Innovation and inequalities

Sep
25
06:15 PM - 07:00 PM

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Intro

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David Hémous is an economist of innovation and entrepreneurship. His work is centered around Economic Growth, International Trade and Environmental Economics.

In particular, he has worked on the role of innovation for climate change policies, the long-term growth impact of countercyclical fiscal policy, the labor adjustments to international trade and the impact of relational contracts on innovation.

In his inaugural lecture, Professor Hémous concluded with the exciting question if future technologies like artificial intelligence will automate some of the high skill tasks. The lecture took place in the main auditorium of the University of Zurich and was open to the public.

David Hémous is an economist of innovation and entrepreneurship. His work is centered around Economic Growth, International Trade and Environmental Economics.

In particular, he has worked on the role of innovation for climate change policies, the long-term growth impact of countercyclical fiscal policy, the labor adjustments to international trade and the impact of relational contracts on innovation.

Quantifying the impact of automation
Quantifying the impact of automation

Speakers

UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

David Hémous received his PhD from Harvard University in 2012. He is a macroeconomist working on economic growth, climate change and inequality. His work highlights that innovation responds to economic incentives and that public policies should be designed taking this dependence into account. In particular, he has shown in the context of climate change policy that innovations in the car industry respond to gas prices and that global and regional climate policies should support clean innovation to efficiently reduce CO2 emissions. His work on technological change and income distribution shows that higher labor costs lead to more automation, and that the recent increase in labor income inequality and in the capital share can be explained by a secular increase in automation. He has also shown that innovation affects top income shares. He was awarded an ERC Starting Grant on 'Automation and Income Distribution – a Quantitative Assessment' and he received the 2022 'European Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics under the Age of Forty'.

UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

David Hémous received his PhD from Harvard University in 2012. He is a macroeconomist working on economic growth, climate change and inequality. His work highlights that innovation responds to economic incentives and that public policies should be designed taking this dependence into account. In particular, he has shown in the context of climate change policy that innovations in the car industry respond to gas prices and that global and regional climate policies should support clean innovation to efficiently reduce CO2 emissions. His work on technological change and income distribution shows that higher labor costs lead to more automation, and that the recent increase in labor income inequality and in the capital share can be explained by a secular increase in automation. He has also shown that innovation affects top income shares. He was awarded an ERC Starting Grant on 'Automation and Income Distribution – a Quantitative Assessment' and he received the 2022 'European Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics under the Age of Forty'.

Venue

University of Zurich

Main Auditorium, KOL-G-201, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich
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