Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St Etienne

Contact : demurger@gate.cnrs.fr

 Curriculum Vitae

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

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 and Yang Weiyong.
 “Household income inequality in China : Micro-simulation decomposition analyses”, with Martin Fournier, Marc Gurgand, Li Shi, Wei Zhong and Yue Ximing.
 “Agglomeration economies, spatial sorting and labour market segmentation in China”, with Pierre-Philippe Combes and Li Shi.

Papers in progress / Working papers
 “Return migrants : The rise of new entrepreneurs in rural China”, with Xu Hui, GATE Working Paper 1008, April 2010.
 “What makes the difference of hourly wages gap across ownership during 2002-2007 ?”, with Yang Juan and Li Shi.
 “Agglomeration economies and individual wage disparities in China”, with Pierre-Philippe Combes and Li Shi.
 "Assisting and educating Chinese workers in World War I – The role of the work-study movement in the workers’ daily life”, with Martin Fournier and Annie Au-Yeung.
 "Pro-rural policies, income source diversification and inequality in China".
 "The duration of China’s internal migration - What makes migrants stay away longer ?", with Xu Hui.
 "The economic sustainability of the Sloping Land Conversion Program in China : Evidence from Sichuan and Inner Mongolia household-level data", with Yang Weiyong.
 "Promoting a more efficient use of fuelwood from rural households : a case study in Sichuan, China".

Recent publications
 "Poverty and firewood consumption : A case study of rural households in northern China", with Martin Fournier, China Economic Review, forthcoming.
 “Rural households’ decisions towards income diversification : Evidence from a township in northern China”, with Martin Fournier and Yang Weiyong, China Economic Review, 2010, 21:32-44.
 "Migrants as second-class workers in urban China ? A decomposition analysis", with Marc Gurgand, Li Shi and Yue Ximing, Journal of Comparative Economics, December 2009, 37(4) : 610-628.
 "Discrimination et libéralisation : Les femmes sur le marché du travail dans la Chine urbaine", with Chen Yi and Martin Fournier, Revue Française d’Economie, July 2009, 24(1).
 “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, March 2009, 18(1) : 17-41.
 “The evolution of gender earnings gaps and discrimination in urban China, 1988-95”, with Chen Yi & Martin Fournier, The Developing Economies, March 2007, 45(1) : 97-121.
 “Economic liberalization and rising segmentation in China’s urban labor market”, with Martin Fournier, Li Shi & Wei Zhong, Asian Economic Papers, Fall 2006, 5(3) : 58-101.
 “Urban income inequality in China revisited, 1988-2002”, with Martin Fournier & Li Shi, Economics Letters, December 2006, 93(3) : 354-359.
 “Economic changes and afforestation incentives in rural China”, with Yang Weiyong, Environment and Development Economics, October 2006, 11(5) : 629-649.
 “Earnings differentials and ownership structure in Chinese enterprises”, with Chen Yi & Martin Fournier, Economic Development and Cultural Change, July 2005, 53(4) : 933-958.

Links
 First Annual SEBA-GATE Workshop
 GATE-CEFC-UIBE China Conference 2007
 French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC)