Dear All,

Please find below the invitation to the IN PERSON CEU Economic Seminar Series (CESS) presentation.

On Tuesday, Alexander Monge-Naranjo (Fed St. Louis) will talk about: ‘Of Cities and Slums’ (Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreiraz and Luciene Torres de Mello Pereira)

Time and venue: October 10, Tuesday, 11.15am – 12.30pm, at Quellenstrasse 51 (Vienna), QS B-505.

ABSTRACT:

We examine the emergence and consequences of urban slums along a country’s path to

urbanization. Based on salient evidence from Brazilian labor, housing, and education markets,

we study the interaction of slums with structural transformation and inequality. Urban slums

are an intergenerational stepping-stone only for the lowest educated, explaining their emergence

and persistence over time. In the past slums might have helped with Brazil’s human capital

formation but at least since 2010 slums are a hindrance. Countries that missed the opportunity

to improve rural schools and avoid the formation of slums should target improving schools in

the slums.

Please sign up for the seminar at this link till 12pm, the day before the seminar!

Best Regards:

Mats

Judit Lafferthon
Executive Assistant of the HoD
Department of Economics and Business
Pronouns: she/her

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