Faculty Profiles - PARK Albert Francis | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2024 1

Understanding the Health Capacity to Work among Older Persons in Rural and Urban Areas in the People's Republic of China

Asian Development Review, v. 41, (1), March 2024, p. 39-67
Chen, Zeyuan; Park, Albert Francis
Article

2023 5

Reducing single-use cutlery with green nudges: Evidence from China's food-delivery industry

Science, v. 381, (6662), September 2023, article number eadd9884
He, Guojun; Pan, Yuhang; Park, Albert Francis; Sawada, Yasuyuki; Tan, Elaine S.
Article

Rural pensions, intra-household bargaining, and elderly medical expenditure in China

Health Economics, July 2023
Chen, Zeyuan; Park, Albert Francis
Article

The returns to computer use in the Chinese labor market

China Economic Quarterly International, v. 3, (2), 2023, p. 132-143
Du, Yang; Jia, Peng; Park, Albert Francis
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Towards conceptualization and quantification of the digital divide

Information, Communication & Society, v. 26, (11), August 2023, p. 2268-2303
Korovkin, Vladimir; Park, Albert Francis; Kaganer, Evgeny
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Global divergence in the de-routinization of jobs

Tasks, Skills, and Institutions: The Changing Nature of Work and Inequality / edited by Carlos Gradín, Piotr Lewandowski, Simone Schotte, Kunal Sen. UK : Oxford University Press, 2023, p. 33-52, Ch. 3
Lewandowski, Piotr; Park, Albert Francis; Schotte, Simone
Book chapter

2022 2

Migration and experienced utility of left-behind parents: evidence from rural China

Journal of Population Economics, v. 35, (3), July 2022, p. 1225-1259
Cai, Shu; Park, Albert Francis; Yip, Winnie
Article

Technology, Skills, and Globalization: Explaining International Differences in Routine and Nonroutine Work Using Survey Data

World Bank Economic Review, v. 36, (3), 20 June 2022, p. 687-708
Lewandowski, Piotr; Park, Albert Francis; Hardy, Wojciech; Du, Yang; Wu, Saier
Article

2021 2

School entry age and educational attainment in developing countries: Evidence from China's compulsory education law

Journal of Comparative Economics, v. 49, (3), September 2021, p. 715-732
Chen, Jiaying; Park, Albert Francis
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Time well spent versus a life considered: changing subjective Well-Being in China

Oxford Economic Papers, v. 73, (3), July 2021, p. 1099-1121
Cai, Shu; Park, Albert Francis; Yip, Winnie
Article

2019 3

Home, School, and Community Deprivations: A Multi-Context Approach to Childhood Poverty in China

Journal of Contemporary China, v. 28, (120), November 2019, p. 864-882
Hannum, Emily C.; Hu, Weiwei; Park, Albert Francis
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China

Economic Development and Cultural Change, v. 68, (1), October 2019, p. 131-164
Giles, John; Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Meiyan
Article

Early-life Adverse Shocks, Son Preference and Gender Inequalities In Later life

Luo, Wei; Park, Albert Francis; Huang, Wei
Conference paper

2017 4

Benefiting From Disaster? Public and Private Responses to the Wenchuan Earthquake

World Development, v. 94, June 2017, p. 38-50
Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui
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Cognitive Skills, Noncognitive Skills, and School-to-Work Transitions in Rural China

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, v. 134, February 2017, p. 141-164
Glewwe, Paul; Huang, Qiuqiong; Park, Albert Francis
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Comment on "The Labor Contract Law, Macro Conditions, Self-Selection, and Labor Market Outcomes for Migrants in China"

Asian economic policy review, v. 12, (1), January 2017, p. 66-67
Park, Albert
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Promotion Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from Chinese Schools

Journal of Public Economics, v. 146, February 2017, p. 109-128
Karachiwalla, Naureen I.; Park, Albert Francis
Article

2016 3

A Better Vision for Development: Eyeglasses and Academic Performance in Rural Primary Schools in China

Journal of Development Economics, v. 122, September 2016, p. 170-182
Glewwe, Paul; Park, Albert Francis; Zhao, Meng
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Permanent Income and Subjective Well-Being

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, v. 130, October 2016, p. 298-319
Cai, Shu; Park, Albert
Article

The Plight of Manufacturing and the Future of Jobs in China

Park, Albert Francis
Conference paper

2015 3

China's 2008 Labor Contract Law: Implementation and implications for China's workers

Human Relations, v. 68, (2), February 2015, p. 197-235
Gallagher, Mary; Giles, John; Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Meiyan
Article

Magnet high schools and academic performance in China: A regression discontinuity design

Journal of Comparative Economics, v. 43, (4), November 2015, p. 825-843
Park, Albert Francis; Shi, Xinzheng; Hsieh, Changtai; An, Xuehui
Article

Understanding wealth and housing inequality among China’s older population

China Economic Journal, v. 8, (3), September 2015, p. 288-307
Park, Albert Francis; Shen, Yan
Article

2014 3

School Meals as a Safety Net: An Evaluation of the Midday Meal Scheme in India

Economic Development and Cultural Change, v. 62, (2), January 2014, p. 275-306
Singh, Abhijeet; Park, Albert Francis; Dercon, Stefan
Article

Poverty in China

Oxford Companion to the Economics of China / Editors: Shenggen Fan, Ravi Kanbur, Shang-Jin Wei, and Xiaobo Zhang. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014, p. 411-416, Ch. 67
Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui
Book chapter

Are Only Children More Depressed, Less Happy? Evidence from China’s One-Child Policy

Wu, Lingwei; Park, Albert Francis
Conference paper

2013 4

Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China

Research in Labor Economics, v. 37, 2013, p. 123-179
Giles, John; Wang, Dewen; Park, Albert Francis
Article

Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms

Review of Economics and Statistics, v. 95, (3), 2013-07, p. 850-867
Cai, Hongbin; Li, Hongbin; Park, Albert Francis; Zhou, Lian
Article

Informality, Returns to Education, and Labour Market Integration in China

Indian Journal of Labor Economics, v. 56, (4), 2013, p. 617-634
Park, Albert Francis; Qu, Xiaobo
Article

Weathering a Storm: Survey-Based Perspectives on Employment in China in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis

Working Through the Crisis: Jobs and Policies in Developing Countries during the Great Recession / Editors: Arup Banerji, David Newhouse, Pierella Paci, David Robalino. NW, Washington, D.C. : World Bank Publications, 2013, p. 163-182
Giles, John; Park, Albert Francis; Cai, Fang; Du, Yang
Book chapter

2012 6

Health Care and Insurance Among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot

Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives / Edited by Smith JP, Majmundar Mp. Washington, US : National Academies Press, 2012, p. 342-370
Strauss, John; Hong, Hao; Lei, Xiaoyan; Li, Lin; Park, Albert Francis; Yang, Li; Zhao, Yaohui
Book chapter

Patterns and Correlates of Intergenerational Non-Time Transfers: Evidence from CHARLS

Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives / Edited by Smith JP, Majmundar Mp.. Washington, US : National Academies Press, 2012, p. 207-228
Lei, Xiaoyan; Giles, John; Hu, Yuqing; Park, Albert Francis; Strauss, John; Zhao, Yaohui
Book chapter

Relying on Whom?: Poverty and Consumption Financing of China's Elderly

Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives / Edited by Smith JP, Majmundar Mp. Washington, US : National Academies Press, 2012, p. 148-172
Park, Albert Francis; Shen, Yan; Strauss, John; Zhao, Yaohui
Book chapter

Credit Distribution and Export: Microeconomic Evidence from China

Li, Yao Amber; Park, Albert Francis; Zhao, Chen
Conference paper

2011 2

Relative deprivation and health: Which reference groups matter?

The Journal of human resources, v. 46, (3), 2011, p. 459-481
Mangyo, Eiji; Park, Albert Francis
Article

The Informalization of the Chinese Labor Market

From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization: Markets, State and Workers in a Changing China, 2011, p. 17-35
Park, Albert Francis; Fang, Cai
Article

2010 5

Community-based development and poverty alleviation: An evaluation of China's poor village investment program

Journal of public economics, v. 94, (9-10), 2010, p. 790-799
Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui
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Exporting and firm performance: Chinese exporters and the Asian financial crisis

The review of economics and statistics, v. 92, (4), 2010, p. 822-842
Park, Albert Francis; Yang, Dean; Shi, Xinzheng; Jiang, Yuan
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Health Outcomes and Socio-economic Status Among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot

Journal of Population Ageing, v. 3, (3-4), 2010, p. 111-142
Strauss, John S.; Lei, Xiaoyan; Park, Albert Francis; Shen, Yan; Smith, James Patrick; Yang, Zhe; Zhao, Yaohui
Article

Migration and urban poverty and inequality in China

China economic journal, v. 3, (1), 2010
Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Dewen
Article

Can China Meet Her Employment Challenges?

Growing Pains: Tensions and Opportunities in China's Transformation / Edited by Jean C. Oi, Scott Rozelle, Xueguang Zhou. Stanford, CA : Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, 2010
Park, Albert Francis; Cai, Fang; Du, Yang
Book chapter

2008 3

Refinancing and decentralization: Evidence from China

Journal of economic behavior & organization, v. 66, (3-4), June 2008, p. 703-730
Park, Albert Francis; Shen, Minggao
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Rural-Urban Inequality in China

China Urbanizes: Consequences, Strategies, and Policies / Edited by Shahid Yusuf, Tony Saich. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2008
Park, Albert Francis
Book chapter

The Chinese Labor Market in the Reform Era

China's great economic transformation / Edited by Loren Brandt and Thomas G Rawski. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008, p. 167-214
Cai, Fang; Park, Albert Francis; Zhao, Yaohui
Book chapter

2007 5

Academic achievement and engagement in rural China

Hannum, Emily; Park, Albert Francis
Book

Education and Reform in China

Hannum, Emily; Park, Albert Francis
Book

Families, Classrooms, and Educational Engagement in Rural Gansu, China

Education and Reform in China / Edited by Emily Hannum, Albert Park. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007
Hannum, Emily; Park, Albert Francis
Book chapter

Introduction: Market Reforms and Educational Opportunity in China

Education and Reform in China / Edited by Emily Hannum, Albert Park. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007, p. 1-23
Hannum, Emily; Park, Albert Francis; Cheng, Kai-Ming
Book chapter

School Equity in Rural China

Education and Reform in China / Edited by Emily Hannum, Albert Park. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007, p. 27-43
Wen, Li; Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui
Book chapter

2006 4

How has economic restructuring affected China's urban workers?

China quarterly, (185), March 2006, p. 61-95
Giles, John; Park, Albert Francis; Cai, Fang
Article

Reemployment of dislocated workers in urban China: The roles of information and incentives

Journal of comparative economics, v. 34, (3), September 2006, p. 582-607
Giles, John; Park, Albert Francis; Cai, Fang
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Risk and household grain management in developing countries

Economic journal, v. 116, (514), October 2006, p. 1088-1115
Park, Albert Francis
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Using Survey Data in Social Science Research in Developing Countries

A Handbook for Social Science Field Research: Essays & Bibliographic Sources on Research Design and Methods / Edited by Ellen Perecman, Sara R. Curran. Thousand Oaks, Calif.. US : Sage Publications, 2006
Park, Albert Francis
Book chapter

2005 4

Economic returns to schooling in urban China, 1988 to 2001

Journal of comparative economics, v. 33, (4), December 2005, p. 730-752
Zhang, Junsen; Zhao, Yaohui; Park, Albert Francis; Song, Xiaoqing
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Migration and rural poverty in China

Journal of comparative economics, v. 33, (4), December 2005, p. 688-709
Du, Yang; Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui
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What is China's true unemployment rate?

China economic review, v. 16, (2), 2005, p. 149-170
Giles, John; Park, Albert Francis; Zhang, Juwei
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Are China's Financial Reforms Leaving the Poor Behind?

Financial Sector Reform in China / Edited by Yasheng Huang, Tony Saich, Edward Steinfeld.. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2005
Loren, Brandt; Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui
Book chapter

2004 1

Microfinance, Poverty Alleviation, and Financial Reform in China

Rural Finance and Credit Infrastructure in China / OECD. Paris : OECD, 2004
Park, Albert Francis; Ren, Changqing; Wang, Sangui
Book chapter

2003 3

Competition under credit rationing: Theory and evidence from rural China

Journal of development economics, v. 71, (2), August 2003, p. 463-495
Park, Albert Francis; Brandt, Loren; Giles, John
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Joint liability lending and the rise and fall of China's township and village enterprises

Journal of development economics, v. 71, (2), August 2003, p. 497-531
Park, Albert Francis; Shen, Minggao
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Power and wealth in rural China: The political economy of institutional change.

Journal of economic literature, v. 41, (1), March 2003, p. 257-258
Park, Albert Francis
Article

2002 5

Educating China's Rural Children for the 21st Century

Harvard China Review, April 2002, p. 8-14
Hannum, Emily; Park, Albert Francis
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Education and poverty in rural China

Economics of education review, v. 21, (6), December 2002, p. 523-541
Brown, Phil H.; Park, Albert Francis
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Market emergence and transition: Arbitrage, transaction costs, and autarky in China's grain markets

American journal of agricultural economics, v. 84, (1), February 2002, p. 67-82
Park, Albert Francis; Jin, Hehui; Rozelle, Scott; Huang, Jikun
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Regional poverty targeting in China

Journal of public economics, v.86, (1), October 2002, p. 123-153
Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui; Wu, Guobao
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Rural Development: Can Rural Income Growth Accelerate?

China"s Food and Agriculture: Issues for the 21st Century, 2002, p. 47-49
Fred, Gale; Park, Albert Francis
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2001 6

China's poverty statistics

China economic review, v. 12, (4), 2001, p. 384-398
Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui
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Credit Supply and Demand of the Poor Households in China

Annual Report on Economic and Technological Development in Agriculture (Beijing: China Agricultural Press), 2001
Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui
Article

Microfinance with Chinese characteristics

World Development, v. 29, (1), January 2001, p. 39-62
Park, Albert Francis; Ren, Changqing
Article

Testing for ongoing convergence in transition economies, 1970 to 1998

Journal of comparative economics, v. 29, (4), 2001, p. 677-691
Park, Albert Francis; Sehrt, Kaja
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Tests of financial intermediation and banking reform in China

Journal of comparative economics, v. 29, (4), December 2001, p. 608-644
Park, Albert Francis; Sehrt, Kaja
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Trade Integration and the Prospects for Rural Enterprise Development in China

China's Agricultural in the International Trading System, 2001, p. 184-207
Park, Albert Francis
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2000 1

Bureaucrat to entrepreneur: The changing role of the state in China's grain economy

Economic development and cultural change, v. 48, (2), January 2000, p. 227-252
Rozelle, Scott; Park, Albert Francis; Huang, Jikun; Jin, Hehui
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1999 3

Analytical development economics: The less developed economy revisited.

Economica, v. 66, (263), August 1999, p. 416-417
Park, Albert Francis
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Assessing China"s War on Poverty

Annual Report on Economic and Technological Development in Agriculture (Beijing: China Agricultural Press), 1999
Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui; Wu, Guobao
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Banking for the Poor

Chinabrief, May 1999
Park, Albert Francis
Article

1998 5

Microfinance in China

Problems in Agricultural Economics, v. 3, 1998
Jonathan, Morduch; Park, Albert Francis; Wang, Sangui
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Reforming state-market relations in rural China

The economics of transition, v. 6, (2), 1998, p. 461-480
Park, Albert Francis; Rozelle, Scott
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Targeted poverty investments and economic growth in China

World Development, v, 26, (12), December 1998, p. 2137-2151
Rozelle, Scott; Park, Albert Francis; Benziger, Vincent; Ren, Changqing
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The emergence of a futures market: Mungbeans on the China Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange

The Journal of Futures Markets, v. 18, (4), June 1998, p. 427-448
Williams, Jeffrey C.; Peck, Anne E.; Park, Albert Francis; Rozelle, Scott
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Financing local government in the people's republic of China.

Journal of comparative economics, v. 26, (3), September 1998, p. 603-605
Park, Albert Francis
Book review

1997 2

China's economic reform - Gao,SQ

Journal of economic literature, v. 35, (3), September 1997, p. 1432-1433
Park, Albert Francis
Article

Liberalization and rural market integration in China

American journal of agricultural economics, v. 79, (2), May 1997, p. 635-642
Rozelle, Scott; Park, Albert Francis; Huang, Jikun; Jin, Hehui
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1996 5

Distributional consequences of reforming local public finance in China

China quarterly, (147), 1996, p. 726-750
Park, Albert Francis; Rozelle, Scott; Wong, Christine; Ren, Changqing
Article

Distributional Consequences of Reforming Local Public Finance in China

The China Quarterly, v. 147, 1996, p. 751-778
Park, Albert Francis; Rozelle, Scott; Wong, Christine; Ren, Changqing
Article

Resource Flows, Markets and Economic Development in China's Poor Areas

Asia Prashant, v. 3, (1), 1996, p. 21-48
Park, Albert Francis; Ren, Changqing
Article

Resource Flows, Markets, and Economic Development in China\

Problems in Agricultural Economics, v. 3, 1996, p. 20-28
Park, Albert Francis; Ren, Changqing
Article

Rural development and dynamic externalities in Taiwan's structural transformation

Economic development and cultural change, v. 44, (1), 1995, p. 180-208
Park, Albert Francis; Johnston, Bruce F.
Article

1995 3

A Model of Self-sufficiency and Household Production Response to Risk

Agricultural Technology Econonomics, v. 5, 1995, p. 22-26
Park, Albert Francis; Ren, Changqing
Article

Dynamic Externalities and Structural Change in Kenya

Agriculture on the Road to Industrialization / Edited by John W. Mellor.. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995
Bruce, Johnston; Park, Albert Francis
Book chapter

Strategic Notions and Great Policies: Reflections on Taiwan\

Great Policies: Strategic Innovations in Asia and the Pacific Basin / Edited by John D. Montgomery, Denis A. Rondinelli. under the auspices of the Pacific Basin Research Center. Westport, Conn. : Praeger,, 1995
Bruce, Johnston; Park, Albert Francis
Book chapter

1994 3

China's grain policy reforms: Implications for equity, stabilization, and efficiency

China economic review, v. 5, (1), 1994, p. 15-33
Park, Albert Francis; Rozelle, Scott; Cai, Fang
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of China"s Poverty Alleviaton Investments

The Tribune of Economic Development, v. 6, 1994, p. 16-22
Chen, Fan; Park, Albert Francis; Rozelle, Scott
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Grain Market Liberalization in Shaanxi Province

The Journal of Rural Social Economics, May 1994, p. 40-44
Park, Albert Francis
Article

1993 1

Grain Market Liberalization in Shaanxi Province

USDA Economic Research Service, Asia & Pacific Rim Agriculture and Trade Notes, November, 1993
Park, Albert Francis
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