Jeffrey S. Zax is a professor specializing in labor economics, public economics, and urban economics at the University of Colorado Boulder. Among his published papers are articles on the relationship between IQ, schooling and adult income; the effects of residential segregation on black economic welfare; the economic consequences of competition among local governments; the estimation of voting behavior; and microeconomic activity in China. Themes in his current work include the measurement, causes, and effects of income inequality in China and the U.S. and the economic content of surnames.
His presentation is on Interregional Inequality in Urban China. The paper will be distributed prior to the seminar.