I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Economics at Zhejiang University of Technology, a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), and a Workshop Alumnus of the Ronald Coase Institute. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Nottingham in 2018, my M.A. in Labor Economics from Zhejiang University in 2013, and my B.S. in Statistics from Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics in 2011. From 2018 to 2024, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Economics at Zhejiang University. I have also held temporary public-service appointments at the Beijing Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province and the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission. 

My research lies at the intersection of labor economics, development economics, and political economy. Broadly, I study how institutions shape mobility and how mobility shapes development. My primary research agenda examines the political economy of mobility institutions and their implications for labor and human capital allocation, demographic change, firm behavior, and economic development. In particular, I examine how institutional barriers and reforms—including migration restrictions, citizenship access, and population policies—affect individual and household decisions, the allocation of labor and human capital, firm organization and performance, productivity, innovation, and demographic outcomes. More recently, I have extended this agenda to study institutions and policies that facilitate the mobility of people and talent, reduce mobility costs, and improve factor allocation. 

I am currently the Principal Investigator of a National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program project on migration institutions, family migration configurations, and fertility in rural China (2027–2030). I also lead a research project on migration barriers, firm organization, and innovation incentives. 

My work has been published in the Journal of Comparative Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, and China Economic Review. My research has been presented at the Econometric Society World Congress, the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (AEA), and conferences organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Recent work on migration and development has also been presented at the AFD–World Bank International Conference on Migration and Development (ICMD), the Migration and Organizations Conference hosted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Jobs and Development Conference jointly organized by the World Bank, International Labour Organization (ILO), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and partner institutions. 

I was selected for the inaugural SOLE Mentoring Program (2023–2024) under the mentorship of Fabian Lange and Uta Schönberg. I serve as a referee for journals including Organization Science, Research Policy, and the Journal of Population Economics.

Email: zhangfeng1019@gmail.com, zhangfeng_jin@zjut.edu.cn 

University home page is here: https://homepage.zjut.edu.cn/zhangfengjin