INVITATION

Vito Peragine on Measuring inequality of opportunity

Date: Wednesday 22 May 2019, 15:00-16:00 Venue: Sustainability room, UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki​

Regis​trationhttps://www2.wider.unu.edu/crm/content/seminar-series-2019

You are invited to attend the WIDER Seminar Series on 22 May where Vito Peragine, Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Bari, will give a presentation on Measuring inequality of opportunity: recent empirical findings and some new theoretical resultshttps://www.wider.unu.edu/event/vito-peragine-measuring-inequality-opportunity-recent-empirical-findings-and-some-new

About the speaker

Vito Peragine is Professor of Public Economics and Head of Department of Economics at the University of Bari. Previously he has held the position of Lecturer in Economics at the University "Carlos III" of Madrid (1999-2001). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of York. His main research interests are in the area of public economics, particularly in the field of poverty and inequality, distributive justice, social policy, and the economics of education.

Practical information

The seminar will take place from 15:00-16:00 at UNU-WIDER (Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, 00160 Helsinki). Attendance is free but spaces are limited, please register herehttps://www2.wider.unu.edu/crm/content/economic-consequences-conflict.

If you have any questions please contact Ruby Richardson (richardson@wider.unu.edumailto:richardson@wider.unu.edu)