5th IZA/CIER Annual Workshop on Research in Labor Economics

Friday, October 25:

18:00				Welcome Dinner

Saturday, October 26:

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: Wages and Wage Inequality
				Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
09:20	-	10:00		Shi Li (Beijing Normal University )
				"International Financial Crisis and Wage Inequality in Urban China"
10:00	-	10:40		Simon Chang (Central University of Finance and Economics), Shirui Wang (Central University of Finance and Economics)
				"Business Cycle, Wage Distribution and Job Search Methods of the Unemployed: Evidence from Taiwan"
10:40	-	11:00		Coffee Break
				Session B: Human Capital
				Chair: Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China)
11:00	-	11:40		Yang Du (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences )
				"Do the Recent Labor Market Changes Negatively Affect Schooling?"
11:40	-	12:20		Costanza Biavaschi (IZA), Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
				"Sibling Influence on the Human Capital of the Left Behind"
12:20	-	14:00		Lunch
				Session C: Agglomerations and Urban Amenities
				Chair: Yang Du (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences )
14:00	-	14:40		Shihe Fu (Xiamen University), Lixing Li (National School of Development at Peking University), Guangliang Yang (Fudan University)
				"Agglomeration Economies in Chinese Urban Labor Market"
14:40	-	15:20		Junfu Zhang (Clark University ), Chunbing Xing (Beijing Normal University)
				"The Preference for Larger Cities in China: Evidence from Rural-Urban Migrants"
15:20	-	15:40		Coffee Break
				Session D: Labor Markets and Institutions
				Chair: Costanza Biavaschi (IZA)
15:40	-	16:20		Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna ), Anzelika Zaiceva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and IZA)
				"Informal Employment in Russia: Definitions, Incidence, Determinants and Labor Market Segmentation"
16:20	-	17:00		Yang Song (Renmin University of China)
				"Hukou-based Labor Market Discrimination and Ownership Structure in Urban China: A Double-selectivity Approach"
17:00	-	17:40		Yihua Yu (Renmin University of China), Li Zhang (Central University of Finance and Economics), Xinye Zheng (Renmin University of China), Fanghua Li (University of California, Los Angeles)
				"Will China’s City Governments Race to the Bottom in the Provision of Minimum Living Standard Assistances?"
18:00				Dinner

Sunday, October 27:

				Session E: Public Spending, Taxes and Health Outcomes
				Chair: Junfu Zhang (Clark University )
09:00	-	09:40		Albert Park (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology ), Qing Xia (HKUSTHong Kong University of Science & Technology)
				"Age-Expenditure Patterns for Healthcare in China: Are the Rural Elderly Vulnerable?"
09:40	-	10:20		Qi Sun (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Hong Liu (Central University of Finance and Economics), John A. Rizzo (Stony Brook University), Fang Wu (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
				"How Do Smokers Respond to Cigarette Taxes? Evidence from Chinese Cigarette Market"
10:20	-	10:40		Coffee Break
				Session F: Causes and Effects of Rural-to-Urban Migration
				Chair: Tao Sherry Kong (Peking University)
10:40	-	11:20		Luigi Minale (University College London)
				"Weather Shocks, Labour Reallocation and Temporary Migration: Evidence from China"
11:20	-	12:00		Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton), Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Yves Zenou (Stockholm University and IZA)
				"Migration and Strong Ties"
12:00	-	13:30		Lunch
				Session G: Welfare and Well-Being of Workers
				Chair: Albert Park (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology )
13:30	-	14:10		Jun Han (Nankai University), Runjuan Liu (University of Alberta), Beyza Ural Marchand (University of Alberta), Junsen Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
				"Market Structure, Imperfect Tariff Pass-Through, and Household Welfare in Urban China"
14:50	-	15:10		Coffee Break
				Session H: Data
				Chair: Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton)
15:10	-	15:50		Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China)
				"China Matched Employer-Employee Longitudinal Survey: Pre-Test and Pilots"
15:50	-	16:30		Tao Sherry Kong (Peking University)
				"The China Health and Retirement Survey"
16:30	-	17:10		Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
				"The RUMiC Longitudinal Survey: Data Outline and Review of Current Research"
17:10	-	17:20		Closing Remarks
18:00				Dinner