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James Liang

Education

PhD, Economics, Stanford University, 2011
Master's, Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989
Young Genius Program, Fudan University, 1985

 

Major research area

Demographic Economics, Innovation, Education

 

Current positions

Co-founder and Chairman of Trip.com Group
Research Professor of Economics at Peking University's Guanghua School of Management

 

Major publications

Books

Innovation, Heritage, and Meaning of Life . CITIC Press (April 2024).

Population Strategies: How Population Impacts Economy and Innovation . CITIC Press (May 2023).

After Immortality. Zhejiang Literature & Art Publishing House (July 2020).

The Demographics of Innovation: Opportunities and Traps for the Rise of Great Powers . Co-authored with Wenzhong Huang. China Machine Press (April 2018).

Too Many People in China? Co-authored with Jianxin Li. Social Sciences Academic Press (China) (April 2012).

The Chinese Dream Calls for the Chinese Child . Co-authored with Wenzheng Huang, Yunhe Jiang, and Mingfu Liu. China Democracy Legislative Publishing House (October 2017).

The Rise of the Network Society . Shanghai Jiaotong University Press (2000).

 

Journal articles

Bloom, N., Han, R. & Liang, J. Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07500-2

Bloom, N., Han, R. & Liang, J. How hybrid working from home works out. NBER Working Paper (2020). https://doi.org/10.3386/w30292

Liang, J., Hui, W. & Lazear, E. Demographics and entrepreneurship. Journal of Political Economy (2018). https://doi.org/10.3386/w20506

Bloom, N., Liang, J., Roberts, J. & Ying, Z. Does working from home work? Evidence from a Chinese experiment. The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2014). https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qju032