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Professor LIU Xinyan

 

BA (NWAFU); MSc, PhD (CUHK)

  • Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Economics

Dr. Xinyan Liu joined Lingnan University as a Research Assistant Professor in 2025. She received her Ph.D. in Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining Lingnan, she worked at the University of Tokyo. Her research interests include labor economics, development economics, economics of education, and gender economics.  She is also engaged in multiple research projects related to the applications of artificial intelligence in education and the workplace.

Recent Publications:

  1. LIU Xinyan, with Li, Y., Tanaka, R., & Bai, Y., "The Long-term and Heterogenous Impact of Education Policy on Crime", Journal of Comparative Economics, forthcoming.

  2. LIU Xinyan, "Anti-domestic Violence Law and Female Labor Income", Journal of Law and Economics, forthcoming.

  3. LIU Xinyan, with Bai, Y., Li, Y., & Sun, Y., "Highway Havens for Hidden Horrors: Expressway Connections and Child Trafficking in China", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2024.

  4. LIU Xinyan, with Zou, J., & Xu, Y., "Migration Barrier Relaxation and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Hukou Reform in China", Labor Economics, 2024.

  5. LIU Xinyan, with Xu, Y., "Unexpected Opportunity for Girls: Earthquake, Disaster Relief, and Female Education in China’s Poor Counties", China Economic Review, 2021.

  6. LIU Xinyan, with Leng, X., "Better School, Better Score? Evidence From a Chinese Earthquake-Stricken County", The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2022.

Working Paper:

  1. LIU Xinyan, with Li, Y., Bai, Y., Wakabayashi, M., & Kuerishi, W., "Effects of gender imbalance within and across generations: Men’s marrying up and family dynamics".

  2. LIU Xinyan, with Li, Y., & Bai, Y., "Historical Roots of Political Instability".

  3. LIU Xinyan, with Mavisakalyan, A., "Why Boys Lag Behind: The Role of Parental Discipline in Early Childhood Development".

  1. IDE503 Development Economics
  2. IDE511 Chinese Economic Development
  3. IDE519 Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy
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