Network on the Effects of Inequality on Economic Performance; MacArthur Research Networks, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley

Agenda

June 28 - 29, 2004

China Center for Economic Research (CCER)
Peking University, Beijing, China
Wan Zhong Building, CCER, Multifunction Hall, 2nd floor

June 28

 


9:00 - 9:15

Welcome and Introductions
9:15 - 10:30 Justin Yifu Lin, CCER:
"Economic Development Strategy, Equity and Efficiency"
tea/coffee break  
10:45 - 12:00 Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen, World Bank:
"China's (Uneven) Progress against Poverty"
lunch break  
1:30 - 2:45 Scott Rozelle, UC Davis:
"Investing in Rural China: Tracking China's Commitment to Poverty Alleviation "
2:45 - 4:00 John Giles, Michigan State University:
"The Dynamics of Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?"
tea/coffee break  
4:15 - 5:15 Panel Discussion on Policy Issues in China (arranged by CCER)
5:15 - 6:00 An Overview of the Inequality Network Research
(led by Sam Bowles and Pranab Bardhan)

June 29

 

9:00 - 10:15 Thomas Piketty, ENS-CEPREMAP, and Nancy Qian, MIT:
"Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1987-2002"
tea/coffee break  
10:30 - 11:45 Yaohui Zhao, CCER:
"Urban-Rural Wage Inequality in China"
lunch break  
1:30 - 2:45 Yan Shen, CCER:
"Grassroots Democracy and Income Distribution"
2:45 - 4:00 Yang Yao, CCER:
"Patterns of Gender Gap in the Access to Health Care in Rural China"
tea/coffee break  
4:15 - 5:30 Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Nancy Qian, MIT:
"Access to Railroad and Globalization"

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