CHENGFANG LIU

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Boya Chair Professor at the School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences (SAAS); Senior Research Fellow at the China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP) in Peking University.

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Dr. Chengfang Liu is a Boya Chair Professor at the School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences (SAAS), and a Senior Research Fellow at the China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP) in Peking University. She holds a Ph.D in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis. Her research interests include Agricultural Economics, Development Economics and Applied Microeconometrics, with focus on human capital and rural transformation. She has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed academic journals, including the papers published in Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Economics of Education Review, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics as well as American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. In 2019, she won The China National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scientists (Guojia Jieqing), one of the highest academic honors that can be bestowed on a young scholar in China. She was elected as the Chair-Elect of the China Section of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) in 2019.

Address:      Room 409, Wangkezhen Building, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, China

Tel:              +86-10-6276-7016;          Email: cfliu.ccap@pku.edu.cn

Research fields

Agriculural Economics, Development Economics, Applied Microeconometrics

Office hours

By appointment

Recent courses

Applied Microeconometrics (graduate level)

Development Economics with Applications to China (undergraduate level)

Graduated students

By 2019, she has trained more than ten MS and Ph.D students in agricultural economics and rural development.

Education

• 2003-2008: Ph.D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California (Davis), USA, with Dr. Scott Rozelle as the committee chair
• 1998-2001: MS in Agricultural Economics, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, with Dr. Linxiu Zhang as the committee chair
• 1994-1998: BS in Economics, China Agricultural University, China

Employment record

2020 - date: Boya Chair Professor

School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences, Peking University

2016 - 2020: Associate Professor with Tenure

School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences, Peking University

2015 - 2016: Associate Professor

School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences, Peking University

2015 - date: Senior Research Fellow

China Center for Agricultural Policy, Peking University

2011 - 2015: Associate Professor

Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2009 - 2011: Assistant Professor

Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2008 - 2015: Research Fellow

Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2006 - 2008: Visiting Graduate Student Researcher

Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2003 - 2006: Graduate Student Researcher / Teaching Assistant

Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, USA.

Aug. - Sep., 2002: Visiting Scholar

International Food Policy Research Institute

2001 - 2003: Senior Research Assistant

Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Selected publications

1. Liu, C., Y. Li, S. Li, R. Luo, L. Zhang, S. Rozelle, S. Hagist, J. Hou. 2019. The returns to education in rural China: Some new estimates. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 59: 1-20.
2. Li, G., M. Lin, C. Liu (*), A. Johnson, Y. Li, P. Loyalka. 2019. The Prevalence of Parent-Teacher Interaction in Developing Countries and Its Effect on Student Outcomes. Teaching and Teacher Education 86 (2019) 102878.
3. Loyalka, P., S. Sylvia, C. Liu, J. Chu, Y. Shi. 2019. Pay by Design: Teacher Performance Pay Design and the Distribution of Student Achievement. Journal of Labor Economics 37(3).
4. Zhang, L., Y. Dong, C. Liu (*), Y. Bai. 2018. Off-Farm Employment over the Past Four Decades in Rural China, China Agricultural Economic Review, Vol. 10, No. 2(2018):190-214.
5. Bai, Y., L. Zhang, C. Liu (*), Y. Shi, D. Mo, S. Rozelle. 2018. Effect of Parental Migration on the Academic Performance of Left-behind Children in Northwestern China, Journal of Development Studies, 54(7): 1154 – 1170.
6. Liu, C., L. Lu, L. Zhang (*), R. Luo, S. Sylvia, A. Medina, S. Rozelle, D. S. Smith, Y. Chen, T. Zhu. 2017. Effect of Deworming on Indices of Health, Cognition, and Education among Schoolchildren in Rural China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 96(6): 1478-1489
7. Liu, C., L. Zhang, Y. Shi, H. Zhou (*), A. Medina, S. Rozelle. 2016. Maternal Health Services in China’s Western Rural Areas: Uptake and Correlates. China Agricultural Economic Review, 8(2):250-276.
8. Lai, F., L. Zhang, Y. Bai, C. Liu (*), Y. Shi, F. Chang, S. Rozelle. 2016. More is not Always Better: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment of Computer-Assisted Learning in Rural Minority Schools in Qinghai. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 8(4): 449-472.
9. Yi, H., Y. Song, C. Liu (*), X. Huang, L. Zhang, Y. Bai, B. Ren, Y. Shi, P. Loyalka, J. Chu, S. Rozelle. 2015. Giving Kids a Head Start: The Impact and Mechanisms of Early Commitment of Financial Aid on Poor Students in Rural China. Journal of Development Economics. 113: 1-15.
10. Lai, F., C. Liu, R. Luo, L. Zhang, X. Ma, Y. Bai, B. Sharbono, S. Rozelle. 2014. The Education of China’s Migrant Children: The Missing Link in China’s Education System, International Journal of Educational Development, 37: 68-77.
11. Mo, D., R. Luo, C. Liu, H. Zhang, L. Zhang, A. Medina, S. Rozelle. 2014. Text Messaging and its Impacts on the Health and Education of the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural China. Word Development, 64: 766-780.
12. Loyalka, P., C. Liu, Y. Song, H. Yi, X. Huang, J. Wei, L. Zhang, Y. Shi, S. Rozelle. 2013. Can Information and Counseling Help Students from Poor Rural Areas Go to High School? Evidence from China. Journal of Comparative Economics, 41: 1012-1025.
13. Wang, X., C. Liu, L. Zhang, A. Yue, Y. Shi, J. Chu, S. Rozelle. 2013. Does Financial Aid Help Poor Students Succeed in College? China Economic Review, 25(6): 27-43.
14. Liu, C., L. Zhang, J. Huang, R. Luo, H. Yi, Y. Shi, S. Rozelle. 2013. Project Design, Village Governance and Infrastructure Quality in Rural China. China Agricultural Economic Review, 5(2): 248-280.
15. Luo, R., L. Zhang, C. Liu, Q. Zhao, Y. Shi, S. Rozelle, B. Sharbono. 2012. Behind before They Begin: The Challenge of Early Childhood Education in rural China, Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. 37(1): 55-64.
16. Luo, R., Y. Shi, L. Zhang, C. Liu, S. Rozelle, B. Sharbono, A. Yue, Q. Zhao, R. Martorell. 2012. Nutrition and Educational Performance in Rural China's Elementary Schools: Results of a Randomized Control Trial in Shaanxi Province, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 7: 735-772.
17. Liu, C. (*), L. Zhang, R. Luo, S. Rozelle, B. Sharbono, J. Adams, Y. Shi, A. Yue, H. Li, X. Wang, T. Glauben. 2011. Early Commitment on Financial Aid and College Decision Making of Poor Students: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Rural China, Economics of Education Review, 30: 627–640.
18. Liu, C. (*), L. Zhang, R. Luo, S. Rozelle, P. Loyalka. 2010. The Effect of Primary School Mergers on Academic Performance of Students in Rural China, International Journal of Educational Development, 30: 570-585.
19. Liu, C. (*), L. Zhang, R. Luo, S. Rozelle, B. Sharbono, Y. Shi. 2009. Development Challenges, Tuition Barriers, and High School Education in China. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 29(4): 503– 20.
20. deBrauw, A., L. Zhang, C. Liu, Q. Li, S. Rozelle. 2008. Is Feminization of Agriculture in China? Myths Surrounding Women's Participation in Farming, China Quarterly. 194(6): 327-334.

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