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3rd CIER/IZA Workshop: Current Labour Market Issues in China

Organizers: Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Xiangquan Zeng (CIER, Renmin University of China), Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Location:Beijing, China
Date:September 17, 2011 - September 18, 2011

Event Manager:
Elke Henn (IZA)

Program
+++ presentation: 40 minutes +++ discussion: 10 minutes +++


Friday, September 16:

18:00 Welcome Dinner - Yanshan Hotel

Saturday, September 17:

08:30 - 09:00   Registration / Coffee and Tea
 
09:00 - 09:15   Welcoming Remarks by
Xiangquan Zeng (Renmin University of China and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and Bonn University)
 
 
        Keynotes
  Chair: Weiguo Yang (Renmin University of China)
 
09:15 - 10:00   Xiangquan Zeng (CIER, Renmin University of China)
  "To Create China’s New Advantages of Human Resources — Challenges and Resolutions in China’s Labor Market"
 
10:00 - 10:45   Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
  "Chinese and German Labour Market Policies"
 
10:45 - 11:00   Coffee Break
 
       
Policy Podium: Challenges for the Chinese Labour Market
Moderator: Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
 
11:00 - 12:30   Fang Cai (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Deqiao Hu (National Development and Reform Commission)
Shi Li (Beijing Normal University)
Danhua Liu (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security)
Xiangquan Zeng (Renmin University of China and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
 
12:30 - 14:00   Lunch
 
        Session A: Labor Market Issues in Rural China
  Chair: Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna)
 
14:00 - 14:50   Xiaoyan Lei (Peking University), Chuanchuan Zhang (Peking University), Yaohui Zhao (Peking University and IZA)
  "The Incentive Problems in China’s New Rural Pension Program"
  Discussant: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
 
14:50 - 15:40   Sylvie Démurger (CNRS, GATE), Shi Li (Beijing Normal University)
  "Migration, Networks and Labor Allocation in Rural China"
  Discussant: Yuhao Ge (Renmin University of China)
 
 
15:40 - 16:00   Coffee Break
 
        Session B: Entrepreneurship
  Chair: Sylvie Démurger (CNRS, GATE)
 
16:00 - 16:50   Björn Anders Gustafsson (University of Gothenburg), Dai Jianzhong (Beijing Academy of Social Sciences), Gang Shuge (Beijing Academy of Social Sciences)
  "Donations of China's Private Business Owners"
  Discussant: Carl Lin (Beijing Normal University)
 
16:50 - 17:40   Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton and IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
  "Entrepreneurship in Rural China"
  Discussant: Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China)
 
 
18:00       Conference Dinner at Tianshi (Angel) Restaurant
 

Sunday, September 18:

        Session C: Inequality in China: A Long-Run Perspective
  Chair: Björn Anders Gustafsson (University of Gothenburg)
 
09:00 - 09:50   Shi Li (Beijing Normal University), Luo Chuliang (Beijing Normal Universiity), Terry Sicular (University of Western Ontario)
  "Overview: Income Inequality and Poverty in China, 2002-2007"
  Discussant: Xiaoyan Lei (Peking University)
 
09:50 - 10:40   Qingjie Xia (Peking University), Lina Song (Nottingham University and IZA), Shi Li (Beijing Normal University and IZA), Simon Appleton (Nottingham University and IZA)
  "Effect of Public Sector and State-Owned Enterprises on Wage Inequality of Urban China: 1988-2007"
  Discussant: Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna)
 
 
10:40 - 11:00   Coffee Break
 
        Session D: Employment Dynamics
  Chair: Xiaoyan Lei (Peking University)
 
11:00 - 11:50   Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna), Yuhao Ge (Renmin University of China)
  "The Cost of Job Loss in China: Evidence from a New Data Set"
  Discussant: Sylvie Démurger (CNRS, GATE)
 
11:50 - 12:40   Kailing Shen (Xiamen University)
  "Job Search Behaviour: The Case of Xianmen"
  Discussant: Shi Li (Beijing Normal University)
 
 
12:40 - 14:00   Lunch
 
        Session E: Chinese Migrant Workers
  Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
 
14:00 - 14:50   Jianmin Sun (Renmin University of China)
  "The Relationship Between Psychological Capital and Subjective Well-being of Migrant Workers"
  Discussant: Qingjie Xia (Peking University)
 
14:50 - 15:40   Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China), Jing Liu (Renmin University of China)
  "Local and non-Local Rural-to-Urban Workers in China"
  Discussant: Björn Anders Gustafsson (University of Gothenburg)
 
15:40 - 16:00   Coffee Break
 
        Session F: Worker Welfare and Labor Relations
  Chair: Jianmin Sun (Renmin University of China)
 
16:00 - 16:50   Carl Lin (Beijing Normal University)
  "Minimum Wage, Firm Profitability and Workers Welfare in China"
  Discussant: Wei Huang (Renmin University of China)
 
 
16:50 - 17:40   Wei Huang (Renmin University of China)
  "Employee Participation Schemes in China's Coal Mining Companies: Nature, Process and Outcomes"
  Discussant: Kailing Shen (Xiamen University)
 
17:40       Closing Remarks
 
18:00       Conference Dinner at Restaurant Jiangnan Fu
 

Participants

Fang Cai (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Toby Chai (Springer)
Hau Chyi (Renmin University of China)
Sylvie Demurger (GATE Lyon St Etienne)
Yuhao Ge (Renmin University of China)
Lin Geng (Renmin University of China
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Björn Gustafsson (Göteborg University and IZA)
Deqiao Hu (National Development and Reform Commission)
Wei Huang (Renmin University of China)
Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
Xiaoyan Lei (Peking University and IZA)
Shi Li (Beijing Normal University and IZA)
Carl Lin (Rutgers University and IZA)
Danhua Liu (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security)
Kailing Shen (Xiamen University and IZA)
Gang Shuge (Beijing Academy of Social Sciences)
Jianmin Sun (Renmin University of China)
Qingjie Xia (Peking University)
Weiguo Yang (Renmin University of China)
Yang Yumei (Renmin University of China)
Xiangquan Zeng (Renmin University of China and IZA)
Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)