Qiang Li, PhD in Economics


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Qiang Li, PhD in Economics

Professor in Finance

 

Contact Information
Office: 2202C
Office Phone: 8590-2365
Email: qiangli@cityu.edu.mo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3729-4431

 

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Economics, Research Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
  • Bachelor of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University

 

Bibliography

Qiang Li is currently a Professor of Economics at the School of Finance, City University of Macau. His research focuses on development economics, particularly in the fields of environment, health, and family structure. He has published over 30 papers in SSCI and CSSCI journals such as Health Economics (HE), Journal of Happiness Studies (JHS), Economic Modelling (EM), China Economic Review (CER), China Economics Quarterly, and China Rural Economy. His work has been cited more than 800 times. He has led and participated in multiple national-level research projects, including key projects under the National Social Science Fund and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has authored five monographs and research reports and received the Third Prize in the 17th Sichuan Provincial Outstanding Achievement in Social Sciences.

 

Teaching areas

  • Ph.D. Courses: Data Analysis and Modeling
  • Master's Courses: Advanced Econometrics, Development Economics, Social Science Methodology, Public Economics
  • Undergraduate Courses: Machine Learning and Data Analysis, Econometrics, Principles of Statistics (Chinese/English), Advanced Quantitative Research Methods, Financial Econometrics, Health Economics and Policy, Economic English (English)

 

Research Area

Labor Economics, Health Economics, Environmental Economics

 

Professional Experience

  • 2025.01–Present: Professor, Faculty of Finance, City University of Macau
  • 2018.11–2024.12: Associate Professor, Public Administration School, Guangzhou University
  • 2013.01–2018.10: Assistant/Associate Professor, School of Economics, Southwest Minzu University

 

Visiting Scholar Experience

  • 2021.08–2022.08: University of North Florida (State-funded Program)
  • 2020.09–2021.08: Sun Yat-sen University
  • 2011.08–2012.08: University of North Florida (State-funded Program)
  • 2009.08–2010.08: Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

 

Selected Publications

English Articles

  1. Ye, Y., He, Q., Li, Q. (Corresponding author), & An, L. (2024). The brother’s penalty: Son preference and girls’ health in rural China. Health Economics, 33(8), 1748–1771. (SSCI Q1, ABDC A, Citations: 2)
  2. Li, Q., An, L., & Zhang, R. (2023). Corruption drives brain drain: Cross-country evidence from machine learning. Economic Modelling, 126, 106379. (SSCI Q1, ABDC A, Citations: 15)
  3. Li, Q., Ye, Y., & An, L. (Forthcoming). Reduced sexual activity and increased sexually transmitted infections risk among left-behind women in rural China.
  4. Li, Q., Loh, C.-P. A., & Ye, Y. (2024). Shushing the press shortens lives: Cross-national evidence of the impact of press freedom on life expectancy. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/140349482311788 (SSCI Q2)
  5. Ye, Y., & Li, Q. (Corresponding author) (2024). Unanticipated benefits: Left-behind peers and improved health in rural Chinese classrooms. Applied Economic Letters. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2332532 (SSCI Q4)
  6. Xiao, De, Li, Baoxi, Li, Qiang, An, Lian, Cheng, Shixiong, The effects of subway openings on air quality: evidence from China, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021, 28(46): 66133-66157. (SSCI: Q1, Citations 6)
  7. Qiang Li, and Lian An, Corruption takes away happiness: evidence from a cross country studies, Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020, 21(2): 485-504. (SSCI: Q1, Citations 84)
  8. Qiang Li, An, Lian, Xu, Jing and Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina, Corruption costs lives: evidence from a cross-country study, European Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 19(1): 153-165. (SSCI: Q1, ABDC: A, Citations 69)
  9. Qiang Li et al., 2017, School dropout, ethnicity and religion: evidence from western rural China, The Chinese Economy, vol. 50: 3, p.193-204. (Citations 15)
  10. Qiang Li, and Lian. An, 2015, Intergenerational Health Consequence of the 1959-1961 Great Famine in Rural China, Economy and Human Biology, vol. 18, p.27-40. (SSCI: Q1, ABDC: A, Citations 43)
  11. Qiang Li, G. Liu, and W. Zang, 2015, The Health of Left-behind Children in Rural China, China Economic Review, vol. 36, p.367-76, (SSCI: Q1, ABDC: A, Citations 153)
  12. Qiang Li, W. Zang and L. An, 2013, Peer Effect and School Dropout in Rural China, China Economic Review, vol.27, p. 238-48. (SSCI: Q1, ABDC: A, Citations 67)
  13. Chung-Ping Loh and Qiang Li, 2013, Peer Effects in Adolescent Bodyweight: Evidence from Rural China, Social Science & Medicine, vol.85, p. 35-44. (SSCI: Q1, Citations 34)

 

Chinese Articles

  1. Qiang Li, Yuli Ye, "You are the elder brother": The family origins of the nation’s elites, China Public Administration Review, 2025，5（1）. (CSSCI)
  2. Qiang Li, Yuli Ye, and Bin Wen, 2023, You are the Sister: Unexpected Effect of Parental Son Preference on the Oldest Daughters Family Income, Population and Development, 29(2), p.138-150.
  3. Qiang Li, Yuli Ye, Study on the Collaborative Governance Mechanism for Health in the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau, Journal of Consultation and Decision, 2023,37(4), p.13-23
  4. Qiang Li, Yuli Ye, and Bin Wen, 2022, The Scarring and Selection Effects of Parents’ Cumulative Risk of Famine Exposure on their Children’s Height, China Public Administration Review, 4(4), p.77-107.
  5. Qiang Li, Yuli Ye, and Bin Wen, 2022, The Implications of Intergenerational Health Transmission for "Healthy China", Studies of Labor Economics, 10(1) p.54-86.
  6. Yuli Ye, Qiang Li, and Qundi Feng, 2021, Preference for a Son and the Health of an Older Sister, China Public Administration Review, 3(4), p.5-33.
  7. Qiang Li, Yuli Ye, and Taibi Jiang, 2021, The Impact of Parents migration on the Dropout of Rural Left-behind Children, Rural Economy, 4, p.125-133. (Citations 23)
  8. Qundi Feng, Qinying He, and Qiang Li, 2021, The Influence of Mother’s Educational Attainment on Children’s Health and Its Path, South China Population, 35(3), p.46-59. (Citations 13)
  9. Qiang Li, 2019, Peer Effect on Children’s School Dropout of Compulsory Education in Rural China , Education & Economy, 35(4), p.36-44. (Citations 33)
  10. Zhiju Xie, and Qiang Li, 2019, Poverty Alleviation through Language Teaching and PovertyReducing Effect to Mandarin Skills, Journal of Guangxi University for Nationalities, 35(4), p.167-174. (Citations 18)
  11. Yuli Ye, Wen Zhu and Qiang Li, 2018, Would village cadres get more social relief and aid after earthquake?, Rural Economy, 6, p.116-122. (Citations 2)
  12. Qiang Li, and Yuli Ye, 2017, The Impacts of Husbands Leaving Away for Job on the Health of Left-behind Wives in Rural China, South China Population, 32(5), p.48-57 (Citations 4)
  13. Qiang Li, 2014, The effect of peers on adolescent’s overweight, China Rural Economy, 3, p.73-84. (Citations 26)
  14. Bing Liu, Qiang Li, and Qinying He, 2012, the determinants of labor mobility, Journal of Nanjing Normal University (Social Science), 5, p.84-92.
  15. Qiang Li, Wenbin Zang, 2010, The Health of Left-behind Children in Rural China, China Economic Quarterly (in Chinese,), 10(1), p.341-60. Media Interview: http://news.sciencenet.cn/sbhtmlnews/2011/6/245100.html (Citations 181)

 

Books

  1. Taibi Jiang, Qiang Li, Xunzhou Ma, Peng Wang, and Li Yang, The Mechanism and Empirical Research of the Interaction between Government, Enterprises and the Public in co-governance of Environment Pollution (in Chinese), China Economic Publishing House, 2021
  2. Qiang Li, Vast Country, Vacant Village: Left-behind Children, Women, and the Elderly, China Economic Publishing House, 2015
  3. Qiang Li (associate editor), Social and Economic Survey Report for Western Chinese Ethnic Minorities (2015), Economic Science Press, 2016
  4. Qiang Li (associate editor), Social and Economic Survey Report for Western Chinese Ethnic Minorities (2016), Economic Science Press, 2017
  5. Qiang Li (editor), Social and Economic Survey Report for Western Chinese Ethnic Minorities (2017), Economic Science Press, 2018

 

Research Projects

  1. PI: Research on the Collaborative Mechanism for Health Governance in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Project of the Guangdong Federation of Social Sciences, 2023-2024
  2. PI: Exploration and Practice of Applying Rural Revitalization Resources to Ideological and Political Case Studies in Curriculum, Project of the Guangzhou Municipal Education Bureau, 2023-2024
  3. PI: Research on "Healthy Villages" for Major Public Health Emergencies, Grant No. 2020KZDZX1157, Project of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, 2021-2022
  4. PI: Exploration of Teaching Reform in "Applied Statistics" Based on OBE—Taking the Administrative Management Major as an Example (202002058011), 2020-2021
  5. PI: The Development of Health Economics in China and Its Integration with International Standards, 2014 Foreign Cultural and Educational Expert Project (2014-007), 2014
  6. PI: International Finance, Trade, and China's Participation in the International Division of Labor, 2015 Foreign Expert Recruitment Project (2015-046), 2015
  7. PI: Intensive Training for Professional Courses in the "Wang Weizhou" Innovative Talent Experimental Class, 2016 Key Foreign Expert Recruitment Project, 2016
  8. PI: Intensive Training for Professional Courses in the "Wang Weizhou" Innovative Talent Experimental Class, 2017 Key Foreign Expert Recruitment Project, 2017
  9. PI: Research on Left-Behind Children in Rural China, 2017 Temporary Foreign Expert Recruitment Project, 2017
  10. PI: Research on Frontier Issues in Applied Economics, 2018 Key Foreign Expert Recruitment Project, 2018
  11. Lead Author: Mechanism and Empirical Research on the Interaction of Government, Enterprises, and the Public in Joint Governance of Environmental Pollution, Key Project of the National Social Science Fund (15AZD079), 2016-2019
  12. Lead Author: Research on Social Issues in Rural Left-Behind Areas in Sichuan, Major Project of the Sichuan Provincial Social Science Planning (SC14ZD07), 2015-2016
  13. Lead Author: Research on Factors Influencing Farmers' Pesticide Application Behavior and Incentive Mechanisms in Modern Agricultural Production, Project of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Education (15SA0202), 2015-2016
  14. Lead Author: Research on Factors Influencing Farmers' Behavior and Incentive Mechanisms in Safe Agricultural Production, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Ministry of Education (14YJA790014), 2014
  15. Participant: The Impact of Air Pollution on Intercity and International Labor Mobility in China, General Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71773096), 2018-2022
  16. Participant: Research on Government Fiscal Expenditure Behavior from the Perspective of Happiness Economics, Youth Fund Project of the Humanities and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of Education (15XJC790012), 2016-2018
  17. Participant: Distance Estimation and Targeted Poverty Alleviation Policies for Ethnic Regions to Achieve the 2020 Poverty Reduction Goals, Youth Project of the National Social Science Fund (15CMZ029), 2016-2018

 

Academic Services

Serves as an anonymous reviewer for authoritative journals including China Economics Quarterly, The World Economy, China Rural Economy, Public Administration Review, Health Economics (HE), Economic Modelling (EM), Journal of Happiness Studies (JHS), China Economic Review (CER), Social Science & Medicine (SSM), and Economy and Human Biology (EHB).

 



 
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