Dr. Kaixing Huang

Assistant Professor

School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences (SAAS)

Senior Research Fellow

China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP)

Peking University

Email: kaixing.huang@pku.edu.cn 

Research Area

Agricultural Economics, Economic Growth, Environmental Economics 

Short Bio

Kaixing Huang is a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Adelaide and currently holds a position as a senior research fellow at the China Center for Agricultural Policy in Peking University. His research interests mainly focus on rural economic transformation, macroeconomic growth, and climate change. He has published articles in various journals, including Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Economic Surveys, and Journal of Agricultural Economics. 

Selected Publications

1.  Huang, Kaixing, Hong Zhao, Jikun Huang, Jinxia Wang, and Christopher Findlay. 2020. "The impact of climate change on the labor allocation: Empirical evidence from China." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

2.  Huang, Kaixing, and Nicholas Sim. 2020. "Adaptation may reduce climate damage in agriculture by two thirds."  Journal of Agricultural Economics.

3.  Huang, Kaixing, Nicholas Sim, and Hong Zhao. 2020a. "Does FDI actually affect income inequality? Insights from 25 years of research." Journal of Economic Surveys.

4.  Huang, Kaixing, Nicholas Sim, and Hong Zhao. 2020b. "Corporate social responsibility, corporate financial performance and the confounding effects of economic fluctuations: A meta-analysis."  International Review of Financial Analysis.

5.  Huang, Kaixing, and Nicholas Sim. 2018. "Why do the econometric-based studies on the effect of warming on agriculture disagree? A meta-analysis."  Oxford Economic Papers.

6.  Huang, Kaixing, Jinxia Wang, Jikun Huang, and Christopher Findlay. 2017. "The potential benefits of agricultural adaptation to warming in China in the long run."  Environment and Development Economics.

7.  Huang, Kaixing, Wenshou Yan, Nicholas Sim, Yuqing Guo, Fang Xie. 2022. “Can trade explain the rising trends in income inequality? Insights from 40 years of empirical studies.” Economic Modelling.

8.  Huang, Kaixing, Wenshou Yan, and Jikun Huang. 2020. "Agricultural Subsidies Retard Urbanisation in China."  Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Courses Taught at Peking University

An Introduction to Causality Identification Methods; Journal Article Writing