Factor Market Distortion in China's Manufacturing Industry
Hang Gao, University of Leuven
Discussant: Yong Wang

Industry Upgrading and Wage Inequality: What Lessons for China from the East Asian Experience
Bruno Martorano, UNICEF, Innocenti Research Centre
*Marco Sanfilippo, European University Institute
Discussant: Bo Chen

6pm-8:30pm Dinner

Tuesday 2 July
09:00 – 11:00  Session 5

Session Chair: Xun Wang, Stockholm School of Economics

Chinese Political and Economic Governance System and the Imbalance between Consumption and Investment
*Julan Du, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hongsheng Fang, Zhejiang University
Xiangrong Jin, Zhejiang University
Discussant: Lin Zhang

State Advances and Private Retreats? – Evidence from the Decomposition of the Chinese Manufacturing Aggregate Productivity
*Jun Du, Stockholm School of Economics & Aston University
Ying Zhou, Aston University
Discussant: Yi Zhou

SOE Preference, Entry Barrier and Local Economic Growth
Yongwei Chen, Peking University
Xu Wei, Peking University
*Yi Zhou, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Jun Du

11:00 – 11:15  Tea/Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:35  Session 6
Session Chair: Bo Chen, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Agglomeration Shadow: Can Investment and Education Alleviate Geographic Disadvantage in Urban Growth?
Zhao Chen, Fudan University
*Ming Lu, Shanghai Jiaotong University & Fudan University
Zheng Xu, University of Connecticut
Discussant: Keun Lee

Dynamics of Growth-Inequality Nexus in China: Roles of Surplus Labor, Openness, Education & Technical Change in Province-Panel Analysis
Furong Jin, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
*Keun Lee, Seoul National University
Discussant: Ming Lu

12:35 – 13:35  Lunch

13:35 – 14:55  Session 7

Session Chair: Julan Du, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Productivity, Economic Growth and Middle Income Traps: Implications for China
Yanrui Wu, University of Western Australia
Discussant: Yu Xie

Input Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Firm-Level Evidence from China
*Bo Chen, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics,
Miaojie Yu, Peking University
Zhihao Yu, Carleton University
Discussant: Marco Sanfilippo

14:55 – 15:10 Tea/Coffee Break

15:10 – 17:10  Session 8

Session Chair: Jun Du, Stockholm School of Economics & Aston University

Guanxi and Income Inequality
Zaichao Du, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Jiannan Guo, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
*Lin Zhang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Discussant: Xiaobo Zhang

Internal Migration and Happiness Inequality in China
Sylvie Démurger, Université de Lyon
Shi Li, Beijing Normal University
*Hui Xu, Beijing Normal University
Discussant: Xuezheng Qin

The Intergenerational Inequality of Health in China
Tor Eriksson, Aarhus University
Jay Pan, Sichuan University
*Xuezheng Qin, Peking University
Discussant: Hui Xu

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