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Zhang Fen
Date:2021-11-21

Zhang Fen

Associate Professor

Department of Mathematic Economics and Mathematic Finance

Email: zhangfen@whu.edu.cn

Phone : +86-27-68753071

PhD, Economics, Wuhan University, China(2004-2007)

MSc, Economics, Wuhan University, China(2001-2004)

B.A., Economics, Wuhan University, China(1997-2001)

Curriculum Vitae

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

Ÿ Teaching courses : macroeconomics, microeconomics, theory of production and consumption ,dynamic optimization

Ÿ Research Areas : economic growth, income distribution, public investment and health

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Ÿ Vice Director of Department of Mathematic Economics and Mathematic Finance,Wuhan University, Feb 2013– present

Ÿ Associate Professor ofDepartment of Mathematic Economics and Mathematic Finance, Wuhan University, Dec 2012– present

Ÿ Post doctor, Washington University of Saint Louis,2011-2012

Ÿ Instructor,Department of Mathematic Economics and Mathematic Finance, Wuhan University, Nov 2011–Nov 2012.

Ÿ Instructor,Department of Finance, Wuhan University, July 2007–Oct 2011.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ÿ “Public health spending, private health spending and economic growth”,Economic Review,2012.6.

Ÿ “Health, education and economic growth”,Economic Review, 2011.4.

Ÿ “Literatures on health, economic growth and income inequality”,Economic Perspectives, 2010. 3.

Ÿ “Transport Infrastructure, Growth and Poverty Alleviation: Empirical Analysis of China”, Annals of Economics and Finance(SSCI), 2008,Vol.9(2).

Ÿ “Literatures on infrastructure and economic growth”,Economic Review, 2008.5.

Ÿ “Regional and urban-rural discrepancies on economic growth in China”,Journal of Wuhan University of Humanities and Social Science,2007.1.

Ÿ “Income disparity in rural areas and human capital accumulation”,Social science in China, 2006.2.

Ÿ “More Investment Needed in Rural Education”, China Economist, 2006.5.

Ÿ “Regional investment discrepancy in China: analysis based on Theil index”, Journal of Lanzhou Business School, 2006.4.

Ÿ “The inverse U shape of China’s regional investment”, Investment in China, 2006.11.

Conference Papers

Ÿ “The health effects of Economic crisis and responds of the Chinese government”,The 3rd International Conference on E-business and E-government, 2012, EI index.

Ÿ “Driving economic growth by promoting health equality”,International Conference on Engineering and Business Management, 2010, ISTP index.

Ÿ “Promoting social equity by adjusting public spending”,Proceedings of the 2009 international conference on public economics and management, 2009, ISTP index.

Textbooks

Ÿ Economic growth and income distribution in China: theoretic and empirical analysis,Co-author, Wuhan University Press, 2011.

Ÿ Survey of Economics,Co-translator, Wuhan University Press, 2008.

Ÿ Issues in Economics today,Co-translator, Wuhan University Press, 2007.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Government-funded grants

Ÿ Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Education Ministry:“Alleviating the urban-rural income disparity and poverty based on health human capital: Theoretic model and empirical measure”,2012-.

Ÿ Project from National Economics Research Center of Guangdong Business School: The 8thFive-year Key Project of Hubei Social Science Fund:“Regional disparity and income distribution difference in China”,2012.

Ÿ Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of Wuhan University:“Economic growth in rural China and poverty alleviation, 2009-2011.

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