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• 2021

  A Common Destiny: COVID-19 and the Ongoing Impact on China’s Belt and Road Initiative Among ASEAN Countries

  CHOW, M. K., HUNG, W. L. & CHANG, C. Y., Jan 2021, In: China and the World : Ancient and Modern Silk Road. 4, 1, 35 p., 2150001.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • ASEAN
  • road
  • China
  • critic
  • economics

• COVID-19 crisis and challenges for graduate employment in graduate employment in Taiwan, Mainland China and East Asia: a critical review of skills preparing students for uncertain futures

  MOK, K. H., XIONG, W. & YE, H., 15 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Education and Work. 15 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Graduate Employment
  • Mainland China
  • Taiwan
  • East Asia
  • graduate

• Extension of social insurance coverage to informal economy workers in China : An administrative and institutional perspective

  QIAN, J. & WEN, Z., Mar 2021, In: International Social Security Review. 74, 1, p. 79-102 24 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Social Insurance
  • insurance coverage
  • Informal Economy
  • social insurance
  • Institutional Perspective

• Impact of precarious employment on retirement planning for young workers and their parents: the case of Hong Kong

  CHAN, K. K. & AU YEUNG, T. C., 12 Feb 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Precarious Employment
  • retirement planning
  • precarious employment
  • Retirement Planning
  • young worker

• Information Economy, Employment Vulnerability and the Development of New Urban Marginality: A Case of Bangladesh

  HUSSAIN, R., 27 Mar 2021.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other) › Research › peer-review

  • Information Economy
  • Bangladesh
  • Marginality
  • Vulnerability
  • Behavioral Intention

• Is entrepreneurship a remedy for Chinese university graduates’ unemployment under the massification of higher education? A case study of young entrepreneurs in Shenzhen

  KANG, Y. & XIONG, W., Jul 2021, In: International Journal of Educational Development. 84, 102406.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • higher education
  • entrepreneur
  • unemployment
  • entrepreneurship
  • remedies

• Labour market experience, educational attainment and self-reported happiness: crowding-out amongst young people in Hong Kong

  KÜHNER, S., JIANG, J., WEN, Z. V. & LAU, K. W. M., 24 May 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Education and Work.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • crowding out
  • Crowding out
  • Labour Market
  • Educational Attainment
  • Hong Kong

• Minimum Wage and Corporate Investment: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in China

  GENG, H. G., HUANG, Y., LIN, C. & LIU, S., 18 Jan 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 53 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Corporate Investment
  • Minimum Wage
  • Manufacturing Firms
  • Wage Policy
  • China

• Occupying the Fringes: The Struggles of Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Rural Ghana - Evidence from the Prestea–Huni Valley Municipality

  ARTHUR-HOLMES, F. & ABREFA BUSIA, K., Jun 2021, In: Gender Issues. 38, 2, p. 156-179 24 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • gold
  • Ghana
  • municipality
  • evidence
  • employer
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Re-organizing Peasant Labour for Local Resilience in China

  SIT, T., WONG, E., LAU, K. C. & WEN, T., 25 Feb 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) Labour Questions in the Global South. JHA, P., CHAMBATI, W. & OSSOME, L. (eds.). Springer Singapore, p. 367-385

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research

  • peasant
  • resilience
  • labor
  • China
  • financial capitalism

• Sporting events in China as economic development, national image, and political ambition

  CHU, M. P., Apr 2021, Palgrave Macmillan. 173 p. (Politics and Development of Contemporary China)

  Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Author) › peer-review

  • National Image
  • Ambition
  • Economic Development
  • China
  • Authority

• The effects of digital media upon labor knowledge and attitudes: a study of Chinese labor subjectivity in a vocational training school

  QIU, J. L., CHUNG, M. & PUN, N., 13 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Information Communication and Society.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Digital storage
  • digital media
  • vocational education
  • subjectivity
  • Personnel

• The Religious Ethic and Mercantile Spirit in Early Modern China

  YU, Y., TILLMAN, H. C. (ed.) & KWONG, Y. (Translator), Mar 2021, Columbia University Press. 328 p.

  Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Translator)

  • Early Modern China
  • Religious Ethics
  • Max Weber
  • Capitalism
  • Confucianism
• 2020

  Artists or Slave Laborers? Performing Uncapturability in Burkinabe Performers’ Labor Rights Struggle in South Korea

  YOON, S. R., 1 May 2020, In: positions: asia critique. 28, 2, p. 311-339 29 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Labor rights
  • slave
  • Laborers
  • artist
  • South Korea

• Aspiring to Be a Social Entrepreneur: Does Prosocial Motivation Matter?

  ASANTE, E. A., AFFUM-OSEI, E. & DANQUAH, B., 6 Jul 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility. MARQUES, J. & DHIMAN, S. (eds.). Springer, Cham, p. 47-61 15 p. (Management for Professionals).

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Social Entrepreneur
  • Entrepreneurial Intention
  • Intrinsic Motivation
  • Social Problems
  • Social Influence

• Competition, Innovation and Trade

  QIU, L. D. (ed.), Sep 2020, World Scienfitic. 392 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 75)

  Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Editor) › Research

  • International Trade
  • Innovation
  • Intellectual Property Rights Protection
  • Imperfect Competition
  • Economic Growth

• Contract institution and differentiated exports

  XU, X., VOON, J. P. & SHANG, Y., 18 Aug 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the Asian Pacific Economy. 23 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • contract
  • goods
  • organization
  • firm
  • cost theory

• Critical Reflections on Mainland China and Taiwan Overseas Returnees’ Job Searches and Career Development Experiences in the Rising Trend of Anti-globalisation

  XIONG, W. & MOK, K. H., 1 Sep 2020, In: Higher Education Policy. 33, 3, p. 413-436 24 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • job search
  • Career development
  • overseas
  • Taiwan
  • globalization
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Do political relations affect international trade? Evidence from China’s twelve trading partners

  WHITTEN, G., DAI, X., FAN, S. & PANG, Y., Dec 2020, In: Journal of Shipping and Trade. 5, 1, 24 p., 21 (2020).

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • political relations
  • world trade
  • China
  • evidence
  • trading company

• Dying for an iPhone : Apple, Foxconn, and the lives of China's workers

  CHAN, J., SELDEN, M. & PUN, N., 2020, Chicago: Pluto Press. 304 p.

  Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Author) › peer-review

  • dying
  • worker
  • China
  • overtime
  • migrant worker

• Educational Expansion, Skills Diffusion, and the Economic Value of Credentials and Skills

  ARAKI, S., 1 Feb 2020, In: American Sociological Review. 85, 1, p. 128-175 48 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • economic value
  • premium
  • reward
  • economic success
  • OECD
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Higher Education Financing Trends in Africa

  JACOB, W. J. & XIONG, W., 17 Apr 2020, IAU Horizons, 25, 1, p. 29-31.

  Research output: Other Publications › Other Article › Research

  Open Access

  • trend
  • Government corruption
  • education
  • unemployment
  • rural area

• Institutional constraints for the extension of social insurance coverage to informal economy workers in China

  WEN, Z. V. & QIAN, J., 20 Nov 2020, In: ILO Research Brief. 16 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Policy or Profession paper › Profession

  Open Access

  • insurance coverage
  • social insurance
  • worker
  • economy
  • China

• Minimum Wage Hikes, Innovation, and Corporate Investment

  GENG, H. G., HUANG, Y., LIN, C. & LIU, S., 23 Oct 2020.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other) › Other Conference Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Corporate Investment
  • Minimum Wage
  • Wage Policy
  • Innovation
  • Capital Investment

• Negotiating Debt: The Making of Puhan Rural Community in North China

  SIT, T. & YAN, X., Oct 2020, In: Monthly Review : an independent socialist magazine. 72, p. 50-63 14 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • microfinance
  • debt
  • peasant
  • indebtedness
  • rural community

• Psychologizing indexes of societal progress: Accounting for cultural diversity in preferred developmental pathways

  KRYS, K., CAPALDI, C. A., LUN, V. M-C., VAUCLAIR, C-M., BOND, M. H., DOMÍNGUEZ-ESPINOSA, A. & UCHIDA, Y., Sep 2020, In: Culture and Psychology. 26, 3, p. 303-319 17 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Cultural Diversity
  • cultural diversity
  • Economic Development
  • economic growth
  • World War II
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Social cohesion and welfare reforms : the Chinese approach

  MOK, K. H. & KANG, Y., 2020, Social Cohesion in Asia : Historical Origins, Contemporary Shapes and Future Dynamics. CROISSANT, A. & WALKENHORST, P. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 26-49 24 p. (Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics).

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review

  • social cohesion
  • social welfare
  • reform
  • mobile social services
  • Social Policy

• Special Issue on Environmental Governance in Asia: Introduction

  HONG, F. & TARUI, N., 19 Jun 2020, In: Singapore Economic Review. 65, 3, p. 551-553 3 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Editorial/Preface (Journal)

  • Environmental Governance
  • China
  • Food Safety
  • Human Capital
  • Air Pollution

• The quest for global talent for changing economic needs: a study of student mobility and job prospects for returnees in China

  MOK, K. H., LANG, S. & HAN, X., Jan 2020, In: Globalisation, Societies and Education. 18, 1 (Special Issue), p. 79-96 18 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • economic structure
  • China
  • economics
  • Career development
  • economic growth
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Worker training, firm productivity, and trade liberalization : Evidence from Chinese firms

  LIU, Q., QIU, L. D. & YU, M., 1 Dec 2020, The Effects of Globalisation on Firm and Labour Performance. HAHN, C. H., NAJOKO, D., DOAN, H. T. T. & URATA, S. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis, p. 169-187 19 p. (Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics).

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Firm Productivity
  • Chinese Firms
  • Trade Liberalization
  • Workers
  • Tariffs
• 2019

  A mingled throng : temple, monk and local society of Eastern Zhejiang 1368-1644

  ZHAO, K., 9 Jun 2019.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation

  • Monks
  • Temple
  • Max Weber
  • Confucianism
  • Taoism

• A Political Economy of In-work Benefits in Hong Kong

  AU YEUNG, T. C., 2019, United Kingdom : University of Sheffield.

  Research output: Other contribution › Thesis/Dissertation

  Open Access

  • political economy
  • Hong Kong
  • welfare
  • labor market
  • Social Policy

• Autonomous precarity or precarious autonomy? Dilemmas of young workers in Hong Kong

  WONG, V. & AU-YEUNG, T. C., 1 Jun 2019, In: Economic and Labour Relations Review. 30, 2, p. 241-261 21 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Young Workers
  • Hong Kong
  • Autonomy
  • Precarious Employment
  • Subjectivity
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• China’s “1+X” Model: Remodeling Learning Procedure by Overplaying Certificate

  LI, B., Nov 2019.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation

  • model learning
  • certification
  • China
  • vocational college
  • student

• Does information and communication technologies improve environmental quality in the era of globalization? An empirical analysis

  HASEEB, A., XIA, E., SAUD, S., AHMAD, A. & KHURSHID, H., 1 Mar 2019, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26, 9, p. 8594-8608 15 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Internationality
  • Environmental technology
  • information and communication technology
  • empirical analysis
  • Information Technology
  37 Citations (Scopus)

• Expediting youth's entry into employment whilst overlooking precariousness: Flexi-employability and disciplinary activation in Hong Kong

  WONG, V. & AU-YEUNG, T. C., Sep 2019, In: Social Policy and Administration. 53, 5, p. 793-809 17 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • precariousness
  • youth
  • labor market
  • employability
  • activation
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Putting Creating Shared Value Strategy (CSV) into Practice in Asia: Comparing Bricolage Based and Resource Slack Models

  KHURSHID, H. & SNELL, R. S., 7 Dec 2019. 44 p.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other) › Other Conference Paper › peer-review

  • multinational corporation
  • economic value
  • resources
  • Pakistan
  • Hong Kong

• Reflecting on Social Movement Unionism in Hong Kong: The Case of the Dockworkers’ Strike in 2013

  CHAN, C. K. C., CHAN, S. S. Y. & TANG, L., 2019, In: Journal of Contemporary Asia. 49, 1, p. 54-77 24 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • strike
  • social movement
  • Hong Kong
  • worker
  • civil society
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Rethinking the Design of Internship Practicum: What Education is Meant for

  NG, Y. N., Nov 2019.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation

  • internship
  • education
  • curriculum
  • employer
  • student

• Socio-economic development and electricity access in developing economies: A long-run model averaging approach

  ZHANG, T., SHI, X., ZHANG, D. & XIAO, J., Sep 2019, In: Energy Policy. 132, p. 223-231 9 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • economic development
  • electricity
  • socioeconomics
  • economy
  • Electricity
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• The Impact of South-South FDI: Knowledge Spillovers from Chinese FDI to local firms

  VICHETH, P., WHITLA, P. & CHOW, K. W. C., Dec 2019, In: The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong Business Review. 2, 1, p. 5-12 8 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Policy or Profession paper › Profession › peer-review

  • Knowledge Spillovers
  • FDI Spillovers
  • Spillover
  • Spillover Effects
  • Foreign Investment

• Unemployment trends and labour market entry in Ghana: job search methods perspective

  AFFUM-OSEI, E., ASANTE, E. A., FORKOUH, S. K., ABOAGYE, M. & ANTWI, C. O., Nov 2019, In: Labor History. 60, 6, p. 716-733 18 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Labour Market
  • Job Search
  • Ghana
  • Market Entry
  • Unemployment
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• What Prohibits University Graduates from Becoming Entrepreneurs in Shenzhen? An Exploratory Study through Online Posts and Interviews

  KANG, Y., Nov 2019.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation

  • entrepreneurship
  • entrepreneur
  • interview
  • graduate
  • innovation capacity

• 內生化的制度選擇與長期經濟增長：以河北省縣域地區差距為例, 1952~1998

  遊五嶽, 李飛躍, 張冬 & 劉明興, 1 Jun 2019, In: 中國大陸研究. 62, 2, p. 1-39

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Economic Resources
  • Economic Growth
  • Empirical Evidence
  • Economic Performance
  • Warfare

• 抗日战争的经济遗产：国家能力、经济转型与经济发展

  李飞跃, 张冬 & 刘明兴, Jun 2019, In: 南开经济研究 = Nankai Economic Studies. 2019, 3, p. 76-103 28 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • transition economics
  • communist party
  • economics
  • economic sector
  • Economic Policy
• 2018

  A political economy of the United States, China, and India : prosperity with inequality

  SHARMA, S. D., May 2018, New York: Cambridge University Press. 232 p.

  Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Author) › peer-review

  • prosperity
  • political economy
  • India
  • China
  • affluence

• Cold War sex work : the sexual and political economy of Taiwan cross-strait relations

  CHEN, I., 8 Dec 2018.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation

  • cold war
  • political economy
  • Taiwan
  • China
  • cultural program

• Credit Ratings and Firm Innovation: Evidence from Sovereign Downgrades

  YANG, S. & WANG, R., 12 Oct 2018. 50 p.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other) › Other Conference Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Credit Rating
  • Innovation
  • Sovereign Ratings
  • Earnings Volatility
  • External Finance

• Demographics and aging

  PHILLIPS, D. R. & FENG, Z., Jul 2018, The Sage handbook on contemporary China. WU, W. & Fraser, M. (eds.). SAGE, New York and London, p. 1049-1071 23 p.

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review

  • demographic aging
  • population policy
  • China
  • development planning
  • national development

• Deriving public policy for Hong Kong as an infrastructure financing hub and super-connector in project finance: The Belt and Road Initiative (Final Report): 香港作為一帶一路的基建融資樞紐及超級聯繫人的公共政策研討

  POON, P. H. W., Dec 2018, Lingnan University.

  Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Consulting or Contract Research Report › Research

  Open Access

  • financing
  • finance
  • infrastructure
  • road
  • public