CEDR-UDE Joint Symposium 02– 03 April 2009

CEDR-UDE Joint Symposium 02– 03 April 2009

Co-Organized by:
CEDR, Wuhan University & University of Duisburg-Essen

Sponsored by:
Haniel Stiftung, Duisburg,Germany

Human Resources, Labor Markets and Social Security: Comparetive Analysis of China and the European Union

01, April 2009

Afternoon    Arrival in Wuhan

Check in the Grand Hotel of Fengyi near Wuhan University

Morning, 02, April 2009
08.40 All the participants get together and take a bus to the Conference Room 6, Building of School of Economics & Management, Wuhan University

09.00-09.30 h    Opening Ceremony
Chair: Ma Ying

Prof. Dr. Guo Xibao, Wuhan University
Prof. Dr. Markus Taube, University of Duisburg-Essen

09.30-10.30 h    Session 1 “Income Disparities and Qualification of Employment”

Rising Wage Gap and Qualification of Employment: International Experiences and Theory
Prof. Dr. Thomas Apolte, University of Münster
Commentator: Wei Long, Wuhan University of Technology
How Rural Migrants Affect the Industrial Transformation:
the Case of China in 1990s
Prof. Dr. Wei Long, Wuhan University of Technology
   Commentator: Gerhard Michael Ambrosi, University of Trier

10.30 – 11.00 h    Photograph-taking and Coffee-Break

11.00 – 12.00 h    Session 2 “Labour Market and Employment Policy”

Chair: Günter Heiduk

The Global Economic Crisis and Employment Political
Reactions: A Comparison between China and Europe
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Michael Ambrosi, University of Trier
   Commentator: Yao Sui, Huazhong University of Science & Technology
The Current Problem of “Educational Deepening” in China:
Empirical Analysis and Policy
Prof. Dr. Ma Ying, Wuhan University, Dr. Qin Yong, Nanjing Audit University
Commentator: Markus Taube, University of Duisburg-Essen

12.00 - 13.40 h    Lunch at the Grand Hotel of Fengyi
Afternoon
13.40 All the participants get together and take a bus to the Conference Room 6, Building of School of Economics & Management, Wuhan University

14.00 – 15.40 h    Session 3 “Aging, Migration and Employment of the Disabled Persons”

Chair: Du Julan

Aging, Migration, and Social Welfare: the Case of the EU
   Prof. Dr. Günter Heiduk, Warsaw School of Economics
Commentator: Yang Yanlin,, Wuhan University
An Empirical Analysis of Employment for the Disabled Persons
   Prof. Dr. Yang Yanlin, WuhanUniversity
Commentators: Günter Heiduk, Warsaw School of Economics
Motives of Return: Case Study of China’s Brain Return
Lin Lin, PH.D. Candidate of the CEDR, Wuhan University
Commentator: Dong Yanfang, Wuhan University

15.40 – 16.00 h    Coffee-Break

16.00 – 17.20 h    Session 4 “Unemployment Insurance and Inequality in Medical Care”

Chair: Thomas Aplote

European Labour Markets, Wage Negotiations, and Social
Unemployment Insurance
Prof. Dr. Gregor van der Beek, University of Koblenz-Landau
Commentator: Lin Xiangsen, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Inequality in Medical Care Utilization in China: A Formal Test
Prof. Dr. Lin Xiangsen, Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Commentator: Gregor van der Beek, University of Koblenz-Landau

18.00 h    Dinner at the Grand Hotel of Fengyi

Morning, 03, April 2009
08.40 All the participants get together and take a bus to the Conference Room 6, Building of School of Economics & Management, Wuhan University

09.00 - 10.20 h    Session 5 “Empirical Study on Income Distribution and Labour Market”

Chair: Gerhard Michael Ambrosi

The Threshold Effect of the Urban-Rural Income Disparity on Real Economic Growth in China
   Prof. Dr. Wang Shaoping, Huazhong University of Science & Technology; Ouyang Zhigang, Hudong Communication University of Science & Technology
Commentator: Peter von der Lippe, University of Duisburg-Essen
Working in the Dark: Measurement and Relevance of the Shadow
Economy in the EU
Prof. Dr. Peter von der Lippe, University of Duisburg-Essen
Commentator: Du Julan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

10.20-10.40 h Coffee Break

10:40-12:00 h Session 6 “Inter-Industrial Performance and Income Disparities”

Chair: Wang Shaoping

Inter-Industry Wage Difference and Income Inequality in Urban China
   Prof. Dr. Chen Zhao, Fudan University
Commentator: Thomas Apolte, University of Münster
Who Voiced? Evidence from Independent Directors in China’s Listed Firms
   Prof. Dr. Du Julan, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Commentators: Chen Zhao, Fudan University

12.00 - 13.40 h    Lunch at the Grand Hotel of Fengyi

Afternoon
13.40 All the participants get together and take a bus to the Conference Room 6, Building of School of Economics & Management, Wuhan University

14.00 – 15.20 h    Session 7 “Surplus Labour and Peasant turnovers in China”

Chair: Gregor van der Beek

The Second-Generation Peasant Workers’ New Features and
Transformation into the Urban Residents
   Prof. Dr. Liu Chuanjiang/Dr. Dong Yanfang, Wuhan University
Commentator: Ye Chusheng, Wuhan University
On the Quantity and Structure of Rural Surplus Labour in China
    Dr. Yao Sui, Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Commentators: Johannes Stephan, University of Freiburg

15.20-15.40 h Coffee Break

15.40-17.20 h Section 8 “Informal Finance and Innovation”

Chair: Xu Changsheng

The Institutional Foundations of Informal Finance
   Prof. Dr. Markus Taube, University of Duisburg-Essen
Commentator: Ma Ying, Wuhan University
   Foreign Subsidaries in the East German Innovation System: Evidence from Manufacturing Industries
   Prof. Dr. Johannes Stephan，University of Freiburg
Commentator: Wang Shaoping, Huazhong University of Science & Tcchnology; Ouyang Zhigang, Huadong Communication University of Science & Technology

17.20 - 17.50 h    Conclusion of Sino-German Symposium
Prof. Dr. Ying Ma, Wuhan University
Prof. Dr. Markus Taube,

18.20 h    Dinner at the Grand Hotel of Fengyi

04, April 2009
Morning/afternoon    Sightseeing around Wuhan City

05, April 2009
Morning/afternoon    Departure of the Participants