xiaobo zhang (0000-0002-4981-9565)

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Xiaobo Zhang is a senior research fellow in IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Division and chair professor of economics at Peking University. He is a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development and the European Institute for Chinese Studies.

Zhang’s main interests are agricultural economics, development economics, and Chinese economy. He has published widely in top economics journals, including the Journal of Political Economy, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of International Economics, and Journal of Public Economics. His recent books include Governing Rapid Growth in China: Equity and Institutions (2009), Regional Inequality in China: Trends, Explanations and Policy Responses (2009), Narratives of Chinese Economic Reforms: How Does China Cross the River? (2010), Oxford Companion to the Economics of China (2014), and China Regional Innovation Report (2016, in Chinese).

Zhang is the chief editor of China Economic Review. He has received the Sun Yefang Prize for Economics Research in China (the most prestigious award in the field of economics in China) and Zhang Peigang Development Economics Outstanding Achievement Award (the highest award in the field of development economics in China). According to Google Scholar, his research has been cited about 14,000 times. He is a co-principal investigator for the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) survey and principal investigator for the Enterprise Survey for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in China (ESIEC).

He received his PhD in applied economics and management from Cornell University.

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Too Many Men, Too-Short Lives

Journal of Human Resources

2024-03 | Journal article

DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0420-10845R3

Contributors: Simon Chang; Kamhon Kan; Xiaobo Zhang

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Too Many Men, Too-Short Lives

Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional Manufacturing Investment Flows within China

Does female labor scarcity encourage innovation? Evidence from China's gender imbalance

The effects of prenatal exposure to temperature extremes on birth outcomes: the case of China

Cluster-based aquaculture growth

E-Commerce development and household consumption growth in China

Living like there’s no tomorrow: The psychological effects of an earthquake on savings and spending behavior

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Richer but Not Happier: Four Areas

Summary and implications

The Community Origins of Private Enterprise in China

The Effects of Exposure to Air Pollution on Subjective Well-being in China

The making of a blue revolution in Bangladesh: Enablers, impacts, and the path ahead for aquaculture

Value-chain clusters and aquaculture innovation in Bangladesh

中国农业的劳动分工——基于生产服务外包的视角

Living like there’s no tomorrow: The psychological effects of an earthquake on savings and spending behavior

Clusters as drivers of local industrial development in Egypt: Which are the promising sectors and locations?

Community networks and the growth of private enterprise in china

Development Economics

Forced gifts: The burden of being a friend

It's all in the stars: The Chinese zodiac and the effects of parental investments on offspring's cognitive and noncognitive skills development

Moving “Umbrella”: Bureaucratic Transfers, Collusion, and Rent-seeking in China

Post-disaster aid and development of the manufacturing sector: Lessons from a natural experiment in China

Roads to innovation: Firm-level evidence from People's Republic of China (PRC)

Shear behavior of rough rock joints reinforced by bolts

Social Interactions and Stigmatized Behavior:" Donating" Blood Plasma in Rural China

The Impact of Exposure to Air Pollution on Cognitive Performance

The “quiet revolution” in the aquaculture value chain in Bangladesh

Urban Poverty and Inequality in the Era of Reforms

Forced gifts: The burden of being a friend

The impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance

8. China’s Transition to a More Innovative Economy: Progress and Challenges

China's agricultural development: challenges and prospects

Costly Posturing: Ceremonies and Early Child Development in China

DP11892 The Great Chinese Inequality Turnaround

From" Made in China" to" Innovated in China": Necessity, prospect, and challenges

Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect mental health and subjective well-being?

Home ownership as status competition: Some theory and evidence

Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture

Moving “umbrella”: Identify Political Connections through Bureaucratic Transfers in China

Smog in our brains: Gender differences in the impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance in China

The great Chinese inequality turnaround

Valuing air quality using happiness data: the case of China

Building effective clusters and industrial parks

China's Growing Trade and its Role to the World Economy

Does female labor scarcity encourage innovation?: Evidence from China’s gender imbalance

Effect of Solution Treatment on Corrosion Resistance of the Biodegradable NZ20K Alloy

Low-Quality Crisis and Quality Improvement: The Case of Industrial Clusters in Zhejiang Province

Policy: Social-progress panel seeks public comment

Prioritizing development policy research in Egypt: An innovative approach to inform IFPRI’s Egypt Strategy Support Program