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Economic Policy and Public Finance Workshop

Spring 2006

This workshop is regularly scheduled to meet on Wednesday in SS 108 at 3:30 p.m.
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June 8

Conference on Economic Development of Western China. Ida Noyes West Lounge (second floor); 11:30 – 5:20.

11:30Rural Poverty in China: Problem and Solutions
Rural Poverty...ppt
Gregory Chow, Princeton University

12:30An Economic Analysis of Health Care in Rural China
An Economic Analysis...ppt
Gregory Chow, Princeton University

1:30 Lunch (Purchase carry-away food at GSB and return to conference room)

2:00Foreign Direct Investment in Western China: Evaluation and Policy
Haiying Wu, Ningxia Academy of Social Sciences and University of Chicago

3:00Break

3:15Progress Report of Western China Work Group

1. Migration Within and Between Province
2. Growth Sources for China Provinces
3. Western China and Lagging Regions Around the World
4. Implications: A Policy Thought Piece

George Tolley, Kane Sweeney, Gordon McDonald, Janelle Hartman
University of Chicago

5:00Close

Commentary Throughout
By Dali Yang (University of Chicago), Yuko Arayama, (Nagoya University)
And Presenters as well as Audience


Economics Workshops and Seminars:
500 Economic Theory
512 Econometrics
516 Applied Dynamic Economics
530 Money & Banking
590 Applications of Economics
Rational Choice
592 Economics Policy and Public Finance