IESR-GLO Workshop on “Belt and Road” Labor Markets
Organizers: Shuaizhang Feng and Klaus Zimmermann
Dates: March 21 and 22, 2019
Venue: Room 106B, Zhonghui Building, Main Campus of Jinan University, Guangzhou
Workshop Schedule:
March 21st, 2019
9:30-9:40 Welcome remarks, by Shuaizhang Feng and Klaus Zimmermann
9:40-10:40 Michele Bruni: China and the BRI Countries at a Demographic Crossroad: Labour Market Implications, Challenges and Opportunities
10:40-11:10 Group Picture and Coffee Break
11:10-11:50 Asad Islam: Can Referral Improve Targeting? Evidence from a Training Experiment
11:50-13:50 Lunch
13:50-14:30 Jinseong Park: Parental Wealth, Time to First Job, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Housing Wealth Shocks in South Korea
14:30-14:50 Coffee Break
14:50-15:30 Niaz Asadullah: Female Seclusion from Paid Work: A Social Norm or Cultural Preference?
15:30-16:10 Shuaizhang Feng: The Challenge of Internal Migration on China’s Long Term Sustainable Growth
March 22nd, 2019
9:00-9:40 Chandarany Ouch: (TBD)
9:40-10:20 Sen Xue: Institutional Restrictions on Migration and Migrant Consumption and Savings Response
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break
10:40-11:20 Klaus Zimmermann: Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water in Bangladesh: Knowledge and Response
11:20-12:00 Discussion
12:00-14:00 Lunch
List of Participants
Michele Bruni: Professor at the Centre for the Analysis of Public Policies, University of Modena, Team Leader of EU-China Social Protection Reform Project
Shuaizhang Feng: Professor and Dean of IESR, Jinan University
Asad Islam: Associate Professor of Department of Economics, Monash University
Niaz M. Asadullah: Professor, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Univ of Malaya
Chandarany Ouch: Research Fellow, Head of Economics Unit, Cambodia Development Resource Institute
Jinseong Park: Assistant Professor of IESR, Jinan University
Sen Xue: Assistant Professor of IESR, Jinan University
Klaus Zimmermann: Professsor of Bonn University and UNU-MERIT, President of the Global Labor Organization
