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Sponsored
by Tsinghua University, CKGSB, and NBER |
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Public Finance Issues in China |
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July 5-7, 2012 |
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Tsinghua
University |
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Thursday, July 5 |
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8:15 am |
Welcome by Chong-en Bai |
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8:20 am |
Welcome by Wei Li |
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8:25 am |
Conference preliminaries by
Roger Gordon |
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Session
1: Economic Conditions and Health |
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Chair: Chong-en Bai,
University of Hong Kong |
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8:30 am |
Shuang Zhang, Cornell University |
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Long-term Effect
of In Utero Exposure to Land Reform on Academic
Performance in China |
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Discussant: Jonah Rockoff,
Columbia University and NBER |
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9:25 am |
Hui He, University of Hawaii |
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Are Recessions Good for Your
Health? When Ruhn
Meets GHH |
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Discussant: Min Ouyang,
University of California at Irvine |
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10:20 am |
Tea |
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10:40 am |
Shuang Zhang, Cornell University |
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Mother's
Education and Infant Health: Evidence
from Closure of High Schools in China |
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Discussant: Xinzheng Shi, Tsinghua University |
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11:35 am |
Lunch |
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Session
2: Health Administration |
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Chair: Wei Li, Cheung Kong Graduate School of
Business |
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12:50 pm |
Karthik Muralidharan, University
of California at San Diego and NBER |
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Long-Term Effects of
Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India |
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Discussant: Hongbin Li, Tsinghua University |
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1:45 pm |
Gordon Liu, Peking
University |
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Discussant: Nancy Qian, Yale
University and NBER |
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2:40 pm |
Jia Yuan, University of Macao |
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Examining Moral Hazard in China Health
Care Reform: A
Difference-in-Difference Propensity Score Matching Approach |
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Discussant: Julie Cullen, University of California at
San Diego and NBER |
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3:35 pm |
Break |
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4:05 pm |
Gordon Liu, Peking
University |
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Discussant: Julie Berry Cullen, University of
California at San Diego and NBER |
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Friday, July 6 |
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Session
3: Higher Education |
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Chair: Jonah Rokoff,
Columbia University and NBER |
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8:30 am |
Binzhen Wu, Tsinghua University |
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College Admission Mechanism and Matching Quality:
Evidence from China |
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Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of Maryland and NBER |
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9:25 am |
Xiaojun Wang, University of Hawai
at Manoa |
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Access to Higher Education and
Inequality: The Chinese Experience |
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Discussant: Xiaohuan Lan, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business |
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10:20 am |
Tea break |
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10:40 am |
Han Li, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology |
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Can Conditional Grants Attract Better
Students: Evidence from Chinese Normal
Universities |
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Discussant: Karthik Muralidharan, University of California at San Diego and
NBER |
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11:35 am |
Xiaohan Zhong, Tsinghua University |
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College Admission Mechanism and Matching
Quality: An Empirical Study of China |
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Discussant: Michelle White, University of California at
San Diego and NBER |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
Excursion |
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Saturday, July 7 |
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Session
4: Public Schools |
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Chair: Joyce Man, Peking University |
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8:30 am |
Jonah Rockoff,
Columbia University and NBER |
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The Long-Term Impacts of Teacher Value-Added
and Student Outcomes in Adulthood |
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Discussant: Yuyu Chen, Peking
University |
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9:25 am |
Lei Zhang, Tsinghua University |
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Public Education Spending
and Private Substitution in Urban China |
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Discussant: Douglas Almond, Columbia University and
NBER |
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10:20 am |
Tea break |
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10:40 am |
Nancy Qian,
Yale University and NBER |
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The Effects of Village Elections on Public Goods and
Redistribution: Evidence from China |
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Discussant: Shuaizhang Feng, Shanghia University of
Finance and Economics |
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11:35 am |
Lunch |
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Session
5: Miscellaneous |
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Chair: Roger Gordon, University of California at
San Diego and NBER |
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12:50 pm |
Ginger Jin, University of
Maryland and NBER |
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Gaming in Air Pollution Data? Lessons from China |
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Discussant: Erica Li, Cheung Kong Graduate School of
Business |
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1:45 pm |
Tea break |
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2:15 pm |
Jie Mao, Tsinghua University |
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Tax Rate and Compliance: Evidence from the Social Security Pension
System in China |
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Discussant: Shuanglin Lin,
Peking University |
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3:10 pm |
Douglas Almond, Columbia
University and NBER |
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Son Preference and Early Childhood Investments in
China |
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Discussant: Lingsheng Meng, Tsinghua University |
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4:05 pm |
Closing remarks by Roger Gordon |