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Peng Nie, Prof. Dr.
Address
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Rm. 611, School of Economics and Finance
No. 74 Yanta West Road, 710061 Xi’an, China
Email: niepeng2017@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
Main Fields of Research
· Health economics (esp. demographic and socioeconomic drivers of health; SES-related health inequality; biomarker applications in health economics; healthy ageing; practical applications of Mendelian randomization in health outcomes)
· Development economics (esp. household food (in)security, under-five child undernutrition/mortality)
· Subjective well-being (SWB, esp. demographic and socioeconomic drivers of SWB)
· Labor economics (esp. long work hours, female behavior in labor market, job satisfaction and labor turnover)
Note: PhD/Post-doc Applicants are interested in interdisciplinary research on health economics, development economics, subjective well-being, and labor economics are highly welcome to join in our research team!!!
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The most important part is that we could fully enjoy the beauty of science (in
particular, the science of economics) and keep a healthy and happy life! Bravo!!! 
Education
09/2012 – 08/2015 Doctorate in Economics (Dr. oec, summa cum laude), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Professional Experience (Academic/Non-academic)
03/2021 – present Associate Dean, Center for Aging Health and Geriatrics, Global Health Institute (GHI), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
02/2019 – present Research Fellow, Global Health Institute (GHI), Department of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
07/2018 – present Research Fellow, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
04/2023 – present Professor, School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
07/2017 – 03/2023 Associate Professor, (Young Talent Support Plan), School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an,
China
07/2017 – present Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of Household and Consumer Economics, Institute for Health Care & Public Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
08/2015 – 07/2017 Research Fellow (Postdoc), Department of Household and Consumer Economics, Institute for Health Care & Public Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
11/2015 – 12/2015 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
11/2014 – 12/2014 Visiting Research Associate, Centre for Global Food and Resources, Faculty of Professions, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
09/2012 – 08/2015 Research Associate, Chair for Household and Consumer Economics, Institute for Health Care & Public Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Editorial Positions
Since 2019: Editorial Board Member, BMC Public Health (Springer Nature)
Since 2020: Associate Editor, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing (Elsevier)
Since 2020: Editorial Board Member, Labor History (Taylor & Francis)
Since 2021: Editorial Board Member, BMC Geriatrics (Springer Nature)
Teaching Experience
2015 – 2017 Health Economics (at Master level, University of Hohenheim, Germany)
2017 – present Development Economics (at Bachelor level, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China)
2017 – present Advanced Topics on Development Economics (at Master/PhD level, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China)
2018 – present Economics of Incentives (at Bachelor level, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China)
2019 – present Health Economics (at Master/PhD level, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China)
05/2018, 02/2019 The Role of Health in Economic Growth and Development (for international students (Master/PhD), Xi’an, China)
Assessment and Administration
2013 – 2017 Supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s seminar papers and Master’s Thesis, University of Hohenheim, Germany
2017 – present Master and PhD supervision (6 master students and 6 PhD students), Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
2017 – present Supervision of Double Degree of Bachelor’s graduation thesis (18 students), Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
2020 – 2023 Interdisciplinary PhD program, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (co-supervisor, together with School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University,
China)
Research Projects
01/2021 – 12/2024 “Measurement and Decomposition of Inequality of Opportunity in Health in the Chinese Elderly: Roemer's Theory of Equality of Opportunity” (funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), grant
06/2020 – 10/2020 “Health and Economic Impact of NCDs linked to Tobacco,
2019.01 – 2021.12 “Housing Poverty and Health in Urban China: Longitudinal
Science
07/2017 – 06/2023 “Young Talent Support Plan Start-Up Fund” (Xi’an Jiaotong
01/2017 – 12/2019 “Health Burden and Health Care Facilities/Resources of
01/2015 – 01/2023 “The Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-cities (COCM Study)”, (funded by NIH U54, grant no. U54HD070725, US), participant
2012.03 – 2017.02 “I.Family Study – Investigating the Determinants of Food
http://www.ifamilystudy.eu/), Co-PI of two subprojects of peer effects on individual body weight
2014.12 – 2015.11 “Internet Use and Subjective Well-Being in China”, one of
2014.02 – 2014.08 “Background Work for Region Aging Report: Paper on
2012.09 – 2015.08 “Innovation Research Funds on Health and Nutrition”,
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1. Lu, N. #, Nie, P. #, and Siette, J. # (2023). The roots of healthy ageing: Investigating the link between early-life and childhood experiences and later-life health, BMC
Geriatrics (editorial, forthcoming)
2. Zhou, B., ... Nie, P., ... and Ezzati, M.* (NCD Risk Factor Collaboration) (2023). Global variations in diabetes mellitus based on fasting glucose and haemoglobin
A1c. Nature Medicine (forthcoming).
3. Nie, P.*, Peng, X., Luo, T.Y. (2023). Internet use and fertility behavior among reproductive-age women in China. China Economic Review, 77: 101903.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2022.101903.
4. Mishra, A., ... Nie, P., ... and Ezzati, M.* (NCD Risk Factor Collaboration) (2023). Diminishing benefits of urban living for growth and development of children and
adolescents in the 21st century, Nature, 615: 874–883. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8. (Scientific American, Rural Children Now Grow Slightly Taller
than City Children in Wealthy Countries, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rural-children-now-grow-slightly-taller-than-city-children-in-wealthy-
5. Nie, P.* and Li, Q.G. (2023). Does energy poverty increase health care expenditures in China? Applied Economics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2023.2210823.
6. Lu, H.Y., Nie, P.*, and Qian, L. (2023). The causal effect of internal immigration on sexual attitudes in China: The mediating role of Internet use, Archives of Sexual
Behavior, 52: 255-266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02155-w.
7. Nie, P., Wang, L., and Sousa-Poza, A.* (2023). Health perception biases and risky health behaviors in China, Applied Economics Letters, 30(2): 221-228.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2021.1983125.
8. Yan, W.B. and Nie, P.* (2023). Child education-induced migration and its impact on the economic behaviors of migrated households in China, Applied Economics,
55(7): 691-709. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2094328
9. Meng, F., Nie, P., and Sousa-Poza, A.* (2023). Obesity inequality and well-being in Germany, Economics and Human Biology, 49: 101236.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101236.
10. Meng, F., Nie, P., and Sousa-Poza, A.* (2023). The intangible costs of overweight and obesity in Germany, Health Economics Review, 13: 14.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-023-00426-x.
11. Ding, L.L., Jones, A.M., and Nie, P.* (2022). Ex ante inequality of opportunity in health among the elderly in China: A distributional decomposition analysis of
biomarkers. Review of Income and Wealth, 46(4): 922-950. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12514.
12. Nie, P., Wang, L., Dragone, D., Lu, H.Y., Sousa-Poza, A.*, and Ziebarth, N.R. (2022) “The better you feel, the harder you fall”: Health perception biases and mental
health among Chinese adults in the COVID-19 pandemic, China Economic Review, 71: 101708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101708.
13. Nie, P., Clark, A., D’Ambrosio, C., and Ding, L.L.* (2022). Housing and income-related health inequality in urban China (1991-2015): The role of
homeownership and housing conditions, Health & Place, 73: 102743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102743.
14. Liu, G.L.*, Li, J.Y., and Nie, P. (2022) Tracking a history on urban expansions of Guangzhou (China) during 1665-2017: Evidence from historical maps and remote
sensing images, Land Use Policy, 112: 105773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105773. (ESI highly-cited paper)
of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 9999; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169999.
16. Nie, P.*, Ma, W.L., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2021), The relationship between smartphone use and subjective well-being in rural China, Electronic Commerce Research,
21: 983-1009. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-020-09397-1. (ESI highly-cited paper)
17. Nie, P.*, Li, Y., Zhang, N., Sun, X.M., Xin, B. and Wang, Y.F. (2021). The change and correlates of healthy ageing in China: China Health and Retirement
Longitudinal Study 2011-2015, BMC Geriatrics, 21: 78. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02026-y.
18. Lu, H.Y.*, Nie, P., and Qian, L. (2021). Do quarantine experiences and attitudes towards COVID-19 affect the distribution of mental health in China? A quantile
regression analysis. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 16: 1925-1942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-020-09851-0. (ESI highly-cited paper, a high-impact
publication in Humanities & Social Sciences by Chinese researchers across from Springer Nature, December 2020)
19. Nie, P.*, Ding, L.L., Sousa-Poza, A., Alfonso León, A, Xue, H., Jia, P., Wang, L., and Wang, Y.F. (2021). Inequality of weight status in urban Cuba, 2001-2010,
Population Health Metrics, 19: 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-021-00251-6.
20. Nie, P.,# Ding, L.L.,# Chen, Z.,# Liu, S.Y., Zhang, Qi., Shi, Z.M., Wang, L., Xue, H., Liu, Gordon, and Wang, Y.F.* (2021). Decomposition of income-related health
inequality among Chinese adults in the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence based on an online survey, International Journal for Equity in Health, 20: 106.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01448-9.
21. Nie, P.*, Li, Q.G, Sousa-Poza, A. (2021). Energy poverty and subjective well-being in China: New evidence from the China Family Panel Studies, Energy
Economics, 103: 105548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105548.
22. Nie, P.*, Wang, L., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2021). Peer effects and fertility preference in China, The Singapore Economic Review.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217590821500120. (The New York Times, Could Peer Influence Be a Cause of the Global Baby Bust?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/opinion/birth-rate-peer-effects.html)
23. Lu, H.Y., Nie, P.*, and Sousa-Poza, A. (2021). The effect of parental educational expectations on adolescent subjective well-being and the moderating role of
perceived academic pressure: Longitudinal evidence for China. Child Indicators Research, 14: 117-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-020-09750-8.
24. Nie, P., Li, Q., Cohen, A. and Sousa-Poza, A.* (2021). In search of China’s income-health gradient: A biomarker-based analysis, Applied Economics, 53(48): 5599-
5618. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.1927962.
25. Wei, J.X., Wu, Y., Zheng, J.G., Nie, P., Jia, P.* and Wang, Y.F.* (2021). Neighborhood sidewalk access and childhood obesity, Obesity Reviews, 22(S1): e13057.
https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13057.
26. Zhang, N.*, Zhang, A. Q., Wang, L., and Nie, P. (2021). Fine particulate matter and body weight status among older adults in China: Impacts and pathways, Health
& Place, 69: 102571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102571.
27. Leng, C.X., Ma, W.L.*, Zhu, Z.K., and Nie, P. (2021), The relationship between happiness and consumption expenditure: Evidence from rural China, Applied
Research in Quality of Life, 16: 1587–1611. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-020-09836-z.
28. Cheng, X.L., Liu, J., Liu, S.Y., Zhang, J., Lin, S.Y, Nie, P., Fuemmeler, B., Wang, Y.F. and Xue, H.* (2021). Does physical activity predict obesity - a machine
learning and statistical method-based analysis, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 3966.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083966.
29. Zhao, M.Y., Nie, P., Wu, J.* (2021). Heterogeneity in medicine price elasticity of demand in China: Moderate effect from economic incentive and quality
difference, Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12: 688069. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.688069.
30. Ma, L., Gao, L.W., Lau, J.T., Atif, R., Johnson, B., Yan, A.F., Shi, Z.M., Ding, Y.X., Nie, P., Zheng, J.G., Wang, Y.F., Wang, W.D.*, and Xue, Q.L.* (2021). Mental
distress and its associations with behavioral outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national survey of Chinese adults, Public Health, 198: 315-323.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.07.034.
31. Nie, P.*, Li, Y., Ding, L.L., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2021). Housing poverty and healthy aging in China: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement
Longitudinal Study, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(18): 9911. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189911.
32. Nie, P.*, Ding, L.L., Alfonso León, A, Sousa-Poza, A. Xue, H., Jia, P., Wang, L., Díaz Sánchez, M.E., and Wang, Y.F. (2020), Socioeconomic position and health
gradient in Cuba: Dimensions and mechanisms, BMC Public Health, 20: 866. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08980-3.
33. Nie, P.*, Ding, L.L., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2020), What Chinese workers value: An analysis of job satisfaction, job expectations and labor turnover in China, Prague
Economic Papers, 29(1): 85-104. https://doi.org/10.18267/j.pep.726.
34. Ma, W.L., Nie, P., Zhang, P.*, and Renwick, A. (2020), Impact of Internet use on economic well-being of rural households: Evidence from China, Review of
Development Economics, 24: 503-523. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12645. (a top cited paper 2019-2020 in Review of Development Economics)
36. Nie, P.*, Ding, L.L., Sousa-Poza, A. (2019), Decomposing adult obesity trends in China (1991-2011), Economics & Human Biology, 34: 5-15.
37. Nie, P.*, Ding, L.L., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2019), Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight
distribution in China, China Economic Review, 58: 101348. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2019.101348.
38. Gwozdz, W., Nie, P.*, and Sousa-Poza, A., et al. (2019), Peer effects on weight status, dietary behavior and physical activity among teenagers in Europe – Findings
from the I.Family Study, Kyklos, 72(2): 270-296. https://doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12197. (a top cited paper 2019-2020 in Kyklos)
39. Nie, P.*, Rammohan, A., Gwozdz, W., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2019), Changes in child nutrition in India: A decomposition approach, International Journal of
Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(10), 1815. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101815.
40. Zhang, X., Kaiser, M., Nie, P., and Sousa-Poza, A.* (2019), Why are Chinese workers so unhappy? A comparative cross-national analysis of job satisfaction, job
expectations and job attributes, PLoS ONE, 14(9): e0222715. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0222715.
41. Nie, P.* and Sousa-Poza, A. (2018), Food insecurity among Europeans aged 50+, Journal of Population Ageing, 11(2): 133-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-017-9177-3.
42. Nie, P.* and Sousa-Poza, A. (2018), Commute time and subjective well-being in urban China, China Economic Review, 48: 188-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2016.03.002.
43. Nie, P.*, Alfonso León, A., Díaz Sánchez, M.E., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2018), The rise in obesity in Cuba from 2001 to 2010: An analysis of National Survey on Risk Factors and Chronic Diseases data, Economics & Human Biology, 28: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2017.11.003.
44. Ma, W.L.*, Renwick, A., Nie, P., Tang, J.J. and Cai, R. (2018), Off-farm work, smartphone use and household income: Evidence from rural China, China Economic Review, 52: 80-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2018.06.002.
45. Reza Oskorouchi, H.*, Nie, P. and Sousa-Poza, A. (2018), Floods and anemia of reproductive-age women in Afghanistan, PLoS One, 13(2): e0191726. https://doi.org/10.1371/journalpone.0191726.
46. Nie, P.*, He, X.B., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2018), Child loss and maternal wages in China, Asian Population Studies, 14(1): 96-https://doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2017.1405552.
47. Nie, P.*, Nimrod, G., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2017), Internet use and subjective well-being in China, Social Indicators Research, 132(1): 489-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-015-1227-8.
48. Bauer, J., Levin, V., Boudet, A.M., Nie, P.*, and Sousa-Poza, A. (2017), Subjective well-being across lifespan in Europe and Central Asia, Journal of Population Ageing, 10(2):125-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-016-9148-0.
49. Nie, P.*, Gwozdz, W., Reisch, L.A. and Sousa-Poza, A. (2017), Values, norms and peer effects on weight status, Journal of Obesity, vol. 2017, Article ID 2849674. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/2849674.
50. Nie, P.*, Sousa-Poza, A., and Xue, J.H. (2016), Fuel for life: Domestic cooking fuels and women’s health in rural China, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(8), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080810.
51. Nie, P.* and Sousa-Poza, A. (2016), A fresh look at calorie-income elasticities in China, China Agricultural Economic Review, 8(1): 1-29.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CAER-09-2014-0095.
52. Nie, P.*, Otterbach, S., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2015), Long work hours and health in China, China Economic Review, 33: 212-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2015.02.004.
53. Nie, P.*, Sousa-Poza, A., and He, X.B. (2015), Peer effects on childhood and adolescent obesity in China, China Economic Review, 35: 47-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2015.06.002.
54. Nie, P.* and Sousa-Poza, A. (2014), Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China: Evidence from China Health and Nutrition Survey, Applied Economics, 46(20): 2418-2428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.902025.
(* corresponding author; # equally contributed)
Book Chapter
Nie, P. and Zhao, Y. H. (2023). “Aging in China”. In Bloom, D.E., Sousa-Poza, A., and Sunde, U. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook on the Economics of Ageing. London: Routledge (pp. 691-712). (with Prof. Yaohui Zhao from NSD, Peking University, China)
Reports/Discussion Papers
- Bauer, J., Nie, P., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2014), “Subjective well-being in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region”, Background report for Golden Aging: Prospects for Healthy, Active, and Prosperous Aging in Europe and Central Asia, World Bank, Washington, D.C.
- Nie, P., Gwozdz, W., Reisch, L.A. (2016), “Report on Societal-Cultural Norms and Values and Peer Effects”, Bremen: University of Bremen, 22 p. (I.Family Project Deliverables, No. D7.3.1, http://research.cbs.dk/en/publications/report-on-societalcultural-norms-and-values-and-peer-effects(ece29f24-586d-4c5f-bc90-64c0ba003d7b).html)
- Nie, P. and Sousa-Poza, A. (2016), “Food insecurity among older Europeans: Evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe”, Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences, No. 03-2016. (https://wiso.uni-hohenheim.de/papers)
- Nie, P., Rammohan, A., Gwozdz, W., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2016), “Developments in malnutrition in Indian children below 5 years: A decomposition analysis”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 9893. (http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=9893)
- Nie, P. and Sousa-Poza (2017), “What Chinese workers value: An analysis of job satisfaction, job expectations and labor turnover in China”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 10963. (http://ftp.iza.org/dp10963.pdf).
- Nie, P., Ding, L.L., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2018), Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China. Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences 24-2018, University of Hohenheim.
- Nie, P., Li, Q., Cohen, A.A., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2019), In search of China’s income-health gradient: A biomarker-based analysis. IZA Discussion Paper No. 12165. (http://ftp.iza.org/dp12165.pdf)
- Lu, H.Y. and Nie, P.*, and Sousa-Poza, A. (2019). The effect of parental educational expectations on adolescent subjective well-being and the moderating role of perceived academic pressure: Longitudinal evidence for China. IZA Discussion Paper No. 12832. (http://ftp.iza.org/dp12832.pdf)
· Nie, P.*, Clark, A., D’Ambrosio, C., and Ding, L.L. (2020). Housing and income-related health inequality in urban China (1991-2015): The role of homeownership and housing conditions. Working Papers 524, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
· Lu, H.Y., Nie, P.*, and Qian, L. (2020). Do quarantine experiences and attitudes towards COVID-19 affect the distribution of psychological outcomes in China? A quantile regression analysis. GLO Discussion Paper No. 512. (https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/215740/1/GLO-DP-0512.pdf)
· Ding, L.L., Jones, A.M., and Nie, P.* (2020) Ex ante inequality of opportunity in health among the elderly in China: A distributional decomposition of biomarkers. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13292. (http://ftp.iza.org/dp13292.pdf)
· Nie, P., Ding, L.L., and Jones, A.M.* (2020) Inequality of opportunity in bodyweight among middle-aged and older Chinese: A distributional approach. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13421. (http://ftp.iza.org/dp13421.pdf)
· Nie, P.*, Wang, L., and Sousa-Poza, A. (2020) Peer effects and fertility preference in China. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13448. (http://ftp.iza.org/dp13448.pdf)
· Ding, L.L., Fan, M.Y., and Nie, P.* (2021) The long-term effect of air pollution on human cognition: Evidence from China, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3792594.
· Nie, P.*, Li, Q.G, Sousa-Poza, A. (2021). Energy poverty and subjective well-being in China: New evidence from the China Family Panel Studies, IZA Discussion Paper No. 14429. (http://ftp.iza.org/dp14429.pdf)
· Nie, P. and Yan, W.B.* (2021). Social networks in job attainment and match quality: Evidence from China Labor-force Dynamics Survey. IZA Discussion Paper No. 14504 (http://ftp.iza.org/dp14504.pdf)
· Yan, W.B. and Nie, P.* (2021) The effect of education-induced migration on economic well-being of migrated households in China, IZA Discussion Paper No. 14653 (http://ftp.iza.org/dp14653.pdf)
· Nie, P., Wang, L., Dragone, D., Lu, H.Y., Sousa-Poza, A.*, and Ziebarth, N.R. (2022) “The better you feel, the harder you fall”: Health perception biases and mental health among Chinese adults in the COVID-19 pandemic. IZA Discussion Paper No. 14905 (http://ftp.iza.org/dp14905.pdf)
· Ding, L.L., Nie, P.*, and Sousa-Poza, A. (2022). Housing conditions and health in urban China. IZA Discussion Paper No. 15168 (http://docs.iza.org/dp15168.pdf).
· Nie, P.*, Li, Q.G, Sousa-Poza, A. (2022). Housing unaffordability and adolescent subjective well-being: Evidence from China Family Panel Studies 2010-2018. IZA Discussion Paper No. 15305 (https://docs.iza.org/dp15305.pdf).
· Nie, P.*, Li, Q.G. (2022). Energy poverty and health care expenditures: Evidence from China Family Panel Studies 2010-2018. IZA Discussion Paper No. 15479 (https://docs.iza.org/dp15479.pdf).
· Nie, P.*, Peng, X., Luo, T.Y. (2022). Internet use and fertility behavior among reproductive-age women in China. IZA Discussion Paper No. 15766 (https://docs.iza.org/dp15766.pdf).
Academic Conferences and Workshops (selected)
2. 19/09/2020 – 20/09/2020, “2020 Childhood Obesity & COVID-19 Prevention and Control International Symposium”, Global Health Institute, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an, China (organization committee member)
3. 10/09/2020 – 11/09/2020, “IZA Workshop: Labor Market Institutions”, IZA, Germany
4. 01/09/2020 – 04/09/2020, “2020 Jobs and Development Conference: Better Jobs for Development”, IZA; The World Bank; UNU-WIDER
5. 26/08/2020 – 30/08/2020, “The Ninth International Symposium of Quantitative Economics, 2020”, Jilin University, Changchun, China
6. 22/08/2020 – 24/08/2020, “13th China Economics Summer Institute”, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
7. 13/08/2020 – 15/08/2020, “Chinese Economists Society 2020 North America Virtual Conference”, Chinese Economists Society
8. 14/08/2020, “Training Workshop on Data and Tools for Spatial Studies”, Chinese Economists Society; China Data Institute and Future Data Lab
9. 25/07/2020, “International Conference on Digital Health and Medical Analytics (DHA 2020)”, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
10. 20/07/2020, “The 2020 CN-Healthcare Summit (CHS): Working Together towards A New Healthy Era”, CN-Healthcare, China
11. 11/07/2020, “The 2020 Chinese Economic Association (Europe/UK) China Annual Conference”, Chinese Economic Association (Europe/UK) and Institute for Contemporary China Studies of Tsinghua University, China
12. 09/07/2020, “European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) Digital Conference”, European Health Economics Association
13. 23/06/2020, “Virtual PAA2020 Webinar-COVID 19-Data collection in Longitudinal Studies”, Population Association America, USA
14. 14/06/2020, “Global Symposium: Post-acute Care and Rehabilitation during COVID-19 Pandemic”, Harvard Healthcare Club, USA
15. 05/06/2020 – 07/06/2020, “Third IESR-GLO Joint Conference”, IESR, Jinan University, China and GLO, Bonn, Germany
17. 08/05/2020, “Chamberlain Seminar: Symposium on Synthetic Control Methods”, Stanford University, USA
18. 30/04/2020 – 02/05/2020, “EPIC China Education Forum: Understanding Changes in China’s Education Landscape”, Stanford University, USA
19. 24/04/2020, “Becker Friedman Institute China (BFI-China)-Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) Virtual Seminar：COVID-19 and Economics: China, Asia and Beyond”, Becker Friedman Institute China (BFI-China)
20. 22/04/2020, “Online Forum on Addressing Mental Health During the Covid-19 Outbreak in Africa as Health Care Systems Brace for a Battering”, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
21. 09/04/2020, “Economic Approaches for Analysing the Short, Medium Term and Long Run Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis”, Royal Economic Society, UK
22. 09/04/2020, “COVID-19 Lessons Learned from China: Disease Management, Clinical Research and Health Policy”, Yale School of Public Health, USA
23. 18/03/2020 – 21/03/2020, “Well-Being 2020: Knowledge for Informed Decisions”, STATEC Research, rue Erasme, Luxembourg
24. 04/12/2019, “The Workshop on Doing Research in China”, Research Center in China-Competence in Hohenheim, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
25. 15/11/2019, “2019 China Health Economics Youth Forum”, China Health Economics Association, Beijing, China
26. 24/10/2019 – 26/10/2019, “Humboldt Colloquium Bonds of Trust – Shaping the Sino-German Research Network of the Future”, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Beijing, China
27. 13/09/2019 – 16/09/2019, “The Third Belt & Road Initiative Global Health International Congress & 2019 Global Health Forum of the University of Alliance of the Silk Road”, Global Health Institute (GHI), Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China (organization committee member, co-chair of Young Scholar Forum)
28. 26/08/2019 – 27/08/2019, “2019 International Conference of Social Computing”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
29. 08/07/2019 – 10/07/2019, “2019 Workshop on Multilevel Systems-oriented Childhood Obesity Study In China”, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
30. 07/06/2019 – 09/06/2019, “Population Health and Public Governance: The Second Asian Conference on Population and Development (ACPD)”, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
31. 03/06/2019 – 05/06/2019, “Empirical Strategies' Workshop: Empirical Strategies with Chinese Characteristics”, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
32. 24/05/2019 – 25/05/2019, “The Second China Health Economics Forum”, Southeastern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
33. 09/05/2019 – 11/05/2019, “Sino-UK Health Forum: Health-Care Reform in China: Past, Present and the Future”, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China
34. 22/04/2019, “Inaugural Ceremony of Youth Committee of China Health Economics Association and Health Economics Symposium”, China Health Economics Association, Beijing, China
35. 30/11/2018 – 02/12/2018, “The 2018 Conference on Global Health and Hospital Development”, China Hospital Development Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
36. 17/11/2018, “International Conference on Early Childhood Development in Rural China 2018”, Rural Education Action Program (REAP), Stanford University and Center for Experimental Economics in Education (CEEE), Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China
37. 12/10/2018 – 14/10/2018, “The 2018 Conference on China’s Reform and Opening Up: Structural Transformation and Economic Development”, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
38. 29/08/2018 – 31/08/2018, “UK-China Researcher Links Workshop: Economic Analysis of Large Medical Databases”, National School of Development (NSD), Peking University, Beijing, China
39. 04/05/2018 – 05/05/2018, “The Workshop on Inequality & Ageing: Next World Program and INEPA”, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, invited discussed paper: “Expansion of Public Transfers in China: Who Are the Beneficiaries?” Feng Wang, University of California, Irvine, U.S.
40. 05/01/2018 – 07/01/2018, “2018 Meeting of American Economic Association”, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.
41. 08/12/2017, “The Workshop on Economic Development in China”, Taiwan Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, China
42. 07/12/2017, “The Workshop on Industrial Economics”, Taiwan Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, China
43. 17/05/2017 – 19/05/2017, “The 2nd South Lake Innovation Forum for International Young Talents”, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
44. 09/12/2016 – 10/12/2016, “The 8th International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets: Celebrating Release of the China Human Capital Report 2016”, the China Center for Human Capital and Labor Market Research, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China, invited discussed paper: “Women Hold Up Half the Sky? Gender identity and the wife's labor market performance in China”, Bing Ye, Zhejiang University, China
45. 03/11/2016 – 04/11/2016, “Workshop on the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)”, Munich Center for the Economics of Ageing (MEA), Max-Planck-Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich, Germany
46. 27/09/2016, “International Colloquium on Food Security and Nutrition in the context of the 2030 Agenda: Science and Knowledge for Action”, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
47. 13/07/2016 – 16/07/2016, “The European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) Conference 2016”, Hamburg University, Germany
48. 26/05/2016 – 27/05/2016, “Conference on The Economics of Aging and Health”, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, invited discussant, invited discussed paper: “Do Notional Defined Contribution Schemes prolong working life? Evidence from the 1994 Swedish Pension Reform”, Qi, Haodong, Helgertz, Jonas., and Bengtsson, Tommy, Lund University, Sweden
49. 17/05/2016 – 20/05/2016, “The Spring School and Workshop in Quantitative Methods 2016: Applied Microeconometrics”, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
50. 14/01/2016 – 16/01/2016, “2016 Conference on Economics, Health and Happiness”, Lugano, Switzerland, invited discussed paper: “Decreased well-being after job loss: testing omitted causes”, Isabel Baumann, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Health Professions Department, Switzerland
51. 30/10/2015 – 31/10/2015, “The International Conference on Quality of Life in Tuscany: Theory and Policy”, Polo Lionello Bonfanti, Florence, Italy
52. 22/10/2015 – 23/10/2015, “10th International Conference on the Chinese Economy – The Second China’s Transition: New Reforms for A New Context”, CERDI-IDREC, University of Auvergne, France
53. 22/07/2015 – 23/07/2015, “Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Workshop”, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
54. 12/07/2015 – 15/07/2015, “11th World Congress on Health Economics (iHEA): Health Economics and Nutrition”, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
55. 24/06/2015 – 25/06/2015, “ESRC Multi-disciplinary Health & Biomarkers Conference”, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
56. 04/06/2015 – 05/06/2015, “XVIII Applied Economics Meeting”, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
57. 27/05/2015 – 29/05/2015, “The Spring School and Workshop on Quantative Methods: Effective Programming Practices for Economists”, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
58. 21/05/2015 – 23/05/2015, “20th Spring Meeting of Young Economists”, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
59. 06/05/2015 – 09/05/2015, “Work, Stress and Health Conference 2015: Sustainable Work, Sustainable Health, Sustainable Organizations”, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
60. 25/02/2015 – 27/02/2015, “8th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics” University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, invited discussed paper: “Lone stars or constellantions? The impact of performance pay on matching assortativeness in academia”, Erina Ytsma, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
61. 31/01/2015, Conference Cycle of the “Tuscany Towards Expo 2015” Project: “Civil Economy and Public Happiness”, Polo Lionello Bonfanti, Florence, Italy
62. 30/01/2015, Conference Cycle of the “Tuscany Towards Expo 2015” Project: “Biodiversity and Forms of Enterprises”, Polo Lionello Bonfanti, Florence, Italy
63. 24/01/2015, Conference Cycle of the “Tuscany Towards Expo 2015” Project: “Firms’ Governance and Well-Being at the Workplace”, Polo Lionello Bonfanti, Florence, Italy
64. 17/01/2015, Conference Cycle of the “Tuscany Towards Expo 2015” Project: “Once upon A Time There Was the Future”, Polo Lionello Bonfanti, Florence, Italy
65. 16/01/2015 – 31/01/2015, the Winter School and Workshop on “Quality of Life, Well-Being and Social Relationships”, Polo Lionello Bonfanti, Florence, Italy
66. 04/12/2014 – 05/12/2014, “Perspectives on (Un-)Employment – PhD Workshop”, Congress Center of the Federal Employment Agency, Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany
67. 19/11/2014, “Global Food Studies Seminar”, Global Food Studies, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
68. 16/07/2014, “2014 Doctoral Workshop on OECD Dataset”, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
69. 11/07/2014, “2014 Doctoral Seminar on Health Care & Public Management” (Major discussant: Prof. Dr. Peter Zweifel, University of Zurich, Switzerland), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
70. 23/06/2014 – 26/06/2014, “13th Annual International Conference on Health Economics, Management & Policy”, Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece
71. 18/06/2014 – 21/06/2014, “The 28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE)”, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
72. 09/06/2014 – 13/06/2014, “The DEFAP-LASER Summer School and Workshop in Applied Microeconometrics”, Università Cattolica, Milan, Italy, invited discussed paper: “Health differences across gender: the role of different attitudes”, Eve Caroli and Lexane Weber-Baghdiguian, University of Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France
73. 24/05/2014 – 30/05/2014, “CINCH Academy - The Essen Summer School and Workshop in Health Economics”, CINCH, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, invited discussed paper: “The Effect of Early Childhood Language Training Programs on the Contemporary Formation of Grammar Skills”, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
74. 07/05/2014 – 09/05/2014, “Conference on China after 35 Years of Economic Transition”, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
75. 05/12/2013 – 06/12/2013, “Workshop on Search and Matching Theory”, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
76. 13/09/2013 – 15/09/2013, “Germany-China Forum on Animal Pharmacy and Animal-derived Food Safety”, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
77. 24/04/2013 – 17/07/2013, “2013 Doctoral Seminar on Empirical Economics”, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
78. 01/12/2012 – 02/12/2012, “Workshop on Nonparametric Methods in Econometrics”, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
79. 24/07/2010 – 30/07/2010, “Workshop on Agricultural Development and Policy Analysis”, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
Referee Service (450+, including academic journals and conferences)
Academic journals:
Economics and Management:
Journal of Population Economics,
Health Economics,
Review of Income and Wealth,
Energy Economics,
Economics & Human Biology,
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences,
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing,
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy,
China Economic Review,
European Journal of Health Economics,
China & World Economy,
Contempory Economic Policy,
Journal of Asian Economics,
Journal of Family and Economic Issues,
China Agricultural Economic Review,
Review of Development Economics,
Singpore Economic Review,
Journal of Applied Economics,
Economics Bulletin,
Economies,
Journal of Environmental Management,
Electronic Commerce Research,
International Journal of Manpower
Health, Nutrient, Ageing and Development:
PNAS,
One Earth,
Preventive Medicine,
Social Science & Medicine,
BMJ Open,
BMC Public Health,
BMC Health Services Research,
Journal of Transport & Health,
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
International Journal of Health Policy and Management,
Nutrients,
Healthcare,
The Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences,
Journal of Population Ageing,
Ageing and Mental Health,
Research on Aging,
Journal of Happiness Studies,
Children and Youth Services Review,
Cities,
Habitat International,
Asian Population Studies,
Sustainability
Social Science:
Social Science Research,
International Journal of Comparative Sociology,
Social Science Journal,
Societies
Others:
Frontiers in Psychology,
Cogent Psychology,
Behavioral Sciences,
PLoS ONE,
Safety,
Heliyon,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
Academic conferences:
Invited anonymous Referee Committee Member (in the fields of Health Economics and Development Economics) for
- 21st Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE) 2016 Lisbon, Portugal;
- 22nd SMYE 2017, Halle, Germany;
- 23rd SMYE 2018, Mallorca, Spain;
- 24th SMYE 2019, Brussels, Belgium;
- 25th SMYE 2020, Bologna, Italy
Selected member of the Scientific Committee Review Panel for
- The 2017 World Congress of International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Boston, US;
- The 2019 World Congress of iHEA, Basel, Switzerland
- The 2021 World Congress of iHEA (online)
Organization Committee and Review Panel Member of the Third Belt & Road Initiative Global Health International Congress & 2019 Global Health Forum of the University of Alliance of the Silk Road, Global Health Institute (GHI), Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
External Review Expert for the PhD Dissertation
Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia
Membership
International Health Economics Association (iHEA, since 2015)
The European Association of Young Economists (EAYE, since 2015)
The Chinese Economists Society (CES, since 2017)
The Economic Science Association (ESA, since 2018)
Global Labor Organization (GLO Fellow, since 2018)
China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAM, since 2018)
The International Chinese Nutrition Young Scholar Network (ICNYSN, since 2019)
Youth Committee of China Health Economics Association (Committee Member, since 2019)
Health Econometrics and Data Group, University of York, UK (since 2020)
Awards
January 2020 “Outstanding Reviewer Award”, Economic Review (in Chinese, a top-tier journal of economics in China)
December 2018 “Best Paper Award”, The 2018 Conference on Global Health and Hospital Development”, China Hospital Development Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
May 2018 “2017 Jianbing Young Talent Support Award”, School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
September 2017 “Outstanding Reviewer Award”, Habitat International (IF=4.310, JCR Q1, Elsevier)
June 2015 Travel bursary of the ESRC Multi-disciplinary Health & Biomarkers Conference”, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
12/2014 – 10/2015 Internet Use and Subjective Well-Being in China, Granted research project of “Tuscany: a Global Laboratory for Quality of Life”, Towards Expo 2015 (Feeding the Earth), Polo Lionello Bonfanti, Florence, Italy
June 2014 Full scholarship of the DEFAP-LASER Summer School in Applied Microeconometrics at Università Cattolica, Milan, Italy
09/2012 – 08/2015 DAAD “Excellence Scholarship” of PhD Program of “Global Food Security”, Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Languages
English (fluent); German (basic); Chinese (native)
