Inequality, intangibles and growth

Time: Tuesday, Feb 16 from 3 PM to 5 PM (Helsinki time)
Place: Online via Zoom
Please register by sending an email to: carter.bloch@ps.au.dk

How is inequality related to innovation and productivity? Intangibles investments are seen as a key driver of productivity growth, but do efforts to promote intangibles and innovation increase inequalities? This workshop will present GLOBALINTO project work and host a panel discussion on intangibles and inequality.

Workshop Program

15:00-15:15	Intangibles, innovation and inequality – key issues Professor Carter Bloch, Aarhus University, GLOBALINTO
15:15-15:35	Gender balance, intangibles and productivity Carita Eklund (GLOBALINTO), postdoc, Aarhus University
15:35-15:55	Innovation-biased technological change Professor Hannu Piekkola (Coordinator of GLOBALINTO), University of Vaasa
16:00-17:00	Panel discussion: What is the relation between innovation and intangibles and wage inequality? And what role should policy play in balancing the promotion of innovation and equality? Chair: Joseph Lampel (GLOBALINTO), Eddie Davies Professor of Enterprise and Innovation Management, Manchester Business School Expert panel members: Liza Archanskaia, EU Commission DG ECFIN and postdoc KU Leuveen. Giuseppe Berlingieri, Assistant Professor in Economics at ESSEC Business School, and Economist within the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation at the OECD (currently on leave). Amos Zehavi, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Tel Aviv. Wim Naudé, Professor of Economics at Cork University Business School, University College Cork. Neil Lee, Professor of Economic Geography at London School of Economics.