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Name : ZHANG Jie Department : Department of Applied Economics Title : Professor Degree : Ph.D. Phone : Email : zhangjiecqu@cqu.edu.cn |
Education:
Ph.D (Economics), University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 1989-1993
MA (Economics), University of Western Ontario, 1988-1989
MA (Economics), Nankai University, Tianjin, 1985-1988
Certificate of Achievement (the A.E.A. Graduate Economics Training Program Sponsored for Ford Foundation), People’s University, Beijing, 1986-1987
BA (Economics), Sichuan University, Chengdu, 1980-1984
Research Interests:
Macroeconomics, Growth & Development, Public Economics
Publications:
1.“Differential fertility and intergenerational mobility under private versus public education”（C. Simon Fan , Jie Zhang）, Journal of Population Economics, (2013) 26:907–941
2. Socially optimal social security and education subsidization in a dynastic model with human capital externalities, fertility and endogenous growth Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, Siew Ling Yew, Jie Zhang, 37 (2013) 154–175
3. “Time-consistent taxation in a dynastic family model with human and physical capital and a balanced government budget.” (with James Davies and Jinli Zeng), Canadian
Journal of Economics 42(3), 1023-1049 (August 2009)
4. “On high fertility rates in developing countries: birth limits, birth taxes or education subsidies” (with Yuhua Shi), Journal of Population Economics 22, 603-640 (2009)
5. “Longevity, retirement, and capital accumulation in a recursive model with an application to mandatory retirement.” (With Junsen Zhang), Macroeconomic Dynamics 13, 327-348 (2009)
6. “Optimal social security in a dynastic model with human capital externalities, fertility
and endogenous growth.” (With Yew Siew Ling), Journal of Public Economics 93, 605-619 (April 2009)
7. “Donations in a recursive dynamic model.” (With Haoming Liu), Canadian Journal of Economics 41(2), 564-582 (May 2008)
8. “Optimal taxation in a growth model with public consumption and home production.”
(with James B. Davies, Jinli Zeng and Stuart McDonald), Journal of Public Economics 92, 885-896 (April 2008)
9. “Optimal Social Security in a Dynastic Model with Investment Externalities and Endogenous fertility.” (with Junsen Zhang), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 31, 3545-3567 (November 2007)
10. “Health, Education and Life-Cycle Saving in the Development Process.” (with Kam-
Ki Tang) , Economic Inquiry 45, 615-630 (July 2007).
11. "Effects of longevity and dependent rates on saving and growth: evidence from a
panel of cross countries." (with Hongbin Li and Jensen Zhang), Journal of Development Economics 84, 138-154 (September 2007).
12. "Subsidies in an R&D growth model with elastic labor." (with Jinli Zeng), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 31, 861-886 (March 2007).
13. “Inflation Taxation and Welfare with Externalities and Leisure.” (with Wai-Ming Ho
and Jinli Zeng) Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 39, 105-131 (February 2007).
14. “Health Investment, Saving, and Public Policy.” (with Michael Leung and Junsen Zhang) Canadian Journal of Economics 39, 68-93 (February 2006).
15. “Second Best Debt with Human Capital Externalities.” Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 30, 347-360 (February 2006).
16. “Intergenerational Mobility under Private vs. Public Education.” (with James Davies and Jinli Zeng), Scandinavian Journal of Economics 107, 399-417 (September
2005).
17. “Why Many Eligible Individuals Choose Not to Go on Welfare?” (with Pak Wai Liu and Junsen Zhang), Economic Inquiry 43, 385-400 (April 2005).
18. “The Effect of Life Expectancy on Fertility, Saving, Schooling and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence.” (with Junsen Zhang), Scandinavian Journal of Economics 107, 45-66 (March 2005).
19. “Income ranking and convergence with physical and human capital and income inequality.“ Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 29, 547-566 (March 2005).
20. “An Economic Analysis of Life Expectancy with an Application in the United States.” (with Michael Leung and Junsen Zhang), Journal of Health Economics 23, 737-759 (July 2004).
21. “How Does Social Security Affect Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross- Country
Data.” (with Junsen Zhang), Journal of Population Economics 17, 473-500 (August 2004).
22. “Long-Run Effects of Unfunded Social Security with Earnings-Dependent Benefits.”
(with Junsen Zhang) Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 28, 617-641 (December 2003)
23. “Optimal Debt, Endogenous Fertility, and Human Capital Externalities in a Model
with Altruistic Bequests.” Journal of Public Economics 87, 1825-1835 (August 2003)
23. “Optimal Price Regulation in a Growth Model with Monopolistic Suppliers of
Intermediate Goods.” (with Lewis Evans and Neil Quigley) Canadian Journal of Economics 36, 463-474 (May 2003)
25. “Rising Longevity, Unintended Bequests, and Endogenous Growth.” (with Ronald Lee and Junsen Zhang) Journal of Development Economics 70, 83-101 (February 2003) 26. “Comparing Social Security Programs with Leisure and Bequests.” Economics Letters 78, 59-66 (January 2003)
27. “Long-Run Growth Effects of Taxation in a Non-Scale Growth Model with Innovation.” (with Jinli Zeng) Economics Letters 75, 391-403 (May 2002)
28. “Urbanization, Population Transition, and Growth.” Oxford Economic Papers 54, 91-117 (January 2002)
29. “Longevity and Economic Growth in a Dynastic Family Model with an Annuity Market.” (with Junsen Zhang) Economics Letters 72, 269-277 (August 2001)
30. “Mortality Decline and Long-Run Economic Growth.” (with Junsen Zhang and Ronald Lee) Journal of Public Economics 80, 485-507 (June 2001)
31. “Long-run Implications of Social Security Taxation for Growth and Fertility.” Southern Economic Journal 67, 713-724 (January 2001)
32. “Consumption vs. Income Taxes When Private Human Capital Investments Are Imperfectly Observable.” (with James Davies and Jinli Zeng) Journal of Public Economics 77, 1-28 (July 2000)
33. “Gender Bias and Economic Development in an Endogenous Growth Model.” (with Junsen Zhang and Tianyu Li) Journal of Development Economics 59, 497-525 (August 1999)
34. “Transition to Market Economies in an Endogenous Growth Model with Altruistic Agents.” Scandinavian Journal of Economics 101, 11-31 (March 1999)
35. “Fertility, Growth, and Flat-Rate Taxation for Education Subsidies” (with Richard Casagrande) Economics Letters 60, 209-216 (August 1998)
36. “Fertility, Growth, and Public Investments in Children.” Canadian Journal of Economics 30, 835-843 (November 1997)
37. “Government Debt, Human Capital, and Endogenous Growth.” Southern Economic Journal 64, 281-292 (July 1997)
38. “Fertility and Wage Rates in an Overlapping Generations General Equilibrium Model.” (with Junsen Zhang) Canadian Journal of Economics 30, 224-234
(February 1997)
39. “Optimal Public Investments in Education and Endogenous Growth.” Scandinavian Journal of Economics 98, 387-404 (1996)
40. “Social Security and Endogenous Growth.” Journal of Public Economics 58, 185-213 (October 1995)
Manuscripts:
1. “Patents and Price Regulation in an R&D Growth Model” (with Michael Fung and
Jinli Zeng), under revision for Macroeconomic Dynamics
2. “Income Inequality and Growth with Incomplete Markets” (with Stuart McDonald), revised and resubmitted for Macroeconomic Dynamics
3. Differential Fertility, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility under Private versus
Public Education (with Simon Fan), under revision for Journal of Population Economics
4. "Optimal Government Debt with Endogenous Fertility and Elastic Leisure" (with Li
Bei)
5. "Morbidity, longevity, and annuitization with uninsurable medical expenses" (with KK Tang)
6. "Pareto optimal taxation and subsidization in an endogenous growth model"
7. "Optimal government policy in a dynastic model of neoclassical growth with endogenous fertility"
8. "Funded vs. unfunded social security programs with unintended bequests and heterogeneous families” (with Li Yang)
9. "Differential longevity, investment risk, and retirement savings of singles and couples" (with Michael Leong and Junsen Zhang)
10. "Pareto optimal social security and education subsidization in a dynastic model with human capital externalities, fertility and endogenous growth" (with Siew Ling Yew)
11. "Subsidies and growth through endogenous cycles" (with Li Bei)
12. "Macroeconomic Effects of Demography in a World of Heterogeneous Economic
Openness and Sizes" (Michael Graff, Kam Ki Tang, Jie Zhang)
13. "Inflation taxation in an endogenous business cycles model with innovation and investment." (with Jing Wan)
Research Grants:
Hong Kong RGC Grant on Population Aging (Co-Investigator, with Junsen Zhang): 1998-2001, HKD 480,000
National University of Singapore Research Grant on Fertility, Aging and Growth (Sole Investigator): 2004-07, SGD 25,000
National University of Singapore Research Grant on R&D Growth Models and Government Policy (Co-Investigator, with Jinli Zeng): 2005-2008, SGD 24,000
Australia ARC Discovery Project Grant on Health Investment, Savings, Growth and Government Policy (First Chief Investigator, with Kam Ki Tang): 2008-2010, AUD 230,000+.
National University of Singapore Research Grant on Optimal Taxation (Sole Investigator): 2008-2010, SGD 15,750
Employment History:
Professor in Economics, December 2012 to present, School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University,
Professor May 2008-present; Associate Professor, 2004-05, National University of Singapore
Professor in Public Economics 2006-April 2008; Reader/Associate Professor; Senior Lecturer, July 2001-December 2003, University of Queensland, Australia
Visiting Scholar, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Jan-June 2003
Reader/Associate Professor; Senior Lecturer; Lecturer, 1995-2001, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Research Fellow, Chinese University of Hong Kong, January-April 2001
Visiting Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada, January-April 2000
Assistant Professor, University of Victoria, Canada, 1994-1995
Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, Canada, 1993-1994
Policy Analyst, Committee of Economic Reform, Chongqing, 1984-1985
Honors and Awards:
Special University Scholarships, University of Western Ontario, 1988-1992
Recognition as one of the leading achievers in own field by Marquis Who’sWho
2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-2010 versions
Honorary Professor, University of Queensland
Professional Services:
Refereeing for: American Economic Review, Canadian Journal of Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economic Bulletin, Economic Inquiry, Economic
Journal, Economica, Economics Letters, German Economic Review, International tax and Public Finance, Journal of Economics (Zeitschrift FUR), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Urban Economics, New Zealand Economic Papers, Oxford Economic Papers, Papers in Regional Science, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Singapore Economic Review.
Member of the Advisory Committee of Saw Centre for Quantitative Finance, National University of Singapore
Supervision:
MA (2000), Audrey Teasdale at Victoria University of Wellington, Associated Supervisor
PhD, Leonora Risse at University of Queensland, Associate Supervisor
PhD (2006), Shi Yuhua at National University of Singapore (Postdoctoral Fellow at
Australia National University), Associate Supervisor
PhD (expected 2010): Li Yang at National University of Singapore (Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Queensland, Australia), Associate Supervisor
PhD (2010), Li Bei at National University of Singapore (Tutor, National University of
Singapore), Supervisor
PhD (2010), Yew Siew Ling at National University of Singapore (Lecturer, Monash
University, Australia), Supervisor
Teaching:
MA program:
Modern Economic Growth Theory*, 1 term, 32 teaching hours
Intermediate Economics, 2 terms, 48 teaching hours
Ph. D program:
Advanced Macroeconomics, 1 term, 48 teaching hours
Modern Economic Growth Theory*, 2 term, 64 teaching hours
