Seminars: China Economy

Seminar in China Economy 

Term:  F+S | 2023-2024
LOCATION:  Via Zoom (Link is sent to E-list)

TIME:
- FRIDAYS @ 9:00am | many topics joint w/ Econ of Science & Engineering Seminar
- TIMES ZONES:  9am EST | 3pm CET | 9pm China | World Clock Converter 

Description: This seminar provides a forum for faculty, graduate students, and research fellows in economics and other fields to present and discuss research and scholarship on the economic and social transformation of China. The seminar will give special attention to the Covid19 pandemic, the environmental, technological, and social changes that are accompanying China's extraordinary economic development and to the links between Chinese and US economies. 

ZOOM LINKS: contact Jennifer w/your affiliation, etc: <amadeoholl@gmail.com
ZOOM RECORDINGS:  posted after recorded seminars
OLD: Archive of Papers & PPT's:  

PAST SEMINAR SCHEDULES:  China Economy Seminar

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
FALL  2023    
Friday, Oct 6:
joint with Seminar in the Econ of S+E
Pierre Azoulay (MIT and NBER) "Who Stands on the Shoulders of Chinese (Scientific) Giants? Evidence from Chemistry." (paper joint with Shumin Qiu and Claudia Steinwender)
ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file
VIDEO RECORDING
Friday, Nov 17: 
joint with Seminar in the Economics of Science & Engineering
Meijun Liu (Fudan Univ) "Effects of Same-Race Mentorship Preferences on Academic Performance and Survival"
ABSTRACT + BIO
VIDEO - recording (to be posted after seminar)
SPRING 2023    
Wed: 1 March Wei Huang (Renmin University of China) “What Sort of Workplace Democracy Can Democratic Management Achieve in China?”
ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file
VIDEO recording
Wed: 29 March Cheng LIU (Professor of Labor Law, Shanghai Normal University School of Law and Political Science) TITLE: “Creative Labor in Micro-Economics VS  Technological Progress in Macro-Economics”
BIO - linked file
ZOOM LINK: sent to e-list
PPT presentation
FALL 2022    
Wed: Oct 5 @ 10am
JOINT WITH
Econ of S&E Seminar
Qingnan Xie (Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School)
Paper Joint with: 
Richard B. Freeman, Harvard + NBER
’Chinese Diaspora and Returnee Researchers Create and Connect US & China Science"
BIO + ABSTRACT - linked file
VIDEO - recording of 10/5/22 seminar

Oct 12 

no seminar   
Wed: Oct 19 @ 10am
via ZOOM
Liqun Zhuge (Boston University, PhD Candidate in Economics) “Bargaining over Marriage Payments: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications” 
PDF of WP
BIO + ABSTRACT - linked file
VIDEO - recording of 10/19/22 seminar

Wed: Oct 26 @ 10am via ZOOM

Joint with: 
Econ of S&E Seminar

Xiaoying Li (Sun Yat-Sen University)

​“Robot Adoption and Labor Share: Firm-level Evidence from China” (paper joint with Yin Tan (Guangdong Univ of Finance, China) and Richard B. Freeman (Harvard and NBER) 
BIO + ABSTRACT - linked file
VIDEO - recording of 10/26/22 seminar

Wed: Nov 2 @ 10am

JOINT w/
Econ of S&E Seminar

Shule Yu (Fudan Univ, School of Economics) ​“How Robots Impact Labor Relations? Evidence from China”
(paper joint with Xueling Yan (Sichuan University) and Richard Freeman (Harvard + NBER)
ABSTRACT + BIO (w/ contact info) - linked file
VIDEO - recording of 11/2/22 seminar

Wed: Nov 9 @ 9am:
via ZOOM

Joint with:
Econ of S&E Seminar

Wei Huang (National School of Development, Peking University) "The Tenure-Track System and Academic Research Productivity: Evidence from Reforms in Chinese Universities" (paper joint with Qingfeng Liu (Tsinghua Univ), Jianwei Xing (CCER, NSD, Peking U), and Shilin Zheng​ (​​IQTE, ​CASS)
ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file 
Nov 16 @ 9am, via ZOOM Tanggang Yuan (Harvard University and Eightfold.AI)

"Grandparents to the Rescue? The Impact of Grandparents on Fertility in China"
Paper joint w/: Richard Freeman (Harvard + NBER), and Zhixiang Geng (Wuhan U)
ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file
VIDEO - recording of 11/16/22 seminar

Wed Dec 7 @ 9am: ZOOM
JOINT w/
Econ of S&E Seminar

David Yang (Harvard Univ) TITLE: “Power and the Direction of Research: Evidence from China’s Academia”
ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file
VIDEO - recording of 12/7/22 seminar
Dec 21 End of  Semester | seminars resume Wed Jan 25