10:00am – 10:30am Group Photo and Coffee Break
10:30am – 12:30pm Parallel Sessions 1A, 1B, 1C
Session 1A. Migration – Decision and Outcome (Jiageng3-220)
Chair: Ott Toomet (Tartu University)
Can Grain Subsidy Impede Rural-Urban Migration in Hinterland China? Evidence from Field Surveys
Lei Meng (WISE, Xiamen University)
In Search of a Better Life: The Occupational Attainment of Rural and Urban Migrants in China
Dongshu Ou (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
The Role of Language in Shaping International Migration: Evidence from OECD Countries 1985-2006
Mariola Pytlikova (Aarhus School of Business)
Language Skills and Social Integration: Ethnic Disparities in Bilingual Economy
Ott Toomet (Tartu University)
Session 1B. Earnings and Employment in China (Jiageng3-514)
Chair: Tor Eriksson (Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University)
Inter-temporal Changes in Ethnic Urban Earnings Inequality in China
Samuel Myers (University of Minnesota)
Wage Determinants, Industry Entry and Comparative Advantages--China’s Service Industry and Manufacturing Industry: 1988-2002
Yu Han (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
The Effect of Scale on Job Getting: Evidence from Urban China
Hong Gao (Fudan University)
The Role of Family Background for Earnings in Rural China
Tor Eriksson (Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University)
Session 1C. Education Attainment (Jiageng3-215)
Chair: Elisabetta Magnani (University of New South Wales)
The Role of Parental Investments for Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation – Evidence for the First 11 Years of Life
Karsten Reuß (Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW))
Competition for Care? Care-Giving to the Elderly and Children’s Education in the Face of Bequest-Regulating Social Norms
Elisabetta Magnani (University of New South Wales)
The Effects of Parents’ Layoffs on Children’s Entrance to Higher Schools in China
Wei Song (China Center for Economic Research, Peking University)
12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch (Yifu Building)
2:00pm – 3:30pm Plenary Session II (Jiageng3-220)
Chair: Gordon Hanson (University of California, San Diego)
Human Capital Investment and the Gender Division of Labor in a Brawn-Based Economy
Mark R. Rosenzweig (Yale University)
Economic Crisis, Labor Regulation, and Employment in China
Albert Park (Oxford University)
3:30pm – 4:00pm Coffee Break
4:00pm – 6:00pm Parallel Sessions 2A, 2B, 2C
Session 2A. Migration – Immigrant Assimilation (Jiageng3-220)
Chair: Richard Mueller (University of Lethbridge)
Economic and Cultural Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants in Europe
Mariya Aleksynska (CEPII)
Ethnic Identity and Labor Market Integration: Evidence from Denmark
Cédric Gorinas (Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University)
Why Do So Many Immigrants and Their Children Attend University? Some (More) Evidence For Canada
Richard Mueller (University of Lethbridge)
Relationship between Immigrants Characteristics and Assimilation Pattern: The Case of China-Hong Kong Migration
Michael Chi Man Ng (The Open University of Hong Kong)
Session 2B. Gender Differences (Jiageng3-514)
Chair: Kailing Shen (WISE, Xiamen University and IZA)
Minimum Wage, Fringe Benefits, Overtime Payments and the Gender Wage Gap
Kemal Kizilca (Ankara University)
Gender Discrimination in Job Ads: Theory and Evidence
Kailing Shen (WISE, Xiamen University and IZA)
Semiparametric Varying-coefficient Instrumental Variables Models
Ying Fang (WISE, Xiamen University)
Session 2C. Unemployment and Job Search (Jiageng3-215)
Chair: Martin Scheffel (ZEW Mannheim)
A Macroeconomic Model for the Evaluation of Labor Market Reforms
Martin Scheffel (ZEW Mannheim)
Unemployment Benefits in the Period of Crisis: the Effect on Unemployment Duration
Anne Lauringson (University of Tartu)
Match Me if You Can: Wage Secrecy and Matching in a Search Model
Moshik Lavie (Bar-Ilan University)
Can’t SBTC Explain the U.S. Wage Inequality Dynamics?
Chi Man Yip (City University of Hong Kong)
6:00pm – 8:00pm Dinner (Yifu Building)
December 12 (Sun), 2010
8:30am – 10:00am Plenary Session III (Jiageng3-220)
Chair: Chun-Chung Au (WISE, Xiamen University)
The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the U.S.
Gordon H. Hanson (University of California, San Diego)
China’s College Entrance Exam
Hongbin Li (Tsinghua University)
10:00am – 10:30am Coffee Break
10:30am – 12:30pm Parallel Sessions 3A, 3B
Session 3A. Trade and Productivity (Jiageng3-220)
Chair: Suqin Ge (Virginia Tech)
Trade Liberalization, Firm Heterogeneity, and Wages: New Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Jennifer Poole (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Employment Growth and International Trade: A Small Open Economy Perspective
Frederic Warzynski (Aarhus University)
Accounting for Rising Wages in China
Suqin Ge (Virginia Tech)
Organization Adjustments, Job Training and Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Makers
Masaru Sasaki (Osaka University)
Session 3B. Education in China (Jiageng3-514)
Chair: Xinzheng Shi (Tsinghua University)
Peer Effects on Student Achievement: An Instrumental Variable Approach Using School Transition Data
Hongliang Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
The Impact of Class Quality on Students’ Educational Performance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China
Xinzheng Shi (Tsinghua University)
Socioeconomic Statuses, Students’ On-Campus Performance and Inequalities in Their First Job Salaries: the Evidence from the Chinese Labour Market
Suyu Liu (Oxford University)
A Control Function Approach to Estimating the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
Yafeng Wang (WISE, Xiamen University)
12:30pm – 2:30pm Lunch (Nanputuo Temple, Vegetarian Food)
2:30pm – 3:15pm Plenary Session IV (Jiageng3-220)
Chair: Tor Eriksson (Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University)
Son Preference, Gender Composition, and Parental Time Allocation: Evidence from Rural China
Junsen Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
3:15pm – 3:45pm Coffee Break
3:45pm – 5:45pm Parallel Sessions 4A, 4B, 4C
Session 4A. Social Environment and Family (Jiageng3-220)
Chair: Xi Chen (Cornell University)
Network Centrality, Market Access and Social Spending Inflation: A Case Study of Gift Network in Rural China
Xi Chen (Cornell University)
The Influence of Social Environment on Intergenerational Financial Transfers: Evidence from China
Shu Cai (China Center for Economic Research, Peking University)
Understanding Child Labor in Cameroon
Sébastien Djienouassi (National Institute of Statistics, Cameroon)
Session 4B. Globalization and Labor Market (Jiageng3-514)
Chair: Pedro Martins (Queen Mary University of London)
Globalised Labour Markets? International Rent Sharing Across 47 Countries
Pedro Martins (Queen Mary University of London)
The Nexus between Labor Diversity and Firm’s Innovation
Dario Pozzoli (Aarhus University)
Labour Demand Adjustment: Does Foreign Ownership Matter?
Emmanuel Dhyne (National Bank of Belgium)
Do Foreign-Owned Firms Really Pay More?
Bo Zhou (WISE, Xiamen University)
Session 4C. Labor Market in China (in Chinese) (Jiageng3-215)
Chair: 陈贵富 (厦门大学宏观经济研究中心)
经济转型背景下农民工流动就业行为的双重决定——珠江三角洲地区农民工流动就业调查研究
王春超（暨南大学经济学院）
Rural Migration and Earnings Difference between Sectors in Urban China
陈贵富 (厦门大学宏观经济研究中心)
中国高等教育的性别差异逆转——现象与原因
黄炜（北京大学国家发展研究院）
“80后”女大学生面临“玻璃天花板效应”与“粘胶地板效应”？
谭远发（西南财经大学中国西部经济研究中心）
参军的回报率――基于农村退伍士兵的实证分析
续田曾（北京大学经济学院）
社会资本及其本地化程度对农村非农就业的影响：中国西部边疆地区的实证分析
陈瑛（云南大学发展研究院）
新移民和城市居民就业渠道存在差异吗?——基于 CHIP 数据的实证分析
卜茂亮（南京大学）
