Recent Debates on Poverty and Inequality

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Conference in memory of Leonor Vasconcelos

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This conference aims to be a recognition of the scientific contribution of Professor Leonor Vasconcelos Ferreira for the study of Poverty and Inequality in Portugal.

Leonor's work was based on a deep theoretical and empirical research related to the dynamics of income, persistent poverty and social policies in Portugal, with particular emphasis on the methodology of poverty measurement. Her contributions cover such vast areas as economics, sociology and social policy.

II Conference in Memory of Maria Leonor Vasconcelos Ferreira

Recent debates on poverty and inequality

FEP, Porto, 11 September 2010

Joint organization of Faculdade de Economia (FEP), Universidade do Porto and Instituto de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

 ISEG and FEP

Event associated with European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

A selected number of conference's papers will be published in a Special Issue by Notas Económicas, with EconLit, JEL on CD, e-JEL and Journal of Economic Literature indexing that guarantees wide access and visibility. The papers will be submitted to a rigorous scrutiny, first by the conference scientific committee, then by Notas Económicas' independent refereeing process. Publication of the special issue is expected for June 2011. Authors should submit the final version of their articles not later than October 11th 2010.

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9h00: Registration

9h15-9h30: Welcome - João Proença (Dean of FEP-UP); João Duque (Dean of ISEG-UTL); Aurora Teixeira (Co-chair of the Conference)

9h30-10h15: Opening session

Chair: Sandra Silva (Co-chair of the Conference)

Keynote speaker: Edmundo Martinho, Coordinator of 2010: European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion and President of Instituto da Segurança Social, I.P.

10h15-10h30: coffee break

10h30-12h30: Paper session I

Discussants: Virgílio Pereira (Faculdade Letras, Universidade do Porto; Instituto de Sociologia – FLUP); Ana Cardoso (CESIS - Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social)

1. Where are the poor in mainstream economics? A brief exploratory bibliometric analysis at the ‘Blue Ribbon’, Aurora A.C. Teixeira (CEF.UP and Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto; INESC Porto; OBEGEF)

2. Social Integration Income in an economic context which is continuously producing surplus labour force: Qualificar para Incluir Association’s contribution to enhance this policy, Maria Cidália Queiroz (Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto) and Marielle Christine Gros (ISSSP)

3. Local Action in the Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion, Tiago Neves, Isabel Cruz, Rosário Silva and Diana Rodrigues (FPCE-UP and CIIE Project)

4. Determining the value of social rents in Portugal: legal perspective, Glória Teixeira (FDUP and CIJE), Ana Sofia Carvalho (FDUP and CIJE)

12h30-13h30: Lunch

13h30-15h30: Paper Session II

Discussants: Maria Pilar Gonzalez (Faculdade Economia, Universidade do Porto); Carlos Farinha Rodrigues (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa)

1. Costly investment, complementarities, and international diffusion of technological knolwedge: effects on growth and wage inequality, Óscar Afonso (CEF.UP and Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto), Maria João Thompson (NIPE and Escola de Economia e Gestão da Universidade do Minho), Pedro Neves (Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto)

2. Welfare-improving Government Behaviour and Inequality - Inspection Using a Heterogeneous-agents Model, Miguel Viegas and Ana Paula Ribeiro (Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto)

3. The impact of EU integration on the Portuguese distribution of employees’ earnings, João A. S. Andrade, Adelaide P. S. Duarte and Marta C. N. Simões (GEMF – Grupo de Estudos Monetários e Financeiros; Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra)

4. Families, Women’s Work and Income Inequality in Portugal, Lina Coelho (Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra e Centro de Estudos Sociais)

5. Inequality and growth: uncovering the main conclusions from empirics, Pedro Neves (Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto) and Sandra Tavares Silva (CEF.UP and Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto)

 15h30-17h30: Paper Session III

Discussants: José Madureira Pinto (Faculdade Economia, Universidade do Porto; Instituto de Sociologia – FLUP); Nuno Alves (Banco de Portugal)

1. Monetary Poverty, Material Deprivation and Consistent Poverty in Portugal, Carlos Farinha Rodrigues and Isabel Andrade (School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon (UTL))

2. Regional growth in Portugal: assessing the contribution of earnings and education inequality, Marta C. N. Simões and Adelaide P. S. Duarte (GEMF – Grupo de Estudos Monetários e Financeiros; Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra)

3. Microcredit as a tool for improving life for those facing poverty and social exclusion in Portugal, Carla Sofia Abranches (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa), Maria de Nazaré Barroso (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa) and Luís Vasconcelos (ANDC - Associação Nacional de Direito ao Crédito)

4. Micro credit and Territory – Portugal as a Case Study, Joana Afonso (Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto), Isabel Mota (CEF.UP and Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto), Sandra Silva (CEF.UP and Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto)

5. Efficient Redistribution Policy: an analysis focusing on the quality of institutions and public tax-financed education, Elena Sochirca (Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto) and Sandra Tavares Silva (CEF.UP and Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto)

17h30-17h45: coffee break

 17h45-18h15: Closing Session

Chair: Pedro Teixeira (Co-chair of the Conference)

Round table: Conference wrap-up and future research paths on poverty and inequality

Ana Cardoso (CESIS - Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social); Carlos Farinha Rodrigues (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa), José Madureira Pinto (Faculdade Economia, Universidade do Porto; Instituto de Sociologia – FLUP); Maria Pilar Gonzalez (Faculdade Economia, Universidade do Porto); Nuno Alves (Banco de Portugal); Virgílio Pereira (Faculdade Letras, Universidade do Porto; Instituto de Sociologia – FLUP)