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Last updated：2026.10.24
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Zhangfeng Jin

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Email: zhangfeng_jin@zjut.edu.cn
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  • Biography

    I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Economics at Zhejiang University of Technology. I am also a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and a Workshop Alumnus of the Ronald Coase Institute.

    My research lies at the intersection of labor economics, development economics, and political economy. Broadly, I study how institutions shape mobility and how mobility shapes development. My primary research agenda examines mobility-related institutions and their implications for labor and human capital allocation, demographic change, firm behavior, and economic development. In particular, I study how institutional barriers and reforms—including migration restrictions, citizenship access, and population policies—affect individual and household decisions, the allocation of labor and human capital, firm organization and performance, innovation, and demographic outcomes. More recently, I have extended this agenda to study institutions and policies that facilitate the mobility of people and talent, reduce mobility costs, and improve factor allocation.

    I am currently the Principal Investigator of a National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program project on migration institutions, family migration configurations, and fertility in rural China (2027–2030). I also lead a research project on migration barriers, firm organization, and innovation incentives.

    My work has been published in the Journal of Comparative Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, and China Economic Review. My research has been presented at major international conferences, including the Econometric Society World Congress, the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (AEA), the AFD–World Bank International Conference on Migration and Development (ICMD), the Migration and Organizations Conference hosted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Jobs and Development Conference jointly organized by the World Bank, International Labour Organization (ILO), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and partner institutions. I have also been invited to attend conferences organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), including conferences on fertility and declining population growth and on place-based policies and entrepreneurship.

    Before joining Zhejiang University of Technology, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Economics at Zhejiang University (2018–2024). I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Nottingham in 2018, my M.A. in Labor Economics from Zhejiang University in 2013, and my B.S. in Statistics from Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics in 2011.

    I actively participate in international academic networks. I was selected for the inaugural SOLE Mentoring Program (2023–2024), under the mentorship of Fabian Lange and Uta Schönberg. I am also a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization and a Workshop Alumnus of the Ronald Coase Institute.

    In addition to academic research, I have held temporary public-service appointments at the Beijing Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province and the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission. These experiences have provided me with practical exposure to regional development, public policy, and institutional reform, complementing my academic research on mobility, factor allocation, and economic development.

    I serve as a referee for journals including Organization Science, Research Policy, and the Journal of Population Economics.





  • Courses

    1. Literature Search and Academic Writing (in English)

    2. Big Data Analytics and Software Applications（in Chinese）

    3. Introduction of IET Major (in Chinese)

    4. Introduction of IET Major (in English)

    5. Trade Agreements and Economic Development in China (in English)



  • Project

    1. Can Technology Transfers Save Innovation? Theory and Evidence with Klaus Prettner.

    2. Migration reform and fertility: causal evidence from rural China with Wenchao Jin.

    3. Do migration barriers make firms more productive in the long run? evidence from China with Shiyuan Pan. GLO Discussion paper. 

    4. The unintended consequences of relaxing birth quotas: Theory and Evidence with Shiyuan Pan and Zhijie Zheng. GLO Discussion paper. 

    5. What drives policy makers to reduce migration barriers? Evidence from China's hukou reform with Paolo Epifani.

    6. Migration and factor price equality with Olga Timoshenko.

    Working paper in Chinese:

    7. 劳动力供给减少会促进企业创新吗？基于户籍制度的经验分析（合作者：潘士远）  


  • Social Services

    In 2022, I served a temporary position at Beijing Office of The People's Government of Zhejiang Province to improve the inter-regional resource allocation efficiency through digital transformation.

    From October 2024 to December 2025, I served a temporary position at the Department of Social Development and Reform of the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, where I worked on higher education infrastructure projects, promoted industry–education–talent integration, and supported the acquisition and implementation of national policy-based funding.


    Referee Service:

    Organization Science, Research Policy, Journal of Population Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Social Science & Medicine, Economic Modelling, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Frontiers in Public Health, China Economic Review, China & World Economy, Review of Development Economics, China Economic Journal, The Journal of the economics of ageing, Comparative migration studies, Applied economics letters, JMIR Research Protocols, JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 经济学（季刊）

  • Biography

    I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Economics at Zhejiang University of Technology. I am also a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and a Workshop Alumnus of the Ronald Coase Institute.

    My research lies at the intersection of labor economics, development economics, and political economy. Broadly, I study how institutions shape mobility and how mobility shapes development. My primary research agenda examines mobility-related institutions and their implications for labor and human capital allocation, demographic change, firm behavior, and economic development. In particular, I study how institutional barriers and reforms—including migration restrictions, citizenship access, and population policies—affect individual and household decisions, the allocation of labor and human capital, firm organization and performance, innovation, and demographic outcomes. More recently, I have extended this agenda to study institutions and policies that facilitate the mobility of people and talent, reduce mobility costs, and improve factor allocation.

    I am currently the Principal Investigator of a National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program project on migration institutions, family migration configurations, and fertility in rural China (2027–2030). I also lead a research project on migration barriers, firm organization, and innovation incentives.

    My work has been published in the Journal of Comparative Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, and China Economic Review. My research has been presented at major international conferences, including the Econometric Society World Congress, the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (AEA), the AFD–World Bank International Conference on Migration and Development (ICMD), the Migration and Organizations Conference hosted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Jobs and Development Conference jointly organized by the World Bank, International Labour Organization (ILO), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and partner institutions. I have also been invited to attend conferences organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), including conferences on fertility and declining population growth and on place-based policies and entrepreneurship.

    Before joining Zhejiang University of Technology, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Economics at Zhejiang University (2018–2024). I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Nottingham in 2018, my M.A. in Labor Economics from Zhejiang University in 2013, and my B.S. in Statistics from Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics in 2011.

    I actively participate in international academic networks. I was selected for the inaugural SOLE Mentoring Program (2023–2024), under the mentorship of Fabian Lange and Uta Schönberg. I am also a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization and a Workshop Alumnus of the Ronald Coase Institute.

    In addition to academic research, I have held temporary public-service appointments at the Beijing Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province and the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission. These experiences have provided me with practical exposure to regional development, public policy, and institutional reform, complementing my academic research on mobility, factor allocation, and economic development.

    I serve as a referee for journals including Organization Science, Research Policy, and the Journal of Population Economics.





  • Courses

    1. Literature Search and Academic Writing (in English)

    2. Big Data Analytics and Software Applications（in Chinese）

    3. Introduction of IET Major (in Chinese)

    4. Introduction of IET Major (in English)

    5. Trade Agreements and Economic Development in China (in English)



  • Project

    1. Can Technology Transfers Save Innovation? Theory and Evidence with Klaus Prettner.

    2. Migration reform and fertility: causal evidence from rural China with Wenchao Jin.

    3. Do migration barriers make firms more productive in the long run? evidence from China with Shiyuan Pan. GLO Discussion paper. 

    4. The unintended consequences of relaxing birth quotas: Theory and Evidence with Shiyuan Pan and Zhijie Zheng. GLO Discussion paper. 

    5. What drives policy makers to reduce migration barriers? Evidence from China's hukou reform with Paolo Epifani.

    6. Migration and factor price equality with Olga Timoshenko.

    Working paper in Chinese:

    7. 劳动力供给减少会促进企业创新吗？基于户籍制度的经验分析（合作者：潘士远）  


  • Social Services

    In 2022, I served a temporary position at Beijing Office of The People's Government of Zhejiang Province to improve the inter-regional resource allocation efficiency through digital transformation.

    From October 2024 to December 2025, I served a temporary position at the Department of Social Development and Reform of the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, where I worked on higher education infrastructure projects, promoted industry–education–talent integration, and supported the acquisition and implementation of national policy-based funding.


    Referee Service:

    Organization Science, Research Policy, Journal of Population Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Social Science & Medicine, Economic Modelling, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Frontiers in Public Health, China Economic Review, China & World Economy, Review of Development Economics, China Economic Journal, The Journal of the economics of ageing, Comparative migration studies, Applied economics letters, JMIR Research Protocols, JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 经济学（季刊）

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Last updated：2026.10.24
Total visits：10