The Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and European Central Bank are organizing the Conference on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Economics, Finance and Central Banking to be held in person and online on November 14 and 15, 2022.
The conference is hosted by the Bank of Canada in Ottawa and it is the fourth in a series of annual conferences that primarily focuses on issues encountered by under-represented groups in economics, finance, and central banking.
Program: Monday, November 14 (AM)
Opening Remarks
09:00–09:15 (ET)
Tiff Macklem (Governor of the Bank of Canada)
Session 1: Monetary Policy, Gender and Underrepresented Groups
09:15–11:15 (ET)
Chair: Brian Doyle (Federal Reserve Board)
Inclusive Monetary Policy: How Tight Labor Markets Facilitate Broad-Based Employment Growth
- Nittai Bergman (Tel Aviv University)
- David Matsa (Northwestern University)
- Michael Weber (University of Chicago)
- Discussant: Felipe Alves (Bank of Canada)
Does Monetary Policy Narrow or Widen the Racial Gap in U.S.? Evidence From the Housing Market
- Qi Li (Penn State University)
- Xu Zhang (Bank of Canada)
- Discussant: Munseob Lee (UC San Diego)
Yellin’ at Yellen: Gender Bias in the Federal Reserve Congressional Hearings
- James Bisbee (New York University)
- Nicolò Fraccaroli (Brown University)
- Andreas Kern (Georgetown University)
- Discussant: Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
Break
11:15–11:45 (ET)
Poster session on Indigenous economics
Keynote Address
11:45–12:45 (ET)
Chair: Jim MacGee (Bank of Canada)
Inequality, Productivity and the Organisation of Labor
- Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics)
Program: Monday, November 14 (PM)
Session 2: Diversity and Inclusion in Economics and Good Practice
14:00–16:00 (ET)
Chair: Ana Lamo (European Central Bank)
Retaining Talent in Organizations: Masculinity, Diversity, Inclusion and Norms
- Maria Guadalupe (INSEAD)
- Daisy Pollenne (University of Oxford)
- Kaisa Snellman (INSEAD)
- Discussant: Natalia Emanuel (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
The Unintended Consequences of #MeToo – Evidence from Research Collaborations
- Marina Gertsberg (University Melbourne)
- Discussant: Kevin Devereux (Peking University)
Gender and the Time Cost of Peer Review
- Diane Alexander (Wharton School)
- Olga Gorelkina (University of Liverpool)
- Erin Hengel (University College London)
- Discussant: Marlène Koffi (University of Toronto)
Program: Tuesday, November 15
Policy Panel: Post-Covid Challenges for Women and Underrepresented Groups
09:00–10:30 (ET)
Moderator: Sharon Kozicki (Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada)
- Claudia Buch (Vice President, Deutsche Bundesbank)
- Lisa D. Cook (Governor, Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
- Soledad Nuñez (Member of the Executive Commission and General Board of Banco de España)
- Victoria Saporta (Executive Director, Bank of England)
Session 3: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Financial Markets
10:30–12:15 (ET)
Chair: Julia Giese (Bank of England)
Bank Competition and Entrepreneurial Gaps: Evidence from Bank Deregulation
- Xiang Li (Boston College)
- Discussant: Evren Damar (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
The Impact of Minority Representation at Mortgage Lenders
- Scott Frame (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
- Ruidi Huang (Southern Methodist University)
- Erik Mayer (Southern Methodist University)
- Adi Sunderam (Harvard Business School)
- Discussant: Robert Clark (Queen’s University)
Applications or Approvals: What Drives Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program?
- Sergey Chernenko (Purdue University)
- Nathan Kaplan (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
- Asani Sarkar (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
- David Scharfstein (Harvard Business School)
- Discussant: Rachel Marie Brooks Atkins (St. John’s University)
Closing Remarks
12:15–12:30 (ET)
Pablo Hernández de Cos (Governor of the Banco de España)
Poster session on Indigenous economics
Central Bank Network for Indigenous Inclusion
- Suzette Argo (Bank of Canada)
First Nations Access to Cash and Financial Services
- Heng Chen (Bank of Canada)
Center for Indian Country Development: A unique resource of the Federal Reserve System
- Casey Lozard (Federal Bank of Minneapolis)
Exploring Māori access to capital in New Zealand
- Adam Richardson (Reserve Bank of New Zealand)
Organizing committee
- Brian Doyle (The Federal Reserve)
- Julia Giese (Bank of England)
- Sermin Gungor (Bank of Canada)
- Ana Lamo (European Central Bank)
- Césaire Meh (Bank of Canada)
- Eva Murciano (European Central Bank)
- Chiara Scotti (The Federal Reserve)
Previous conferences
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Diversity and Inclusion in Economics, Finance, and Central Banking (November 9, 2021)
- European Central Bank: Gender and Career Progression (October 21, 2019)
- Bank of England: Gender and Career Progression (May 14 and 15, 2018)
Content Type(s):
Conferences and workshops