Ended
Geneva

This session explores how meritocratic systems assign tasks based on predicted performance, considering how innate ability and acquired training impact outcomes. Key questions include how differential access to resources affects performance and whether optimal task assignments can be group-blind or strictly based on training. Additionally, the session examines the implications of potential score manipulation and established selection policies on performance disparities.
Speakers

Ekkehard Ernst
Chief of the Macroeconomic Policies and Jobs Unit, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Rajiv Sethi
Professor of Economics, Columbia University

Rohini Somanathan
Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics

Dagmar Walter
Deputy-Director, ILO Department of Research, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Dialog
Dialog