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LI Shi
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LI Shi  Professor
Native Place: Jiangsu
Department of Economics
Business School, Beijing Normal University
Beijing 100875, China
Tel: 58802940
Email: lishi@bnu.edu.cn
Education
1982-1984 Master in School of Economics, Peking University
1978-1982 Bachelor in School of Economics, Nanjing University
Work Experience
2005-- Professor, Business School, Beijing Normal University
1996-2005 Researcher/Professor, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
1991-1996 Associate Researcher, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
1985-1991 Assistant Researcher, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
2006 (July)
2005 (July-August)
2004 (August)
2002 (Jan.-Sept.)
2001
2000(July-August)
1999(April)
1999(May-August.)
1998(April-May)
1998(June-July)
1997(June-July)
1996(June-Sept.)
1995 (Jan-April)
1994
1993 (April-June)
1991 (June-Sept.)
1990 – 91
1986 – 87 		Visiting scholar, Department of Economics, University of Oxford.
Visiting Researcher, Gothenburg University, Sweden.
Visiting Researcher, National University of Australia.
Professor of Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Japan.
Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Oxford.
Guest Researcher at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Invited Scholar in Institute of Economics & Statistics, University of Oxford.
Guest Researcher at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Invited Scholar in Institute of Economics & Statistics, University of Oxford.
Guest Researcher at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Invited Scholar in Institute of Economics & Statistics, University of Oxford.
Guest Researcher at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Guest Researcher at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Invited Scholar in Institute of Economics & Statistics, University of Oxford.
Guest Researcher at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Visiting Researcher in Oxford University.
Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, U.S.A.
Visiting Scholar in Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Research Interests
Income inequality and poverty
Rural migration and labor mobility
Gender wage gap
Social security
Courses Taught
Methodology of economic research (Undergraduate)
Development Economics(Postgraduate)
Labor Economics (Postgraduate)
Professional Societies/Activities
  • Researcher, IZA
  • Researcher, China Center for Economic Growth ,Oxford University
  • Academic Advisory Committee member, Center for Human and Economic Development Studies, Peking University
  • Adjunct Professor, National School of Administration
  • Advisory Committee Member, Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation, State Council.
  • Advisory Committee Member, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, China
  • Advisory Committee Member, Ministry of Agriculture, China
  • Advisory Committee Member ,China Association for Employment Promotion
  • Advisory Committee Member ,China Association for Labour Studies
  • Project Leader and consultant, for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, United Nations Development
  • Programme, ILO, National Development and Reform Commission, Poverty Alleviation Office of State Council and so on
Social Service/Work
Editorial board member, Economic Research Journal
Editorial board member, China Economic Quarterly
Editorial board member, China Labor Economics
Editorial board member, Finance Studies
Editorial board member, World Economic Forum
Editorial board member, China Financial Review
Editorial board member, Human Resources Development and Management
Editorial board member, China Economic Review
Editorial board member, China Quarterly
Editorial board member, China Review
Academic committee member, Beijing Normal University
Academic committee Chair, School of Economics and Business, Beijing Normal University
Research Projects (as leader)
  • Perspective of Poverty Reduction in 2015, commissioned by Poverty Alleviation Office, State Council, 2015.
  • Assessment on anti-poverty policy impacts, commissioned by Poverty Alleviation Office, State Council, 2014.
  • The changes in rural poverty structure in China, commissioned by Poverty Alleviation Office, State Council, 2013.
  • Analysis on China household income survey data, supported by Beijing Normal University,2015, No:2015KJJCA17.
  • Population mobility and reshaping consumption patterns, supported by National Natural Science Foundation of International Cooperation and Exchange (Region), 2014, No: 71461137007.
  • An empirical analysis on China's income inequality, supported by National Social Science Foundation, 2012,No: 12FJL008.
  • Chinese household income database, supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2012
  • To increase the share of household income in national income in China, supported by Ministry of Education, 2011.
  • Strategy of China rural poverty alleviation in new stage, commissioned by Poverty Alleviation Office, State Council, 2011.
  • Poverty alleviation and development policy in rural China in new stage, commissioned by Poverty Alleviation Office, State Council, 2010.
  • To deepen the reform of income distribution system in China, commissioned by National Development and Reform Commission, 2009.
  • China rural labor migration, supported by the Ford Foundation and the Australian Agency for International Development, 2006-20010.
  • Chinese young scholars poverty research network, supported by the Canadian International Development Research Center (IDRC),2006-2008.
  • Income distribution system reform and social justice, supported by National Social Science Fund , Major Project,2006-2008
  • China's income inequality and social policy, supported by Ford Foundation and the Swedish International Development Agency, 2002-2005.
  • Theoretical and empirical study of income distribution in China, supported by Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2000-2004.
  • Chinese urban poverty and unemployment, supported by the Ford Foundation,1999-2001.
  • Dynamic analysis on income distribution in China, supported by China Natural Science Foundation, 1996-2000.
  • Distribution relationships among the government, enterprises and individuals, supported by China Social Science Foundation,1996-2000.
Honors and Awards
  • In 1994 and 2010,Sun Yefang Economics Prize
  • In 1996, 2000 and 2002,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award
  • In1999,Government allowances,
  • In 2007,"China Human Development Report 2005"，United Nations Human Development Award.
  • In 2009,Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Prize.
  • In 2010,ZhangPeigang development economics prize.
  • In 2013,"The Distribution of Income in China III", The Sixth Scientific Research in College Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) Second Prize
  • In 2015,"Change Analysis of Chinese Income Gap - The Distribution of Income in China IV", Seventh Higher Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) Second Prize
Publications
• Journal Papers in English
  • “Migration externalities in Chinese cities” (with P. Combes, S. Démurger). European Economic Review, 2015. 76: p. 152-167.
  • "Welfare, targeting, and anti-poverty effectiveness: The case of urban China"(with Gao, Qin & Yang, Sui). The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 30-42, 2015.
  • "Yuan and Roubles: Comparing wage determination in urban China and Russia at the beginning of the new millennium" (with B. Gustafsson, L. Nivorozhkina & Wan, H). China Economic Review, vol. 35(9), pages 248-265.
  • "The Income Redistribution Effect Of China's Personal Income Tax: What The Micro-Data Say" (with G. Ma & J. Xu). Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 33(3), pages 488-498, 07, 2015.
  • "Impact of minimum wage on gender wage gaps in urban China" (wih Xinxin Ma). IZA Journal of Labor & Development, vol. 4(1), pages 1-22. (ISSN: 2193-9020), 2015.
  • “Evolution of wealth inequality in China” (with Haiyuan Wan). China Economic Journal, 2015. 8(3): p. 264-287. (ISSN: 1753-8963 (Print), 1753-8971.
  • “Institutional Labour Market Segmentation in China” (with Haiyuan Wan). Business and Public Administration Studies, 8(1), 7-24, 2014.
  • “Possibility of a Middle Income Trap in China: Assessment in Terms of the Literature on Innovation, Big Business and Inequality” (with Keun Lee). Frontiers of Economics in China, 9(3), 370-397, 2014.
  • “The Distribution of Household Income in China: Inequality, Poverty and Policies” (with Terry Sicular). The China Quarterly, 217, 1-41, 2014.
  • “Intergenerational Income Persistence in Urban China” (with Deng Quheng and Bj？rn Gustafsson), Review of Income and Wealth, first published online: 18 APR 2013.
  • “Poverty Reduction and Effects of Pro‐poor Policies in Rural China”. China & World Economy, 22(2), 22-41, 2014.
  • “The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007” (with Xia, Q., Song, L., & Appleton, S.) . Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 12(1), 29-45, 2014.
  • “Access to college and heterogeneous returns to education in China” (with Wang, X., Fleisher, B. M., Li, H.,). Economics of Education Review, 42, 78-92, 2014.
  • “Data for studying earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China” (with Gustafsson, B. & Sato, H.). China Economic Review, Vol-30, September 2014: 419-431.
  • “The Lasting Impact of Parental Early Life Malnutrition on Their Offspring: Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine” (with Kim, S., Deng, Q., Fleisher, B. M.,). World Development, 54, 232-242, 2014.
  • “Globalization, Liberalization And Income Inequality: The Case Of China” (with Xue, J., & Luo, C.). The Singapore Economic Review, 59(01), 2014.
  • “Does welfare enable family expenditures on human capital? Evidence from China” (with Gao, Q., Zhai, F., &Yang, S.). World Development, 64, 219-231, 2014.
  • “Migration, remittances and rural employment patterns : Evidence from China” (with Sylvie Demurger), Research in Labor Economics, 2013, 37:31-63.
  • “Residual wage inequality in urban China, 1995-2007” (with Chunbing Xing), China Economic Review, 23(2012) pp.205-222.
  • “Earning Differentials between the Public and Private Sectors in China: Exploring Changes for Urban Local Residents in the 2000s” (with Sylvie Demurger and Juan Yang), China Economic Review, 2012, vol.23(1), pp138-153.
  • “The Puzzle of Migrant Labour Shortage and Rural Labour Surplus in China” (with John Knight and Deng Quheng) . China Economic Review, September, 2011.
  • “Why are household incomes more unequally distributed in China than in Russia? ” (with B. Gustafsson and L. Nivorozhkina) , Cambridge Journal of Economics. (2011)beq052 first published online February 28, 2011.
  • “Education and the Poverty Trap in Rural China: Closing the Trap”, (with John Knight and Deng Quheng), Oxford Development Studies (2010), 38: 1, 1-24.
  • “Education and the poverty trap in rural China: setting the trap”, (with John Knight and Deng Quheng), Oxford Development Studies (2009), 37(4), pp. 311–332.
  • “Migrants as second-class workers in urban China? A decomposition analysis” (with Sylvie Démurger, Marc Gurgand, Ximing Yue), Journal of Comparative Economics (2009) Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 610-628.
  • “Women's Employment and Family Income Inequality during China's Economic Transition”,(with Sai Ding, Xiaoyuan Dong), Feminist Economics(2009) 15:3,163 — 190.
  • “What Lies behind Rising Earnings Inequality in Urban China? Regression-based Decompositions”,(with Deng Quheng), CESifo Economic Studies (2009) 55(3-4):598-623.
  • “Comment on ‘Reform, Growth, and Inequality in China’” Asian Economic Policy Review, 3, no. 1 (2008): 159-160.
  • “Growth pattern, employment, and income inequality: What the experience of Republic of Korea and Taipei, China reveals to the People's Republic of China”（with Luo Chuliang）. Asian Development Review, 25(1-2), 100-118.
  • “The urban-rural income gap and inequality in China”, (Terry Sicular, Yue Ximing, Bjorn Gustafsson), Review of Income and Wealth (2007) 53 (1), 93–126.
  • “Economic Liberalization with Rising Segmentation in China’s Urban Labor Market” (with Sylvie Demurger, Martin Fournier, Wei Zhong), Asian Economic Papers (2007), Vol. 5, No. 3, 58-101.
  • “Urban income inequality in China revisited (1988–2002)” (Sylvie Démurger and Martin Fournier), Economics Letters 93 (2006) 354–359.
  • “Three poverties in urban China” (with John Knight), Review of Development Economics. 10 (3) 2006, pp. 367-387.
  • “Unemployment duration and earnings of re-employed workers in urban China” (with John Knight), China Economic Review. 17 (2006), pp. 103-236.
  • “The Distribution of Wealth in Urbnan China and in China as a Whole in 1995” (with B. Gustafsson and Wei Zhong), Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 52 Issue 2 Page 173 June 2006.
  • “Wages, Firm Profitability and Labor Market Segmentation in Urban China”, (with John Knight), China Economic Review. 16 (2005), pp. 205-228.
  • “China and India: Income Inequality and Poverty North and South of the Himalayas” (with V. Borooah and B. Gustafsson), Journal of Asian Economics, 17 (2006) 797-817.
  • “Can a Subjective Poverty Line Be Applied to China? Assessing Poverty among Urban Residents in 1999?” (with B. Gustafsson and H. Sato). Journal of International Development, November 2004.
  • “Targeting Accuracy of Poverty Reducing Programs in Rural China” (with Ximing Yue). China and World Economy. Vol. 12, No. 2, 2004.
  • “The Ethnic Minority--Majority Income Gap in Rural China during Transition” (with B. Gustafsson). Economic Development and Cultural Change, Jul. 2003, Vol. 51 Issue 4.
  • “The Decline of In-kind Wage Payment in Urban China” (with Yaohui Zhao). Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, May 2003, Vol. 1, Number 2.
  • “Expenditures on Education and Health Care and Poverty in Rural China” (with B. Gustafsson). China Economic Review, 2004, v. 15, iss. 3.
  • “Income Inequality within and across Counties in Rural China 1988 and 1995” (with B. Gustafsson). Journal of Development Economics. 69 (2002).
  • “ Rubles and Yuan: Wage Functions for Urban China and Russia at the End of the 80s” (with B. Gustafsson, L. Nivorozhkina and K. Katz), Economic Development and Cultural Change. October 2001.
  • “The Anatomy of Rising Earnings Inequality in Urban China” ( with B. Gustafsson), Journal of Comparative Economics, 29, 2001.
  • “Economic Transformation in Urban China and the Gender Earnings Gap” (with B. Gustafsson), Journal of Population Economics, July, 2000.
  • “Effects of Labor Out-migration on Income Growth and Inequality in Rural China “, Development and Society, June 1999.
  • “Fiscal Decentralization, Redistribution and Reform in China” (with J. Knight), Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1999.
  • “ Structure of Chinese Poverty 1988” (with B. Gustafsson ), in Development Economics. December, 1998.
  • “Changes in Poverty Reduction in China”, Research Report prepared for UNU/WIDER Project : Well-being in Asian During the Transition, 1997.
  • “Inequality in China at the End of the 1980s: Locational Aspects and Household Characteristics” (with Bjorn Gustafsson), in Asian Economic Journal, March 1998.
  • “Types of Income and Inequality in China at the End of the 1980s” (with B. Gustafsson), Review of Income and Wealth, June 1997.
  • “Cumulative Causation and Inequality among Villages in China” (with John Knight), Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1997.
  • “Educational Attainment and Rural-Urban Divide in China” (with John Knight), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Feb. 1996.
• Books (in English)
  • Rising Income Inequality in China (edited with H. Sato and T. Sicular), Cambridge University Press：Cambridge, July 2013.
  • Income Inequality and Public Policy in China (edited with B. Gustafsson and T. Sicular), Cambridge University Press：Cambridge, April 2008.
  • Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty in Urban China ( edited with Hiroshi Sato). Routledge: London and New York, 2006.
  • China’s Retreat from Equality: Income Distribution and Economic Transition ( edited with Carl Riskin and Zhao Renwei). M.E. Sharpe: New York, 2001.
• Published Research Report
  • "China Human Development Report 2005"
  • "China Development Report 2007"
  • "China Development Report 2009"
  • "China Development Report 2013"

 


 

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