Call for papers

Paris – 2002 February 8th and 9th

Wealth accumulation, inequality and growth

in the long run:

new perspectives derived from individual and family data

Organizing committee :

Jérôme Bourdieu : Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France

Paul-André Rosental : Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales et Institut National des Etudes Démographiques, France

Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann : Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique et Delta (unité mixte de recherche CNRS-ENS-EHESS), France

Introduction : Economists as well as historians have shown increasing interest in the links between growth and inequality. The various forms of capital accumulation and transmission –capital being intended not only as economic capital but as other forms of capital as well- play a crucial role in the growth and inequality persitence patterns.

In addition to analyses of macro-economic data, a number of contributions raise new questions and point out new results as to the inter-generational mechanisms underlying those patterns. Those contributions exploit economic and demographic individual data sources, covering a long historical period, sometimes including genealogic reconstitutions of families.

The aim of this worshop is to give an opportunity for researchers to confront their empirical sources, methodologies and results. This worshop is a pre-conference for the World Congress of the International Economic History Association (Buenos Aires, July 22-26 2002).

Topics : Social mobility – migration – kinship - intergenerational transfers – wealth - inequality

Submission (full paper and a one-page summary, pdf format) should be sent by email before December 14, 2001

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To : Jerome.Bourdieu@ens.fr

INRA, Centre Paris-Jourdan, Ecole Normale Superieure, 48 bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France