Trial lecture - time and place
Monday, June 13, 2016 at 10.15 AM in Auditorium 4, Eilert Sundt's Building: "Why is economic inequality increasing, what are the roles of top incomes and wealth, and why should we care about these trends?"
Adjudication committee
- Professor Ragnar Torvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Professor Nabanita Datta Gupta, University of Aarhus
- Researcher Christian Brinch, ESOP/Department of Econonics and BI
Chair of defence
Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Nils-Henrik M. von der Fehr
Supervisors
- Research Professor Erling Barth, Institute for Social Research
- Senior Advisor Tarjei Havnes, Ministry of Finance
Additional information
Article about Kristin Solberg Watle’s thesis: Cushioning the Variance - Three Essays on the Comparative Study of Income Inequality and Welfare States in Europe and the US" (in Norwegian).