MEETING TIME and VENUE:
9:55 - Microsoft Teams channel
AGENDA/PRESENTATIONS:
09:55 – 10:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
10:00 – 10:25 |
Eglė Jakučionytė (CEFER) “Loans vs Subsidies: Lithuania’s State Support Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic” Slides (1.4 MB download icon) -How do loan-recipient firms differ from firms that received subsidies? -Which of the two support types had a larger effect on employment: subsidies or loans? |
10:25 – 10:50 |
Ziran (Josh) Ding (CEFER) “The Dynamics of Product and Labor Market Power—Evidence from Lithuania” Slides (605.7 KB download icon) -Do firms in Lithuania possess product market power to price their products above their marginal costs? -Do firms in Lithuania possess labor market power to pay workers at a wage lower than workers’ marginal revenue product of labor? -If so, are there any differences across firms within the same industry? Over time? |
10:50 – 11:15 |
Linas Tarasonis (CEFER) “Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID): Evidence from Lithuania” Slides (644.1 KB download icon) -How has earnings inequality evolved in Lithuania over the last 20 years, and how does it compare to other countries? -Did this evolution differ among subpopulations, such as men and women or between top and bottom income earners? |
11:15 – 11:40 |
Karolis Bielskis (TMTS) “Household Wealth and Finances in Lithuania” Slides (162.2 KB download icon) -How much the net wealth in Lithuania changed since 2017? -Has wealth inequality increased or decreased over the last few years? -How is the percentage of credit constrained households changing in the country? |
11:40 – 12:05 |
Anup Mulay (TMTS) “Climate policy in the Baltics: A tool for scenario analysis” Slides (286 KB download icon) -A new tool to study impact of climate-related fiscal and monetary policies -The analysis includes different types of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, and conventional and unconventional policy tools |
12:05 – 12:07 | Closing Remarks |