ZHANG Ming-ang-School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University

Ming-ang Zhang is an Associate Professor at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, and an Associate Researcher at the Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance (CIDEG) at Tsinghua University. His main research areas include development economics, environmental economics, and labor economics. He has published numerous papers in journals such as Journal of Development Economics and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

Work Experience

2025-Present:

Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University

Associate Researcher, Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance, Tsinghua University

2022-2025: Associate Professor, School of Public Finance and Taxation, Central University of Finance and Economics

2020-2022: Assistant Professor, School of Public Finance and Taxation, Central University of Finance and Economics

Educational Background

2015-2020: Ph.D. in Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

2018-2019: Visiting Scholar, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

2011-2015: Bachelor's Degree in Economics, School of Business, Nanjing University

Research Interests

Development Economics (Human Capital, Development Policy), Environmental Economics (Environmental Governance, Green Transition), Labor Economics (Labor Force, Factor Allocation)

Selected Publications in English(#Co-first author, *Corresponding author)

Hai Huang, Wei Huang, Xinzheng Shi, and Ming-ang Zhang^#*. “Gender Composition, Social Contexts, and Academic Performance in High-stakes Examination”, Journal of Development Economics, 2025: 176, 103509.

Jidong Chen, Xinzheng Shi, Ming-ang Zhang^#*, and Sihan Zhang. “Centralization of Environmental Administration and Air Pollution: Evidence from China”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024: 103016.

Xinzheng Shi and Ming-ang Zhang^#*. “Waste Import and Air Pollution: Evidence from China's Waste Import Ban”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023: 102837.

Jidong Chen, Yukun Wang, Ming-ang Zhang^#, and Xingyu Zhou. “On the Political Consequences of Allowing Public Deliberation in China”, Political Science Research and Method, forthcoming.

Jidong Chen, Tainpei Ren, Lei Wang, and Ming-ang Zhang^#. “Understanding the Dynamics of ESG Rating Divergence: A Perspective from Social Credit System”, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, forthcoming.

Siwei Guo, Zhaopeng Qu, Weizeng Sun, and Ming-ang Zhang^#*, “Special Economic Zones and Infant Mortality: Evidence from China”, Health Economics, 2024, 33(8), 1660-1681.

Ming-ang Zhang, Shuling Lu, Sihan Zhang, and Yanfeng Bai. “The Unintended Consequences of Minimum Wage Hikes: Evidence Based on Firm’s Pollution Emission”, Energy Economics, 2023: 106857.

Sihan Zhang, Ming-ang Zhang^*, and Weizeng Sun, “Administrative Division Adjustment and Housing Price Co-movement: Evidence from City-County Mergers in China”, China & World Economy, 2022, 30(4).

Xinzheng Shi and Ming-ang Zhang^*, “How does Historical Trauma Affect Political Participation? Evidence from the Send-down Movement in China”, Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 28(1): 3-43, 2020.

Faculty

Faculty

Institute of Politics and Policy

ZHANG Ming-ang

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