第三届CHARLS用户培训会议于2012年7月20-22日在北京大学国家发展研究院成功召开

CHARLS Users’ Training
July 20-22 2012
China Center for Economic Research
National School of Development
Peking University
Location: Big Classroom in Wanzhong Building (except the afternoon of July 21)
Small Classroom in Wanzhong Building (in the afternoon of July 21)

TRAINING SCHEDULE

Day 1 July 20:

8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:10 Yaohui Zhao (PKU), Welcome Remarks
9:10-10:30 Yaohui Zhao (PKU), “Introduction and How to Use the CHARLS Data”
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 James Banks (Manchester and IFS), “Economic Position in International Comparisons of Ageing and Health”
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Andrew Steptoe (UCL), “Psychological Well-being and Health in the Ageing Population”
15:30—16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-18:00 Trainee Presentations and Discussions
Dan Yang (SWU), “Chinese Residents’ Sleep- Evidence from CHARLS”
Li Tian (BNU), “Gender Matters: Health Gradients of Socio-economic Status and Community Household Expenditure”

Day 2 July 21:

9:00-10:30 Winnie Yep (Oxford), “Assessing China’s Health Care Reform using CHARLS”
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Albert Park(HUST), “Health and Inequality”
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Trainee Presentations and Discussions
Xinxin Chen (ZGU), “Who Cares the Disabled Elderly in China?”
Xu Wang (PKU), “Why Are Men More Likely to Remarry after Widowhood? Evidence from China”
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:30 Trainee Presentation and Discussion
Qin Li (SCAU), “Expectations on Retirement of the Chinese Elderly: Patterns and Determinants”

Day 3 July 22:

9:00-10:30 John Strauss (USC), “Modeling Health with Applications from CHARLS”
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Xiaoyan Lei (PKU), “Studies on Intergenerational Transfers: Theories and Applications”
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Trainee Presentations and Discussions
Zhangfeng Jin (ZJU), “Do Public Transfers Crowd Out the Child-to-Parent Transfers?—Evidence from Rural China”
Hao Luo (TSU), “Old Age Security and Social Stratification: A Preliminary Study on Pension Distribution among the Chinese Elderly”

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:30 Trainee Presentation and Discussion
Juan Yang (CYU), “Gender Difference in the Chinese Social Security System: A Micro Perspective”
17:30-17:45 John Strauss and Yaohui Zhao, Ending Remarks