My research interest is macroeconomics and labor.
My job market paper is: What Drives the Decline in Female Labor Supply in Urban China (link)
I am also devoted to improving the credibility and accessibility of China's data: Mine Detector for China Economic Data
Please find my CV here.
My paper on talent misallocation in China is accepted by Labour Economics!
I am awarded a joint research grant by the CEPR and the Gates Foundation in 2025 to study breastfeeding and labor force participation in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Looking forward to meeting you at my next talk:
8th FHM+ Development Economics Workshop, Stuttgart, October
8th RUC-GLO 2025 Conference, Beijing, November
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pengzhan_Econ
I have also translated two influential non-fiction novels on the pharmaceutical industry:
The Billion-Dollar Molecule (8.5/10): https://book.douban.com/subject/30373573/
The Antidote (8.7/10) : https://book.douban.com/subject/36024164/