Contact Information：

     Research Institute for Global Value Chains (RIGVC)

     University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

     419 Keyan Building, 10 Huixin Dongjie Road

     Beijing China, 100029

     Email: wenbo.zhu@uibe.edu.cn

     Personal Website: zhu-wenbo.github.io

Current Employment

     Associate Professor, RIGVC,       UIBE since January 2022

     Assistant to the Dean, RIGVC,    UIBE since July 2020

Work Experience

     Assistant Professor, RIGVC,        UIBE January 2018 - December 2021

Education

     Ph.D. Economics, Queen’s University 2011 - 2017

     M.A. Economics, Dalhousie University 2009 - 2011

     B.Econ., School of Economics, Nankai University 2002 - 2006

Primary Research Interests

    Macroeconomics, Labour Economics

Ph.D. Dissertation

 “Heterogeneous Technological Changes and Their Impacts on Income

   Inequality  and Productivity Growth” (Supervisors: Huw Lloyd-Ellis and Sumon Majumdar)

Publications

“Skill-Replacing Process Innovation and the Labour Market: Theory and Evidence”, Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 56: 1583-1614. https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12681

  Hollowing Out and Slowing Growth: the Role of Process Innovations”, Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 45, July 2022, Pages 217-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2021.06.004

Working Papers

 “Optimal Patent Policy and Economic Growth” with Amy Hongfei Sun

     (Queen’s University)

 “Intangible Capital and Job Flows in the Digital Age” with Zhixiong Zeng    

     (Nanchang University)

Referee For

Review of Economic Dynamics, Economic Modelling (x4), China Economic          Quarterly, Mathematical Social Sciences, China & World Economy (x2), Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics