MWF 11:15 am – 12:10 pm Huntley 220
| Fall 2015 Schedule | ||||
| Week I | Fri | 11-Sep | Introduction | Viewing China through Economic Models: Hypergamy |
| Mon | 14-Sep | Historical Geography: China as an Empire | start reading Hessler Part I | |
| Wed | 16-Sep | China in 1700 The Global Technology Leader Encounters Europe |
Guest Speaker Dr. Ron Fuchs Meet at Reeves Center |
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| Fri | 18-Sep | Geopolitics: Qing to Xi | discuss blog posts: empire, trade, technology | |
| Week II Growth Models | Mon | 21-Sep | Solow’s model | blackboard version start your short paper on Hessler & social change |
| Wed | 23-Sep | Solow’s model & W Arthur Lewis | spreadsheet version; start reading Village China | |
| Fri | 25-Sep | China’s Growth | discuss blog posts | |
| Week III | Mon | 28-Sep | Village China: Sancha, Beijing | Hessler Part II |
| Wed | 30-Sep | Status and Entrepreneurship | Hessler Part II | |
| Fri | 2-Oct | Public Goods, Local Politics | Hessler Part II | |
| Week IV | Mon | 5-Oct | Collectivization and Decollectivization: Li’s “Village China” Ch 1 & Ch 4 | YouTube Living (Mao Ping) three YouTube segments or the Leyburn VHS tape. Go here for a viewing guide (pdf) |
| Wed | 7-Oct | Incentives: Li Ch 8 & Ch 9 (cont) | keep reading Li | |
| Fri | 9-Oct | Li conclusion: China’s Agricultural Revolution | Li paper #2 due | |
| Week V | Mon | 12-Oct | Urbanization: Why Cities? | Hessler Part III: Lishui |
| Wed | 14-Oct | Migrants & Agency: Labor Markets | Lishui | |
| Fri | 16-Oct | No Class! | Reading Day | |
| Week VI | Mon | 19-Oct | What is Technology? The Machine | Lishui… |
| Wed | 21-Oct | Hukou | Miller | |
| Fri | 23-Oct | Land | Miller | |
| Week VII | Mon | 26-Oct | Models of Migration | discussion/lecture |
| Wed | 28-Oct | Reading a Migration Paper | Migration Reading / Regressions | |
| Fri | 30-Oct | 2nd Demography Readings; The Future of Farming | Zhou, Minhui, Rachel Murphy, and Ran Tao. 2014. “Effects of Parents’ Migration on the Education of Children Left Behind in Rural China.” Population and Development Review 40 (2): 273–92. |
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| Week VIII | Mon | 2-Nov | Urban Jobs | “Working” 2013 Working Datong |
| Wed | 4-Nov | Urban Externalities | Miller, blogs | |
| Fri | 6-Nov | Urbanization | Miller, intro to Wallace | |
| Week IX | Mon | 9-Nov | migration discussion | migration paper due |
| Wed | 11-Nov | Manufacturing: Growing out of Plan | Central Planning under Mao | |
| Fri | 13-Nov | Reforms: Growth out of Plan | Revisiting our Agriculture Incentive Models | |
| Week X | Mon | 16-Nov | Demographics | why do babies happen? |
| Wed | 18-Nov | First Demographic Dividend: Labor | applying Solow | |
| Fri | 20-Nov | Second Demographic Dividend: Savings | applying Solow | |
| Thanksgiving | ||||
| Week XI | Mon | 30-Nov | China’s Urban Future | Wallace |
| Wed | 2-Dec | The Key Question: The Political Economy of Peasants | The Future of Farming and the Future of Cities | |
| Fri | 4-Dec | The Dangers of Urbanization | Wallace continued | |
| Week XII | Mon | 7-Dec | What Should China’s Leaders Do? | Growth |
| Wed | 9-Dec | What Should China’s Leaders Do? | The Welfare State | |
| Fri | 11-Dec | Summary Lecture: China Today, China Tomorrow | PowerPoint of data? | |
| Final Exams | ||||