Sylvie Démurger

CNRS researcher (Chargée de recherche) in economics.

    Affiliated to GATE (UMR 5824, CNRS - University Lumière Lyon 2 - Ecole Normale Supérieure LSH, Lyon)

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Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE) E-mail: demurger@gate.cnrs.fr

93, chemin des Mouilles - B.P.167 Tel: (33-4) 72 86 61 05

69131 - Ecully Cedex (France) Fax: (33-4) 72 86 60 90

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Curriculum Vitae

Fields of interest: Development economics, Natural resources economics, Labor economics, Applied econometrics, Asian countries (China).

Papers in progress

"The economic sustainability of the Sloping Land Conversion Program in China: Evidence from Sichuan and Inner Mongolia household-level data", with Yang Weiyong.

“Return migration and occupational change in rural China : a case study of Wuwei county”, with Xu Hui.

"Rural households’ income and fuelwood consumption : a case study in Sichuan, China", with Marion Desertine.

“Activity diversification and agrarian change in northern rural China”, with Martin Fournier and Yang Weiyong.

"Off-farm and on-farm labor allocation and income in rural China, 1995-2002", with Wei Zhong.

“Can forest restoration programs match with local population needs? A cross-period comparison between China and France”, with Pascal Marty.

Main current research projects

“Forest resources protection and local population welfare: case studies comparison from China”, with Martin Fournier, Hou Yuanzhao, Li Junqing, Pascal Marty, Shen Guozhen & Yang Weiyong.

“Household income inequality in China: Micro-simulation decomposition analyses”, with Martin Fournier, Marc Gurgand, Li Shi, Wei Zhong & Yue Ximing.

“Inequality dynamics in developing countries”, with Luc Behaghel, Denis Cogneau, Martin Fournier, Marc Gurgand, Sylvie Lambert & Marta Menendez (ANR 2006 funding).

Working papers

“Migrants as second-class workers in urban China? A decomposition analysis”, with Marc Gurgand, Li Shi & Yue Ximing.

“Rural poverty and fuelwood consumption: Evidence from Labagoumen Township (China)”, with Martin Fournier. 

“Diversification and agrarian change under environmental constraints in rural China: Evidence from a poor township of Beijing municipality”, with Martin Fournier & Yang Weiyong. 

“Différentiels salariaux, segmentation et discrimination à l’égard des femmes sur le marché du travail chinois”, with Chen Yi and Martin Fournier. 

“Institutional change and the evolution of property rights in rural China”, with Philippe Dulbecco. 

Recent publications

“Forest management policies and resource balance in China: an assessment of the current situation”, with Hou Yuanzhao & Yang Weiyong, The Journal of Environment and Development, Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2009, pp. 17-41.

“The evolution of gender earnings gaps and discrimination in urban China, 1988-95”, with Chen Yi & Martin Fournier, The Developing Economies, Vol. 45, No. 1, March 2007, pp. 97-121.

“Economic liberalization and rising segmentation in China’s urban labor market”, with Martin Fournier, Li Shi & Wei Zhong, Asian Economic Papers, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 2006, pp. 58-101.

“Urban income inequality in China revisited, 1988-2002”, with Martin Fournier & Li Shi, Economics Letters, Vol. 93, No. 3, December 2006, pp.354-359.

“Economic changes and afforestation incentives in rural China”, with Yang Weiyong, Environment and Development Economics, Vol. 11, No. 5, October 2006, pp. 629-649.

“Earnings differentials and ownership structure in Chinese enterprises”, with Chen Yi & Martin Fournier, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 53, No. 4, July 2005, pp. 933-958.

Links

GATE-CEFC-UIBE China Conference 2007