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
Registration<https://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
results<https://www.wider.unu.edu/event/vito-peragine-measuring-inequali…
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
here<https://www2.wider.unu.edu/crm/content/economic-consequences-confli…ct>.
If you have any questions please contact Ruby Richardson
(richardson@wider.unu.edu<mailto:richardson@wider.unu.edu>)