Prof. Albert PARK
Professor, Chair Professor albertpark@ust.hk

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Academic qualification
Ph.D. Stanford University 1996
A.B. Harvard University 1988

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEHead, Department of Economics, HKUST, 2020 to present
Chair Professor of Economics, HKUST, 2019 to present (Professor 2011 to 2019)
Chair Professor of Social Science, HKUST, 2011 to present
Professor of Public Policy, HKUST, 2017 to present
Director, Institute for Emerging Market Studies, HKUST, 2013 to 2020
Senior Fellow, Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Studies, HKUST, 2011 to 2020
Professor of Economics, University of Oxford, 2010-2011 (Reader 2007 to 2010)
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Michigan, 2002-2007
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Michigan, 1997-2002

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PUBLICATIONS Giles, John, Albert Park, and Meiyan Wang. "The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Schooling, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
Magnet High Schools and Academic Performance in China: A Regression Discontinuity Design,” Journal of Comparative Economics, 43(4): 825-843, 2015
Park, Albert, and Yan Shen, “Understanding Wealth and Housing Inequality among China’s Older Population,” China Economic Journal, 8(3): 288-307, 2015.
Gallagher, Mary, John Giles, Albert Park, and Meiyan Wang, “China’s 2008 Labor Contract Law: Implementation and Impacts on Workers,” Human Relations, 68(2) 197–235, 2015.
Abhijeet Singh, Albert Park, and Stefan Dercon, “School Meals as a Social Safety Net: An Evaluation of the Midday Meal Scheme in India,” Economic Development and Cultural Change, 62(2): 275 – 306, 2014.
Park, Albert, and Xiaobo Qu, “Informality, Returns to Education, and Labour Market Integration in China,” Indian Journal of Labor Economics 56(4): 617-634, 2013.
Cai, Hongbin, Hongbin Li, Albert Park, and Li-an Zou, “Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 95(3): 850-867, 2013.
Mangyo, Eiji, and Albert Park. “Relative Deprivation and Health: Which Reference Groups Matter?”Journal of Human Resources46(3): 459-481, 2011.
Park, Albert, Dean Yang, Xinzheng Shi, and Yuan Jiang. “Exporting and Firm Performance: Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis,”Review of Economics and Statistics92(4): 822–842, 2010.
Park, Albert, and Sangui Wang. “Community Development and Poverty Alleviation: An Evaluation of China’s Poor Village Investment Program,”Journal of Public Economics, 94(9-10): 790-799, 2010.
Park, Albert, and Minggao Shen. “Refinancing and Decentralization: Evidence from China,”Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations66(3-4): 703-730, 2008.
Giles, John, Albert Park, and Fang Cai. “Re-employment of Dislocated Workers in Urban China: the Roles of Information and Incentives,”Journal of Comparative Economics34(3): 582-607, 2006.
Park, Albert. “Risk and Household Grain Management in Developing Countries,”TheEconomic Journal116(514): 1088-1115, 2006.
Du, Yang, Albert Park, and Sangui Wang. “Migration and Rural Poverty in China,” Journal of Comparative Economics 33(4): 688-709, 2005.
Zhang, Junsen, Yaohui Zhao, Albert Park, Xiaoqing Song,. “Economic Returns to Schooling in Urban China, 1988 to 2001,”Journal of Comparative Economics33(4): 730-752, 2005.
Park, Albert, and Minggao Shen. “Joint Liability Lending and the Rise and Fall of China’s Township and Village Enterprises,” Journal of Development Economics71: 497-531, 2003.
Park, Albert, Loren Brandt, and John Giles. “Competition Under Credit Rationing: Theory and Evidence from Rural China,”Journal of Development Economics71: 463-495, 2003.
Park, Albert, Sangui Wang, and Guobao Wu. “Regional Poverty Targeting in China,”Journal of Public Economics86(1): 123-153, 2002.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS Development
Labor
Applied microeconomics
Chinese Economy