Dr. WENG Qian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Labor Economics at the School of Labor and Human Resources. She earned her PhD from the University of Gothenburg in 2014. Her research primarily focuses on Behavioral and Experimental Economics and Labor Economics, with a special interest in the effects of pecuniary and non-pecuniary incentives on job search and work performance. Dr. Weng has published in leading international journals such as the Economic Journal, the Journal of Labor Economics, and the Journal of Public Economics in recent years. She has also served as principal investigator for several projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fund of the Ministry of Education, and the Scientific Research Fund of Renmin University of China.

Selected Publications

Haoran He, David Neumark, and Qian Weng. 2023. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”: Evidence of Directed Search from a Field Experiment. Economic Journal 133 (649): 258-280.

Haoran He, David Neumark, and Qian Weng. 2021. “Do Workers Value Flexible Jobs? A Field Experiment.” Journal of Labor Economics 39(3): 709-738.

Qian Weng, Xia Gao, Haoran He, and Shi Li. 2019. “Family Size, Birth order, and Educational Attainment: Evidence from China.” China Economic Review 57: 101346.

Qian Weng and Haoran He. 2019. “Geographic Distance, Income and Charitable Giving: Evidence from China”. Singapore Economic Review 64(5): 1145–1169.

Qian Weng and Måns Söderbom. 2018. “Is R&D Cash Flow Sensitive? Evidence from Chinese Industrial Firms”. China Economic Review 47: 77-95.

Qian Weng and Fredrik Carlsson. 2015. “Cooperation in Teams: The Role of Identity, Punishment and Endowment Distribution”. Journal of Public Economics 126: 25-38.

Måns Söderbom and Qian Weng. 2012. “Multi-product Firms, Product Mix Changes and Upgrading: Evidence from China’s State-owned Forest Areas”. China Economic Review 23(4): 801-818.

Haoran He and Qian Weng. 2012. “Ownership, Autonomy, Incentives and Efficiency: Evidence from the Forest Product Processing Industry in China”. Journal of Forest Economics 18(3): 177-193.

Published in Chinese

Haoran He, Jie Zhang, Pengyuan Pei, Qian Weng. "Trust Discrimination of Only Children and Its Origins: Evidence from Economic Experiments," Economic Review, 2021(1): 146-160. (Full text reprinted in Renmin University of China Reproduced Journal Materials of Theoretical Economics, Issue 6, 2021)

Qian Weng, Dong Li. 2020. "Progress in Online Field Experimental Studies," Economic Perspectives, 2020(5): 132-145. (Full text reprinted in Renmin University of China Reproduced Journal Materials of Theoretical Economics, Issue 11, 2020)

Xia Gao, Haoran He, Qian Weng. "Family Size and Educational Attainment: Evidence from a Century in China," in Shi Li, Ximing Yue, Tailei Shi, Hiroshi Sato, et al., The Latest Changes in China's Income Distribution Pattern - Studies on the Income Distribution of Chinese Residents V, Chapter 21, ISBN: 978-7-5095-7897-1, China Financial & Economic Publishing House, Beijing, 2017.