CUHK Symposium on Growth and Development*
30 - 31 May 2015
Room 918, Esther Lee Building, Chung Chi College, CUHK
Programme
| Day 1: Saturday, 30 May | |
| 8:15 to 8:40: | Reception |
| 8:45 to 10:15: |
China (Chair: Chong-En Bai) Grasp the Large, Let Go of the Small: The Transformation of China's State Sector Chang-Tai Hsieh, Chicago Booth A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Real Exchange Rate: Theory and Evidences from China Qing Liu, CUHK |
| 10:15 to 10:45: | Tea Break |
| 10:45 to 12:15: | Global Perspectives (Chair: Kang Shi)
Saving Europe?: The Unpleasant Arithmetic of Fiscal Austerity in Integrated Economies Jing Zhang, Chicago Fed Demographics and Aggregate Household Saving in Japan, China, and India Nelson Mark, Notre Dame |
| 2:15 to 3:45: | Growth (Chair: Liugang Sheng)
International Trade, Economic Growth, and Middle-Income Trap Yong Wang, HKUST A Non-monotone Relationship between Growth and Unemployment: a Labor Search Model Been-Lon Chen, Sinica |
| 3:45 to 4:15: | Tea Break |
| 4:15 to 5:00: | Growth (cont.)
From Production to Retail: The Case of Chinese Footwear Industry Daniel Xu, Duke |
| Day 2: Sunday, 31 May | |
| 9:00 to 10:15: | Registration |
| 9:15 to 10:45: | Urbanization (Chair: Michael Song)
Education and Migration: The Role of Zhaosheng in China Yin-Chi Wang, CUHK Selection, Risk and Rural-Urban Migration Michael Waugh, NYU |
| 10:45 to 11:15: | Tea Break |
| 5 to 12:00: | Urbanization (cont.)
Urbanization and Economic Development: A Tale of Two Barriers Ping Wang, Washington University St. Louis |
| 2:00 to 3:30: | Historical Perspectives (Chair: Chong-Kee Yip)
Elite Recruitment and Political Stability: The Impact of the Abolition of China's Civil Service Exam Ying Bai, HKUST Ladders to Success: Civil Service Exams and Social Mobility in traditional China (1368-1644) Se Yan, Peking University |
*The financial support by the Faculty of Social Science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is greatly appreciated.