Education

2017: Ph.D. in Development Economics, LICOS Center for Institutional and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, Belgium.

2012: Master of Economics, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.

2008: Bachelor of Business Administration, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.

Employment

2022–present: Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan

2022–present: Senior Researcher, Macro-Agricultural Research Institute, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan

2020–present: Senior Researcher, SuReFood Consortium, Netherlands

2017–2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, Development Economics Group, Faculty of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, Netherlands

Journal Articles

[1] Wang, Q.1, Li, F.1, Heerink, N., Yu, J., Fleskens, L., and Ritsema, C. (2022). Land rental markets, specialization, and rural household income: Evidence from the North China Plain., Journal of Agricultural and Resources Economics, forthcoming.

[2] Ma, J., Li, F.*, and Zhang, H*. (2022). Commercial cash crop production and households’ economic welfare: Evidence from the pulse farmers in rural China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 22(11), 395–3407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2022.09.006

[3] Liu, Y., Heerink, N., Li, F., and Shi, X*. (2022). Do agricultural machinery services promote village land rental markets? Theory and evidence from the North China Plain. Land Use Policy, 122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106388

[4] Li, F., Li, D., Feng, S*., Zhang, W., and Heerink, N. (2022). Improving smallholders’ soil nutrient management: The effect of science and technology backyards in the North China Plain. China Agricultural Economic Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-10-2021-0197  

[5] Cao, H., Li, F.*, Xiang, T., Qian, C., and Zhao, K. (2022). From value perception to behavioral intention: Study of Chinese smallholder’s pro-environmental farming practices, Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115179

[6] Strokal, M., Annette, J., Chen, X., Kroeze, C., Li, F., Ma, L., Yu, H., Zhang, F., and Wang, M. (2021). Green Agriculture and Blue Water in China: Integrating Crop and Livestock Production for Clean Water. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2020366

[7] Huang, W., Yao, P.,Li, F.*, and Liao, X. (2021). Student Governments in Chinese Higher Education: Reflection on College Students’ and Student Cadres’ Political Trust. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00721-8

[8] Tan, M., Hou, Y., Zhang, L., Shi, S., Long, W., Ma, Y., Zhang, T., Li, F., and Oenema, O. (2020). Farmer’s Perceptions of Manure Management Techniques in Medium to Large Size Dairy and Poultry Farms in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125149

[9] Wang, B. Li, F., Feng, S.*, and Shen, T. (2020). Transfer of Development Rights, Farmland Preservation and Economic Growth: A Case Study of Chongqing Land Quotas Trading Program. Land Use Policy. 95. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104611

[10] Wang, Q., Li, F., Heerink, N., Yu, J.*, Fleskens, L., and Ritsema, C. (2020). Price Decline, Land Rental Market and Agricultural Production in the North China Plain. China Agricultural Economic Review. 13(1), 124-149. https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-04-2019-0066

[11] Qian, C., Li, F., Antonides, G., Heerink, N., Ma, X., and Li, X.* (2020). Effect of Personality Traits on Smallholders' Land Renting Behaviour: Theory and Evidence from the North China Plain. China Economic Review. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2020.101510

[12] Li, F., Loyalka, P., Yi, H., Shi, Y., Johnson, N., and Rozelle, S. (2018). Ability Tracking and Social Trust in China’s Rural Secondary School System. School Effectiveness and School Improvement. 29(4), 545-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2018.1480498

[13] Huang, W., Li, F.*, Liao, X., and Hu, P. (2018). More Money, Better Performance? The Effects of Student Loans and Need-based Grants in China’s Higher Education. China Economic Review, 51(1), 208-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2017.09.005

[14] Li, F., Song, Y., Yi, H., Wei, J., Zhang, L., Shi, Y., Chu, J., Johnson, N., Loyalka, P., and Rozelle, S. (2017). The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on the Matriculation of Junior High School Students into Rural China’s High Schools, Journal of Development Effectiveness, 9(1), 41-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2016.1231701  

[15] Li, F., Shi, Y., Boswell, M., and Rozelle, S. (2017). Craft Beer in China. Chapter 17 in Garavaglia, C., and Swinnen, J. (eds) Economic Perspectives on Craft Beer: A Revolution in the Global Beer Industry. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58235-1_17

[16] Li, F., and Mo, D. (2016). The Burgeoning Chocolate Market in China, Chapter 18 of The Economics of Chocolate, edited by Squicciarini, Mara P. and Johan Swinnen, Oxford University Press, UK. http://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198726449.001.0001