Lecture Series of The 40th Anniversary of BNUBS and the 3rd Frontier Forum on Labor Economics

Agenda for the Meeting (25 May)

 

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Notes for Attendees

 

Distinguished leaders and experts:

 

We warmly welcome you to attend the 3rd Frontier Forum on Labor Economics. To ensure a smooth and efficient meeting, please read the meeting guide carefully and pay attention to the following:

 

1. Please bring your representative card with you to attend the meeting.

 

2. A working lunch will be provided for selected candidates.

 

3. The opening ceremony and conference report on May 25 will be held in the Hall of Beijing Normal University on the first floor, and the conference report on May 25 will be held in the conference room on the 16th and 17th floors of the main building (1610, 1620, 1621, 1629, 1710, 1722, 1726). The relevant venue has the indication sign, also has the staff guidance.

4. Please pay attention to your personal safety and take good care of your belongings during the meeting.

 

5. If you have any questions or needs, please contact the staff of the conference Committee.

 

Contact person: Teng Yangchuan 15286809632; BaoWen 13269107408; Chu-liang luo 13520836338

 

Wish you a pleasant stay in Beijing! 

BNUBS

The third Frontier Forum of Labor Economics

 

May 24, 2019 

Opening Ceremony and Conference report

 

 

 

Session Report I

 

Time: 10:11:50

 

Technological Progress [1610, Host: Wang Chunchao]

1.  The Effects of Robotics and Automation on Wage Inequality and Returns to Skill: Evidence from the China Employer-Employee Survey

Albert Park，Xuechao Qian，Xiaobo Qu(Institute of Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

Commentary: Wang Chunchao (Jinan University) Ge Peng (Renmin University of China)

 

2. The Rise of robotics and employment Change: 2009 -- 2016

 

Ge Peng (Renmin University of China), Zhao Zhong (Renmin University of China)

 

Editorial Writer: Huang Mian (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics) Qu Xiaobo (Institute of Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

 

 

Reproductive behavior [1620, Host: Zhao Guochang]

 

1.  Housing Wealth Shocks and Fertility Choice: Evidence from China 

Hong Liu(Central University of Finance and Economics)，Lili Liu(Central University of Finance and Economics)，Fei Wang（Renmin University of China）

Critics: Zhu Min (Beijing Normal University) zhao Guochang (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

 

2. Does going to college Influence Female Reproductive behavior: A quasi-natural experiment based on college enrollment Expansion

 

Zhao Guochang (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Zhu Zhou (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

 

Commentary: Song Hong (Fudan University) Liu Hong (Central University of Finance and Economics)

 

Poverty Alleviation Effect [1621, Host: Luo Chuliang]

 

1. Does targeted poverty alleviation promote entrepreneurship among poor families? Jin Jiang (South China University of Technology), Li Yongkang (Sun Yat-sen University)

 

2. Beyond Poverty Reduction: Income distribution effects of national poverty county policies

 

Wang Diao (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Xu Shu (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Yang Rudai (Peking University)

 

Critics: Ding Haiyan (Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics) Li Yongkang (Sun Yat-sen University)

 

Medical Security [1629, Host: Sun Sanbai]

 

1. The long-term effects of China's rural healthcare reform on income redistribution: an empirical study based on the medical consumption choices of heterogeneous households

 

Zhou Qiang (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law), Zhang Quanhong (Hubei University of Economics and Law)

 

Critics: Sun Weizeng (Central University of Finance and Economics) Su Nuoya (Peking University)

 

2. Immediate and intertemporal effects of health shock on household consumption -- also on the puzzle of increasing non-medical consumption

 

Su Nuoya (Peking University), Fu Guoqun (Peking University)

 

Liu Quanlin (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) Zhou Qiang (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law)

 

Education and Employment [1710, Host: Deng Quheng]

 

1. Does overeducation lead to income penalties? -- Empirical evidence of quality matching between recruiters and job seekers

 

Zheng Yanqiao (Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics), Zhang Xiaoqi (Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics), Zhu Yu (University of Dundee)

 

Yang Juan (Beijing Normal University) Sun Peilun (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)

 

2. "Good student" equals "Good employee"? Evidence from recruitment brochures of listed companies

 

Sun Peilun (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) and Li Xinying (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)

 

Critics: Deng Quheng (Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Zhang Xiaoqi (Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environment and Labor [1722, Host: Han Jun]

 

1. Environmental regulation, labor allocation and high-quality urban development

 

Liu Chaoliang (Fudan University), Chen Shiyi (Fudan University), Jin Hao (Fudan University)

 

Sun Wenkai (Renmin University of China) Shen Yu (Renmin University of China)

 

2. Blue Sky protection and urban attraction: An empirical study on the impact of air pollution on labor flow

 

Shen Yu (Renmin University of China)

 

Commentary: Han Jun (Renmin University of China) Liu Chaoliang (Fudan University)

 

Regional Development [1726, Host: Xing Chunbing]

 

1. Transportation Development, Resource Flow and Urban-rural Income Gap: A Multi-spatial Econometric Model based on 278 Prefecture Level Cities huang Zhenxiong (Hunan University)

 

Li Bingbing (Tsinghua University) Wan Haiyuan (Beijing Normal University)

 

2. In defense of investment: The entrepreneurial driving role of urban infrastructure investment

 

Wan Haiyuan (Beijing Normal University)

 

Commentary: Kong Jun (Northwest University) huang Zhenxiong (Hunan University)

 

Session Report II

 

Time: 1:30, at 3:30

 

Human Capital Formation I [1610, Host: Wang Chunchao]

 

1. Science and Training o ffect of a Science Training Program for Students' STEM Career Choices

 

Yi Lu (Tsinghua and NUS) and Hong Song (Fudan)

 

Commentary: Zhang Dandan (Peking University) Wang Chunchao (Jinan University)

 

 

 

2. Do long-term natural disasters boost human capital?

 

Zhang Zhidi (Zhejiang University), Ruan Jianqing (Zhejiang University)

 

Commentary: Liu Hong (Central University of Finance and Economics) Song Hong (Fudan University)

 

3. The relationship between cognitive and non-cognitive development: Evidence from field experiments

 

Wang Chunchao (Jinan University), Lin Junjie (Jinan University)

 

Critics: Chen Yuanyuan (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) Zhang Zhidi (Zhejiang University)

 

Human Capital Formation II [1620, Host: Zhao Guochang]

 

1. Family education, parenting style and children's academic performance: a large sample survey from junior middle school students

 

Yang Juan (Beijing Normal University), Zhao Xinhui (Beijing Normal University)

 

Critics: Zhao Guochang (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics) Liang Shuyuan (Northwest University)

 

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. -- The impact of relative ranking on students' educational output

 

Zhu Min (Beijing Normal University), Gao Man (Beijing Normal University)

 

Liu Yuyun (Sun Yat-sen University) Liu Jing (Central University of Finance and Economics)

 

3. Labor contract and children's educational expectations: Income effect or expectation Effect?

 

Liang Shuyuan (Northwest University) and Kang Yankun (Northwest University)

 

Commentary: Zhao Xinhui (Beijing Normal University) Zhu Min (Beijing Normal University)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income Distribution [1621, Host: Luo Chuliang]

 

1. Research on employment structure change and income gap of Urban residents in China

 

Li Bingbing (Tsinghua University), Wu Binzhen (Tsinghua University)

 

Critics: Luo Chuliang (Beijing Normal University) Du Pengcheng (Capital University of Economics and Business)

 

2. Evolution and causes of Consumption gap of Urban Residents in China: 1995-2013

 

Ding Haiyan (Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics)

 

Editorial Writer: Su Nuoya (Peking University) li Bingbing (Tsinghua University)

 

Du Pengcheng (Capital University of Economics and Business), Xu Shu (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Liu Ruiwen (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics) 

Wage gap [1629, Host: Sun Sanbai]

 

1. Do Workers Value Flexible Jobs? A Field Experiment on Compensating Differentials

 

Haoran He (Beijing Normal University), David Neumark (University of California at Irvine), Qian Weng (Renmin University of China)

 

Commentary: Shan Jin (Virginia Tech) Zheng Xiaoting (Jinan University)

 

2. Self-Selection and the Wage of Migrants in China

 

Suqin Ge (Virginia Tech) and Shan Jin (Virginia Tech)

 

Xu Minbo (Beijing Normal University) Wang Yake (University of International Business and Economics)

 

3. Regional mismatch between labor market matching efficiency and labor force

 

Luo Chuliang (Beijing Normal University), Liu Pan (Beijing Normal University)

 

Commentary: Liu Chaoliang (Fudan University) Wang Yake (University of International Business and Economics)

 

Labor Market and Employment [1710, Host: Qin Xuezheng]

 

1. How does declining trade policy uncertainty affect regional employment?

 

Chunming Zhao (Beijing Normal University), Zhen Li (Beijing Normal University), Hongbing Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications)

 

Commentary: Huang Zhenxiong (Hunan University) Liang Wenquan (Jinan University)

 

2. Job creation

 

Liang Wenquan (Jinan University), Sun Sanbai (Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

 

Shen Yu (Renmin University of China) Sun Wenkai (Renmin University of China)

 

3. Construction and testing of China's labor market index

 

Sun Wenkai (Renmin University of China), Zhao Zhong (Renmin University of China), Shan Shuang (Renmin University of China), Liu Cending (Renmin University of China)

 

Reviewers: Qu Xiaobo (Institute of Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Li Zhen (Beijing Normal University)

 

Labor Mobility, Segmentation and Integration [1722, Host: Han Jun]

 

1. The impact of regional dialect environment on labor mobility

 

Han Jun (Renmin University of China), Lin Luxia (Renmin University of China)

 

Sun Peilun (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) Zhu Mengbing (Beijing Normal University)

 

2. How does rent rise affect the consumption and social integration of floating population: An empirical analysis based on the data of the National Dynamic Monitoring survey of floating Population

 

Sun Weizeng (Central University of Finance and Economics), Zhang Sisi (Jinan University)

 

Commentary: Liu Xueliang (Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Wang Lili (Fudan University)

 

3. Relative Deprivation and Social Groups in China

 

Mengbing Zhu (Beijing Normal University), Xiaobing Wang (University of Manchester), Nanak Kakwani (University of New South Wales), Li Shi (Beijing Normal University)

 

Commentary: Han Jun (Renmin University of China) Sun Weizeng (Central University of Finance and Economics)

 

[1726, Moderator: Xing Chunbing]

 

1. The Great Stampede: Financial Crises and Unemployment Traps

 

Xiaodong Fan (Monash University) and Chao He (East China Normal University)

 

Editorial Writer: Qiao Xue (Tsinghua University) Huang Mian (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

 

2. Regional comparative study on the influencing factors of job search: Based on the survival model analysis of college graduates in Beijing and Shandong

 

Kong Jun (Northwest University)

 

Reviewers: Tao Meijuan (Central University of Finance and Economics) Xing Chunbing (Beijing Normal University)

 

3.Does College locations o ffect the Location Choice of New College Graduates o ffect -Evidence from China

 

Mian Huang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and Chunbing Xing, Beijing Normal University

 

Commentary: Kong Jun (Northwest University) Weng Qian (Renmin University of China) 

 

 

Session Report III

 

Time: 3:50 p.m - 5:50

 

Regional Development [1629, Host: Sun Sanbai]

 

1. Spatial heterogeneity analysis of externality of Urban human capital in China

 

Liang Hui (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law) and Chen Zhongming (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law)

 

Liang Wenquan (Jinan University) Sun Sanbai (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

 

2. Household registration discrimination, human capital and labor allocation

 

Wang Lili (Fudan University), Qiao Xue (Tsinghua University)

 

Critics: Qin Xuezheng (Peking University) Chen Zhongming (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law)

 

Age structure of population

1. Dividend of aging -- reevaluation of delayed retirement effect under endogenous human capital investment mechanism

 

Qiu Muyuan (INDUSTRIAL and Commercial Bank of China), Wang Tianyu (Renmin University of China), Liang Run (Peking University HSBC Business School)

 

Liu Pan (Beijing Normal University) Liu Xueliang (Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

 

2. Public education, endowment insurance and Long-term income distribution: Based on dynamic General equilibrium Model

 

 

 

He Chao (East China Normal University) Qiu Muyuan (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)

 

3. New Working-age population and Economic growth: Typical facts, theories and transnational experiences

 

Xueliang Liu (Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) and Chuanyong Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

 

 

Gender Structure and Gender Discrimination [1610, Host: Wang Chunchao]

 

1. Imbalance of sex ratio, bride price and children's support

 

Chuanchuan Zhang (Central University of Finance and Economics), Meijuan Tao (Central University of Finance and Economics)

 

Zhu Mengbing (Beijing Normal University) Zhang Xiaoqi (Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics)

 

2. Two-child policy and gender discrimination: Evidence from the natural experiment of open recruitment

 

Yuyun Liu (Sun Yat-sen University), Lin Wu (Sun Yat-sen University)

 

Author: Tao Meijuan (Central University of Finance and Economics) Liu Jing (Central University of Finance and Economics)

 

3. Retirement age policy and gender wage difference in Urban areas of China

 

Liu Jing (Central University of Finance and Economics), Feng Jin (Fudan University)

 

Commentary: Shan Jin (Virginia Tech) liu Yuyun (Sun Yat-sen University)

 

Income mobility [1621, Host: Luo Chuliang]

 

1. Family background, career choice and social mobility

 

Wang Xiao (Northwest University), Qin Xuezheng (Peking University)

 

Zhou Qiang (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law) Liu Quanlin (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)

 

2. Higher education fees and intergenerational mobility

 

Wu Kun (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Liu Quanlin (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Chen Yuanyuan (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)

 

Critics: Luo Chuliang (Beijing Normal University) Zheng Xiaoting (Jinan University)

 

3. Employment expansion of urban industries and intergenerational mobility of residents' income

 

Zheng Xiao-ting (Jinan University), Yuan Meng (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Wang Jun (Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences)

 

Li Yongkang (Sun Yat-sen University) Wang Xiao (Northwest University)

 

Left-behind Children [1722, host: Han Jun]

 

1. Population regulation policy, school entry threshold and left-behind children

 

Yuanyuan Chen (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) and Wei Fu (Lehigh University)

 

Critics: Xing Chunbing (Beijing Normal University) zhang Dandan (Peking University)

 

Lack of parental care and crime in childhood: evidence from individual prison data

 

Zhang Dandan (Peking University)

 

Critics: Weng Qian (Renmin University of China) Chen Yuanyuan (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) 

Sub-forum discussion rules

 

1. The total time of each paper shall not exceed 50 minutes: the reading time of each paper shall be controlled within 20-25 minutes (focusing on research ideas, core ideas and innovations); After the paper is read, the reviewer will comment on it for 5-10 minutes. Panel discussion and speaker response time is 5 minutes. Please strictly control the time.

 

2. All participants are requested to read the group paper or other papers they are interested in carefully before the meeting, and prepare to speak actively. The reviewer can make a specific evaluation on the innovation and existing problems of the paper from the perspective of the value of topic selection, research method, literature citation, argumentation logic, written expression, the meaning of the conclusion and so on, and put forward further discussion and suggestions for modification.

 

3. Please take an active part in the group discussion in the spirit of mutual respect and equal discussion. 

Selection process and rules

 

In order to make the evaluation work fair, standardized and effective, the editorial department of Economic Research, the academic committee of the Forum and the organizing committee of the forum jointly organize the evaluation work.

 

1. Preliminary screening: Preliminary screening of submitted papers, and deletion of papers whose academic level is obviously low, which seriously do not conform to academic norms and do not conform to the topic selection direction of the forum.

2. Anonymous review: after the initial screening of the paper by two experts, there will be anonymous review.  Experts need to be in accordance with academic norms and research quality requirements of the paper to score and grade evaluation. The papers will be sorted according to the score (5 points for "strongly recommended", 4 points for "strongly recommended", 3 points for "recommended" and 0 points for "not recommended"), and the sorting results will be publicized to all members of the review Committee in the form of paper titles, and then the forum will be selected into the list of papers.

3. Presentation: Invited experts will be arranged for each sub-forum to evaluate the paper, and the evaluation experts will grade and score the paper based on the quality of the paper and the author's presentation performance.

 

4. Consideration of the Academic Committee: The final score of each paper is calculated according to the principle that 50% of the score of the hidden examination link and 50% of the score of the publicity link, and all papers are sorted. The first 10-15 papers are selected and submitted to the academic committee for discussion and deliberation, and the academic Committee will finally determine the list of papers recommended to economic Research for hidden examination.

 5. Information will be pushed by the official account of "Economic Research" for the final list of those who will be excluded from "Economic Research".

 

Introduction of BNUBS

 

BNU Business School, formerly known as Department of Political Economy of Beijing Normal University, is one of the earliest schools of economics and management in China's normal universities. It was founded in September 1979, with Mr. Tao Dayong, a famous economist, as the first dean. In 1985, it was renamed As The Department of Economics. In June 1996, it was established as the School of Economics. In March 2004, it was renamed as the School of Economics and Business Administration. Relying on the hundred years of history and culture of BNU, BNUBS takes " Promoting business and culture to serve the nation and the world through creating knoeledge and educating talents" as our mission, and is committed to establish the management education, the humanities, and social responsibility of the organic combination of school-running mode. It has become an important talent training and scientific research base of economics and business administration in China.

 

 

 

In 2016, the School successfully passed EQUIS international accreditation. In the 2016 First-level Discipline Assessment (the fourth round) and Professional degree Level Assessment released by the Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education, theoretical economics was awarded A- and MBA program was awarded B+. In the QS 2019 World University Rankings by Disciplines, accounting and Finance, Business and Management Studies are ranked 11th among Chinese mainland universities, and Economics and econometrics is ranked 12th among Chinese mainland universities.

 

The School has a relatively complete and reasonable disciplinary structure. Now it has 6 departments, including Department of Economics, Department of International Economy and Trade, Department of Finance, Department of Enterprise Management, Department of Accounting and Department of Human Resources Management.  There are 5 undergraduate majors in economics (experimental class), Finance, International Economy and Trade (Hande experimental class), Accounting and International Business Management (experimental class). There are mainly three first-level disciplines, including Theoretical Economics, Applied Economics and Business Administration, which covers one of national key disciplines, 1 national cultivate discipline, two key discipline of Beijing, a Beijing philosophy and social science research base, a characteristic specialized construction point and the Ministry of Education approved training mode innovation experimental area for the Ministry of Education economics, One national characteristic specialty and Beijing characteristic specialty construction site. It has 1 post-doctoral research station, 2 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization centers, 3 first-level discipline master degree authorization centers, 2 professional master degree authorization centers (MBA, MIB), 1 International English doctoral program and 1 International English master program. It also has more than 10 research institutes, institutes and centers, 1 university-level experimental teaching center, and 6 BNU-Gate experimental economics laboratories jointly built with France.

 

 

 

 

 

The School has an international team of high-quality teachers, including 79 full-time teachers, 37 professors and 26 associate professors. Nearly 30% of them have received doctoral degrees from high-level overseas universities, and more than 85% of the teachers have overseas exchange and study experience. At present, the college has 8 national talents, such as "Changjiang Scholars", "Ten Thousand Talents Program", "Outstanding Young Scholars of The National Natural Science Foundation of China", "National Talents Project", and "middle-aged and young experts with outstanding contributions". There are 7 experts with special government allowance of The State Council, 4 Outstanding Teachers of Beijing and more than 10 winners of other provincial and ministerial talent titles.

 

After 40 years of development, the quality and influence of the school's scientific research output has been constantly improving. In recent years, faculty members of the School have undertaken 15 major national key projects. More than 40 scientific research achievements have been awarded by the Ministry of Education, Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award, Sun Yefang Economic Science Award, China Economic Theory Innovation Award and other awards, 3 of which have been selected into the National Philosophy and Social Science Achievements Library. Capital Education Economics Research Base and China Income Distribution Research Institute were included in the China Think Tank Index source think tank. Faculty members actively participate in national policy consultation and promote scientific research achievements to serve national, local government and enterprise development, which has had a positive impact on China's reform and development in employment and economic growth, income distribution and anti-poverty, education, international trade and finance, state-owned enterprise reform and corporate governance innovation and other fields.

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the talent cultivation philosophy of "broadening the foundation, strengthening integration, respecting individuality and pursuing excellence", the School is committed to cultivating high-quality innovative and entrepreneurial economic and management professionals with good humanistic and scientific literacy, broad professional foundation, broad international vision and the courage to practice. The School has a complete talent training system from bachelor, master to doctor.  There are more than 1900 full-time students, accounting for 7.7% of the total students in the university, including 968 undergraduate students, 285 doctoral and master students, 531 MBA students and 150 international students. The School also offers a dual degree, an English-only master's degree in World Economics and China, executive education and continuing education programs. The School is an innovation experimental area of economic talent training mode of the Ministry of Education, and is also the first group of universities to establish MBA education programs among normal universities. The School attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' scientific research practice and innovation ability, and fully implements the "Encouraging Plan" - undergraduate scientific research tutorial system and freshman tutorial system.  The School attaches great importance to students' international experience and has established cooperative relations with more than 40 famous foreign universities. Currently, more than 40% of students have the opportunity to go to these universities for exchange study or study tour.

 

With the mission of " promoting business and culture to serve the nation and the world through creating knowledge and educating talents" and the values of "diversity, Inclusiveness, Innovation and Responsibility", BNUBS is striving to become a first-class school of economics and Management with cultural heritage and international influence.

 

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