# Seminars: China Economy ## expand\_more SortSeminar in China EconomyTERM**:** *Discontinued > see* [*Econ of Science & Engineering Seminar*](https://economics.harvard.edu/seminars-economics-science-engineering?admin_panel=1)*, where many topics cross-over* TIME:**Description:** This seminar provides a forum for faculty, graduate students, and research fellows in economics and other fields to present and discuss research and scholarship on the economic and social transformation of China. The seminar will give special attention to the environmental, technological, and social changes that are accompanying China's extraordinary economic development and to the links between Chinese and US economies. **ZOOM LINKS:** contact Jennifer w/your affiliation, etc: <> **ZOOM RECORDINGS:** posted after recorded seminars OLD: [Archive of Papers & PPT's](https://hwpi.harvard.edu/economics/seminars/china-economy): [PAST SEMINAR SCHEDULES:](https://economics.harvard.edu/past-seminars-china-economy-seminar?admin_panel=1) China Economy Seminar SortDATESPEAKERTITLE**FALL 2024** **FALL 2023** Friday, Oct 6: joint with Seminar in the Econ of S+E Pierre Azoulay (MIT and NBER) "[Who Stands on the Shoulders of Chinese (Scientific) Giants? Evidence from Chemistry](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/azoulay_6oct2023_who_stands_on_the_shoulders_of_chinese_scientific_giants_nberw30772.pdf?m=1694908011)." (paper joint with Shumin Qiu and Claudia Steinwender) [ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.10.06_abstractbio_azouley-pierre_sbbichina_seminar_.docx?m=1694910220) [VIDEO RECORDING](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/Ox_CWRWwrTeXQhgkYtYqgSgSx4A16R_EFvY4mB9xzgHetcbNHiGyY36XhjKdDWid.WZI9gY22Bpg-rkY3) Friday, Nov 17: joint with Seminar in the Economics of Science & Engineering Meijun Liu (Fudan Univ) "Effects of Same-Race Mentorship Preferences on Academic Performance and Survival" [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.11.17_abstractbio_liu-meijun_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1695747253) VIDEO - recording (to be posted after seminar) **SPRING 2023** Wed: 1 March Wei Huang (Renmin University of China) “What Sort of Workplace Democracy Can Democratic Management Achieve in China?” [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.03.01_abstractbio_huang-wei_china_seminar.docx?m=1675878118) - linked file [VIDEO recording](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/play/XQonKZbcGjBw718sRe4RQt40SndrNn1TgkPHA5R0a1KWJaYxufTy97hrSjEWmwxeJ1IfGN8tWIWyqBxl.ZgFQbZ33ADaLGSq3?continueMode=true) Wed: 29 March Cheng LIU (Professor of Labor Law, Shanghai Normal University School of Law and Political Science) TITLE: “Creative Labor in Micro-Economics VS Technological Progress in Macro-Economics” [BIO - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.03.29_abstractbio_liu-cheng_chinasbbi_seminar_creative_labor_in_micro_vs_tech_progress_in_macro.pdf?m=1679325745) ZOOM LINK: sent to e-list [PPT presentation](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/liu-cheng_2023.03.29_creativelabor.pptx?m=1679875257) **FALL 2022** Wed: Oct 5 @ 10am JOINT WITH: Econ of S&E Seminar Qingnan Xie (Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School) Paper Joint with: Richard B. Freeman, Harvard + NBER ’Chinese Diaspora and Returnee Researchers Create and Connect US & China Science" [BIO + ABSTRACT - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.10.05_xie-qingnan_and_freeman_chinasbbi_seminar_creating_and_connecting_us_and_china_science_0.docx?m=1664282181) [VIDEO - recording of 10/5/22 seminar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK7KYrPRWqo) Oct 12 no seminar Wed: Oct 19 @ 10am via ZOOM Liqun Zhuge (Boston University, PhD Candidate in Economics) “Bargaining over Marriage Payments: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications” [PDF of WP](https://www.lzhuge.com/research/bargaining_over_marriage_payments.pdf) [BIO + ABSTRACT - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.10.19_zhuge-liqun_bargaining_over_marriage_payments_china_seminar.docx?m=1665093201) [VIDEO - recording of 10/19/22 seminar](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/XMQQ8s4Ke7cCFbJy2SAvMTtsjst-o6sx6zpnQSrb6X12PafIGfV-JXrOQ6AR-0ni.bldcSg-XZ7_8Skrh) Wed: Oct 26 @ 10am via ZOOM Joint with: Econ of S&E Seminar Xiaoying Li (Sun Yat-Sen University) ​“Robot Adoption and Labor Share: Firm-level Evidence from China” (paper joint with Yin Tan (Guangdong Univ of Finance, China) and Richard B. Freeman (Harvard and NBER) [BIO + ABSTRACT - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.10.26_abstractbio_li-xiaoying_chinasbbi_seminar_robot_adoption_labor_share.docx?m=1666144433) [VIDEO - recording of 10/26/22 seminar](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/NrpXPh3KDxPLpiStWC6JShchYMlsc7TWsWv7AjMEM0zpa6IcMnpkJY6ODzuw73f0.2dG3WWhRLWQZsDSu) Wed: Nov 2 @ 10am JOINT w/: Econ of S&E Seminar Shule Yu (Fudan Univ, School of Economics) ​“How Robots Impact Labor Relations? Evidence from China” (paper joint with Xueling Yan (Sichuan University) and Richard Freeman (Harvard + NBER) [ABSTRACT + BIO (w/ contact info) - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.11.02_abstractbio_yu-shule_chinasbbi_seminar_how_robots_impact_labor_relations_0.docx?m=1667403645) [VIDEO - recording of 11/2/22 seminar](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/MGhdjUv2BLNsrg9MfdyURZuqP_aJJTs_mZ3g4CM_2DbWLE6hmq3kjJg1jYxPa8U4.NKMRr3GukFbbF42r) Wed: Nov 9 @ 9am: via ZOOM Joint with: Econ of S&E Seminar Wei Huang (National School of Development, Peking University) "The Tenure-Track System and Academic Research Productivity: Evidence from Reforms in Chinese Universities" (paper joint with Qingfeng Liu (Tsinghua Univ), Jianwei Xing (CCER, NSD, Peking U), and Shilin Zheng​ (​​IQTE, ​CASS) [ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.11.09_abstractbio_huang-wei_chinasbbi_seminar_.docx?m=1667401286) Nov 16 @ 9am, via ZOOM Tanggang Yuan (Harvard University and Eightfold.AI) "Grandparents to the Rescue? The Impact of Grandparents on Fertility in China" Paper joint w/: Richard Freeman (Harvard + NBER), and Zhixiang Geng (Wuhan U) [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.11.16_abstractbio_yuan-tanggang_grandparents_to_the_rescue.doc?m=1665447186) - linked file [VIDEO - recording of 11/16/22 seminar](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/pwDIjD8f4G9Al2fjRd-vJTuNII9cLUpteHKdQnrM309BGRv-n4rc8rYhUqh_-1Lj.CT3_g45EpJmeqt8z) Wed Dec 7 @ 9am: ZOOM JOINT w/: Econ of S&E Seminar David Yang (Harvard Univ) TITLE: “Power and the Direction of Research: Evidence from China’s Academia” [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.12.07_abstractbio_yang-david_sbbichina_seminar_powerdirection_of_research_evidence_china_academia.docx?m=1669821574) - linked file [VIDEO - recording of 12/7/22 seminar](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/-9wWkDhr3IpgdRyfHoriJXlKQXFQIWR_ZdOoDQUKJhWQyj7N4DkkP3flb7eJoNhZ.pTzyD1p9irGYVmD7) Dec 21 End of Semester | seminars resume Wed Jan 25