4th CIER/IZA Annual Workshop on Research in Labor Economics

Thursday, July 19:

18:30				Informal Dinner at Restaurant "Gasthaus im Stiefel" Meet up in the Hilton Hotel Lobby at 18:00

Friday, July 20:

08:30	-	09:00		Registration
09:00	-	09:20		Welcoming Remarks by Xiangquan Zeng (CIER, Renmin University of China and IZA) Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
				Session A: Labor Market Issues in China
				Chair: Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
09:20	-	10:00		Yang Du (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
				"The Responsiveness of Firms to Labor Market Changes in China: Evidence from Micro Level Data"
10:00	-	10:40		Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA), Yuhao Ge (Renmin University of China)
				"The Costs of Worker Displacement in Urban Labor Markets of China"
10:40	-	11:00		Coffee Break
				Session B: The Great Migration in China
				Chair: Costanza Biavaschi (IZA)
11:00	-	11:40		John T. Giles (World Bank and IZA), Ren Mu (Texas A&M University and IZA)
				"Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China"
11:40	-	12:20		Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Alpaslan Akay (IZA), Juan D. Robalino (Cornell University), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
				"Remittances and Well-Being among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China"
12:20	-	14:00		Lunch
				Session C: Poverty and Youth Outcomes
				Chair: Yang Du (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
14:00	-	14:40		Núria Rodríguez-Planas (IZA, IAE-CSIC and Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
				"School and Drugs: Closing the Gap - Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the US"
14:40	-	15:20		Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
				"Poverty Clustering in Urban China"
15:20	-	15:40		Coffee Break
				Session D: The Impact of Immigration
				Chair: Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
15:40	-	16:20		Costanza Biavaschi (IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
				"Eastern Partnership Migrants in Germany: Outcomes, Potentials and Challenges"
16:20	-	17:00		Gurgen Aslanyan (CERGE-EI)
				"Immigration Control and Long-Run Population Welfare"
19:00				Dinner at Restaurant “Elbe am Rhein”, Rosental 105, Bonn

Saturday, July 21:

				Session E: Happiness and Jobs
				Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
09:00	-	09:40		Nico Heerink (Wageningen UR), Huashu Wang (Guizhou University), Lei Pan (Wageningen UR)
				"Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction of China's New Generation of Migrants - Evidence from an Inland City"
09:40	-	10:20		Annabelle Krause-Pilatus (IZA)
				"Don’t Worry, Be Happy? The Impact of Happiness on Job Finding Rates"
10:20	-	10:40		Coffee Break
				Session F: Education Outcomes in China
				Chair: John T. Giles (World Bank and IZA)
10:40	-	11:20		Shuaizhang Feng (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and IZA), Yuanyuan Chen (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
				"Access to Public Schools and the Education of Migrant Children in China"
11:20	-	12:00		Martin Guzi (IZA)
				"Life Events and Children's Educational Outcomes in Rural China"
12:00	-	13:30		Lunch
				Session G: Health and Choice
				Chair: Yuhao Ge (Renmin University of China)
13:30	-	14:10		Hong Liu (Central University of Finance and Economics), Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
				"Impact of China’s Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance on Health Care Utilization and Expenditure"
14:10	-	14:50		Hao Zhang (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
				"Health Investment over the Life-Cycle"
				Concluding Session
14:50	-	15:20		Corrado Giulietti (IZA) and Martin Guzi (IZA) Using RUIMC Data for Research on China
15:20	-	15:30		Closing Remarks
15:30	-	18:00		Social Program: Cruise to Königswinter and Peak Tram to Drachenfels
18:00				Dinner at Restaurant “Rheinhotel Loreley”, Rheinallee 12, Königswinter