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International Conference

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Social Inequality and Mobility in Chinese Societies: Towards a Comparative Study

(December 16-17, 2011)

Programme

Date: December 16, 2011 (Friday)

Venue: CGO Conference Hall A at 2/F of West Wing, Central Government Offices,2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong

Sessions Topics & speakers

Welcoming Remarks Prof. Lau Siu-kai

Head, Central Policy Unit, HKSARG

Prof. Lee Hun-wei, Joseph

Vice-President for Research & Graduate Studies, HKUST

Keynote speeches Inequality and Social Mobility in Middle and Upper Income Countries

Prof. Timothy Smeeding

Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs, La Follette School of

Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Inequality in Chinese Societies

Prof. Xie Yu

Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology,Department of Sociology, The University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Economic and Social

Mobility

Moderator

Prof. James Z. Lee

Dean of Humanities and Social Science, HKUST

Trends in Social Mobility in China

Prof. Wu Xiao-gang

Professor, Division of Social Science, HKUST

Parental Effects on the Educational Attainment in Taiwan (with Wu Li-Hsueh)

Prof. Tsay Ruey-ming

Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Tunghai University

Earnings Mobility in Hong Kong

Dr. James P. Vere

Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Finance, HKU

Comparative Social Mobility in Three Chinese Societies

Prof. Wong Sin-kwok,Raymond

Professor, Division of Social Science, HKUST

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Higher Education Moderator

Prof. Wang Feng

Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center

Family Background and Access to High Education in China

Prof. James Z. Lee

Dean of Humanities and Social Science, HKUST

Who Goes to Graduate School in Taiwan? Evidence from the 2005 College

Graduate Survey and Follow-Up Surveys in 2006 and 2008

Dr. Kuan Ping-yin

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Chengchi University

*Beijing College Students Panel Survey (BCSPS): Overall Design, Fieldwork

Implementation, and Preliminary Findings

Dr. Feng Shi-zheng

Associate Professor, The School of Sociology and Population Studies, RenminUniversity of China

Dr. Li Ding

Assistant Professor, The School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin

University of China

Implications of the College Expansion Policy for Chinas Social Stratification

Prof. Yeung Wei-jun, Jean

Professor, Department of Sociology and Asia Research Institute, National

University of Singapore

Q & A session

Inequality, Poverty,

and Redistribution

Moderator

Prof. Wong Sin-kwok,Raymond

Professor, Division of Social Science, HKUST

The Impact of Taxation and Social Benefits on Household Income

Distribution in Hong Kong

Mr. Leung Kwan-chi, Stephen

Asst Comr for Census and Statistics (Social), Social Statistics Division, Censusand Statistics Department, HKSARG

Welfare Regime, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction: The Case of

Taiwan

Dr. Lue Jen-der

Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Chung Cheng University

Subjective Inequality and Demand for Redistribution in Taiwan

Dr. Hu Ko-wei, Alfred

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Fu Jen Catholic University

Q & A session

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Panel discussion:

Social Science

Research, Inequality

and Public Policy

Moderator

Prof. Albert Park

Chair Professor, Division of Social Science, HKUST

Prof. Wang Feng

Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center

Prof. Francis T. Lui

Head and Professor, Department of Economics, HKUST

Dr. Lin Thung-hong

Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica

Dr. Lue Jen-der

Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Chung Cheng University

Date: December 17, 2011 (Saturday)

Venue: Sze-Yuen Chung Council Chamber, Room 7336 (access via Lifts 13-15),Academic Building, HKUST

Sessions Topics & speakers

Educational Inequality Moderator

Prof. Xie Yu

Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology,

Department of Sociology, The University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Educational Stratification in China between 1978 and 2008: Trends and

Explanations

Prof. Wu Yu-xiao

Professor, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University

Women and Educational Choices in Science: Testing the Biased Self-

Assessment Hypothesis in Taiwan

Prof. Tam Hong-wing, Tony

Professor, Department of Sociology, CUHK

Dr. Chang Ly-yun

Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica

Mr. Hung Yuk-leong

Student, Department of Sociology, CUHK

Cross-Generational Ethnic Boundary Crossing in China: Implications for

Educational Disparities (with Sebastian Cherng & Meiyan Wang)

Dr. Emily HannumAssociate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

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Higher Education Expansion, Population Aging and their Impacts on

Chinas Social Inequality

Dr. Cai Yong

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill

Q & A session

Globalization,

Migration, and Other

Mechanisms of

Inequality

Moderator

Prof. Tam Hong-wing, Tony

Professor, Department of Sociology, CUHK

Family Change and Income Inequality Under Globalization: The Case of

Hong Kong

Prof. Chiu Wing-kai, Stephen

Professor / Vice-Chairman, Department of Sociology, CUHK

Cross-strait Trade, Income Inequality and Class Voting in Taiwan

Dr. Lin Thung-hong

Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica

Social Capital and Economic Integration of Migrants in Urban China

Dr. Lu Yao

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Columbia University

Dr. Gina Lai

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, HKBU

Dr. Ruan Dan-ching

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, HKBU

The Use of Foreign Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong: A Discrete

Choice Analysis

Dr. Wang Hong-bo

Research Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Science, HKUST

Q & A session