Organizers:

Yu Hsing, Southeastern Louisiana University

Session Chairs:

Yongsheng Xu, Georgia State University

Papers:

"How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?"
Le Wang, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Property and China's Rural-Urban Integration"
Jonathan Edward Leightner, Augusta State University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Transportation on Income Inequality in China: 1978-2007"
Maria N. DaCosta, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Contact Author)
Yan Li, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

"Minimum Standards of Living, Income and Positional Concerns in Mid-Reform Urban China"
Jeffrey S. Zax, University of Colorado at Boulder (Contact Author)
Kirby Motz Rattenbury, University of Colorado at Boulder

Discussants:

Jonathan Edward Leightner, Augusta State University
Maria N. DaCosta, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Le Wang, University of New Hampshire
Yongsheng Xu, Georgia State University

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Organizers:

Yu Hsing, Southeastern Louisiana University

Session Chairs:

Le Wang, University of New Hampshire

Papers:

"Measuring Degrees of Fiscal Decentralization: Theory and the China Experience from 1985 to 2007"
Baoyun Qiao, Georgia State University
Yongsheng Xu, Georgia State University

"Intergenerational Effects of the 1959-61 China Famine"
Winnie Fung, Wheaton College
Wei Ha, United Nations Children's Funds

"Modeling Wealth Accumulation and Quality of Life (Q.O.L.) Through Stock Market Transformation-A Case Study on the Richest 100 Billionaires: China and U.S.A.: 2005, 2007 and 2009"
Ben-Chieh Liu, Chicago State University (Contact Author)
Jan-Jo Chen, Chicago State University
Wei-Li Chen, Chicago State University
Lee-Hsuan Lin, Yuan-Ze University

Discussants:

Winnie Fung, Wheaton College
Ben-Chieh Liu, Chicago State University
Yongsheng Xu, Georgia State University

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Session Chairs:

Monica Garcia-Perez, St. Cloud State University

Papers:

"Does It Matter Who I Work for and Who I Work with? The Impact of Owners and Coworkers on Hiring and Wages"
Monica Garcia-Perez, St. Cloud State University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of 9/11 on Intermarriages in the U.S."
Chunbei Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Le Wang, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Differences in Expected Starting Salaries by Gender and Race of Bachelor Degree Recipients"
Rhona Free, Eastern Connecticut State University
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Chunbei Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Gary Hoover, The University of Alabama
Xinrong Li, Texas A&M University

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