Haizheng Li

About

Haizheng Li is a Professor and Interim Chair at the School of Economics at Georgia Tech, having joined the faculty in 1997. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Colorado–Boulder and holds master's degrees from both the University of Colorado–Boulder and Renmin University of China, as well as a bachelor's degree from Huazhong University of Science & Technology. His research specializes in applied econometrics, labor economics, and the Chinese economy, with a particular focus on human capital—its measurement, accumulation through education and experience, and its effects on individual outcomes and labor market dynamics. Throughout his career, Dr. Li has published extensively in journals, books, and technical reports, and has received numerous research grants from national and international agencies. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, been a special research fellow at several institutes, and held roles such as President of the Chinese Economists Society and member of the Advisory Board of China Economic Review. At Georgia Tech, he has held various leadership positions including Associate Chair, Director of Information and Technology, and Co-Director of the Georgia Tech–Shanghai Summer Program. His teaching includes courses in econometrics, economic forecasting, labor economics, and microeconomics, and his research emphasizes human capital, its measurement, and its impact on economic growth and regional development, particularly in China.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Economics
• Medicine
• Sociology
• Econometrics
• Virology
• Immunology
• Finance
• Psychology
• Pathology

Selected publications

• How the COVID-19 pandemic affects job sentiments of rural teachers

  China Economic Review · 2022 · 22 citations

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• Managerial human capital and corporate R&D investment

  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · 2023 · 20 citations

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• The Impact of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Student Performance: Evidence from the Dual-Teacher Program

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023-01-01 · 6 citations

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• The impact of family co-residence and childcare on children’s cognitive skills

  Applied Economics · 2022-08-09 · 4 citations

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  We investigate the impact of family co-residence structure and allocation of major childcare responsibility across generations on child cognitive development. Using data from China, we find that children living in multigenerational families with grandparents as the main caregiver generally perform better in cognitive tests, while children who live only with their parents and children who live only with their grandparents (the so-called left-behind children) do not show a significant difference i…

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• Peer effects with sample selection: an application in online job training

  Empirical Economics · 2025-06-04 · 1 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Belton M. Fleisher

  37 shared

• Barbara M. Fraumeni

  National Bureau of Economic Research

  20 shared

• Qinyi Liu

  17 shared

• Zhiqiang Liu

  Shanghai University

  14 shared

• Xiaojun Wang

  10 shared

• Shi Li

  9 shared

• Zhiqiang Liu

  8 shared

• Xiaojun Wang

  Gannan Normal University

  7 shared

Labs

• Haizheng Li LabPI

Awards & honors

• 2021 - Mary S. and Richard B. Inman Jr. Faculty Excellence A…
• 2021 - Gold Star Faculty Research Award, Ivan Allen College,…
• 2015 - Gold Star Faculty Research Award, Ivan Allen College,…
• 2013 - Chinese Economists Society Leadership Award
• 2011 - Ivan Allen College Faculty Legacy Award

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