Institute of Public Administration

【Personal Profile】

Yongqing Dong is an Assistant Professor of economics at the College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University. His research focuses on development economics, social development, and public policy. His research has been published in journals such as International Journal of Educational Development, China Economic Review, China Agricultural Economic Review et al. He holds a PhD in development economics from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Master of development economics degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and a BA from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.

【Education and Career】

【Journal Paper】

[1] Li Shaoping, Yongqing Dong, Linxiu Zhang, Chengfang Liu*. Off-farm employment and poverty alleviation in rural China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 2021, 20(4), 943-952.

[2] Wang Weidong, Yongqing Dong, Xiaohong Liu, Yunli Bai, Linxiu Zhang. The effect of parents’ education on the academic and non-cognitive outcomes of their children: Evidence from China. Children and Youth Service Review. 2020, 117, 105307.

[3] Dong Yongqing, Yunli Bai, Weidong Wang, Renfu Luo, Chengfang Liu, Linxiu Zhang*. Does gender matter for the intergenerational transmission of education? Evidence from rural China. International Journal of Educational Development. 2020,77, 102220.

[4] Wang Weidong, Xiaohong Liu, Yongqing Dong, Yunli Bai, Shukun Wang, Linxiu Zhang. Son preference, eldest son preference, and educational attainment: Evidence from Chinese families. Journal of Family Issues, 2020, 41(5), 636-666.

[5] Wang Weidong, Yongqing Dong, Yunli Bai, Renfu Luo, Linxiu Zhang, Chengfang Liu, Hagist Spencer. Returns to education in different job locations for off-farm wage employment: Evidence from China. Sustainability, 2020, 12, 455.

[6] Dong Yongqing, Renfu Luo, Linxiu Zhang*, Chengfang Liu, Yunli Bai. Intergenerational transmission of education: The case of rural China. China Economic Review, 2019, 53(1), 311-323.

[7] Wang Weidong, Yongqing Dong, Renfu Luo, Yunli Bai, Linxiu Zhang*. Changes of the returns to education on off-farm wage employment: Evidence from rural China. China Agricultural Economic Review, 2019, 11(1), 2-19.

[8] Dong Yongqing, Liping Fu, Ronghui Tan*, Liman Ding. The dilemma of medical reimbursement policy in rural China: Spatial variability between reimbursement region and medical catchment area. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16(16). 2867.

[9] Wang Weidong, Yonqing Dong, Xiaohong Liu, Linxiu Zhang, Yunli Bai*, Hagist Spencer. The more educated, the healthier: Evidence from rural China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018, 15(12), 2848.

[10] Zhang Linxiu, Yongqing Dong, Chengfang Liu*, Yunli Bai. Off-farm employment over the past four decades in rural China. China Agricultural Economic Review, 2018, 10(2), 190-214.

[11] Li Shaoping, Ming Qin, Yongqing Dong. Microfinance and farmers’ income in the context of digital inclusive finance. China Journal of Economics, 2021, 8, 31-50.

[12] Wang Shukun, Yongqing Dong, Yue Xu. Religious believing and social network of rural residents: Do believers have more friends? Empirical evidence based on CLDS data. World Economic Papers, 2020, 2, 36-55.

[13] Li Shaoping, Li Fan, Yongqing Dong. The impact evaluation of the policy of poverty alleviation in concentrated poverty-stricken areas: An investigation based on PSM-DID method. Reform, 2018, 12, 155-168.

[14] Dong Yongqing, Yunli Bai, Linxiu Zhang. Achievements and challenges of the village debt relief based on panel data from 101 villages in 5 provinces. Journal of Financial Development Research, 2017, 12, 13-19.

[15] Zhu Ling, Chaohua Han, Zhong Wei, Yu Yao, Chengwu Jin, Quheng Deng, Zhen Wang, Yu Li, Yongqing Dong, Shuang Shan. Approaches for the transition of the multi-track pension system. Economic Research Journal, 2013, 12, 4-16.

【Awards】

Highly Commended in the 2019 Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence

【Research Projects】

Principal Investigator, “The long-term effect of parental migration on the human capital accumulation of children: Evidence from rural China,” the Humanity and Social Science Youth foundation of Ministry of Education of China, 2020-2022, 80, 000 RMB.

Principal Investigator, “The intergenerational transmission of education: Evidence from rural China,” China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2019-2020, 50, 000 RMB.

【Academic Part-time jobs】

Referee for Social Forces, China Economic Review, Global Health Research and Policy, Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, et al.