Research Program

IAS programs are focused research programs of specific topics. The month-long "IAS program on Human Resources and Economic Development" will be held from 24 June to 19 July 2013 at HKUST IAS. The highlight of the program is the international conference on "Human Resources and Economic Development that takes place on 24- 26 June 2013.

Seminar Schedule

27 Jun (Thu),

1:45 - 2:45 pm

 

 

 

 

2:45 - 3:45 pm

Sangui Wang

 

 

 

 

 

Abhijeet Singh

Disaster, Relocation,

and Child

Development:

Evidence from the

Wenchuan Earthquake

 

Levels, Dispersion and

Gradients of Learning:

Comparing Linked

Panel Data Results

across Four

Developing Countries

Abstract

 

Seminar Room, 1/F

3 Jul (Wed),

2:00 - 4:00 pm

 

Noam Yuchtman

&

Jane Zhang

 

Curriculum and Ideology

 

Seminar Room, 4/F

4 Jul (Thu),

2:00 - 3:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

3:00 - 4:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xinzheng Shi

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Glewwe

 

 

 

 

 

High School Quality and

Academic Performance

in China:

A Regression

Discontinuity Design

 

Decomposing Gaps in

Student Learning in

Developing Countries:

Evidence from

Peruvian and

Vietnamese Panel

Data

 

 

Seminar Room, 4/F

17 Jul (Wed),

2:00 - 3:00 pm

 

 

 

 

3:00 - 4:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sylvie Démurger

 

 

 

 

Qihui Chen 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Migration,

Family Living

Arrangements and

Happiness in China

 

Can National Health

Insurance Programs

Improve Health

Outcomes?

Re-examining the

Case of the New

Cooperative Medical

Scheme in Rural

China

 

Seminar Room, 4/F
18 Jul (Thu),

2:00 - 3:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:00 - 4:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

Peng Jia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xiaobo Qu

 

 

 

 

Minimum Wages,

Employment and

Working Hours:

Comparing

Evidence from

Household and

Firm Surveys

 

The Returns to

Vocational and

Regular Education

in Urban China

 

Seminar Room, 4/F

Invited Program Participants' Visit Periods:

Program

Participants

Affiliation

Tentative

Visit Period

Jere Behrman

University of Pennsylvania, USA

20-30 June 2013

Qihui Chen

China Agricultural University,

China

24-28 June &

13-19 July 2013

Jishnu Das The World Bank, USA 22-28 June 2013

Sylvie Démurger

French National Centre for

Scientific Research, France

17-18 July 2013

Paul Glewwe University of Minnesota, USA 23 June to 6 July 2013

Qiuqiong Huang

The University of Arkansas, USA

23 June to 7 July

Peng Jia

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,

China

10-19 July 2013
Albert Park HKUST Institute for Advanced Study,

Hong Kong

24 June to 19 July 2013

Xiaobo Qu

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,

China

12-20 July 2013

Xinzheng Shi

Tsinghua University, China

24 June to 5 July 2013

Abhijeet Singh

The University of Oxford, UK

23 June to 5 July 2013

Zhaoyang Sun

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,

China

12-20 July 2013

Noam Yuchtman

University of California at Berkeley,

USA

19 June to 6 July 2013

Sangui Wang

Renmin University Of China,

China

22 June to 4 July 2013
Jane Zhang HKUST, Hong Kong 24 June to 19 July 2013

Venue

Seminar Room, Institute for Advanced Study, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST (near South Entrance)

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