Hao Wang Contact: [email protected]

Employment Post-doc (Affiliate academic), University College , 2020-2021 Supervisor: Dr. Yuemei Ji

Education Ph.D. in Economics, University London. 2020 Supervisor: Dr. Jan Fidrmuc Ph.D. Candidate in Information Systems, University of Auckland. 2015 - 2016 M.A. in Economics, Boston University. 2013 B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering, South China University of Technology. 2011 Exchange Student in Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii at Manoa. 2010

Research Area International Economics, Development Economics, Chinese Economy

Referred Journal Articles 1. Wang, Hao., Fidrmuc, Jan*., Tian, Yunhua. 2018. Growing against the Background of Colonization? Chinese Labor Market and Inward FDI in a Historical Perspective. Bank of Finland Discussion Paper series No.14/2018; Centre for Economic Studies, University of Munich Working Paper No. 7093; International Review of Economics and Finance (In Press), DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2018.12.010. (SSCI Q2) 2. Wang, Hao., Luo, Qi*. 2020. How colonial legacy shapes the impact of inward FDI on GDP? Evidence from China. Applied Economics Letters 27(9), 740-743. (SSCI Q4) 3. Wang, Hao., Fidrmuc, Jan., Luo, Qi*., Luo, Minzhong*. 2020. Exploring the determinants of on- farm transitions: Evidence from rural China. CESifo working paper 7306; Applied Economics (Accepted) (SSCI Q3).

Working Papers 1. Wang, Hao., Fidrmuc, Jan., Luo, Qi*. A spatial analysis on inward FDI and rural-urban wage inequality: Evidence from China. GLO discussion paper, No. 522. Essen; CESifo Working paper 8258; Revised & Resubmitted at Emerging Markers Finance and Trade 2. Wang, Hao., Fidrmuc, Jan., Qi Luo*. 2018. A happy way to grow old? Grandparenting, life change and life satisfaction. CESifo working paper 7670. 3. Wang, Hao., Luo, Qi*. Colonial legacy, foreign direct investment, and environmental pollution: Evidence from Chinese cities. 4. Wang, Hao., Han, Yonghui*., Fidrmuc, Jan., Wei, Dongming. Home institution and cultural institute: A comparative study for the impact of Confucius Institute in Belt-Road and non Belt- Road countries. Revise & Resubmit from International Review of Economics and Finance 5. Shen, H. Jim., Wang, Hao*., Lin, C. Steve. Productivity gap, spillover of inward FDI: Theory and evidence from China. 6. Han, Yonghui., Wang, Hao*., Wei, Dongming. Home institution and home country’s outward FDI: the role of sister-city partnership. Revise & Resubmit from Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja 7. Pan, Zheng., Donald Lien., Wang, Hao*. Don’t let the children lose at the starting line: Peer effects and shadow education. 8. Wang, Hao, Ji, Yuemei., Luo, Qi*. The employment effect of inward FDI: What do we learn from the history?

Referee Experience for Journals Aging and Mental Health; Eurasian Geography and Economics; Economics e-journal; Eurasian Economic Review; International Review of Economics and Finance

Conference and Seminar Presentations Seminar at , London, UK, (2017, 2018) Seminar at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China, 2017 Seminar at University College London, London, UK, 2017 The 4th and 5th International Conference on Chinese Economy, Past, Present & Future, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, (2017, 2018) Seminar at Bank of Finland Institute for Economics Transition, Helsinki, Finland, 2018 The 30th Chinese Economic Association Conference, , Edinburgh, UK, 2018 Enterprise Growth and Economic Development in Western China Conference, Yunnan University, Yunnan, China 2018 Chinese Economists Society China Annual Conference, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China, 2018 Seminar at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, (2018, 2019) The Rise of China: 40 Years of Reform and Opening-up and Implications for Other Economies Workshop, Fudan University, 2018 The 10th Biennial Conference of Hong Kong Economic Association, Xiamen University, China, 2018 Seminar at SOAS , UK, 2019 Seminar at School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London, UK, 2019 The 22nd Enterprise and Environment Annual Conference, Mendel University in Brno, Czech, 2019

Teaching Experience (Brunel) Class Teacher, Quantitative Methods for Business Finance, EC5606 (postgraduate level), 2017/2018 Class Teacher, Microeconomics (EC1010, first year undergraduate), 2018/2019, 2019/2020 Class Teacher, Macroeconomics (EC1020, first year undergraduate), 2018/2019, 2019/2020 Class Teacher, Dissertation tutor (EC5500, postgraduate level), 2018/2019 Class Teacher, Dissertation tutor (EC3000, postgraduate level), 2019/2020

Referees Dr. Jan Fidrmuc, Senior lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, CEDI, Brunel University London, Kingston lane, , UB8 3PH, United Kingdom. Email: [email protected]

Dr. Yuemei Ji, Associate professor, School of Slavonic and East European, University College London, 16 Taviton Street, United Kingdom. Email: [email protected]

Dr. Dic Lo, Reader, Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom. Email: [email protected]

Professor. Donald Lien, Professor, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio, One University Circle, San Antonio, Texas, 78249, United States. Email: [email protected]

Languages and Others English (Fluent), Chinese-Cantonese (Native), Chinese-mandarin (Native).