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Dr Xiang Wei

Home Institution: National Academy of Economic Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Email: weixiang@cass.org.cn

Background

Dr Xiang Wei is an Associate Professor in the National Academy of Economic Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and a Senior Researcher of the National School of Development, Peking University and an Adjunct Professor in the Center for Leisure Research, Renmin University of China. Dr Wei is also a member of the American Economic Association, USA.
He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Business School of Renmin University of China. In collaboration with other institutes, he developed the largest data set (more than 800,000) on economic life in the Mainland China that spans the years of 2006-2017.

His research focuses on issues of time allocation (especially its effect on human capital), happiness, travel consumption and the effects of leisure time and leisure participation on economic growth. Dr Wei’s research has been funded by the National Social Science Fund and has also been published in top SSCI journals including International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Leisure Research, Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Tourism Research, Tourism Economics, and Tourism Analysis. He has also published more than 30 CSSCI papers in Chinese. Dr. Wei teaches doctoral-level course on The Economics of Leisure, which examines the economic laws and their effect on the leisure industry.

Research Interests

  • Leisure Economics
  • Human Capital and Efficiency in Tourism
  • Travel Consumption
  • Impact of Vocation
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