3rd CIER/IZA Workshop:
Current Labour Market Issues in China
Renmin University of China, Beijing
September 17-18, 2011
Organizers: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Xiangquan Zeng (CIER, Renmin University of China and IZA)
Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and Bonn University)
Program
+++ presentation: 40 minutes +++ discussion: 10 minutes +++
Friday, September 16
18:00 Welcome Dinner – Yanshan Hotel
Saturday, September 17
8:30 - 9:00 Registration / Coffee and Tea
9:00 - 9:15 Welcoming Remarks by
Xiangquan Zeng (CIER, Renmin University of China and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Keynotes
Chair: Weiguo Yang (Renmin University of China and IZA)
9:15 - 10:00 Xiangquan Zeng (Renmin University of China and IZA)
"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 and IZA)
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: Labour Market Issues in Rural China
Chair: Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
14:00 - 14:50 Xiaoyan Lei (Peking University and IZA)
“The Incentive Problems in China’s New Rural Pension Program”
Discussant: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
14:50 - 15:40 Sylvie Demurger (CNRS, GATE)
“Labour Allocation in Rural China”
Discussant: Yuhao Ge (Renmin University of China)
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break
Session B: Entrepreneurship
Chair: Sylvie Demurger (CNRS, GATE)
16:00 - 16:50 Björn Gustafsson (University of Gothenburg and IZA), 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 and IZA)
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 and IZA)
18:00 Conference Dinner at Tianshi (Angel) Restaurant
Sunday, September 18
Session C: Inequality in China: A Long-Run Perspective
Chair: Björn Gustafsson (University of Gothenburg and IZA)
09:00 - 09:50 Shi Li (Beijing Normal University and IZA)
“Changes in Income Inequality in China in the Last Three Decades”
Discussant: Xiaoyan Lei (Peking University and IZA)
09:50 - 10:40 Qingjie Xia (Peking University), Shi Li (Beijing Normal University and IZA),
Lina Song (University of Nottingham and IZA), Simon Appleton (University of Nottingham and IZA)
“Effect of Public Sector and State-Owned Enterprises on Wage Inequality of Urban China: 1988-2007”
Discussant: Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Session D: Employment Dynamics
Chair: Xiaoyan Lei (Peking University and IZA)
11:00 - 11:50 Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA), Yuhao Ge (Renmin University of China)
“The Cost of Job Loss in China: Evidence from a New Data Set”
Discussant: Sylvie Demurger (CNRS, GATE)
11:50 - 12:40 Kailing Shen (Xiamen University and IZA)
“Job Search Behaviour: The Case of Xianmen”
Discussant: Shi Li (Beijing Normal University and IZA)
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 and IZA), Jing Liu (Renmin University of China)
“Local and non-Local Rural-to-Urban Workers in China”
Discussant: Björn Gustafsson (University of Gothenburg and IZA)
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 and IZA)
“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 and IZA)
17:40 Closing Remarks
18:00 Conference Dinner at Restaurant Jiangnan Fu