WEBSITES

https://zgxbjjyjy.swufe.edu.cn/info/1020/1015.htm 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Haiyang-Lu/research 

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5789-2319 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics and Management, Zhejiang University, China, March 2015.

M.S. in Land Economics, South China Agricultural University, China, June 2010.

B.S. in Mathmatics and Computing Science, Henan University, China, June 2007.

VISITING POSITION

Visiting Scholar, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, USA, December 2016 – December 2017

Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan, September 2024 – September 2025

APPOINTMENT

Full Professor, Institute of Western China Economic Research, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, January 2023 – present

Associate Professor, Institute of Western China Economic Research, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, June 2020 – January 2023

Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, September 2018 – June 2020

Assistant Professor, School of Public Administration, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, July 2015 – September 2018 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applied Economics; Social Psychology; Migration Studies; Heath and SWB; Political Trust

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles (in English, * indicates corresponding author)

1. Haiyang Lu, Fengling Chen, Weiliang Hu*. Urban regeneration and health: Quasi-natural experimental evidence from China. Urban Studies, 2026  (SSCI, IF:4.4) Link 

2. Haiyang Lu, Xinyue Li, Weiliang Hu*. From bytes to banknotes: The impact of digital economy expansion on the wages of female migrants in China. Cities, 2026 (SSCI, IF:6.6) Link

3. Haiyang Lu, Kenji Ishida, Keya Zeng, Weiliang Hu*. From disillusionment to devotion: How perceptions of social mobility influence religious beliefs through attitudes toward government in China. International Sociology, 2026 (SSCI, IF:0.9) Link

4. Haiyang Lu, Ya Li, Weiliang Hu*. City Governance Digital Transformation and Rural-to-Urban Migrants' Urban Settlement Intentions: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 2026 (SSCI, IF:1.9)Link 

5. Haiyang Lu, Qimu Zhao, Weiliang Hu*. Childhood Left-Behind Experiences and Economic Integration in Adulthood: Evidence from China’s Rural-to-Urban Migrants. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2026 (SSCI, IF:2.5) Link 

6. Haiyang Lu, Keya Zeng, Weiliang Hu*. Psychological Shadows of Family Separation: Internal Migration and Depressive Symptoms among Left-Behind Members in Rural China. Social Indicators Research, 2026 (SSCI, IF:2.8) Link 

7. Haiyang Lu, Weiliang Hu*. ‘Lying flat’ or striving forward? New evidence on the impact of grit on subjective well-being: a longitudinal study in China. International Review of Sociology, 2026 (ESCI, IF:1.3) Link 

8. Haiyang Lu, Weiliang Hu, Rong Zhu, Keya Zeng*. Educational inequality and urban-rural disparities in subjective well-being in China. International Journal of Educational Development, 2025 (SSCI, IF:2.3) Link 

9. Weiliang Hu, Haiyang Lu*, Keya Zeng. The impact of relaxing internal migration restrictions on urban natives’ subjective well-being: Quasi-experimental evidence from China’s hukou reforms. Journal of Regional Science, 2025 (SSCI, IF:2.7) Link 

10. Haiyang Lu, Ling Wang, Weiliang Hu*. Tracing the lengthy shadow of migration: Childhood left-behind experience and health in rural China. Child Indicators Research, 2025 (SSCI, IF:2.1)  Link 

11. Haiyang Lu, Xinyue Li, Weiliang Hu*. Do neighbours matter? The impact of residential segregation on the health of rural‐to‐urban migrants in China. Population, Space and Place, 2025 (SSCI, IF:2.6) Link 

12. Haiyang Lu, Weiliang Hu, Keya Zeng*. Rethinking mobility's impact: Social mobility, fairness, and life satisfaction in contemporary China. International Sociology, 2025 (SSCI, IF:0.9) Link 

13. Haiyang Lu, Fengling Chen, Weiliang Hu*. Empowering rural women through internal migration: Evidence from longitudinal data in China. Women's Studies International Forum, 2025. (SSCI, IF:1.9) Link 

14. Haiyang Lu, Keya Zeng, Weiliang Hu*. Digital economy and urban settlement intentions of rural-to-urban migrants in China: Empirical evidence from quasi-natural experiments. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 2025. (SSCI, IF: 2.0) Link 

15. Xuefeng Li*, Hui Wang, Di Zheng, Haiyang Lu. The effects of overwork on rural-to-urban migrant workers' intention to settle in cities: The evidence from China. Cities, 2025. (SSCI, IF: 6.0) Link 

16. Haiyang Lu, Keya Zeng, Weiliang Hu*. Does the rise of robotic technology reduce fertility? longitudinal evidence from China. Review of Economics of the Household, 2025. (SSCI, IF: 4.1) Link

17. Haiyang Lu, Keya Zeng, Weiliang Hu*. Too Busy with the “Rat Race” to Have Kids? Longitudinal Evidence on the Impact of Peer Grit on the Fertility of Reproductive-age Women in China. Economics & Human Biology, 2025. (SSCI, IF: 2.2) Link 

18. Long Yang, Haiyang Lu, Meng Li*, Lijun Xiang. The impact of mobile financial services on farmer entrepreneurship in rural China. Information Technology for Development, 2024. (SSCI, IF: 5.1) Link 

19. Haiyang Lu, Keya Zeng, Long Yang*. Perceptions of social mobility and political trust in China: The mediating role of perceived fairness. Social Justice Research, 2024. (SSCI, IF: 1.6) Link 

20. Haiyang Lu, Xiaolin Guo, Chengzheng Li, Wenrong Qian*. Social connectedness and urban settlement intention of rural-to-urban migrants in China: The mediating role of place attachment and the moderating role of spatial pattern. Cities, 2023. (SSCI, IF: 6.7) Link 

21. Haiyang Lu*, Keya Zeng, Zhonggen Mao. Perceptions of corporate social responsibilities and consumer responses in a disaster context: A moderated mediation analysis. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 2023. (SSCI, IF: 8.464) Link 

22. Long Yang*, Haiyang Lu, Meng Li. Multidimensional inequality and subjective well-being in China: A generalized ordered logit model analysis. Social Indicators Research, 2023. (SSCI, IF: 2.614). Link 

23. Haiyang Lu, Ivan T. Kandilov, Peng Nie*. Heterogeneous impact of social integration on the health of rural-to-urban migrants in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022. (SSCI, IF: 4.614). Link 

24. Long Yang*, Haiyang Lu, Meng Li. Does mobile broadband use promote smallholder entrepreneurship? Evidence from rural China. Applied Economics, 2022. (SSCI, IF：1.916). Link 

25. Haiyang Lu*, Kandilov T. Ivan. Perceptions of upward social mobility and life satisfaction in China: the moderating role of Internet use. Social Science Journal, 2022. (SSCI, IF: 2.376). Link 

26. Haiyang Lu*, Kandilov T. Ivan, Rong Zhu. Does social integration matter for cohort differences in the political participation of internal migrants in China?. Review of Development Economics, 2022. (SSCI, IF: 1.17) Link 

27. Haiyang Lu, Peng Nie*, Long Qian. Impact of internal migration on sexual attitudes in China: The moderating role of Internet use. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2022. (SSCI, IF: 4.507). Link 

28. Haiyang Lu*, Kandilov T. Ivan. Does mobile internet use affect the subjective well-being of older Chinese adults? An instrumental variable quantile analysis. Journal of Happiness Studies, 2021. (SSCI, IF: 3.852). Link 

29. Peng Nie*, Lu Wang, David Dragone, Haiyang Lu, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Nicolas R. Ziebarth. “The better you feel, the harder you fall”: Health perception biases and mental health among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. China Economic Review. 2022. (SSCI, IF: 4.744). Link 

30. Haiyang Lu*, Ziran Li, Junqian Wu. Generational differences in urban settlement intentions of rural-to-urban migrants in China: Exploring the role of farmland holding. Social Science Journal, 2021. (SSCI, IF: 2.376). Link 

31. Long Yang, Haiyang Lu*, Sangui Wang, Meng Li. Mobile internet use and multidimensional poverty: Evidence from household survey in rural China. Social Indicators Research, 2021. (SSCI, IF: 2.614). Link 

32. Bin Huang, Haiyang Lu, Rong Zhu*. Disabled peers and student performance: Quasi-experimental evidence from China. Economics of Education Review, 2021. (SSCI, IF: 2.238). Link 

33. Xuyuan Zheng*, Haiyang Lu. Does ICT change household decision-making power of the left-behind women? A Case from China. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 2021. (SSCI, IF: 8.593,). Link 

34. Haiyang Lu*, Kandilov T. Ivan. The moderating role of Internet use in the relationship between China’s internal migration and generalized trust. Information, Communication & Society, 2020. (SSCI, IF: 5.422). Link 

35. Haiyang Lu*, Peishan Tong, Rong Zhu. Does internet use affect netizens’ trust in government? Empirical evidence from China. Social Indicators Research, 2020. (SSCI, IF: 2.614). Link 

36. Haiyang Lu, Peishan Tong, Rong Zhu*. Longitudinal evidence on social trust and happiness in China: Causal effects and mechanisms. Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020. (SSCI, IF: 3.852). Link 

37. Haiyang Lu, Kandilov T. Ivan, Rong Zhu*. The impact of internal migration on the health of rural migrants: Evidence from longitudinal data in China. Journal of Development Studies, 2020. (SSCI, IF: 2.21). Link 

38. Haiyang Lu*, Peng Nie, Long Qian. Do quarantine experiences and attitudes towards COVID-19 affect the distribution of mental health in China? A quantile regression analysis. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2020. (SSCI, ESI highly cited paper). Link 

39. Haiyang Lu, Peng Nie*, Sousa-Poza Alfonso. The effect of parental educational expectations on adolescent subjective well-being and the moderating role of perceived academic pressure: Longitudinal evidence for China. Child Indicators Research, 2021. (SSCI, Q2, IF: 2.42). Link 

40. Qiao Liang, Zuhui Huang, Haiyang Lu and Xinxin Wang. Social capital, member participation, and cooperative performance: Evidence from China’s Zhejiang, International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2015, 18(1): pp. 49~78. (SCI, IF:0.435). Link 

41. Qiao Liang, Haiyang Lu and Wendong Deng. Between social capital and formal governance in farmer cooperatives: Evidence from China. Outlook on Agriculture, 2018, 47(3): 196-203. (SCI, IF: 0.943). Link 

Refereed Journal Articles (in Chinese)

1. Haiyang Lu, Hangfan Qiu and Wenrong Qian. 农民工健康研究:述评与分析框架 (Review and Analytical Framework on Rural-urban Migrants’ Health Research). 农业经济问题（Issues in Agricultural Economics）. (1)2018.

2. Haiyang Lu and Zuxian Li. 农民工人力资本现状分析与政策建议——基于福建省1476个农民工的调查 (The Status of the Human Capital of Rural-urban Migrant Workers and Policy Suggestions: Evidence from 1476 Samples in Fujian Province). 中国农村观察（China Rural Survey）. (1)2018.

3. Haiyang Lu and Xuyuan Zheng. 禀赋差异、议价能力与农民工工资——来自中国劳动力动态调查的证据 (Difference in Endowment，Bargaining Power and the Wages of Rural-urban Migrants). 农业技术经济(Journal of Agrotechnical Economics). (6)2019.

4. Haiyang Lu, Long Yang and Baozhi Li. 就业质量、社会认知与农民工幸福感 (Employment Quality, Social Cognition and Happiness of Rural-urban Migrants). 中国农村观察（China Rural Survey）. (3)2017

5. Haiyang Lu, Yifang Zheng and Wenrong Qian. 农民工融入城市行为分析——基于1632个农民工的调查数据 (Factors Influencing Rural-urban Migrants’ Integration—Based on A Survey of 1632 Rural-urban Migrants). 农业技术经济(Journal of Agrotechnical Economics). (1)2016.

6. Haiyang Lu, Yifang Zheng and Jingyang Huang. 公共政策满意度与中央政府信任——基于中国16个城市的实证分析 (Public Policy Satisfaction and Trust in Central Government: An Empirical Analysis of 16 Cities in China). 中国行政管理（Chinese Public Administration）. (8)2016.

7. Haiyang Lu, Zuxian Li. 迁移模式、市民化意愿与农民工消费 (Migration Pattern, Willingness of Citizenization and Consumption of Rural-urban Migrants). 调研世界（The World of Survey and Research）. (9)2018.

8. Haiyang Lu, Hangfan Qiu and Yifang Zheng. 女性二胎生育意愿的影响因素研究——基于就业性质和养老观念的视角（Study on the Influencing Factors of Females’ Fertility Intention for Two Children）. 南方人口（South China Population）. (3)2017.

9. Haiyang Lu, Haibing Liang. “城市人”身份认同对农民工劳动供给的影响——基于身份经济学视角 (The Impact of Urban Citizen Identity on Rural-urban Migrants’ Labor Supply: Based on the Perspective of Identity Economics). 南京农业大学学报(社会科学版) (Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University: Social Sciences Edition). (3)2016.

10. Haiyang Lu, Haibing Liang and Wenrong Qian. 农民工的城市融入：现状与政策启示(Rural-urban Migrants’ Integration into Cities: Status and Policy Implication). 农业经济问题（Issues in Agricultural Economics）. (7)2015.

11. Haiyang Lu and Wenrong Qian. 子女外出务工对农村留守老人生活的影响 (The Impact of Migration of Rural-urban Migrants on the Lives of Elderly Left-behind). 农业经济问题(Issues in Agricultural Economics). (6)2014.

12. Haibing Liang and Haiyang Lu. 健康投资、性别差异与流动人口医疗补贴 (Health Investment, Gender Difference and Medical Subsidy of Floating Population).改革（Reform）. (10)2014.

13. Haiyang Lu.社会保险对进城农民工家庭消费的影响 (The Impact of Social Insurance on Household Consumption of Rural-Urban Migrant Workers).人口与经济（Population & Economics）. 4(2014).

14. Haiyang Lu and Wenrong Qian. 就业状况、社会保障与农民工城市间再流动意愿（Employment Status, Social Security and the Willingness to Migrate Between Cities among Rural-urban Migrants）.南方人口（South China population）. 2(2013).

15. Haiyang Lu and Wenrong Qian. 家庭式迁移女性劳动供给行为研究（The Research on the Labor Supply of Female Rural-Urban Migrants in China）.统计与信息论坛（Statistics & Information Forum）. 9(2013).

16. Wenrong Qian and Haiyang Lu. 城市化加速进程中农村土地制度研究:一个综述 (Study on Rural Land System in the Accelerated Urbaniztion Process: A Review of Literature).财贸研究（Finance and Trade Research）. 5(Oct. 2012):1-7.

17. Wenrong Qian and Haiyang Lu. 农民工人力资本与工资关系的性别差异及户籍地差异(The Gender Difference of the Relationship Between Human Capital and Wages of Migrant Labors).中国农村经济（Chinese Rural Economy）.8(2012).

18. Haiyang Lu and Wenrong Qian, 农民工外出务工对婚姻关系的影响­­——基于浙江904个农民工的计量分析（Research on The Impact of Rural-Urban Work Shift of Migrant Labors on Their Marital Relationship­--Based on the Econometric Analysis of 904 Migrant Labors in Zhejiang）.西北人口（Northwest Population）.（2）2012.

SELECTED GRANTS

1. 2023-2026, Research on the Impact of the Digital Divide on the Welfare Gap Between Urban and Rural Residents from the Perspective of Common Prosperity: Effect Decomposition, Mechanism and Optimization Path, awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 72273108).

2. 2017-1019, Study on the Health Condition and Promotion Mechanism of Rural-urban Migrants: From a Perspective of Social Integration, awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71603052).

3. 2017-1019, Social Integration of Migrant Workers and Its Health Effects, awarded by Humanity and Social Science Youth Foundation of Ministry of Education (Grant No. 16YJCZH065).

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. 2020, 1st Prize in Scientific Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (第八届高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖一等奖, 人文社会科学), with Wenrong Qian, Lili Zhang, Liyi Zheng, Baozhi Li.

2. 2014-2015, Outstanding Graduate Student, Zhejiang University

3. 2014, Best Paper Award, The sixth China Rural Development Academic Conference for Doctoral Students

4. 2012-2013, Outstanding Graduate Student, Zhejiang University

5. 2013, Best Paper Award, The fifth China Rural Development Academic Conference for Doctoral Students

6. 2013, Honorable mention, The Third Annual Meeting for Urbanology

7. 2013, Best Paper Award, China Labor Science Doctoral Forum

8. 2012, Best Paper Award, National Academic Conference for Doctoral Students

9. 2007, Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Henan University 

PRESENTATIONS

1. International Year of Cooperatives: International Trend of Agricultural Cooperaives and China’s Practices, Zhejiang, May, 2012.

2. Rural Development & Transformation in Modern China. Nanjing, October, 2012.

3. EAI & IPP workshop, Singapore, National University of Singapore. November, 2014.

4. The 8th International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China. Shanghai, 2019

5. International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Annual Meeting，Washington, DC, the USA.

6. The 7th International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China, Changsha, China, 2018

7. The 8th International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China, Shanghai, China, 2019