WEI Xiangdong, Prof.

Professor, Department of Economics
The President’s Special Advisor on China Initiatives, Department of Economics
Programme Director, Master of Science in International and Development Economics Programme, Department of Economics
Director of the China Economic Research Programme, China Economic Research Programme
Director of the Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute, Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6659-9149

Phone(852) 26167205
Emailxdwei@ln.edu.hk

8 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun
Hong Kong

662 Scopus Citations
15 Scopus h-Index

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Personal profile

Chinese Name

魏向東

Biography

WEI Xiangdong is currently the Dean of Social Sciences at Lingnan University. He is also a Professor in the Department of Economics, Lingnan University. He had previously served as a part-time Chair in Industrial and Labour Economics in the Business School of University of Birmingham in the UK, and Adjunct Professors in Economics in Zhongshan University and Southwest University of Finance and Economics, China. He got his B.Sc. in Mathematics from Zhongshan University, China, and his M.Soc.Sc. in Money, Banking and Finance and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the founding Director of the Master of Science in International Banking and Finance Programme in Lingnan University. He is also currently a member of ESRC Peer Review College in the UK, a senior economic advisor to the Zhengzhou Municipal Government, Henan Province, China, and an Executive Committee member of the Hong Kong Economic Association. His main areas of research are in Labour Economics, International Trade and Finance, Chinese and Hong Kong Economy. He has published papers in journals such as Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of International Economics, Oxford Economics Papers, Journal of Comparative Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations, Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Organization and Behavior etc. He had also served as a consultant for the UK Department of Employment, the Education and Manpower Bureau in Hong Kong and Hong Kong Council of Social Services, Bauhinia Foundation, and Hong Kong Securities Institute.

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Projects

2 Active
17 Finished

Small Group Leaning and Educational Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from China

FAN, C. Z. S. & WEI, X.

LU Research Committee

1/01/18 → 30/06/20

Project: Grant Research

Lingnan Student Voluntary Tutoring Scheme: Online Tutoring for Rural Students in China

WEI, X.

Tin Ka Ping Foundation

15/09/17 → …

Project: Grant Research

"Linking You to Innovation" Entrepreneurial Training and Internship Programme 2018

WEI, X. & SUEN, K. L. A.

LU Research Committee

1/04/18 → 30/11/18

Project: Other Knowledge Transfer

Research Output

662 Scopus Citations
15 Scopus h-Index
33 Journal Article (refereed)
5 Book Chapter
5 Conference Paper (other)
2 Discussion paper series
1 More
- 1 Working paper series

After-School Tutoring, Household Substitution and Student Achievement: Experimental Evidence from Rural China

BEHRMAN, J. R., FAN, C. S., WEI, X., ZHANG, H. & ZHANG, J., 21 Jan 2020, United States: University of Pennsylvania, 50 p. (University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Papers (PSC/PARC); no. 2020-36).

Research output: Working paper › Working paper series

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