release time：2011-12-29   source：CASER

Following the success of a symposium on “Youth and Social Change” held last year, the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research co-hosted an international conference on “Social Inequality and Mobility in Chinese Societies: Towards a Comparative Study” with the Central Policy Unit, HKSAR Government on December 16-17. Scholars and researchers from Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, US, and elsewhere shared their empirical works with more than 150 conference participants including representatives from government bureaus, think tanks and NGOs and many other audiences. Frequent exchanges between the panel and the floor deepened our understanding about topics of inequality in different Chinese societies. Apart from highly academic terminologies, presentations and discussion extended to heated social topics, such as $6,000 cash handout in Hong Kong, the upcoming presidential election in Taiwan, and etc. and their relationships with social class, social stratification, economic inequality, and welfare re-distribution.

Programme of the conference is as follows:
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