PhD, Economics, Stanford University, 2011
Master's, Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989
Young Genius Program, Fudan University, 1985
Demographic Economics, Innovation, Education
Co-founder and Chairman of Trip.com Group
Research Professor of Economics at Peking University's Guanghua School of Management
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