Education
Ph. D. in Economics, University of Chicago, 1995
MA in Economics, Peking University, 1987
BA in Economics, Peking University, 1985
Positions and Employment
09/1993-12/1997 Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs, the George Washington University
01/1996-12/1996 Economics Professor, Ph.D. program in agricultural economics sponsored by Winrock International and Ford Foundation, Chinese Agricultural University, China
01/1996-08/1996 Visiting Fellow, Rural Economic Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, China
09/1996-08/1997 Assistant Professor of Economics, China Center for Economics Research, Peking University
08/1997-07/2001 Associate Professor of Economics, China Center for Economics Research, Peking University
09/2000-12/2000 Visiting Research Scholar, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Economics Department, Harvard University
07/2002-02/2003 Visiting Research Fellow, Development Research Group, the World Bank
08/2001-Present Professor of Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
09/2011-present Fellow, IZA
09/2013-12/2023 Yangtze River Scholar Professorship, Peking University
12/2023-Present Professor of Economics, Dongfureng School of Economics and Social Development, Wuhan University
Other Experience and Professional Membership
2002-2012 Co-director, Chinese Women Economist Research and Training Program, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
2011-2019 Member, the scientific committee of the China Economic Summer Institute
2007-present Principal Investigator, China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)
2009-present International advisory committee member, Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI)
2012-present International advisory committee member, Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (BRASIL-ELSI)
2019-present International advisory committee member, Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI)
2009-2021 Member of Advisory Committee, Poverty Reduction Office of the State Council
2010-2013 Member, Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
2011-present Deputy director, Institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University
2012-present Associate editor, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing
2018-present Associate editor, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
2019-present Member, Expert Consultative Committee on Childcare Service, National Commission of Health, China
2019-present Member, Expert Committee on Fertility and Social Support, Population Association of China
2019-2020 member, Planning Committee on Behavioral, and Environmental Enablers for Healthy Longevity: A Workshop for the Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity Initiative, the United States National Academy of Medicine
2021-2022 member, the Commission on Creating a Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity, the United States National Academy of Medicine
2023-2024 member, Planning Committee on a Workshop on Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), U.S. National Academy of Sciences
2023-present, Deputy Director, China Comparative Economics Research Committee
2023-present, Deputy Director, China Labor Economics Asssociation
Present Member, Chinese Economist Society
Present Member, American Economic Association
Present Member, Population Association of America
Other Experience and Professional Membership
2002-2012 Co-director, Chinese Women Economist Research and Training Program, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
2011-2019 Member, the scientific committee of the China Economic Summer Institute
2007-present Principal Investigator, China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)
2009-present International advisory committee member, Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI)
2012-present International advisory committee member, Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (BRASIL-ELSI)
2019-present International advisory committee member, Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI)
2009-2021 Member of Advisory Committee, Poverty Reduction Office of the State Council
2010-2013 Member, Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
2011-present Deputy director, Institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University
2012-present Associate editor, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing
2018-present Associate editor, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
2019-present Member, Expert Consultative Committee on Childcare Service, National Commission of Health, China
2019-present Member, Expert Committee on Fertility and Social Support, Population Association of China
2019-2020 member, Planning Committee on Behavioral, and Environmental Enablers for Healthy Longevity: A Workshop for the Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity Initiative, the United States National Academy of Medicine
2021-2022 member, the Commission on Creating a Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity, the United States National Academy of Medicine
2023-2024 member, Planning Committee on a Workshop on Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), U.S. National Academy of Sciences
2023-present, Deputy Director, China Comparative Economics Research Committee
2023-present, Deputy Director, China Labor Economics Asssociation
Present Member, Chinese Economist Society
Present Member, American Economic Association
Present Member, Population Association of America
Teaching experience
Empirical labor economics (graduate level)
Labor economics (undergraduate level)
Labor economics (graduate level)
The Demography and Economics of Aging (graduate)
Health economics (graduate level)
Microeconomics (graduate and undergraduate levels)
Managerial economics (MBA program)
Chinese economy (graduate and undergraduate levels)
Socioeconomic surveys: theory, methodology and practice (undergraduate level)
Analysis of socioeconomic survey data (undergraduate level)
