2015 Kobe-Peking Joint Conference on Economics

8:30-9:00 Opening Remark Zheng Zhang, Party Chief and Vice Dean, School of Economics Peking University Takashi Kamihigashi, Director, RIEB Kobe University 9:00-11:45 Session I 9:00-9:45 Yunfang Hu (Kobe University): Structural Change and Economic Growth 9:45-10:30 Yi Chen (Peking University): Understanding Real Housing Price in a Multi-Sector Monetary Model 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-11:45 Masahiko Shibamoto (Kobe University): Empirical Assessment of the Impact of Monetary Policy Communication on Financial Market 11:45-14:00 Launch 14:00-17:00 Session II 14:00-14:45 Laixun Zhao (Kobe University): The Chinese Segmented Labor Market and Current Reforms 14:45-15:30 Xuezheng Qin (Peking University): Does the One-Child Policy Improve Children’s Human Capital in China? A Regression Discontinuity Design 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break 16:00-16:45 Junyi Shen (Kobe University): Gender-Specific Reference Dependent Preferences in the Experimental Trust Game 16:45-17:00 Dean’s Address Qixiang Sun, Dean, School of Economics Peking University 18:00-21:00 Conference Dinner