Soft Skills, Parenting Styles, and Persistent Income Inequality
Human Capital and Inequality
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Date: 18 APRIL 2023 from 17:30 to 19:00
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Event location: Institute of Advanced Studies, Sala Rossa (Via Marsala, 26 - Bologna) - In presence and online event
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Type: Lectures
The concept of soft skills, developed by psychologists in the 1960s-70s, has been recently explored in economics to document, among other things, effects on human capital formation and ultimate material prospects of individuals. Both inheritability of some key components of soft skills and their malleability during childhood and early adolescence have been shown to shape their life cycle evolution. In this project, my goal is to present a conceptual framework that embeds these insights from developmental psychology into a standard economic thinking about economic growth and income inequality. In particular, the framework is shown to generate persistent income inequality – in line with documented trends in many countries around the world. Policy implications that follow will be discussed.
Do you want to attend this lecture?
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Sala Rossa, Palazzo Marchesini, Via Marsala, 26 - Bologna
If you prefer to attend this lecture in presence, you should write to segreteria.isa@unibo.it within April 18, 12 p.m. and book your place. The places will be assigned on “first come first served” basis.
PhD students and researchers who are interested may request an attendance certificate.