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2009 International Symposium on Contemporary Labor Economics (LABOR2009) p...

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2009 International Symposium on Contemporary Labor Economics (LABOR 2009)
 
December 12 - 13, 2009
 
Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE)
 Xiamen University, China, and
 Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Germany
 
 
December 12, 2009
 
Session 0 (8:15am-8:30am, LocationKe-Li Building ): Welcome and Opening Remarks
 
 
Session 1 (8:30am-10:00am, English, Ke-Li Building) Keynote Session I
 
 
[1] 8:30-9:15: James Albrecht, “Decomposing Differences in Distributions - Applications of the Machado-Mata Method,” Georgetown University, albrecht@georgetown.edu.
 
 [2] 9:15-10:00: David Neumark, “Neighbors and Co-Workers: The Importance of Residential Labor Market Networks,” University of California – Irvine, dneumark@uci.edu.
 
10:00-10:30: Coffee Break (Ke-Li Building)
 
Session 2A (10:30am-12:00pm, English, D310, Economics Building): Discrimination
Session Chair: Holger Bonin, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW Mannheim), bonin@zew.de.
 
[1] 10:30-11:00: Chun-Chung Au, “Labor Market Opportunities and Education Choice of Male Black and White Youths,” WISE, Xiamen University, ccau.wise@gmail.com.   
  
[2] 11:00-11:30: Melanie Arntz, Holger Bonin, and Felix Hörisch, “Does Discrimination Explain Occupational Segregation by Sex? Evidence from Local Gender Imbalances in Post-Unification Germany,” Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW Mannheim), bonin@zew.de.
 
[3] 11:30-12:00: Vladimír Hlásny, “Uncertainty about Job Applicants: Search, Profiling and Discrimination,” Ewha Womans University, Korea, vhlasny@gmail.com.
 
Session 2B (10:30am-12:00pm, English, D309, Economics Building): Education Economics
Session Chair: Anja Heinze, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW Mannheim), heinze@zew.de.
 
[1] 10:30-11:00: Thomas Gries and Natasa Bilkic, “Stay in School or Start Working? The Human Capital Investment Decision under Uncertainty and Irreversibility,” University of Paderborn, Thomas_Gries@notes.uni-paderborn.de.
     
[2] 11:00-11:30: Xinzheng Shi, “Does an Intra-household Flypaper Effect Exist? Evidence from an Educational Fee Reduction Performs in Rural China,” Tsinghua University, shixzh@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn.
 
[3] 11:30-12:00: Rong Zhu, “The Impact of Major-Job Mismatch on Chinese College Graduates' Earnings: A Nonparametric Approach       ,” University of New South Wales, rongzhu0101@gmail.com.
 
12:00pm-2:30pm: Lunch
 
Session 3A (2:30pm-4:00pm, English, D310): Poverty and Income Inequality
Session Chair: Binzhen Wu, Tsinghua University, wubzh@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn.
 
[1] 2:30-3:00: Tor, Eriksson, and Yingqiang Zhang, “Inequality of Opportunity and Income Inequality in Nine Chinese Provinces, 1989-2006,” Aarhus University, tor@asb.dk and zyq@asb.dk.
 
[2] 3:00-3:30: Han Jun, “Globalization, Inequality and Poverty in China,” Nankai University, jhan@nankai.edu.cn.
 
[3] 3:30-4:00: Hongbin Li, Jin Ye, and Binzhen Wu, “Income Inequality, Status Seeking, and Consumption,” Tsinghua University, wubzh@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn.
 
Session 3B (2:30pm-4:00pm, English, D309): Labor Market Dynamics
Session Chair: Li Jin, Northwestern University, jin-li@kellogg.northwestern.edu.
 
[1] 2:30-3:00: Li Jin, “Relational Contracts, Limited Liability, and Employment Dynamics,” Northwestern University, jin-li@kellogg.northwestern.edu.
 
[2] 3:00-3:30: Lei Tian, Renmin University of China, H. Holly Wang, Purdue University, and Yongjun Chen, , Renmin University of China, “Spatial Externalities in China Regional Economic Growth,” chenyj1108@ruc.edu.cn.
 
[3] 3:30-4:00: Tong Wang and Pei Kuang, “Labor Market Dynamics with Searching Friction and Fair Wage Considerations,” Goethe University Frankfurt, Tong.Wang@hof.uni-frankfurt.de.
 
4:00-4:30: Coffee Break
 
Session 4A (4:30pm-6:00pm, English, D310): Gender Wage Differentials
Session Chair: Thomas Walter, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW Mannheim), walter@zew.de.
 
[1] 4:30-5:00: Anja Heinze, “Beyond the Mean Gender Wage Gap: Decomposition of Differences in Qage Distributions Using Quantile,” Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW Mannheim), heinze@zew.de.
 
[2] 5:00-5:30: Weiwei REN, “Gender Differences in the Return to Schooling in China,” University of Western Australia, wren@biz.uwa.edu.zu.
 
[3] 5:30-6:00: Johanna Rickne, “Competition and Gender-skill-differentials in Earnings and Productivity: Evidence from China's Industrial Sector,” Uppsala Univertisy and Stockholm Research Institute, johanna.rickne@nek.uu.se.
 
Session 4B (4:30pm-6:00pm, English, D309):
Session Chair: Lei Meng, WISE, Xiamen University, lmeng05@gmail.com.
 
[1] 4:30-5:00: Semih Tumen, “A Hedonic Approach to the Quantity-Quality Theory,” University of Chicago and the Central Bank of Turk, semihtumen@uchicago.edu.
  
[2] 5:00-5:30: Kai Yan, “Social Network and Labor Market Outcomes: a Signaling Approach,” Peking University, pkuyankai@gmail.com.
 
[3] 5:30-6:00: Lei Meng, “Bride Drain: Rising Female Migration and Declining Male Marriage Rates in Rural China,” WISE, Xiamen University, lmeng05@gmail.com.
6:00pm-8:00pm: Dinner
 
December 13, 2009
Session 5 (8:30am-10:00am, English, D309) Keynote Session II
Session Chair: Zhiqi Chen, Carleton University and Xiamen University, z_chen@carleton.ca. 
 [1] 8:30-9:15: Steven Stern, “Demand for Consumer Durables in China,” University of Virginia, Sns5r@eservices.virginia.edu.
[2] 9:15-10:00: Susan Vroman, “Applying Job Search Theory to Economies with Informal Labor Markets.” Georgetown University, vromans@georgetown.edu.
10:00-10:30: Coffee Break
 
Session 6A (10:30am-12:00pm, English, D310): Migration in China
Session Chair: Démurger Sylvie, University of Lyon, demurger@gate.cnrs.fr.
 
[1] 10:30-11:00: Feng Hu,       “Circular Migration, or Permanent Stay? Evidence from China's Urban-Rural Migration,” University of Science and Technology Beijing, hufeng@manage.ustb.edu.cn.
 
[2] 11:00-11:30: Zhaopeng Qu, and Zong Zhao, “The Evolution of Chinese Rural-Urban Migrants Labor Market from 2002 to 2007,” Nanjing University, quzhaopeng@gmail.com.
 
[3] 11:30-12:00: Démurger Sylvie, and Hui Xu, “Return Migration and Occupational Change in Rural China: a Case Study of Wuwei County,” CNRS, GATE, University of Lyon, demurger@gate.cnrs.fr.
 
Session 6B (10:30am-12:00pm, English, D309): Poverty and Welfare
Session Chair: Hau Chyi, WISE, Xiamen University, hauchyi@gmail.com.
 
[1] 10:30-11:00: Hau Chyi, “Job Quality and the Economic Independence of Welfare Users,” WISE, Xiamen University, hauchyi@gmail.com
  
[2] 11:00-11:30: Thomas Gries and Stefan Gravemeyer, “Poverty in Urban China: The Case of Shenzhen,” University of Paderborn, thomas.gries@notes.upb.de.
 
[3] 11:30-12:00: Bernhard Boockman, Stephan L. Thomsen, and Thomas Walter, “Intensifying the Use of Benefit Sanctions - An Effective Tool to Activate Welfare Recipients?” Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW Mannheim), bernhard.boockmann@iaw.edu, stephan.thomsen@ovgu.de, walter@zew.de.
 
Session 6C (10:30am-12:00pm, English, D109): Labor Market Trends
Session Chair: Michael Orszag, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. mike.orszag@watsonwyatt.com
 
[1] 10:30-11:00: Ping Ching Winnie Chan, “Impact of the Recent Economic Downturn on the Canadian Labour Market,”   Statistics Canada, winnie.chan@statcan.gc.ca.
 
[2] 11:00-11:30: Xin Meng, Kailing Shen, Sen Xue, “Economic Reform, Education Expansion, and Earnings Inequality for Urban Males in China, 1988-2007,” kailing.shen@gmail.com.
 
[3] 11:30-12:00: Michael Orszag, “The Wage Premium on Skilled Labor: How Will It Evolve in the Next Decade?”  Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc.    mike.orszag@watsonwyatt.com
12:00pm-2:30pm: Lunch
 
Session 7A (2:30pm-4:00pm, English, D309): Human Capital and Wage
Session Chair: Wim Meeusen, University of Antwerp (Belgium), wim.meeusen@ua.ac.be.
 
[1] 2:30-3:00: Wei-dong Jin, “Human Capital, Technical Advance and Economic Growth,”    Shandong University of Finance    and Economics, jinweidong1117@gmail.com.  
 
[2] 3:00-3:30: Wim Meeusen, “The Estimation of the Efficiency Wage Effect,” University of Antwerp (Belgium), wim.meeusen@ua.ac.be.
 
[3] 3:30-4:00: Bo Zhou, and Hau Chyi, “The Effects of Education Policies on School Enrollment in China,” WISE, Xiamen University, bozhou98@gmail.com.
 
 
Session 7B (2:30pm-4:00pm, English, D310): Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants
Session Chair: Hubert Jayet, University of Science and Technology of Lille, Hubert.Jayet@univ-lille1.fr
 
[1] 2:30-3:00: Tony Fang, “Immigration, Ethnic Wage Differentials and Output Pay,” York University, tonyfang@yorku.ca.
 
[2] 3:00-3:30: Brahim Boudarbat and Maude Boulet, “The Impact of Canadian Credentials on the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Canada,”   University of Montreal, brahim.boudarbat@umontreal.ca.
 
[3] 3:30-4:00: Hubert Jayet, “Network Effects and the Location of Immigrants within the host Country: Evidence from Switzerland,” University of Science and Technology of Lille, Hubert.Jayet@univ-lille1.fr
 
Session 7C (2:30pm-4:00pm, English, D109): Determinants of Economic Outcomes
Session Chair: Kailing Shen, WISE, Xiamen University,
kailing.shen@gmail.com.
 
[1] 2:30-3:00: Andrea Mühlenweg, “Young and Innocent: International Evidence on Age Effects within Grades on School Victimization in Elementary School,” Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW Mannheim), muehlenweg@zew.de.
 
[2] 3:00-3:30: Julia Horstschraeer and Grit Muehler, “Childcare and Child Development at School Entry,” Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW Mannheim), hortschraeer@zew.de, muehler@zew.de.
 
[3] 3:30-4:00: Yuan Emily Tang, “A Re-Examination of the Relationship between Crime and Inequality:  A Panel Analysis of United States Areas,” University of California San Diego, yetang@ucsd.edu.
 
4:00-4:30: Coffee Break
 
Session 8A (4:30pm-6:00pm, Chinese, D109, 文场)
Session Chair: Guifu Chen, Center for Macroeconomic Research, Xiamen University, chenguifu@xmu.edu.cn.
 
[1] 4:30-5:00: Guifu Chen, “Formal Employment, Informal Employment, Income Differentials, Chinese Labor Market,” Center for Macroeconomic Research, Xiamen University, chenguifu@xmu.edu.cn.
  
[2] 5:00-5:30: Tongqian Zou, “The Development Model of Rural Tourism,” Beijing International Studies University, no1fang@163.com.
 
[3] 5:30-6:00: 王鑫, “关井政策对煤炭行业的影响:理论与实证,” 清华大学经济管理学院经济系, wangx2.04@gmail.com.
 
Session 8B (4:30pm-6:00pm, English, D310): Labor Market Issues in Developing Economies
Session Chair: Yéro Baldé, Université de Limoges, France, yero.balde@etu.unilim.fr.
 
[1] 4:30-5:00: Yéro Baldé, “Remittances, Institutions and Growth in Sub-saharan Africa,” Université de Limoges, France, yero.balde@etu.unilim.fr.
 
[2] 5:00-5:30: Yongil Jeon* and Tae Hong Kim**, “Work-Family Integration: Interdependence of Female Employment and Fertility Decisions,” *:Sungkyunkwan University, **:Korean Women’s Development Institute.
 
[3] 5:30-6:00: Hassan Essop and Derek Yu, “Alternative Definitions of Informal Sector Employment in South Africa,” Stellenbosch University, South Africa    dereky@sun.ac.za; essop@sun.ac.za
 
Session 8C (4:30pm-6:00pm, English, D309): Life Satisfaction and the Economics of the Elderly
Session Chair: Francesco Ferrante, f.ferrante@caspur.it.
 
1] 4:30-5:00: Shu Cai,       “Could Social Participation Delay Senescence on Cognition for the Elderly? Evidence from China,” Peking University, aofa.s.cai@gmail.com.
 
[2] 5:00-5:30 Francesco Ferrante, “Education, Aspirations and Life Satisfaction”, Universita’di Cassino, f.ferrante@caspur.it.
 
[3] 5:30-6:00: Chao Jiang, “How Would Non-Adult Grandchildren Affect Living Arrangements of the Elderly? Evidence from CHARLS,”     Peking University, jiangchaoccer@gmail.com
 
6:00pm-8:00pm: Dinner
 
 
 
December 14, 2009
 
8:00am-1:00pm, Sight-seeing to Gu-Lang Island
8:00am: Bus Departure at the Front gate of Yi-Fu Building
12:00: Lunch
1:00pm, Bus Return to Xiamen University
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