DAY 1 : THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21

1:00 pm Welcome: Agnieszka RUSINOWSKA, Director of the Centre d’Économie de la Sorbonne

1:15 pm Session 1: Institutions and economic history (Chair: Ugo Gragnolati, CES-Paris 1)

Michelangelo VASTA (University of Siena): A tale of two Italies: ‘Access-orders’ and the Italian regional divide

Alessandro NUVOLARI (Sant’Anna School Pise): Collective inventions, patents and the industrial revolution

Coffee break

Hans-Joachim VOTH (University of Zurich): Understanding the origins of extremism - The case of Nazi Germany

3:45pm Session 2: Cultural change and populism (Chair: Jérôme Valette, CES-Paris 1)

Massimo MORELLI (Bocconi University): Economic insecurity and the demand of populism in Europe

Coffee break

Sara LAZZARONI (University of Bologna): Cultural contagion and the demand for populism: Evidence from Argentina

Hillel RAPOPORT (Paris School of Economics): Migration and cultural change

Social dinner

DAY 2: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22

9:00 am Welcome: Ariane DUPONT-KIEFFER, Dean of the École d’Économie de la Sorbonne

9:15am Session 3: Traditional norms (Chair: Laetitia Duval, CES-Paris 1)

Laure ATHIAS (University of Lausanne): Vaccination decision in Sub-Saharan Africa: The importance of cultural trust

Olivier BARGAIN (University of Bordeaux): Traditional norms, access to divorce and women's empowerment: Evidence from Indonesia

Coffee break

11:00am Session 4: Institutions and gender (Chair: Morgane Laouenan, CES-Paris 1)

Roberta ZIPARO (Aix-Marseille School of Economics): Maternal mortality risk and the gender gap in desired fertility

Ana Maria DIAZ (Pontificia Universidad Javierana): What is the price of freedom? Estimating women’s willingness to pay for job flexibility

Lunch

2:00pm Session 5: Property rights (Chair: Mathilde Maurel, CES-Paris 1)

Kenneth HOUNGBEDJI (Agence Française de Développement): Formalizing land rights can reduce forest loss: Experimental evidence from Benin

Carmine GUERRIERO (University of Bologna): The rise of inclusive political institutions and stronger property rights: Time inconsistency vs. opacity

Adjourn