| ZHANG Fen |
Associate Professor |
Department of Mathematical Economics & Mathematical Finance |
Wuhan University |
No.299, Bayi Road, Wuchang District |
Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430072 |
Email: zhangfen@whu.edu.cn |
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2004-2007
M.A., Economics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China , 2001-2004
B.A., Economics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 1997-2001
TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS
Teaching courses : Macroeconomics(Primary),Microeconomics(Primary, Intermediate)
Research Areas: Economic Growth, Human Capital, Health and income distribution.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Department of Mathematical Economics & Mathematical Finance, Wuhan University, November 2012-Present
Assistant Professor of Department of Finance, Wuhan University, July 2007– Oct. 2012
Visiting Scholar of Washington University in Saint Louis, August 2011-August 2012.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
?Zhang Fen and et al., Housing Prices and Family Fertility Decision-making in China, International Sociology,2024.
?Zhang Fen, Qiu Yingxin, Impact of Health Shocks on Household Consumption Structure, Frontiers in Public Health,2024.
?Fang Yingfeng, Liu Haoran and Zhang Fen, Intergenerational Mobility of Health in China, China Soft Science,2024.
?Zhang Fen and et al., Transportaion Infrastructure, Population Mobility and Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,2023.
?Zhang,Fen, Shen,Chen, Labor participation, Intergenarational support and mental health of the elderly, Population and Development, 2022.
?Zhang,Fen,He,Wei, The effects of family on gender wage inequality, Population and Economics,2021.
?Fang,Yingfeng, Zhang,Fen et.al. Governance ability and Public Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,2021.
?Fang,Yingfeng, Zhang,Fen. The future path to China’s poverty reduction. Social Indicators Research,2021.
?Zhang,Fen, Li, Xiaoyan. The impact of health investment on economic growth: An empirical analysis, Statistics and Decisions,2017:140-143.
?Li, Pan ,Zhang,Fen. Strengthening the growth ‘engine’ function of human capital, People's Daily Theory Edition ,2/22/2017.
?Fang,Yingfen,Zhang,Fen.Stability Study on Multidimensional Poverty Measurement, Statistics and Decisions,2017:84-89.
?Fang,Yingfen&Zhang,Fen.Population mobility and transition of China’s rural poverty under the interaction of neighborhood effect, China Population, Resources and Environment,2016:137-143.
?Zhang,Fen&Zhu,Guangyu.The latest studies on institution and economic growth,Journal of Wuhan University of Technology,2016:1126-1134.
?Zhang,Fen&Fang,Yingfeng. Philoprogenitive Altruism and Economic Growth: Empirical Analysis from China, Mondern Economic Science,2015:70-76.
?Wei,Fucheng&Zhang,Fen. Developing the regional industry brands to promote industrial restructuring and upgrading, Guangming Daily Edition theory,7/23/2014.
?Zhang,Fen et al. Public health expenditure, Private health investment and Economic growth, Economic Review, 2012:5-14.
?Zhang,Fen&He,Yan. Health, Education and Economic growth, Economic Review, 2011:5-13.
?Zhang,Fen&Zou,Wei.New studies on health, inequality and economic growth, Economic Perspectives,2010:98-102.
?Zhang,Fen. New Progress on studies of Infrastructure Investment and Economic Growth , Economic Review, 2008:140-146.
?Zou,Wei&Zhang,Fen. Transport Infrastructure, Growth and Poverty Alleviation: Empirical Analysis of China, Annals of Economics and Finance,2008, 9(2): 345-371.
?Zou,Wei&Zhang,Fen. More Investment Needed in Rural Education, China Economist, 2006(6).
?Zou,Wei&Zhang,Fen. Income gap and human capital accumulation in rural areas, Social Science in China,2006,2:67-79.
WORKING PAPERS
?Zhang,Fen&Wu Zhelin. The Effects of Fluctuations in Housing Prices on Residents' Mental health.
?Zhang Fen & Yu Fang. The Impact of the Age of First Child on the Quality of Female Employment.
MONOGRAPHY
?Zhang Fen and Fang Yingfeng,2024. Family Economics, Wuhan: Wuhan University Press.
?Zhang Fen and Fang Yingfeng,2019. Health, Inequality and Economic growth: theoretic and empirical analysis from China, Wuhan: Wuhan University Press.
?Fang Yingfeng and Zhang Fen,2015.The choice of Regional poverty reduction policy based on the multidimensional poverty perspective, Wuhan: Wuhan University Press.
?Zou Wei and Zhang Fen at el., 2012. Economic growth and income disparity in China: theoretic and empirical analysis, Wuhan: Wuhan University Press.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission's Project,2024.
Later funded projects of National Social Science Foundation(Grant No.21FJLB037 ),2021.
Ministry of Education Planning Fund Project(Grant No.19YJA790113 ),2019.
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Ministry of Education of China and Wuhan University(Grant No. 2018QN018), 2018.
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Ministry of Education of China and Wuhan University(Grant No. 2042018kd1045), 2018.
Young Scholar Grant of Humanities and Social Sciences (Grant No.11YJC790267), Ministry of Education of China, 2012.01-2016.12.
Hubei Social Science Foundation(Grant No.2017020), 2017.
Hubei provincial development and Reform Commission(Grant No.212000115), 2013.
TEATING AWARDS
The 9th Undergraduate Teaching Performance Award of Wuhan University,2024
First Prize for teaching achievement from Wuhan University,2019.
Second Prize for teaching achievement from Wuhan University,2019.
Second Prize for teaching achievement from Universities of Hubei Province,2013.
