From 1989 to 1990, he was a lecturer of econometrics at the australian national university. Curriculum vita the chinese university of hong kong. Evidence from the birthweight differences of chinese twins, working papers 1008, economic growth center, yale university. Before returning to hong kong, he was assistant professor in the department of economics, university of. Centre for population, development and labour economics. Associate professor in economics, the school of economics and management, tsinghua university. Mit press books and journals are known for their intellectual daring, scholarly standards, and distinctive design. The rise and consequences of inequality in the united states. Other services instructors librarians springer nature.
The prize committee includes the journal s editorinchief, klaus f. From 1989 to 1990, he was a lecturer of econometrics at the australian. Jul 11, 2019 we would like to thank the editor, junsen zhang, for his guidance and thank the helpful comments from three anonymous referees, eric v. Junsen zhang graduated from a low ranked program and worked his way up.
Its current growth trajectory suggests that the size of its economy could soon surpass that of the united states. The tradeoff between spousal income and spousal height. Zhang junsen on economics and society cuhk newsletter. Rising intergenerational income persistence in china. Faculty department of economics, the chinese university. Find researchers and browse publications, fulltexts, contact details and general information related to the department of economics at tsinghua university. Research on population economics deals with some of the most pertinent issues of our time and, as such, is of interest to academics and policymakers alike.
Hongbin, li and rosenzweig, mark richard and zhang, junsen, altruism, favoritism, and guilt in the allocation of family resources. It analyzes how bequest motives affect fertility savings, growth, and the effects of payasyougo social security. The scarcity of women and the competition for highincome men in chinese cities. Lian zhou journal of development economics, forthcoming 2007. He is a very good scholar, despite in an administrative position. Perelman center for political science and economics 3 south 36th street suite 150 philadelphia, pa 19104. Junsen zhang is professor of economics in the department of economics and the institute of economics, the. Like the journal of population economics, the book series population economics addresses a wide range of theoretical and empirical topics related to all areas of the economics of population, household, and human resources. Sectoral gender wage differentials and discrimination in the transitional chinese economy authors. Zhang is currently wei lun professor of economics in the department of economics at the chinese university of hong kong. The economic consequences of demographic change in east asia assembles a group of experts to explore such topics as comparative demographic change, population aging, the rising cost of health care, and specific policy concerns in individual countries. Journal of comparative economics 33 4, 730752, 2005. Economic returns to the communist party membership. The evolution of chinas onechild policy and its effects.
Tsinghua university school of economics and management. Gautam hazarika university of texas rio grande valley, chandan kumar jha le moyne college, madden school of business, and sudipta sarangi virginia tech will receive the 2020 kuznets prize for their article ancestral ecological endowments and missing women which was published in the journal of population economics 2019, 324, pp. Editorial board shop books, ebooks and journals elsevier. The effect of life expectancy on fertility, saving, schooling and economic growth. This study investigated the determinants and functional forms of international tourism demand for travel to canada from the united states, the united kingdom, france, theformer west germany, and ja. To view the rest of this content please follow the download pdf link above. Apr 22, 2018 the editors of the journal of population economics are also editing the springer book series in population economics. Evidence from a panel of cross countries, with jie zhang and junsen zhang, journal of development economics, 841, september 2007, pp. Researchers working on human resources issues are invited to send book proposals to the publisher at springer, martina noltebohres martina. Economics letters, 2001, 72, 2, 269277 view citations 16 mortality decline and longrun economic growth journal of public economics, 2001, 80, 3, 485507 view citations 116 the identification of unobservable independent and spousal leisure journal of political economy, 2001, 109, 1, 191202 view citations 19 see also working paper. The economic consequences of demographic change in east asia. Tsinghua university department of economics contributions. Journal of economic perspectives american economic association. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile.
His research both theoretical and empirical has focused on the economics of family behaviour, including crime, fertility, marriage, education, intergenerational transfers, marital transfers, gender bias, and oldage support. Zhang is currently wei lun professor of economics in the department of economics, the chinese university of hong kong. Economic returns to schooling in urban china, 1988 to 2001. Li, gender bias and economic development in an endogenous growth model, journal. Bequest motives, social security, and economic growth by. Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes. The increasing income inequality is particularly an important concern for china, which had been a fairly egal. Pages in category chinese economists the following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. His research both theoretical and empirical has focused on the economics of family behaviour, including crime, fertility, marriage, education, intergenerational transfers, marital transfers, gender bias, and oldage support pensions. Ben belton michigan state university, department of agricultural, food and resource economics verified email at msu. Some argue that continued growth and the expanding middle class will ultimately exert pressure on the government to bring about greater. Any one knows junxi zhang economics job market rumors.
His research covers a broad range of topics, including marriage, crime, fertility, savings, education, health, and oldage support. Evidence from chinese twins, discussion papers 00015, chinese university of hong kong, department of economics. Junsen zhang is currently wei lun professor of economics in the department of economics, chinese university of hong kong. Altruism, favoritism, and guilt in the allocation of. However, its income gap between the rich and the poor appears to have been widening as measured by the gini coef. Evidence from chinese twins, with pak wai liu, junsen zhang and ning ma, economic journal, 117523, october 2007, pp.
Books recent books earlier books by decade browse books by series chapters from books in process free publications bulletin on retirement and disability. Overlooked is the possibility that beauty can influence college admissions. Professor department of economics, national university of. Sophies choice in maos mass send down movement september 23, 2008.
Jie zhang and junsen zhang, longevity and economic growth in a dynastic family model with an annuity market, economics letters, august 2001 722. Faculty department of economics, the chinese university of. The economic consequences of demographic change in east. We exploit the fact that many families were forced to select one of their adolescent children to be sent down. Like the journal of population economics, the book series population economics addresses a wide range of theoretical and empirical topics related to all areas of the economics of. Xiaobo zhang is a senior research fellow in ifpris development strategy and governance division and chair professor of economics at peking university. The volume provides an overview of economic growth in east asia as well as more specific. The aea is providing open access to all journal content on the aea website through june 2020 to overcome any difficulties some may have accessing library subscriptions during these challenging times. Zhang junsen wei lun professor of economics chairman, department of economics fellow of the econometric society why did you switch to economics in graduate school after obtaining a first degree in engineering.
Yale university economic growth center discussion paper no. The college admissions contribution to the labor market. We use survey data on twins in urban china, among whom many experienced the consequences of the forced mass rustication movement of the cultural revolution, to identify the roles of altruism, favoritism, and guilt in affecting family behavior. The mit press is a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. We find an increasing pattern in intergenerational income persistence across chinas transitional period. Books in the series comprise work that closely examines special topics related to population economics, incorporating. Wages, participation and unemployment in the economic transition of urban china1, the economics of transition, the european bank for reconstruction and development, vol. Occupational segregation and wage differentials between urban residents and rural migrants in shanghai. Chinas economic boom over the last two decades has taken many analysts by surprise, given the ongoing role of central government planning.
Dont know junsen, but this type of behavior is very common in the profession. Surprisingly, this premium is larger for men than for women and is independent of the degree of customer contact. Junsen zhang works in the fields of labor economics and development economics and is a top scholar on the chinese economy. Cigno, alessandro, galor, oded, zhang, junsen vanore, michaella ed. We are grateful to terence chong, james kung, qinglai meng, dani rodrik, and two anonymous referees for very helpful comments. Junxi zhang this article conducts a systematic analysis of four bequest motives in a simple model of endogenous growth. The kuznets prize honors the best article published in the journal of population economics. Junsen zhang, economic inquiry 43, 385400 april 2005. Junxi zhang on the other hand is more like a traditional chinese government official. Effects of longevity and dependency rates on saving and growth. Department of economics chinese university of hong kong shatin, n.
National bureau of economic research 1050 massachusetts avenue cambridge, ma 028. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. For supplementary materials such as appendices, datasets, and author disclosure statements, see the article page at. Testing the tradeoff between child quantity and quality within a family is complicated by the endogeneity of family size. From 1990 to 1993, he was an assistant professor of economics at the university of western ontario. Global wage inequality and the international flow of migrants, in kanbur, ravi and a. Using data from the chinese population census, we examine the effect of family size on child educational attainment in china. Before returning to hong kong, he was assistant professor in the department of economics. The quantityquality tradeoff of children in a developing. Motivated by poverty, most people of my generation studied extremely hard when china resumed its college entrance examination system. Books and reports yang, dennis tao, junsen zhang and shaojie zhou, 2012, why are saving rates so high in china. Junsen zhang and junxi zhang, bequest motives, social security, and economic growth, economic inquiry, july 2001 393.
Evidence from crosscountry data, journal of population economics, august 2004 173. Junjian yi and junsen zhang, journal of comparative economics, 461. He is or was in some sort of administrative position at cuhk. Assotative mating and crossproductivity, journal of labor economics, 274, october 2009, pp. Zimmermann, and the journal s editors, alessandro cigno, erdal tekin, and junsen zhang. Jie zhang and junsen zhang, how does social security affect economic growth. The chinese university of hong kong cuhk department of economics. He is a visiting fellow at the center for global development and the european institute for chinese studies.
Before returning to hong kong, he was assistant professor in the department of economics, university of western ontario. I am especially interested in questions broadly related. Citescore values are based on citation counts in a given year e. Chapter in nber book the economic consequences of demographic change in east asia 2010, takatoshi ito and andrew rose, editors p. Presentation made to the center for american progress, january 12, 2012. Although studies on economic inequality and intergenerational mobility have gained traction in the last decade, little is known about the temporal changes in the intergenerational association of economic status, especially in developing and transitional economies. Chapter in a forthcoming nber book capitalizing china, university of chicago press, joseph fan and randall morck, editors. Orley ashenfelter and junsen zhang as guest editors with an introduction, the chinese labor market. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth order effect. The evolution of chinas onechild policy and its effects on family outcomes junsen zhang is the wei lun professor of economics, chinese university of hong kong, shatin, hong kong. Chong huang, hongbin li, pak wai liu, and junsen zhang, why does spousal education matter for earnings. Determinants of tourist arrivals and expenditures in canada.
Journal of population economics, volume 5, issue 3 springer. My research interests cover empirical io, international trade and chinese economy, with a special focus on productivity and firm dynamics. With universal, globallyintegrated social accounting matrices sams in a general equilibrium model structure. Evidence from the 1959 to 1961 china famine douglas almond, lena edlund, hongbin li, junsen zhang. You can mentally keep track of who is an asshole majority and who is at least a decent person. Professor junsen zhang obtained his phd in economics in 1990 and is currently wei lun professor of economics in the department of economics, chinese university of hong kong. Hongbin li is assistant professor and junsen zhang is professor of economics in the department of economics and the institute of economics, the chinese university of hong kong, shatin, n. Junsen zhang department of economics chinese university of hong kong shatin, n. Estimating the returns to education using twins in urban china, with pak wai liu and junsen zhang journal of development economics, 974, 2012, pp 494504.
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