1st Conference on the Chinese Economy
Welcome and Opening Remarks
by Xiaodong Zhu, Eric Santor
Session 1: Economic Development
China’s Economic Reform and Its Implications for the Global Economy
Presentation: David Dollar
Crony Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics
Presentation: Chong-En Bai, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Michael Song
Session 2: Macroeconomic Issues
Trends and Cycles in China’s Macroeconomy
Presentation: Chun Chang, Tao Zha
Unemployment and Labor Force Participation in China: Long Run Trends and Short Run Dynamics
Presentation: Shuaizhang Feng, Yingyao Hu, Robert Moffitt
Do Employers Prefer Undocumented Workers? Evidence from China’s Hukou System
Presentation: Peter Kuhn, Kailing Shen
Trade, Migration, Regional Income Differences and Aggregate Productivity: Evidence from China
Presentation: Xiaodong Zhu, Trevor Tombe
Session 3: Economic Growth
The Economy of People’s Republic of China from 1953
Presentation: Anton Cheremukhin, Mikhail Golosov, Aleh Tsyvinski, Sergei Guriev
Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China
Presentation: Loren Brandt, Gueorgui Kambourov, Kjetil Storesletten
Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China
Presentation: Zheng Song, Kjetil Storesletten, Yikai Wang, Fabrizio Zilibotti
Session 4: Assets
Demystifying the Chinese Housing Boom
Presentation: Hanming Fang, Quanlin Gu, Wei Xiong, Li-An Zhou
Breaking the Iron Rice Bowl: Evidence of Precautionary Savings from Chinese State-Owned Enterprises Reform
Presentation: Zheng Liu