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09:45 |
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Registration with Coffee/Tea |
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10:00 |
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Welcoming Remarks by
Zhong Zhao (Associate Dean, SLHR,Renmin University of China and IZA)
Azfar Khan (Head, Research and Evaluation Unit, Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch, ILO)
Hartmut Lehmann (Program Coordinator IZA) |
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11:00 |
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Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA) |
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"Risk Attitudes, Informal Employment and Wages: Evidence from a Transition Country"
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| 11:00 |
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11:30 |
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Coffee/Tea Break |
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Session A: Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Outcomes |
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Chair:
Jun Han (Renmin University of China)
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| 11:30 |
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12:15 |
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Shu Cai (Jinan University), Xinzheng Shi (Tsinghua University), Zhufeng Xu (Tsinghua University) |
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"Trade Liberalization and Human Capital Acquisition: Evidence from China"
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13:00 |
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Yuan Zi (University of Oslo) |
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"Trade Liberalization and the Great Labor Reallocation"
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| 13:00 |
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14:30 |
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Lunch |
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Session B: Migration and Well-being |
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Chair:
Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
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| 14:30 |
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15:15 |
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Ilhom Abdulloev (Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation, Tajikistan and IZA) |
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"Job Dissatisfaction and Migration: Evidence from Tajikistan"
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16:00 |
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Bakhrom Mirkasimov (Westminster International University Tashkent), Sabohat Sobirova (Westminster International University Tashkent) |
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"Is Relative Poverty Triggering Migration Over and Above Absolute Poverty: Evidence from Tajikistan"
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16:30 |
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Coffee/Tea Break |
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Session C: Relative Poverty and Relative Income |
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Chair:
Ilhom Abdulloev (Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation, Tajikistan and IZA)
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| 16:30 |
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17:15 |
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Björn Anders Gustafsson (University of Gothenburg and IZA), Ding Sai (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) |
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"Growing into Relative Poverty – Urban China 1988 to 2013 "
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18:00 |
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Xianghong Wang (Renmin University of China), Sili Zhang (University of Zurich) |
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"Two Experiments on Relative Income"
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Dinner |
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Session D: Poverty and Polarization |
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Chair:
Björn Anders Gustafsson (University of Gothenburg and IZA)
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09:45 |
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Jun Han (Renmin University of China) |
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"High-Speed Railway and Job Polarization"
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10:30 |
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Carl Lin (Bucknell University and IZA), Sylvie Démurger (University of Lyon and IZA), Achim Schmillen (World Bank), Dewen Wang (World Bank) |
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"Minimum Wages and Poverty in Urban China"
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11:00 |
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Coffee/Tea Break |
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Session E: Policy Interventions and Labor Market Outcomes |
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Chair:
Francesco Pastore (University of Naples II and IZA)
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11:45 |
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Karin Wu (Taiwan University), Hung-Hao Chang (Taiwan University) |
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"Agricultural Disaster Relief Payments and Labor Supply of Farm Couples: Empirical Analysis from Taiwan"
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12:30 |
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Dawei Jiang (Renmin University of China), Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA) |
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"Too Bad to Be True - The Impact of the EPL Reform on the Firm Performance in China"
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14:00 |
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Lunch |
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Session F: Work Flexibility and Remittances as Potential Drivers of Development |
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Chair:
Bakhrom Mirkasimov (Westminster International University Tashkent)
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| 14:00 |
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14:45 |
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Qian Weng (Renmin University of China), Haoran He (Beijing Normal University), David Neumark (University of California-Irvine and IZA) |
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"Can Flexible Work Practices Encourage Job Entry? A Natural Field Experiment in China"
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15:30 |
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Matloob Piracha (University of Kent and IZA), Teresa Randazzo (University of Bari), Florin Vadean (University of Kent) |
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"Remittances and Occupational Outcomes of the Household Members Left-behind"
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16:00 |
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Coffee/Tea Break |
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Session G: Displaced Workers and Working Poor |
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Chair:
Carl Lin (Bucknell University and IZA)
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16:45 |
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Li Yu (Central University of Finance and Economics), Yunling Liang (China University of Petroleum-Beijing) |
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"Necessity Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Displaced Workers of the SOE Reform in China"
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17:30 |
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Francesco Pastore (University of Naples II and IZA) |
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"«Working but Watching Every Penny?» Working Poverty and School Dropout in Mongolia"
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17:40 |
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Concluding Remarks by Organizers |
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