June 24–25, 2011
Program
Friday, June 24
| 8:30 –9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00–9:15 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| 9:15–10:05 a.m. | “Good Samaritans, Rotten Parent Theorem, Old Age, and Investment in Human Capital: Some New Results” Gary Becker, University of Chicago |
| 10:05–10:15 a.m. | Q & A Session |
| 10:15–11:05 a.m. | “Large Demographic Shocks and Small Changes in the Marriage Market” Loren Brandt, University of Toronto |
| 11:05–11:15 a.m. | Q & A Session |
| 11:15–11:30 a.m. | Break |
| 11:30–12:00 p.m. | “Exploiting the Internet Data Explosion: Taobao and Ali-baba and More” Wei Chi, Tsinghua University “Prospects for UChicago Collaboration” Dali Yang, University of Chicago |
| 12:10–1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30–2:20 p.m. | “Love and Money by Parental Match–Making: Evidence from Chinese Couples” L. Colin Xu, World Bank |
| 2:20–2:30 p.m. | Q & A Session |
| 2:30–3:20 p.m. | “Cognitive Skills, Non-Cognitive Skills, and the Employment and Wages of Young Adults in Rural China” Albert Park, Oxford University |
| 3:20–3:30 p.m. | Q & A Session |
| 3:30–3:50 p.m. | Break |
| 3:50–4:40 p.m. | “Prices and Market Transactions on the World's Largest Internet Platform: Taobao.com 2010” Richard Freeman, Harvard University |
| 4:40–4:50 p.m. | Q & A Session |
| 4:50–5:40 p.m. | “Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS” Xiaoyan Lei, CCER, Beijing University |
| 5:40–5:50 p.m. | Q & A Session |
Saturday, June 25
| 8:30 –9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00–9:50 a.m. | “The Political Determinants of Social Trust: An IV Approach Using Chinese Survey Data” Dali Yang, University of Chicago |
| 9:50–10:00 a.m. | Q & A Session |
| 10:00–10:50 a.m. | “Measuring the Income-Distance Tradeoff for Rural-Urban Migrants in China” Junfu Zhang, Clark University |
| 10:50–11:00 a.m. | Q & A Session |
| 11:00–11:30 a.m. | Planning for Next Conference |
| 12:05–12:15 p.m. | Q & A Session |
| 12:15–1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
