China Labor, Income and Population
The China Labor, Income and Population (CLIP) research program focuses on key areas essential for understanding the complexities of China’s labor market and its role in the Chinese economy. We study labor quantity (population), labor quality (human capital), income, and the interactions between technology and labor, while also examining the role of China’s unique institutions, such as the gaokao exam system, hukou system, and the state, in shaping the labor market.
Hongbin Li
Lingsheng Meng
Xinyao Qiu
Hanmo Yang
Claire Cousineau
Related Publications
Chong-En Bai, Ruixue Jia, Hongbin Li and Xin Wang (2024). Entrepreneurial Reluctance: Academic Talent and Firm Creation in China. Economic Journal (forthcoming).
Hongbin Li, Lingsheng Meng, Kai Mu and Shaoda Wang (2024). English Language Requirement and Educational Inequality: Evidence from 16 Million College Applicants in China. Journal of Development Economics.
Huan Wang, Claire Cousineau, Matthew Boswell and Hongbin Li (2024). Estimating the Impact of Rural Hukou Status on Earnings for College Graduates in China. China Quarterly.
Ruixue Jia, Hongbin Li and Lingsheng Meng (2024). Elite College Education and Social Mobility in China. Economic Development and Cultural Change.
Dezhuang Hu, Hongbin Li, Tang Li, Lingsheng Meng and Binh Thai Nguyen (2023). The Burden of Education Costs in China: A Struggle for All, but Heavier for Lower-Income Families. SSRN Working Paper.
Hongbin Li, Huan Wang, Claire Cousineau and Matthew Boswell (2023). What Can Students Gain from China's Higher Education? Asian Economic Policy Review.
Hongbin Li, James Liang and Binzhen Wu (2023). Labor Market Experience and Returns to College Education in Fast Growing Economies. Journal of Human Resources.
Hongbin Li, Lingsheng Meng, Yanyan Xiong and Sinclair L. Cook (2023). Job Preferences and Outcomes for China's College Graduates. China Quarterly.
Hongbin Li and Xinyao Qiu (2023). Heuristics in Self-Evaluation: Evidence form the Centralized College Admission Systems in China. Review of Economics and Statistics.
Lingsheng Meng, Yunbin Zhang and Ben Zou (2023). The Motherhood Penalty in China: Magnitudes, Trends, and the Role of Grandparenting. Journal of Comparative Economics.
Maoliang Ye, Junsen Zhang and Hongbin Li (2023). Twins, Income, and Happiness: Evidence from China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Hongbin Li, Lei Li, and Hong Ma (2022). China’s Skill-Biased Imports. China Economic Review.
Hongbin Li and Lingsheng Meng (2022). The Scarring Effects of College Education Deprivation during China’s Cultural Revolution. Economic Development and Cultural Change.
Hongbin Li and Lingsheng Meng (2022). Skill Biased Tax Policy Change: Labor Market Effects of China’s VAT Reform. Labour Economics.
Hong Cheng, Hongbin Li and Tang Li (2021). The Performance of State-Owned Enterprises: New Evidence from the China Employer-Employee Survey. Economic Development and Cultural Change.
Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li (2021). Just Above the Exam Cutoff Score: Elite College Admission and Wages in China. Journal of Public Economics.
Guangsu Zhou, Gaosi Chu, Lixing Li and Lingsheng Meng (2020). The Effect of Artificial Intelligence on China’s Labor Market. China Economic Journal.
Hanming Fang, Chunmian Ge, Hanwei Huang and Hongbin Li (2020). Pandemics, Global Supply Chains, and Local Labor Demand: Evidence from 100 Million Posted Jobs in China. NBER Working Paper.
Hong Cheng, Dezhuang Hu and Hongbin Li (2020). Wage Differential between Rural Migrant and Urban Workers in the People’s Republic of China. Asian Development Review.
Douglas Almond, Hongbin Li and Shuang Zhang (2019). Land Reform and Sex Selection in China. Journal of Political Economy.
Hong Cheng, Ruixue Jia, Hongbin Li and Dandan Li (2019). The Rise of Robots in China. Journal of Economic Perspectives.