LKYSPP Development Economics and Policy (DeEP) Conference
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Bukit Timah Campus , National University of Singapore
469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772
Oei Tiong Ham Building, Conference Room
DAY 1 – Wednesday, June 8th 2016
8:00 Bus Pickup at Village Hotel Albert Court Hotel Lobby
8:30 – 8:35 Welcome by Conference Conveners
Administration: Introduction to the conference
8:35 – 9:15 Keynote Address 1 by David Canning (Harvard)
The impact of fertility in general equilibrium in China
9:15 – 9:30 Tea Break
9:30 – 10:50 Topic 1 – Human capital, demography and family
Chair: David Canning
Discussant: In bracket
- Xianqiang Zou (HKUST) – One child policy and intergenerational mobility (PAN)
- Yichen Pan (Renmin) – To have or not to have another child? Multigenerational human capital formation under Chinese family planning (ZOU)
10:50 – 11:05 Tea Break at OTH Lobby
11:05 – 12:25 Topic 2 – Environment, food security, energy and natural resources
Chair: Namrata Chindarkar
- Quentin Grafton (ANU) – Global pathways in response to food and water trade-offs (GOPALAKRISHNAN)
- Pawan Gopalakrishnan (ISI) – Tax policy and food security (GRAFTON)
12:25 – 14:00 Lunch at OTH Lobby
14:00 – 16:00 Topic 3 – Poverty, inequality, measurement and development trends
Chair: Tomoki Fujii
- Chen Wang (SHUFE) – Structural change and income distribution: Accounting for regional inequality in China and its changes during 1952 – 2012 (DING)
- Haiyan Ding (SHUFE) – A tale of transition: An empirical analysis of economic inequality in urban China (RAY)
- Ranjan Ray (Monash) – Global and country poverty rates, welfare rankings of the regions and purchasing power parity: How robust are the results? (WANG)
16:00 – 16:15 Tea Break at OTH Lobby
16:15 – 18:20 Topic 4 – Financial Inclusion
Chair: Jing Zhang
- Ramkishen Rajan (NUS) – Does foreign bank presence affect financial inclusion in emerging and developing economies? (FUWA)
- Nobuhiko Fuwa (U-TOKYO) – Hyperbolic discounting and a technology induced informal credit institution: The case of debit card pawning in the Philippines (RAJAN)
- Sisir Debnath (ISB) – The impact of electronic voting machines (EVMs) on electoral frauds, democracy, and development (LIANG)
19:00—21:00 Dinner reception at Blue Ginger (97 Tanjong Pagar Rd, Singapore 088518)
DAY 2 – Thursday, June 9th 2016
8:00 Bus Pickup at Village Hotel Albert Court Lobby
8:35 – 9:15 Keynote Address 2 by Yang Yao (PKU)
Female political participation and sex imbalances: the effects of female CCP members from 1949 to 1990
9:15 – 9:30 Tea Break at OTH Lobby
9:30 – 10:50 Topic 5 – Governance, institutions and political economy
Chair: Yang Yao
- Pinghan Liang (SWUFE) – Power struggle and government oversizing: Pork-barrel politics with Chinese characteristics (ZHANG)
- Jing Zhang (Renmin) – Flattened governance hierarchy, intensified yardstick competition, and more aggressive local fiscal policies (CHEN)
10:50 – 11:05 Tea Break at OTH Lobby
11:05 – 12: 25 Topic 6 – Infrastructure I
Chair: Ramkishen Rajan
- Sijia Xu (SMU) – Impact of electrification on children’s nutritional status in rural Bangladesh (LIN)
- Yatang Lin (LSE) – International technology transfer and domestic innovation: evidence from the high-speed rail sector in China (CAMERON)
12:25 – 14:00 Lunch at OTH Lobby
14:00 – 15:20 Topic 6 -- Infrastructure II
Chair: Ramkishen Rajan
- Lisa Cameron (Monash) – Initial conditions matter: social capital and participatory development (CHINDARKAR)
- Namrata Chindarkar (NUS) – Electrification and time use: Evidence from India (FUJII)
15:20 – 15:35 Tea Break at OTH Lobby
15:35 – 17:35 Topic 7 – Firms, productivity and growth
Chair: Yvonne J. Chen
- Chenxiao Shou (Xiamen WISE) – Does tariff uncertainty really matter? (ZHAO)
- Rong Zhao (SWUFE) – Scientific personnel allocation and firm innovation: Evidence from China’s expansion of higher education (SHARMA)
- Shruit Sharma (IIM) – Employment, wages and inequality in India: an occupation and tasks based approach (SHOU)
17:35 – 17:40 Closing Remarks
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