7th IZA/CIER Annual Workshop on Research in Labor Economics

Friday, October 16:

09:00	-	09:10		Opening Remarks Xiangquan Zeng (CIER, Renmin University of China and IZA) Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
				Firms and Occupational Segregation
				Chair: Weiguo Yang (Renmin University of China and IZA)
09:10	-	10:00		Margaret Maurer-Fazio (Bates College and IZA), Sili Wang
				"Do Firms Discriminate on Employment and Marital Status when Using China’s Internet Job Boards for Hiring?"
10:00	-	10:50		Liang Zheng (Central University of Finance and Economics), Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
				"The Births of New Private Firms in an Environment of State-owned Enterprises: Evidence from Agglomeration Economics"
10:50	-	11:40		Hongliang Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Yu Zhu (University of Dundee)
				"Occupational Segregation, Within-occupational Discrimination, and Earnings Differences between Natives and Immigrants in HK: A Nonparametric Approach"
11:40	-	13:30		Lunch
				Labor Supply
				Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
13:30	-	14:20		Shihe Fu (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Yu Liao (Clark University), Junfu Zhang (Clark University and IZA)
				"Housing Wealth Effect and Labor Force Participation: Evidence from China Household Finance Survey"
14:20	-	15:10		John T. Giles (World Bank and IZA), Xinxin Chen (Peking University), Yuqing Hu (University of Southern California), Yaohui Zhao (Peking University)
				"Elder Parent Health, Informal Long-Term Care Arrangements and the Labor Supply of Adult Children: Evidence from China"
15:10	-	15:40		Coffee Break
				Consumption and Expenditure
				Chair: Albert Park (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and IZA)
15:40	-	16:30		Sylvie Démurger (CNRS, GATE and IZA), Xiaqoian Wang (GATE)
				"Remittances and Expenditure Patterns of the Left Behinds in Rural China"
16:30	-	17:20		Jun Han (Renmin University of China ), Liqiu Zhao (Renmin University)
				"Life Cycle Consumption Structure in China's Rural Area"
18:00				Dinner

Saturday, October 17:

				Marriage and Family
				Chair: John T. Giles (World Bank and IZA)
09:00	-	09:50		Fei Wang (Renmin University of China ), Yu Qin (National University of Singapore)
				"Too Early or Too Late: What Do We Learn from a 30-Year Two-child Policy Experiment"
09:50	-	10:40		Wang-Sheng Lee (Deakin University and IZA), Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
				"Assortative Mating by Hukou and the Wellbeing of Couples"
10:40	-	11:30		Albert Park (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and IZA), Lingwei Wu (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)
				"Are Only Children More Depressed? Evidence from China's One Child Policy"
11:30	-	11:40		Group Photo
11:40	-	13:30		Lunch
				Social Networks
				Chair: Jun Han (Renmin University of China )
13:30	-	14:20		Nancy H. Chau (Cornell University and IZA), Yu Qin (National University of Singapore), Weiwen Zhang (Zhejiang University)
				"Leader Networks and Transaction Costs: A Chinese Experiment in Interjurisdictional Contracting"
14:20	-	15:10		Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA), Zhonghua Liu (Renmin University of China)
				"Social Network Functions of Migrant Workers"
15:10	-	15:40		Coffee Break
				Risk Attitudes and Labor Markets
				Chair: Nancy H. Chau (Cornell University and IZA)
15:40	-	16:30		Xi Chen (Yale University and IZA), Lipeng Hu (Peking University), Jody Sindelar (Yale University and IZA)
				"Leaving Money on the Table? Pension Enrollment Decisions in Rural China"
16:30	-	17:20		Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA), Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn and IZA), Norberto Pignatti (ISET, Tbilisi State University)
				"Time-varying Individual Risk Attitudes over the Great Recession: A Comparison of Germany and Ukraine - Are There Lessons for China?"
17:20	-	17:30		Closing Remarks Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn) Weiguo Yang (Renmin University of China and IZA)
18:00				Dinner

Nancy Chau (Cornell University and IZA)
Xi Chen (Yale University and IZA)
Sylvie Démurger (CNRS, GATE and IZA)
Shihe Fu (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)
John T. Giles (World Bank and IZA)
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Jun Han (Renmin University of China)
Wang-Sheng Lee (Deakin University and IZA)
Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
Margaret Maurer-Fazio (Bates College and IZA)
Albert Park (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and IZA)
Yu Qin (National University of Singapore)
Fei Wang (Renmin University of China)
Weiguo Yang (Renmin University of China and IZA)
Xiangquan Zeng (CIER, Renmin University of China and IZA)
Hongliang Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
Liang Zheng (Central University of Finance and Economics)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)