TRANSITION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Institutions and Economic Development
PROGRAMME(Preliminary)
August 11-12, 2009
Shanghai, China
Co-organized by
China Center for Economic Studies (CCES), Fudan University
Economic Growth Center (EGC), Yale University
Supported by
The State Innovative Institute for International competitiveness Studies of China’s Economy , Fudan University
Venue: 600# Guoquan Road,School of Economics, Fudan University
Monday, 10 August, 2009
19:00-21:00 Welcome Dinner, 2nd Floor of Guanghua Hall at Crown Plaza
Tuesday, 11 August, 2009
8:30-8:50 Opening Addresses, Dakin Hall, ground floor
| Chairman: | Zhao Chen | Deputy Director, CCES, Fudan University |
| Welcome Speech: | Yonghao Gui | Vice President, Fudan University |
| Host Address: | Xingmin Yin | Deputy Director, CCES, Fudan University |
| Co-organizer Address: | Mark Rosenzweig | Director, EGC, Yale University |
8:50-10:00 Opening Keynote speech, Dakin Hall, ground floor
| Speaker: | T. N. Srinivasan | Yale University |
| China and India in the Global Economy: Development Strategies, Economic Reforms and Responses to the Global Financial Crisis and Recession |
10:00-10:20 Picture Taking and Tea break
10:20-12:00 Session 1: Conflicts and Development，Dakin Hall, ground floor
| Chairman: | Junsen Zhang | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 10:20-11:10 | Tim Besley | London School of Economics |
| The Incidence of Civil War: Theory and Evidence (with Torsten Persson) | ||
| 11:10-12:00 | Christopher Blattman | Yale University |
| From Violence to Voting: War and Political Participation in Uganda |
12:00-13:30 Buffet at Cafe Max, Crown Plaza
13:30-15:10 Session 2: Technology and Industrialization，Room 201
| Chairman: | Hongbin Li | Tsinghua University |
| 13:30-14:20 | Mushfiq Mobarak | Yale University |
| Development Effects of Electrification: Evidence from the Geologic Placement of Hydropower Plants in Brazil (with Molly Lipscomb and Tania Barham) | ||
| 14:20-15:10 | Dilip Mookherjee | Boston University |
| Industrialization and Compensation for Displaced Farmers (with Maitreesh Ghatak) |
15:10-15:30 Tea break
15:30-17:50 Session 3(1): Environments, Productivity and Industrial Development, Room 201
| Chairman: | Kaivan Munshi | Brown University |
| 15:30-16:05 | Hongbin Li | Tsinghua UniversityWinter Heating or Clean Air? Unintended Impacts of China’s Huai River Policy (with Douglas Almond, Yuyu Chen and Michael Greenstonel) |
| Discussant | Xianxiang Xu | Zhongshan University |
| 16:05-16:40 | Shiyi Chen | Fudan UniversityEnergy Consumption and Carbon Emission Based Productivity Change and Industrialization in Post-Reform China (with Amelia Santos-Paulino) |
| Discussant | Mushfiq Mobarak | Yale University |
| 16:40-17:15 | Jianfeng Wu | Fudan UniversityMarket development and manufacturing location in China（with Yuming Fu） |
| Discussant | Duncan Thomas | Duke University |
| 17:15-17:50 | Steve Lehrers | Queen’s UniversityEstimating Randomization Bias in Education Experiments |
| Discussant | Chang Liu | Nottingham University Ningbo |
15:30-17:50 Session 3(2): Trade, History and Economic Development, Room 205
| Chairman: | Dilip Mookherjee | Boston University |
| 15:30-16:05 | Junsen Zhang | Chinese University of Hong KongPicking up the Losses: The Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Human Capital Re-investment in Urban China (with Jun Han and Wing Suen) |
| Discussant | Fenglian Du | Neimenggu University |
| 16:05-16:40 | Changyuan Luo | Fudan UniversityWhy did Labor Income Share Decline in China？(with Jun Zhang) |
| Discussant | Christopher Blattman | Yale University |
| 16:40-17:15 | Dan Li | Fudan UniversityConsumption Fluctuation and Welfare: Evidence from China (with Chun-Yu Ho and Wai-Yip Ho) |
| Discussant | Chunbing Xing | Beijing Normal University |
| 17:15-17:50 | Shengzu Wang | Fudan UniversityChina’s Trade Liberalization and Globalization between Two Crises: Evidence from 1864-1936(with Dan Li) |
| Discussant | Bin Wong | University of California, Los Angeles |
18:00 Departure for Dinner
Wednesday，12, August, 2009
8:00-9:40 Session 4: Risk, Poverty and Developing Policies，Room201
| Chairman: | Yang Yao | Peking University |
| 8:00-8:50 | Dean Karlan | Yale UniversityExpanding Microenterprise Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts in Manila (with Jonathan Zinman) |
| 8:50-9:40 | Duncan Thomas | Duke UniversityMortality in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (with Elizabeth Frankenberg, Thomas Gillespie, Sam Preston and Bondan Sikoki ) |
9:40-10:00 Tea Break
10:00-12:20 Session 5(1): Public Service and Social Networks，Room 201
| Chairman: | T. N. Srinivasan | Yale University |
| 10:00-10:35 | Yang Yao | Peking UniversitySocial Networks Enhance Grassroots Democracy: Surname Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China (with Yiqing Xu) |
| Discussants | Shiyuan Pan | Zhejiang University |
| Xiwei Zhu | Zhejiang University | |
| 10:35-11:10 | Yongqin Wang | Fudan UniversityIncomplete Contract and Divisional Structure (with Te Bao) |
| Discussants | Dilip Mookherjee | Boston University |
| Qian Dai | Wuhan University | |
| 11:10-11:45 | Yan Zhang | Fudan UniversityHow does Fiscal Decentralization and Marketization Influence Provincial Expenditure Structure in China? (with Jijun Xia) |
| Discussants | Tim Besley | London School of Economics |
| Wen Xiao | Zhejiang University | |
| 11:45-12:20 | Yuan Zhang | Fudan UniversityHeterogeneity of Social Network and Migrant Workers’ Wage: Evidence from China (with Ming Lu and E.M. Mouhoud) |
| Discussants | Dean Karlan | Yale University |
| Qing Xu | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
10:00-12:20 Session 5(2): Inequality and Urban-rural Development，Room205
| Chairman: | Duncan Thomas | Duke University |
| 10:00-10:35 | Shiyi Chen(Jun Zhang) | Fudan UniversityStructural Bonus and Industrial Growth in Post-Reform China (with Shiyi Chen and Gary Jefferson) |
| Discussant | T. N. Srinivasan | Yale University |
| 10:35-11:10 | Zhao Chen | Fudan UniversityInter-Industrial Wage Difference and Income Inequality in Urban China(With Guanghua Wan and Ming Lu) |
| Discussant | Kaivan Munshi | Brown University |
| 11:10-11:45 | Ming Lu | Fudan UniversityHappiness in the dual society of urban China: Hukou identity, horizontal inequality and heterogeneous reference (with Shiqing Jiang and Hiroshi Sato) |
| Discussant | Mark Rosenzweig | Yale University |
| 11:45-12:20 | Weili Ding | Queen’s UniversityWhen a Son is Born: The Impact of Fertility Patterns on Family Finance in Rural China(with Yuan Zhang) |
| Discussant | Heng Yin | Beijing Normal University |
12:20-14:00 Buffet at Cafe Max, Crown Plaza
14:00-15:40 Session 6: Family Decisions and Inequality, Room 201
| Chairman: | Tim Besley | London School of Economics |
| 14:00-14:50 | Mark Rosenzweig | Yale UniversityAltruism, Favoritism, and Guilt in the Allocation of Family Resources: Sophie’s Choice in Mao’s Mass Send-Down Movement (with Hongbin Li and Junsen Zhang) |
| 14:50-15:40 | Kaivan Munshi | Brown University Can Networks Reduce Persistent Inequality? |
15:40-16:00 Tea break
16:00-18:00 Round-Table Discussion: Economic Development and Development of Economics: Asian and China´s Experience, Room 714
| Chairman: | Mark Rosenzweig | Yale University |
| Speakers: | Tim Besley Shi Li | London School of EconomicsBeijing Normal University |
| T.N. Srinivasan | Yale University |
18:00-18:15 Wrapping Up
| Speaker: | Xingmin Yin | Deputy Director, CCES, Fudan University |
18:20 Departure for Dinner and Pujiang River Cruise
