Guanghua Wang
Joint Research Institute
Nanjing Audit University, China
Email: wangguanghu[at]nau.edu.cn
Address: 86 Yushan W Rd, Pukou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Guanghua Wang
Joint Research Institute
Nanjing Audit University, China
Email: wangguanghu[at]nau.edu.cn
Address: 86 Yushan W Rd, Pukou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Education
John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University
Ph.D., Economics May 2020
School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China
M.S., Economics June 2011
B.S., Management June 2009
Field of Interest
Primary Field: Labor Economics
Topics of Research: Occupational Choices, Worker’s learning, Personality and Identity, and Labor Market Institutions
Research
Publication
What does democratic management do in Chinese workplaces? Evidence from matched employer-employee data (with Liwen Chen, Zhong-Xing Su), Human Resource Management Journal, 1– 26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12471
Exposure to socially influential peer parents: Evidence from cadre parents in China (with Liwen Chen and Bobby W. Chung), China Economic Review, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2023.101943
What they want to say and what they say: Employee voice gap and associated outcomes in the Chinese context. (with Liwen Chen, Zhong-Xing Su, and Fang Lee Cooke) Asia Pac J Manag (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-024-09960-6
Good personality traits in bad times: Does conscientiousness mitigate the adverse effects of graduating in a recession? (with Liwen Chen) Labour Economics, 2024-19, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102643.
Composition of peer mothers and gender norms: Class randomization and short-run effects. (with LIwen Chen and Bobby W. Chung), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025 (June), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2025.107008
Working Paper
1. Occupational Shopping of Youth: The Strength of A Worker’s Comparative Advantage
Work in Progress
1. The Effects of Personalities on the Career Mobility of Young Workers
2. Training of Mothers, Female Labor Participation and Fertility over the Life Cycle (with Liwen Chen and Leran Wang)
Teaching Experience
Joint Research Institute/Institute of Urban Development/School of Economics, Nanjing Audit University
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Spring 2021,2022,2025; Fall 2025
Introduction to Economics, Spring 2023,2024
John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University
Instructor
Math Camp August 2016
Teaching Assistant
Game Theory(Graduate), Dr. Daniel H. Wood Spring 2016
Applied Mathematical Economics(Graduate), Dr. Curtis J. Simon Fall 2016, 2017
Labor Market Analysis (Undergraduate), Dr. Curtis J. Simon Spring 2018, 2019
Macroeconomic Theory II (Graduate), Dr. Aspen Gorry Fall 2018, 2019
School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China
Teaching Assistant
Labor Law(Undergraduate), Dr. Guanghua Peng Fall 2009, 2010
Working Experience
HR Specialist, PICC Health Insurance Company Limited July 2011–March 2013
Columnist (part time), Journal of Labor Relations(in Chinese) 2008–2011
Awards and Fellowships
Hugh H. Macaulay Award For Outstanding Graduate Student
John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University 2016
Best Second Year Paper Award
John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University 2016
Professional Enrichment Grant
The Graduate Student Government, Clemson University Fall 2019
Graduate Assistantship
John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University Spring 2016–2020
Presentation and Invited Talk
AASLE 2024 Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2024
The CWE Annual Workshop, Wuhan, China, June 2024 (Coauther Presented)
2023 Global Chinese Urban Governance and Policy Conference, Shanghai, China, July 2023
The Chinese Economists Society 2023 Annual Conference, Wuhan, China, June 2023
WEAI 17th International Conference, Zoom online, April 2023
LIER, Liaoning University, Wemeet online, May 2022
The Chinese Economists Society 2021 Annual Conference, Zoom online, June 2021
I-85 Macroeconomics Workshop, Zoom online, September 2020
Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York, NY, US, March 2019
Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality, Chengdu, China, July 2019
Southern Economic Association Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US, November 2019
Southern Economic Association Conference, Washington, D.C., US, November 2018
Skills and Languages
Programming Skills:
R, Stata, LATEX, Cluster Computing
Python, familiar with packages: Numpy, Scipy, Numba, scikit-learn
Operating System: Linux
Languages: English, Chinese (native)