ZHAO Liqiu, a professor at the School of Labor and Human Resources at Renmin University of China, serves as the director of the Labor Economics Department and a researcher at the National Academy of Development and Strategy. Her research interests include labor economics, development economics, and applied micro-econometrics. She has published papers in both Chinese and English in mainstream international and domestic economics journals such as  Journal of Health Economics ,  Economic Development and Cultural Change ,  Journal of Comparative Economics ,  Journal of Population Economics ,  Regional Science and Urban Economics ,  Social Science and Medicine ,  Health Economics ,  Labour Economics ,  World Economy  (Chinese), and  Economics Quarterly  (Chinese). She currently serves as the associate editor of the SSCI journal  China & World Economy . She also leads national natural science foundation projects, youth projects, and humanities and social sciences projects funded by the Ministry of Education.

Selected Publications

1. Hukou status and Children’s Education in China (with Yue Sun and Zhong Zhao),  Economic Development and Cultural Chang e, forthcoming.

2. Public Long-term care insurance and consumption of elderly households: Evidence from China (with Hong Liu and Jinqiu Ma),  Journal of Health Economics , 2023, 90, 102759.

3. “Protective Effect of Adult Children's Education on Parental Survival in China: Gender Differences and Underlying Mechanisms” (with Ying Cui and Hong Liu),  Social Science & Medicine , 2021, 277, 113908.

4. "Disruptive Peers in the Classroom and Students’ Academic Outcomes: Evidence and Mechanisms" (with Zhong Zhao),  Labour Economics , 2021, 68, 101954.

5. “Education and Gender Role Attitudes” (with Huichao Du and Yun Xiao),  Journal of Population   Economics , 2021, 34, 475–513.

6. “Does free education help combat child labor? The effect of a free compulsory education reform in rural China” (with Can Tang and Zhong Zhao),  Journal of Population Economics , 2020, 33, 601–631.

7. “Mother’s education and child development: Evidence from the Compulsory School Reform in China” (with Ying Cui and Hong Liu),  Journal of Comparative Economics , 2019, 47(3), 669–692.

8. “Education on the cheap: The long-run effects of a free compulsory education reform in rural china” (with Yun Xiao and Li Li),  Journal of Comparative Economics , 2017, 45(3), 544–562.