, macroeconomic, distributive, poverty and human wellbeing issues in developing countries and transitional economies. I edited and written 18 books, authored 30 chapters in books edited by other scholars, and published 100 articles in refereed journals and other serials such as WP series. His work has published in individual countries, regions and globally, including China.
Time：2018/10/10 Wednesday 14:30—17:00
Location：New main building 1610
Lecture 1
- A general discussion of inequality topics the students could choose for their papers.
- Global vs within-country inequality
- Brief overview of regional within-country inequality trends
Time：2018/10/11 Thursday 14:30—17:00
Location：New main building 1610
Lecture 2
- Market and policy factors behind the large Inequality decline recorded in Latin America 2002-2015 (emphasis on decompositions by type of household income)
Time：2018/10/12 Friday 14:30—17:00
Location：New main building 1620
Lecture 3
- Inequality trends in SSA, 1991-2011: divergence, determinants and consequences (emphasis on decomposition by sectoral structure of value added).
- Similarities and differences in inequality drivers in SSA and LA
- Are there factors affecting inequality, beyond regional specificities? Are there universal factors affecting within-country inequality?