WAN Haiyuan

Education

• Ph.D. in University of Lyon, France
• Ph.D. in Beijing Normal University, China

Work Experience

• 2012.7 National Development and Reform Comission, China
• 2016.6 Beijing Normal University, China

Research Interests

• Wealth Inequality

Courses Taught

• Macro Economics (Undergraduate), Development Economics (Graduate)

Professional Societies/Activities

• Research fellow in GATE, France
• Research fellow in AMR, NDRC, China
• Senior fellow, China Labor Association

Research Projects

• 2018－2019, NDRC. “Expansion of Middle Class”, Principal of the Project.
• 2017－2018, NDRC. “The Distribution Effect of Public Policy”, Principal of the Project.
• 2016－2017, NDRC. “China’s Labor Cost”, Principal of the Project.
• 2015-2017, NDRC, “Current Wealth Distribution in China”, Principal of the Project.
• 2014－2017,National Social Science Foundation. “Income Inequality and Public Policy”, Principal of the Project.
• 2014－2015, NDRC. “Current Poverty Reduction Strategies”, Principal of the Project.

Publications

MainJournal Articles

• “The Myth of Rising Labor Cost in China”, Economist Journal, January, 2017.
• The Agricultural Tax Abolishment Program and On-farm Labour Time in Rural China , World Scientific, June, 2016
• “Rural Finance and Village Income Distribution in China”, Management World, December, 2015.
• Evolution of Wealth Inequality in China, China Economic Journal, Volume 8. Issue 3, 2015.
• “Literature Review of Wealth Inequality in China”, Labor Economics Review, May, 2015.
• Yuan and Roubles: Comparing Wage Determination in Urban China and Russia at the Beginning of the New Millennium (with Bjorn Gustafsson, Li Shi, Ludmila Nivorozhkina), China Economic Review, Nov., 2014.
• Institutional Labour Market Segmentation in China (with Li Shi), Business and Public Administration Studies, 2014, Vol.8, No. 1
• “Payments for Ecological Restoration and Rural Labor Migration in China (with Sylvie Demurger)”. IZA Journal of Migration, July, 2013, pp.717-735.
• “The Mystery of China's High Demand for Housing: Based on the Demographic Characteristics (with Li Chao)”. Economic Research, 2015(7).
• “Labour Market Cultivation and Middle-income Trap Escape (with Li Shi)”. Economic Research, 2014(4).
• “The Effects of Household Registration System Discrimination on Urban-rural Income Inequality in China”, Economic Research, 2013(9).
• “The Participation Decision of Sloping Land Conversion Program for Peasants (with Li Chao)”, Statistical Research, 2013(8).
• “Improving the Accuracy of Estimating the Gini Coefficient in China (with Li Shi), Economics Information, 2013(2).
• “The Identification of Poor Disabilities and Evaluation of Anti-poverty Policies in China”, in Chinese Journal of Population Science, April.2011.

Books

• Public Policy and Income Inequality in China: an Empirical Analysis, Economic Literature Press, Nov, 2017.
• Urbanization and Labour Migration in China (with Li Chao), Guangdong People Press, July, 2014.

Working Papers

• The Increasing Wealth Inequality in China, 2019
• The Effect of Minimum Wage on Wage Growth and Its Distribution in China, 2019
• Inheritance Tax and Wealth Distribution in China, January, 2018
• Migrate for Education: Compulsory Education Policy for Migrants’ Children and Labor Migration in China, February, 2018
• Minimum Wage and Employment Structure in China, Aug, 2018
• The Evolution of Wealth Inequality in China, Aug, 2019