Brookings-Jinan China microeconomic policy forum 2020

Friday, October 16 - Sunday, October 18, 2020

Online only

In October 2020, the Brookings Institution and Jinan University jointly organized the 2nd Brookings-Jinan China Microeconomic Policy Forum. The 2020 conference included three environment papers on pollution and four labor papers on migration control, peer effects, and old age support, as well as two panels on pollution and migration. The report below provides a summary of the presentations of the seven papers and discussions of the two panels.

Read the complete Brookings-Jinan Conference Report here.

Agenda

October 16
- Conference organizers
  
  Shuaizhang Feng Professor and Dean of IESR - Jinan University
  
  Clifford Winston Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
- Environment session
  
  Paper 1: Location-based Policies and Unintended Environmental Consequences: Evidence from an Industry Relocation Policy in China
  
  Presenter: Junji Xiao, University of Technology Sydney
  Discussant: Shanjun Li, Cornell University
  
  Paper 2: Attentions Online, Abatement Offline: A Natural Experiment from Social Media in China
  
  Presenter: Pinghan Liang, Sun Yat-sen University
  Discussant: Guojun He, HKUST
  
  Paper 3: Weather, Climate Change, and Land Use: A High-Resolution Analysis in China
  
  Presenter: Peng Zhang, CUHK Shenzhen
  Discussant: Joshua S. Graff Zivin, UCSD
- Panel 1: Pollution and its consequences on firms and individuals
  
  Moderator
  
  Clifford Winston Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
- Labor session
  
  Paper 4: Migration Controls, Urban Fiscal Policies, and the Accumulation of Human Capital in China
  
  Presenter: Jipeng Zhan, Southwest University of Finance and Economics
  Discussant: Hong Song, Fudan University
  
  Paper 5: Externality of Parental Absence on Peer’s Personality Traits
  
  Presenter: Zhe Yang, Jinan University
  Discussant: Elira Kuka, George Washington University
  
  Paper 6: Welfare Magnets and Internal Migration in China
  
  Presenter: Zhangfeng Jin, Zhejiang University
  Discussant: Klaus F. Zimmermann, GLO
  
  Paper 7: The Role of Social Norms in Old-age Support: Evidence from China
  
  Presenter: Xuezhu Shi, University of International Business and Economics
  Discussant: Zhong Zhao, Renmin University of China
- Panel 2: Internal migration and rural-urban inequality in China
  
  Moderator
  
  Shuaizhang Feng Professor and Dean of IESR - Jinan University