WORKSHOP ON LABOUR MARKETS IN CHINA AND NORTH AMERICA
August 18, 2011
4161 Social Sciences Centre
Department of Economics
University of Western Ontario
Sponsored by
CIBC Centre for Human Capital and Productivity and China Research and Policy Group at Western
| 9:00-9:30 | Welcome and Introduction |
| Session I: Migration | |
| 9:30-10:15 |
"Measuring the
Income-Distance Trade-off for Chinese Rural-Urban Migrants" Junfu Zhang (with Zhong Zhao), Clark University |
| 10:15-11:00 |
“The Unexpected Consequence
of One-Child Policy” Elaine Liu (with Meng Xin, Paul Frijters, Sherry Tao), University of Houston |
| 11:00-11:15 | Break |
| 11:15-12:00 |
“Repeated Circular
Migration: Theory and Evidence” Kevin Thom, New York University |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch |
| Session II: Education and Skill Formation | |
| 1:30-2:15 |
“China’s Higher Education
Expansion and its Labor Market Consequences” Chunbing Xing, Beijing Normal University |
| 2:15-3:00 |
“Human Capital Prices,
Productivity and Growth” Audra Bowlus (with Christopher Robinson), University of Western Ontario |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| Session III: Macroeconomics and Labour Market Adjustment | |
| 3:15-4:00 |
“The RMB Real Exchange Rate
and Labor Market Adjustment in China” Gilbert Mao, Chinese Academy of Social Science |
| 4:00-4:45 |
“The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act: Public Sector Jobs Saved, Private Sector Jobs Forestalled” Timothy Conley (with Bill Dupor), University of Western Ontario |
| 5:15-7:30 | Drinks at Grad Bar |
| 7:15 | Dinner |
