East Asian Seminar on Economics

June 15-16, 2012

Taipei, Taiwan

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, June 15
1
Julen Esteban-Pretel, GRIPS
Ryuichi Tanaka, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Changes in Japan's Labor Market Flows due to the Lost Decade
2
Stacey Chen, UTokyo Public Policy and GRIPS

Long-Term Changes in the Wage Structure of Taiwan
3
Mei Hsu, National Taipei University
Been-Lon Chen, Academia Sinica

Why Do Immigrants Earn So Much More Than Natives in Taiwan?
4
Pengfei Wang, Peking University
Lifang Xu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jianjun Miao, Boston University

Stock Market Bubbles and Unemployment
5
Kaoru Hosono, Gakushuin University
Miho Takizawa, Toyo University

Financial Frictions, Misallocation and Plant-Size Distribution
6
Anand Srinivasan, National University of Singapore

The bright side of State Owned Bank Lending: Evidence from Japan
7
Catherine Wolfram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Paul J. Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Orie Shelef, University of Utah
Alan Fuchs, United Nations Development Programme

Poverty, Growth and the Demand for Energy
8
Jakob B. Madsen, Monash University

HEALTH, HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION
9
Meng-Chun Liu, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
Shin-Horng Chen, CIER

Contribution of Taiwan's Innovation to the Employment
10
Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Minnesota and NBER
Brent Neiman, University of Chicago and NBER

Declining Labor Shares and the Global Rise of Corporate Savings
11
Sanghoon Ahn, Korea Development Institute

Employment and Productivity Dynamics in Korea
12
Xiaoyan Lei, CCER Peking University

The Retirement Patterns in China