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Chengfang Liu, Ph.D in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California (Davis), 2008, holds the Boya Professorship at Peking University and is a senior research fellow at the China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP). She also serves as the associate dean at the School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences (SAAS). Prior to joining Peking University in 2015, she was a research fellow at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. For more than 20 years, she has worked on development economics and applied microeconometrics. Her work is highly empirical, drawing on a large number of datasets that she and her coauthoring teams have collected in rural China. Currently, her research has its full focus on human capital (including issues of rural education, health and nutrition) and rural transformation. With her coauthors, Dr. Liu has published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals both domestically and internationally, including Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, etc. In recognition of her work, Dr. Liu received The China National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scientists (Guojia Jieqing) in 2019, one of the highest academic honors that can be bestowed on a young scholar in China. She served as the Chair of the China Section of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) during 2019-2021. She also worked as a consultant to the World Food Program.
Address: Room 510, 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 July 2021, 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
April 2022 to Date
Full Professor with Tenure, Boya Chair Professor and Associate Dean
School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences
Deputy Director, China Center for Agricultural Policy
Peking UniversityMay 2021 to April 2022
Full Professor with Tenure, Boya Chair Professor
School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences
Deputy Director, China Center for Agricultural Policy
Peking UniversityFebruary 2020 to May 2021
Full Professor with Tenure, Boya Chair Professor
School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences
Peking UniversityAugust 2016 to January 2020
Associate Professor with Tenure
School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences
Peking UniversityDecember 2015 to July 2016
Associate Professor
School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences
Peking UniversityDecember 2011 to November 2015
Associate Professor
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of SciencesJune 2009 to November 2011
Assistant Professor
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of SciencesMarch 2008 to May 2009
Research Fellow
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of SciencesJuly 2006 to February 2008
Visiting Graduate Student Researcher
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of SciencesSeptember 2003 to June 2006
Graduate Student Researcher / Teaching Assistant
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, USA.July 2001 to August 2003
Senior Research Assistant
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of SciencesAugust - September, 2002
Visiting Scholar hosted by Dr. Shenggen Fan and Dr. Xiaobo Zhang
International Food Policy Research InstituteSelected 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.
