LIST OF PAST SYMPOSIUMS ON HUMAN CAPTIAL AND LABOR MARKETS
2009--The First International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the Symposium
On October 10, 2009, CHLR held its first international symposium on measurement of human capital and released the China Human Capital Report 2009. The Principle Investigator for the project, Prof. Haizheng Li presented the methodology of the estimation of human capital stock and the estimation results at the national level for 1985-2007. The China Human Capital Report 2009 establishes China’s first systematic and comprehensive human capital measurement and human capital index, including the stock of human capital of China 1985-2007, by urban-rural and by gender; human capital per capita; various human capital indices; and the forecast of China’s human capital stock for 2008-2020. The symposium included academic sessions focusing on the measurement of human capital, construction of the human capital index, and the contributions of human capital to economic growth and welfare.
Participants
Nobel Laureate Prof. Kenneth J. Arrow, Prof. Ken He (Deputy Director, Finance Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress), and Prof. Dale W. Jorgenson (co-founder of the Jorgenson-Fraumeni income-based method for measuring human capital, Harvard University), gave keynote speeches in the plenary session. Prof. Guangqian Wang (President of CUFE), Prof. Donggang Zhang (Deputy Director of the Social Science Division, Ministry of Education), Dr. Xianchun Xu (Deputy Commissioner, National Statistics Bureau), and Dr. Zhongjie Jia (Director of the Senior Civil Servants Training Center, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security) also participated in the symposium. Over 800 domestic and foreign scholars including Professor Barbara M. Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine), national and international government officials, as well as university students, attended the symposium.
2010--The Second International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the Symposium
The Second International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets and the release of the China Human Capital Report 2010 was held in Beijing October 15, 2010. The symposium was organized by the CHLR. In the meeting, the China Human Capital Index and Report 2010 were released. This year’s report updates the human capital estimation at the national level; and for the first time, human capital at the provincial level is estimated. The 2010 report includes human capital estimation results for Beijing, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Gansu.
Participants
Dr. Ardo Hansson (Chief Economist, World Bank China Office), Dr. Danling Zhao (Official of Ministry of Education), Prof. Yuetian Li (Deputy Director-General of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security), and Prof. Guoqiang Long (Director-General, Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations, the State Council Research and Development Center) provided helpful comments on the human capital index report, as specially invited discussants. Prof. Barbara Fraumeni (a co-developer of the Jorgenson-Fraumeni method of human capital calculation) chaired the meeting, and Professor Haizheng Li presented new results from the Human Capital Report 2010. Additionally, officials from the Ministry of Education, National Development and Reform Commission, the National Bureau of Statistics, the Department of Organization of Beijing, and the Development and Reform Commission of Shanghai, and other agencies, as well as domestic and foreign scholars attended the symposium.
2011--The Third International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the Symposium
The Third International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets and the release of the China Human Capital Report 2011 was held in the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) on October 28, 2011. The symposium was organized by the CHLR, and it released the China Human Capital Report 2011. Compared with previous human capital reports, the 2011 Report shows significant improvements in calculation methods, addresses the problem of missing data at the provincial level, and also adds new micro survey data. The Report updates the national human capital estimates for 1985-2009 and expands the coverage to 12 provinces (Beijing, Shanghai, Gansu, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Anhui, Shandong, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, and Henan). In addition, the Report discusses human capital across provinces and their trends and patterns.
Participants
Specially invited discussants and commentators, Desheng Lai (Dean, Beijing Normal University), Yang Du (Fellow, Institute of Labor and Population Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Zhaoming Gui (Professor, Wuhan Institute of Technology), Yongzhi Liu (Director, China Association of International Exchange of Personnel), Philip O'Keefe (Lead Economist, World Bank) gave in-depth discussions on this year’s Report. Mr. Fengyun Lei (Deputy Director, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs), Prof. Barbara Fraumeni (a co-developer of the Jorgenson-Fraumeni method of human capital calculation), Prof. Yijun Li (Deputy Director, Division of Management Science, National Natural Science Foundation of China), Junsheng Li (Vice President, Central University of Finance and Economics), as well as other domestic and foreign scholars also attended the symposium.
2012--The Fourth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the symposium
The Fourth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets celebrating release of the China Human Capital Report 2012, organized by the CHLR was held in CUFE on December 14, 2012. The China human capital report 2012 was released. The new report uses updated provincial statistical data and computes human capital for five new provinces (Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Guangxi and Shaanxi) in 1985-2009. The corresponding panel data of measures of human capital for 17 provinces was constructed. Various data of human capital were released online at the Center’s website to promote sharing of research data.
Participants
Prof. Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine, a co-developer of the Jorgenson-Fraumeni method of human capital calculation) chaired the plenary session. The new human capital report was presented by Prof. Haizheng Li. As specially invited discussants and commentators, Prof. Weiping Li (the chief research fellow from the Chinese Academy of Personnel Science), Prof. Dennis Tao Yang (University of Virginia), and Prof. Yansui Yang (Tsinghua University), gave insightful comments on the Report. In the afternoon, the conference organized three academic sessions. Scholars from China and other countries discussed ongoing research related to broad issues of human capital and labor markets. Prof. Rachel Connelly (Bowdoin College), Prof. Zhenhui Xu (Georgia University and College), and Prof. Dennis Tao Yang chaired the academic sessions. Prof. Lifen Zhao (Vice President of CUFE) also attended the symposium.
2013--The Fifth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the symposium
The Fifth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets celebrating release of the China Human Capital Report 2013, organized by the CHLR was held in CUFE on December 15, 2013. The China human capital report 2013 was released. Updated national and provincial human capital used newly released 2010 census data. Estimated human capital for 5 new provinces in 1985-2010: Hainan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Sichuan, Chongqing. The corresponding panel data of gross measures of human capital for 22 provinces was constructed. The Report also contained estimates of the national and provincial physical capital stock and cross-provincial living cost.
There were 10 human capital-related parallel academic sessions in which there were 41 research papers selected from international and domestic submissions. Scholars from China and other countries discussed ongoing research related to broad issues of human capital and labor markets.
Participants
Prof. Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine, one of the founders of the Jorgenson-Fraumeni method of human capital calculation) chaired the plenary session. The new human capital report was presented by Prof. Haizheng Li. As special invited keynote speakers, Prof. Zhenghua Jiang (former vice chairman of the National People's Congress) and Prof. Mark R. Rosenzweig (Frank Altschul Professor of Economics, Yale University) gave keynote speeches. Dr. Vincent Perrin (OECD Beijing Representative), Prof. Belton M. Fleisher (Editor of China Economic Review & Ohio State University & CHLR), Prof. Guangqian Wang (president, CUFE), Prof. Junsheng Li (Vice President of CUFE), and Prof. Lifen Zhao (Vice President of CUFE) also attended the symposium.
2014--The Sixth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the symposium
The sixth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets celebrating release of the China Human Capital Report 2014, organized by the CHLR, was held in CUFE on October 31, 2014. The China human capital report 2014 was released. The Report included estimated human capital for 9 new provinces in 1985-2010: Shanxi, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan, Fujian, Hebei, Ningxia, Hong Kong and Taiwan; re-estimated human capital for Hainan province; estimated and national and provincial physical capital stock; and estimated cross-provincial living cost indices.
Participants
Jeffrey S. Zax (Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder) chaired the plenary session. Belton M. Fleisher (Professor, Ohio State University & Special-term Professor, CHLR & Editor, China Economic Review) gave a speech on “Remarks in Memory of Gary S. Becker.” The new human capital report was presented by Haizheng Li (Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology), Barbara Fraumeni (Professor, University of Southern Maine & CHLR, one of the founders of the Jorgenson-Fraumeni method of human capital calculation) and Carsten A. Holz (Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology & CHLR). Specially invited discussants and commentators included Shujie Han (Editorial Director, Journal of Human Resource Development of China), Martina Lubyova (Director, Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences), Peter F. Orazem (Professor, Iowa State University) and Jeffrey S. Zax (Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder), who gave in-depth discussions on this year’s Report. Prof. Junsheng Li (Vice President of CUFE) also attended.
We received 77 submissions, among which 32 were accepted for presentation.
2015--The Seventh International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the symposium
The seventh International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets celebrating release of the China Human Capital Report 2015, organized by the CHLR was held in CUFE on December 12, 2015. The China human capital report 2015 was released. Human capital calculation for all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions (excluding Macao) were extended to 1985-2012. There were some revisions and improvements in the 2015 Report, including updating the data for enrollment categorized by region and gender to 1985-2012, and adding China Family Panel Studies (CFPS2011) to estimate Mincer parameters. The China Human Capital Report 2015 also reported the average age of labor force, average education level and the proportion of population with high-school education. The news of establishing CPS (Complex Problem Solving) Test Lab in China by the CHLR was released during the symposium.
Participants
Belton M. Fleisher (Professor, Ohio State University & Special-term Professor, CHLR & Editor, China Economic Review) chaired the plenary session. The new human capital report was presented by Haizheng Li (Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology), Barbara Fraumeni (Professor, University of Southern Maine & CHLR, one of the founders of the Jorgenson- Fraumeni method of human capital calculation) and Carsten A Holz (Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology & CHLR). Specially invited discussants and commentators: Gary Jefferson (Professor, Brandeis University), Scott D. Rozelle (Professor, Stanford University), Shi Li (Professor, Beijing Normal University) and Tao Xin (Professor, Beijing Normal University). Phil. Samuel Greiff (Associate Professor, University of Luxembourg), Kevin Murphy (Professor, Colorado State University) and Peer Ederer (Professor, Zeppelin University) participated in the releasing the news of establishing CPS (Complex Problem Solving). Jianfeng Peng (Professor, Renmin University & Chairman, China Stone) and Jianping Shi (Vice President of CUFE) also attended.
More than one hundred of international and domestic scholars attended the seventh human capital symposium. The symposium selected 40 papers out of 98 submissions, with 10 parallel sessions covering education, income, health, poverty and behavior, labor market, employment, immigration, human capital, children and complex skills.
2016--The Eighth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the symposium
The eighth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets celebrating release of the China Human Capital Report 2016, organized by the CHLR was held in CUFE on December 10, 2016. The China human capital report 2016 was released. Human capital calculation for all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions (excluding Macao) has been extended to 1985-2014. There were some revisions and improvements in the 2016 Report, including updating the data on school enrollment by region and gender based on new data sources for 1985-2014, and estimating both national and provincial physical capital stock for 1985-. The China Human Capital Report 2016 also unified the population estimation method at the national and province level, and it included data on re-calculated national human capital.
Participants
Belton M. Fleisher (Professor, Ohio State University & Special-term Professor, CHLR & Editor, China Economic Review) chaired the plenary session. The new human capital report was presented by Haizheng Li (Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology), Barbara Fraumeni (Professor, University of Southern Maine & CHLR, one of the founders of the Jorgenson- Fraumeni method of human capital calculation) and Carsten A. Holz (Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology & CHLR). Specially invited discussants and commentators, Min Tang (Ph. D, State Department Counselor & Vice President of YouChange China Social Entrepreneur Foundation), Boqing Wang (Ph. D, Founder & Chair of MyCOS (China Occupational Skills)) gave in-depth discussions on this year’s Report. Jianping Shi (Vice President of CUFE) also attended.
We received 122 submissions, among which 60 papers were accepted for presentation in 14 parallel sessions.
2017--The Ninth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the symposium
The ninth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets celebrating release of the China Human Capital Report 2017, organized by the CHLR was held in CUFE on December 9, 2017. The China human capital report 2017 was released. Human capital calculation for all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions (excluding Macao) were extended to 1985-2015. There were some revisions and improvements in the 2017 Report, including updated population of 2015 for some provinces based on new information, adding CHIP 2013 and CFPS 2014 data in estimating the Mincer equations, and adjusting the method in imputing the coefficients for the experience variable in the Mincer equations. The China Human Capital Report 2017 also improved with a unified imputation method for 1982 and 1987 census data using new information.
Participants
Belton M. Fleisher (Professor, Ohio State University & Special-term Professor, CHLR & Editor, China Economic Review) chaired the plenary session. The new human capital report was presented by Haizheng Li (Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology), Barbara Fraumeni (Professor, University of Southern Maine & CHLR, one of the founders of the Jorgenson- Fraumeni method of human capital calculation) and Carsten A Holz (Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology & CHLR). Specially invited discussants and commentators, Junjie Hong (Dean, Professor, and Ph.D. advisor of School of International Economic and Trade in University of International Business and Economics), Weiguo Yang (Dean, Professor and PhD advisor of School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China) gave in-depth discussions on this year’s Report.
We received 116 submissions, among which 37 papers were accepted for presentation in 9 parallel sessions, covering employment, education, labor market, cognition, health, income, and human capital.
2018--The Tenth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the symposium
The tenth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets celebrating release of the China Human Capital Report 2018, organized by the CHLR was held in CUFE on December 8-9, 2018. The China Human Capital Report 2018 was released. Human capital calculations for all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions (excluding Macao) were extended to 1985-2016. There revisions and improvements in the 2018 Report included updated 2015 1% Demographic Sampling Survey data for 20 provinces, adding adult education enrollment into the total enrollment, adding new survey data CFPS 2016 in estimating the Mincer equations, and improving sample selection of the CHNS survey data. The China Human Capital Report 2018 also updated the national employment rate data of 2015 and updated that data for Taiwan from 1985 to 2016.
Participants
Belton M. Fleisher (Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University & Special-term Professor, CHLR & Editor, China Economic Review) chaired the plenary session. The new human capital report was presented by Haizheng Li (Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology), and Barbara Fraumeni (Professor Emerita, University of Southern Maine & CHLR, one of the founders of the Jorgenson- Fraumeni method of human capital calculation). Dale Jorgenson (Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, one of the founders of Jorgenson- Fraumeni method of human capital calculation) released a video speech reviewing the first participation in the human capital conference; he sent sincere wishes to the human capital project. Guoqiang Long (Deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council), Andrew Sharpe (Executive director of the International Income and Wealth Research Association), and Shi Jianping (vice president of the Central University of Finance and Economics) also attended the conference. Zhuo (Adam) Chen (Associate Professor, University of Georgia; Li Dak Sum Chair Professor in Health Economics and Co-Director, Centre for Health Economics, University of Nottingham Ningbo China) and Gordon Liu, (PhD., MOH Yangtze River Scholar in Economics, PKU BOYA Professor) presented their discussions of the human capital report. Benjamin F. Jones (Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Strategy, and the faculty director of the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative) presented a keynote speech.
We received 145 submissions, among which 52 papers were accepted for presentation in 13 parallel sessions that covered issues in health, education, cognitive skills, measurement of human capital, income, employment, productivity, migration and aging and household behavior.
2019--The Eleventh International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the symposium
The Eleventh International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets celebrating release of the China Human Capital Report 2019, organized by the CHLR was held in CUFE on December 13-14, 2019. The China Human Capital Report 2019 was released. Human capital calculations for all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions (excluding Macao) were extended to 1985-2017. There revisions and improvements in the 2019 Report included updated 2015 1% Demographic Sampling Survey data, adding general secondary professional education data and adult secondary professional education data into the high school enrollment, calculating labor-force human capital by including or not including students, revising the method for calculating enrollment age distribution from 6 age groups to 3 age groups, adding new survey data CLDS 2014 in estimating the Mincer equations, and updating the CHNS 2015 and CFPS 2016 survey data. The center will cooperate with Jinan Human Capital Industry Research Institute to conduct human capital pricing research.
Participants
Belton M. Fleisher (Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University & Special-term Professor, CHLR & Editor, China Economic Review) chaired the plenary session. The new human capital report was presented by Haizheng Li (Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology), and Barbara Fraumeni (Professor Emerita, University of Southern Maine & CHLR, one of the founders of the Jorgenson- Fraumeni method of human capital calculation). Shi Jianping (vice president of the Central University of Finance and Economics) and Wang Weiguo (Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Jinan High-tech Zone) attended the conference and gave welcome remarks. Shi Yaojiang (Professor and Director, Center for Experimental Economics in Education, Shaanxi Normal University) presented the discussion of the human capital report. Ludger Wößmann (Professor of Economics at the University of Munich and Director of the Ifo Center for the Economics of Education at the ifo Institute) presented a keynote speech.
We received 95 submissions, among which 38 papers were accepted for presentation in 8 parallel sessions that covered issues in health, education, cognitive skills, income, migration, and measurement of human capital.
2020--The Twelfth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets
About the symposium
The Twelfth International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets celebrating release of the China Human Capital Report 2020, organized by the CHLR was held in CUFE on December 4-5, 2020. The China Human Capital Report 2020 was released. Human capital calculations for all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions (excluding Macao) were extended to 1985-2018. There revisions and improvements in the 2020 Report included updated human capital calculations for all provinces especially for the areas of Hong Kong and Taiwan. It also updated the physical capital on the national and provincial level.
Participants
Nobel Laureate James Heckman (Professor, University of Chicago). Ludger Wößmann (Professor, University of Munich), Jong-Wha Lee (Professor, Korea University), Yongmiao Hong (Professor, Cornell University), Belton M. Fleisher (Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University & Special-term Professor, CHLR & Editor, China Economic Review) chaired the plenary session. The new human capital report was presented by Haizheng Li (Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology), and Barbara Fraumeni (Professor Emerita, University of Southern Maine & CHLR, one of the founders of the Jorgenson- Fraumeni method of human capital calculation). Shi Jianping (vice president of the Central University of Finance and Economics).
We received 65 submissions, among which 38 papers were accepted for presentation in 9 parallel sessions that covered issues in health, education, cognitive skills, income, migration, and measurement of human capital.