Call for Papers
2007 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CONTEMPORARY LABOR ECONOMICS
“Labor Market Dynamics and Poverty”
December 8 - December 9, 2007
Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Paper and abstract submissions are now invited for the Second International Symposium on Contemporary Labor Economics, December 8-9, 2007 at Xiamen, China.

The themes of this year’s symposium are labor market dynamics and poverty. We invite submissions on general issues related to these themes. Studies that analyze career choices, job transitions, income and education mobility over time and across generations, migration, and wage movement, with a focus on poverty, are particularly welcome.

The overall purpose of this series of symposium is, i) to introduce and promote modern methodology of labor economics to the Chinese audience, especially among the academic community and policy makers; ii) to bring current Chinese labor market issues to the attention of overseas researchers; and, iii) to provide a platform for overseas and Chinese labor economists to exchange ideas in general.

So far, we have the following invited speakers:
Fang Cai – Institute of Population and Labor Economics, CASS
Gary Fields – Cornell University
Robert Gregory – Australia National University
Zhang Junsen – Chinese University of Hong Kong
Larry Kahn – Cornell University
Peter Kuhn – University of California, Santa Barbara
Xin Meng – Australia National University
Craig Riddell – University of British Columbia
Li Shi – Beijing Normal Uniersity
Jun Zhang – Fudan University

Papers, together with contact information (affiliation, title, email, phone, and fax number) and a 200-word abstract, are expected to be sent through the website http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn/LABOR2007 before October 31, 2007. Decisions on acceptance of papers will be made by November 7th, 2007. Partial support will be provided to paper presentors.

FURTHER INFORMATION
Any inquiry should be directed to Professor Hau CHYI (hauchyi@gmail.com) or Professor Kailing SHEN (kailing.shen@gmail.com).
Travel Support Details:

1. Partial Support Policy for Labor2007:
For international conference presenters, we will provide partial travel support for up to 500USD from outside Asia, and up to 300USD from Asia, and will provide free airport pickups and free sight-seeing. However, we will not cover hotel rooms and registration fee.

2. Documents Needed:
Please note that for the administrative purpose, we need the following documents: (1) original travel agent invoice, (2) all boarding passes from the origin to Xiamen, (3) photocopy of passport and air ticket. Please bring them with you at the registration desk. We are sorry to notice that fail to provide us (1) or (2) may prevent us from providing the reimbursement.

Xiamen University was founded in 1921 by Mr. Tan Kah-Kee, a well-known oversea Chinese patriot. The university is located on the resort-like island of Xiamen which has a reputation of "Garden over the Sea" and has direct flights to many major cities in Asia. Thanks to the contribution and influence of the late president, Professor Wang Yanan, a prominent economist who first translated Adam Smith’s the Wealth of Nationsand Marx’s Das Kapital into Chinese, economics study in Xiamen University has been among the very top programs in China. The Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) is a recent effort of the Ministry of Education of China and Xiamen University to build a first class research institute and facilitate domestic and international research and academic exchanges (see http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn for details).