Workshop on Minimum Wages and Employment in China, Hong Kong, and the World
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| John T. Addison, David Neumark, Shi Li , Carl Lin, Shi Li, Siufai Leung, Gewei Wang, Linxiang Ye | |
| Friday 12 September 2014 at 9:00 am - 5:30 pm (Hong Kong time, GMT +8) | |
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IAS2042, 2/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST |
HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies is holding a workshop on "Minimum Wages and Employment in China, Hong Kong, and the World" on September 12 (Friday) at HKUST. This one-day workshop is co-organized by HKUST IEMS and Department of Economics HKUST. It brings together leading labor economists from China, Hong Kong and overseas to present recent research on minimum wage-related topics, to discuss the dynamic between minimum wage legislation and labor market response in different socio-economic settings, especially in mainland China, Hong Kong, and other emerging economies, and to provide insights for informed policy-making in this area.
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Keynote speakers for the workshop include:
- Prof John T. Addison from the University of South Carolina
- Prof David Neumark from the UC-Irvine, and
- Prof Shi Li from Beijing Normal University
Other speakers include:
- Carl Lin, Beijing Normal University
- Siufai Leung, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Gewei Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Linxiang Ye, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics
FURTHER INFORMATION
- Program
- Presentation slides by Prof David Neumark: "POLICY LEVERS TO INCREASE JOBS AND INCREASE INCOME FROM WORK AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION"
- Paper presented by Prof John T. Addison: "On the Robustness of Minimum Wage Effects: Geographically-Disparate Trends and Job Growth Equations "
- Presentation slides by Prof John T. Addison
- Presentation slides by Prof Shi Li: "Understanding impacts of minimum wage policy on labor market in China"
- Presentation slides by Carl Lin: "Minimum Wages and Employment in China"
- Presentation slides by Linxiang YE: "Compliance with Legal Minimum Wages in China"
- Paper presented by Prof Gewei Wang: "Minimum Wages and Firm Employment: Evidence from China"
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