Program
December 9, 2021 (Hong Kong time, GMT +8)
Time
8:50-8:55
8:55-9:00
9:00-9:45
9:50-11:20
11:30-12:30
13:30-14:30
14:40-15:40
Welcome Remarks by Albert Park (HKUST)
Welcome Remarks by Jong-Il You (KDI dean)
Keynote by Dean Yang (University of Michigan): "Abundance from Abroad: International Migration and the Developing World"
Session 1: Migration 1 / Session 2: Labor
Session 3: Firm / Session 4: Education
Session 5: Gender / Session 6: Children
Session 7: Transportation / Session 8: COVID-19 and Education
December 10, 2021 (Hong Kong time, GMT +8)
Time
9:00-9:45
9:50-11:20
11:30-13:00
14:00-15:30
Keynote by Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University): "The Productivity Consequences of Pollution-Induced Migration in China"
Session 1: Migration 2 / Session 2: Behavior Studies
Session 3: Trade / Session 4: COVID-19 Policy
Session 5: Government / Session 6: Child Health
Detailed List of Sessions
(As of Dec 8)
December 9, 2021 (Hong Kong time, GMT +8)
Session 1: Migration 1
Session Chair: Dean Yang (Michigan)
09:50-10:35
Presented by Zhangfeng Jin, Zhejiang University
10:35-11:20
Presented by Jipeng Zhang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Session 2: Labor
Session Chair: Jungmin Lee (SNU)
09:50-10:20
Do Part-time Jobs Attract Less Productive Workers?
Presented by Hyunseob Kim, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
10:20-10:50
Minimum Wage, Social Insurance Mandate, and Working Hours
Presented by Jungmin Lee, Seoul National University
10:50-11:20
Skill-Biased Imports, Human Capital Accumulation, and the Allocation of Talent
Presented by Lei Li, University of Mannheim
Session 3: Firm
Session Chair: Sujata Visaria (HKUST)
11:30-12:00
Entrepreneurial Reluctance: Talent and Firm Creation in China
Presented by Hongbin Li, Stanford University
12:00-12:30
SMEs Amidst the Pandemic and Reopening: Digital Edge and Transformation
Presented by Xiaohan Yang, Peking University
Session 4: Education
Session Chair: Joshua Merfeld (KDIS)
11:30-12:00
Wheels of Change: Transforming Girl’s Lives with Bicycles
Presented by Nishith Prakash, University of Connecticut
12:00-12:30
When Goal-Setting Forges Ahead but Stops Short: Evidence from an at scale RCT in Tanzania
Presented by Deepak Saraswat, University of Connecticut
Session 5: Gender
Session Chair: Sujata Visaria (HKUST)
13:30-14:00
Gender Bias in Competitive Music Composition Evaluation: An Experimental Study
Presented by Yating Chuang, National Taipei University
14:00-14:30
Presented by Ziteng Lei, University of California, Santa Barbara
Session 6: Children
Session Chair: Jungmin Lee (SNU)
13:30-14:00
Presented by Dorien Emmers, Stanford University
14:00-14:30
Parenting Style and Children's Time Preference: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in China
Presented by Jiaying Chen, Renmin University of China
Session 7: Transportation
Session Chair: Takashi Yamano (ADB)
14:40-15:10
Presented by Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University
15:10-15:40
The Black Market for Beijing License Plates
Presented by Junji Xiao, Lingnan University
Session 8: COVID-19 and Education
Session Chair: Asad Islam (Monash)
14:40-15:10
Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Rural Youth: Evidence from a Panel Survey and an Experiment
Presented by Bhaskar Chakravorty, University of Warwick, UK
15:10-15:40
Telementoring and homeschooling during school closures: A randomized experiment in rural Bangladesh
Presented by Hashibul Hassan, Monash University
December 10, 2021 (Hong Kong time, GMT +8)
Session 1: Migration 2
Session Chair: Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale)
09:50-10:20
Moving to Opportunity: The Effects of the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Relocation Program in China
Presented by Li Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
10:20-10:50
Migration Barrier Relaxation and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Hukou Reform in China
Presented by Jian Zou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Session 2: Behavior Studies
Session Chair: Bryant Kim (HKUST)
09:50-10:20
The Effects of Nutrition Support on Behavior and Labor Productivity
Presented by Seollee Park, Harvard, Public Health
10:20-10:50
Raising Health Awareness in Rural Communities: A Randomized Experiment in Bangladesh and India
Presented by Debayan Pakrashi, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
10:50-11:20
Do Short-term Unconditional Cash Transfers Change Behaviour or Preferences? Evidence from Indonesia
Presented by Ridho Al Izzati, SMERU Research Institute
Session 3: Trade
Session Chair: Sangyoon Park (HKU)
11:30-12:00
The Trade Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Presented by Huimin Shi, Renmin University of China
12:00-12:30
State Certified Lemons? A Randomized Intervention on Agricultural Quality Certification
Presented by Sangyoon Park, University of Hong Kong
12:30-13:00
Import Restriction, Price Shock, and Local Policy Responses: Evidence from Indonesia
Presented by Armand Sim, Monash University
Session 4: COVID-19 Policy
Session Chair: Bryant Kim (HKUST)
11:30-12:00
Economic Impact of COVID-19 Containment Policies: Evidence Based on Novel Surface Heat Data from China
Presented by Yasuyuki Sawada, University of Tokyo
12:00-12:30
Short-run Risk Compensation After COVID-19 Vaccination
Presented by Jisoo Hwang, Seoul National University
12:30-13:00
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy: Survey and experimental evidence from Papua New Guinea
Presented by Christopher Hoy, World Bank
Session 5: Government
Session Chair: Guojun He (HKU)
14:00-14:30
Barriers to Public Pension Program Participation in a Developing Country
Presented by Junichi Yamasaki, Kobe University
14:30-15:00
Anti-Corruption Campaign and Inter-Generational Transmission of Bureaucracy: Evidence from China
Presented by Shuai Chen, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research
15:00-15:30
Regional Convergence or Just An Illusion? Place-based Land Policy and Spatial Misallocation
Presented by Zibin Huang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Session 6: Child Health
Session Chair: Asad Islam (Monash)
14:00-14:30
The Impact of Early Childhood Access to Community Health Workers: Evidence From China’s Barefoot Doctors
Presented by Ying Liu, University of Pittsburgh
14:30-15:00
Presented by Cuong Nguyen, Vietnam National University
15:00-15:30
Childhood malaria infection and human capital in later life: Evidence from Eastern Indonesia
Presented by Riswandi Riswandi, Australian National University