Friday, September 16:

18:00 Welcome Dinner - Yanshan Hotel

Saturday, September 17:

08:30 - 09:00  Registration / Coffee and Tea

09:00 - 09:15  Welcoming Remarks byXiangquan Zeng (Renmin University of China and IZA)

Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn) 

    KeynotesChair: Weiguo Yang (Renmin University of China and IZA) 

09:15 - 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: Labor 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), Shi Li (Beijing Normal University and IZA)  
 "Migration, Networks and Labor 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 (Göteborg University and IZA)  
 "Economic Aspects on Private Entrepreneurs in China"  
 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: Xiaoyan Lei (Peking University 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), Lina Song (Nottingham University and IZA),

Shi Li (Beijing Normal University and IZA), Simon Appleton (Nottingham University 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: Björn Gustafsson (Göteborg 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: Urban Labour Markets 
 Chair: Corrado Giulietti (IZA)  

14:00 - 14:50  Jianmin Sun (Renmin University of China)  
 "-- to be announced --"  
 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 (Göteborg University 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 - Quanjiede Peking Duck 

Participants:

Fang Cai (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Toby Chai (Springer)
Yanyuan Chen (Renmin University of China)

Hau Chyi (Renmin University of China)

Sylvie Demurger (GATE Lyon St Etienne)

Yuhao Ge (Renmin University of China)

Corrado Giulietti (IZA)

Björn Gustafsson (Göteborg University and IZA)

Deqiao Hu (National Development and Reform Commission)

Wei Huang (Renmin University of China)

Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)

Xiaoyan Lei (Peking University and IZA)

Shi Li (Beijing Normal University and IZA)

Carl Lin (Beijing Normal University and IZA)
Geng Lin (Renmin University of China)
Danhua Liu (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security)
Erduo Liu (Renmin University of China)

Kailing Shen (Xiamen University and IZA)
Zhongxing Su (Renmin University of China)

Jianmin Sun (Renmin University of China)

Qingjie Xia (Peking University)

Weiguo Yang (Renmin University of China and IZA)
Dinghong Yi (Renmin University of China)

Xiangquan Zeng (Renmin University of China and IZA)

Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)