Native Place: P. R. China
Department of Economics
Business School, Beijing Normal University
Beijing 100875, China
Tel: 86-10-58802167(office); 86-10-58809973(fax)
Email: zeyun_liu@bnu.edu.cn
Education
2003
Ph.D. in Beijing Normal University (Economics of Education)
2000
M.A., Beijing Normal University (Educational Administration)
1997
B.S., Beijing Normal University (Physics)
Work Experience
2015-present
Professor, School of Business, Beijing Normal University, China
2006-2015
Associate Professor, School of Business, Beijing Normal University, China
2003-2006
Assistant Professor, School of Business, Beijing Normal University, China
Research Interests
Economic of Education
Labor Economics
Courses Taught
Economics of Education, Microeconomics, Econometrics, Managerial Economics
Social Service/Work
2004-present: Chinese Association of the Economics of Education
Publications
• Main Journal Articles In English
Inequalities in the financing of compulsory education in China: A comparative study of Gansu and Jiangsu Provinces with spatial analysis (with Xiao, Jin). International Journal of Educational Development, 2014, Vol.39, 260-273
The ratio of public investment in education in China (with Yuan, Liansheng). Frontiers of Education in China, 2007, 2(2): 240–249
The accumulation of human capital over time and its impact on salary growth in China (with Xiao, Jin). Education Economics, 2006, 14(2), 155-180
In Chinese
Long-term change in returns to higher education in China: 1988-2007 (with Wang, Jun). Peking University Education Review, 2015 (4)
Education: Promoting human capital or signaling? (with Wang, Jun). Education and Economy, 2015(4)
The effect of education on gender wage difference: Based on prefecture-level data (with Zhao, Jiayin). Journal of Beijing Normal University, 2014(2)
Influencing factors of public investment on high school (with Dong, Junyan). Education and Economy, 2014(3)
Has China achieved universal primary education in rural areas? A case from Yunnan Province (with Hu, Wenbin). Peking University Education Review, 2012 (3)
Economic returns to the quality of higher education：Evidence from propensity-score matching (with Qiu, Muyuan). Chinese Journal of Population Science, 2011 (5)
Returns to education in off-farm wage employment in rural China (with Qiu, Muyuan). Journal of Beijing Normal University, 2011(6)
An international comparison of educational development (with Yuan, Liansheng). Renmin University of China Education Journal, 2011(2)
The impact of education on wage inequality: Composition effect and price effect. Journal of Beijing Normal University, 2009 (5)
Children’s achievements and their families and schools: A study based on the rural areas in Gansu Province (with Sun, Zhijun and Sun, Baicai). Journal of Beijing Normal University, 2009 (5)
Education and wage inequality in urban China. Statistical Research, 2009 (4)
Some econometrical problems in estimating the rate of return to education. Peking University Education Review, 2009 (1)
Empirical testing of screening theory: methods and implications. Comparative Education Review, 2009 (1)
The role of government on educational expenditure in high school in China. Education and Economy, 2009 (1)
An empirical study on public financial input on upper secondary education in China. Educational Development, 2008 (19)
Why is the return to education higher for female than for male? Economic Science, 2008 (2)
Empirical studies of screening theory: a literature review. Economic Perspectives, 2008 (7)
Gender differences in rates of return to education. Collection of Women’s Studies, 2008 (2)
An analysis of financial aid system to compulsory education students with financial hardship in China (with Yuan, Liansheng). Journal of Beijing Normal University, 2007 (5)
Determinants of children’s schooling in rural China: An empirical study with Cox Proportional Hazard Model, Chinese Journal of Population Science, 2007 (2)
Why rural children leave school? : An empirical study with multilevel model. Journal of Beijing Normal University, 2007 (2)
Recent development in researches on school choice in the United States. Peking University Education Review, 2007 (1)
An International Comparative Study on the Public Ratio of Investment in Education (with Yuan, Liansheng). Comparative Education Review, 2007 (2)
Determinants of employees’ perceptions of job skills in Shanghai and Chongqing: a three-level model analysis (with Wang, Rui and Xiao, Jin). Peking University Education Review, 2007 (1)
Study on the Public Ratio of Investment in Education in China (with Yuan, Liansheng). Journal of Higher Education, 2006(2)
How should governments fund compulsory education in rural China? Journal of Central China Normal University, 2005(3)
Forecasting for the demand and supply of educational expenditures in Beijing in 2008 (with Wang, Shanmai and Sun, Zhijun), Educational Science Research, 2003(7-8)
China’s financial system for education: problems and solutions. Journal of the Chinese Society of Education, 2003(7)
Progress, problems and countermeasures of Chinese public educational finance system reform (with Wang, Shanmai and Yuan, Liansheng). Journal of Beijing Normal University, 2003(6)
An empirical analysis on the effort to fund education of Chinese governments during the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Journal of Higher Education, 2003(2)
Development of higher education in a segmented labor market, Jiangsu Higher Education, 2003(2)
Financial transfer systems for compulsory education in western developed countries, Comparative Education Review, 2003(1)
• Books
Economics of Education. (translation) forthcoming
Econometrics Using Stata (with Sun, Zhijun). Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2009
Benefits of Investment in Education: An Analysis Based on Multilevel Model (with Xiao, Jin). Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2009
Economics of Education. Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2008
The Economics of School Choice. (translation) Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2008
An Analysis on Benefits of Investment in Education: Based on Employee Wage in China (with Xiao, Jin). Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2004
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