Work Experience
2021 – Present: Distinguished Research Fellow, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University
2019 – 2021: Assistant Professor, School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University

PUBLICATIONS

• 16 - V. Bhaskar; Wenchao Li; Junjian Yi ; Strategic parental investments in a competitive marriage market. European Economic Review, 2025, 104958
• 15 - Jie Li; Wenchao Li ; Retreating from risks: Household stock market participation in a protectionist era. Journal of Banking & Finance, 2025, 107392
• 14 - Xiaolan Yang; Lele Zhang; Xiaoyue Hong; Wenchao Li ; Can digital financial inclusion facilitate intergenerational income mobility? Evidence from China. Journal of Comparative Economics, 2024, 52(4): 951-962
• 13 - Wenchao Li ; Do surging house prices discourage fertility? Global evidence, 1870–2012, Labour Economics, 2024, 102572
• 12 - Wenchao Li; Di Tong ; The benefits of having an entrepreneur mother: Influence of mother's entrepreneurial status on human capital formation among children, Journal of Business Venturing, 2023, 38(6): 106329
• 11 - V. Bhaskar; Wenchao Li; Junjian Yi ; Multidimensional premarital investments with imperfect commitment, Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 131(10)
• 10 - Wenchao Li; Zhiming Leng; Junjian Yi; Songfa Zhong ; A multifaceted poverty reduction program has economic and behavioral consequences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, 120(10)
• 9 - Wenchao Li ; Gender of children and risky health behaviors: Evidence from China, Economic Modelling, 2023, 119
• 8 - Xiaolan Yang; Xiaoyue Hong; Wenchao Li ; "Only children" and entrepreneurship in China: Spillover effects and mechanisms, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2023, 101994
• 7 - Wenchao Li; Xuyan Lou; Junjian Yi; Junsen Zhang ; Unobserved endowments and gender differences in marriage matching, Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41(4): 859-886
• 6 - Wenchao Li; Changcheng Song; Shu Xu; Junjian Yi ; High sex ratios and household portfolio choice in China, Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57(2): 465-490
• 5 - Xiaolan Yang; Yidong Huang; Wenchao Li ; Economic preferences and state-level corruption: Global evidence and mechanism, Applied Economics Letters, 2022: 1-21
• 4 - Wenchao Li ; The "miseries" of sex imbalance: Evidence using subjective well-being data, Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 151
• 3 - Wenchao Li; Jing Li; Junjian Yi ; Government management capacities and the containment of covid-19: A repeated cross-sectional study across Chinese cities, BMJ Open, 2021, 11(4)
• 2 - Wenchao Li; Junjian Yi ; Alphabetical author order, intellectual collaboration, and high-skilled migration, Economic Journal, 2021, 131(635): 1250-1268
• 1 - Wenchao Li ; Time barrier to export for OECD countries, Economics Letters, 2019, 175: 106-112

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS

• Wenchao Li; Fangzhou Lian; Ninghua Zhong ; Highways to prosperity. R&R at Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

TEACHING
Econometrics
Frontiers in Economic Research
Urban Economics

SELECTED GRANTS
National Natural Science Foundation of China - Excellent Young Scientists Fund Project，2025 – 2027
National Natural Science Foundation of China - The Youth Science Fund Project，2022 – 2024
Shanghai Pujiang Scholar Project，2020 – 2023, Completed

Other Academic Activities
Invited anonymous reviewer for academic journals including Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Management Science, and Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

• 国家优秀青年科学基金，2024
• 张培刚发展经济学优秀成果奖，2024
• 上海市哲学社会科学优秀成果奖二等奖，2023
• 上海市浦江人才计划，2020
• Singapore National Academy of Science Award, 2013