About the workshop
The Centre for Central Banking Studies (Bank of England), Imperial College Business School, London School of Economics (LSE) and Centre for Macroeconomics (CfM) jointly organised the second edition of the Workshop on Household Finance and Housing from Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 June 2021.
The aim of this workshop was to provide a platform to academics and central bankers from all around the world to discuss the latest research and techniques used in the field of household finance and housing.
Raj Chetty (Harvard) and Emi Nakamura (University of California, Berkeley) gave keynote seminars on 15 June and 16 June, respectively. Silvana Tenreyro (Bank of England, LSE) chaired a panel discussion on Covid and changes in households’ behaviour on 14 June.
Day one
Opening remarks: Silvana Tenreyro (Bank of England, LSE), Tarun Ramadorai (Imperial College Business School) |
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The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities |
A. Fogli paper |
Panel: COVID-19 and Changes in Households’ Behaviour |
S. Hacioglu slides S. Nieuwerburgh slides S. Baker slides S. Rodriguez Mora slides Day one - session two video |
Why do Borrowers Default on Mortgages? A New Method for Causal Attribution |
P. Noel paper P. Noel slides A. Foulis discussion slides Day one - session three video |
Day two
Eviction and Poverty in American cities: Evidence from Chicago and New York |
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Refinancing Cross-Subsidies in the UK Mortgage Market |
T. Ramadorai paper T. Ramadorai slides G. Matvos discussion slides Day two - session two video |
Keynote: Creating Moves to Opportunity |
R. Chetty paper R. Chetty slides Day two - session three video |
Day three
Can Security Design Foster Household Risk-Taking? |
L. Calvet paper L. Calvet slides W. Qian discussion slides Day three - session one video |
Keynote: Women Wealth Effects, and Slow Recoveries |
E. Nakamura paper E. Nakamura slides Day three - session two video |
Consumer Credit: Learning Your Customer's Default Risk from What (S)he Buys |
A. Vissing-Jorgensen paper A. Vissing-Jorgensen slides M. Haliassos discussion slides Day three - session three video |