EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. in Economics, Australian National University, Australia, 2003-2006

 

Thesis: Openness to Trade and the Determination of Employment: An Application of Two-sector Search Model with Trade Adjustment, Supervisory Panel: Ligang Song (Chair), Peter Drysdale, Christopher Findlay, and Guillaume Rocheteau.

 

M.A., Nankai University, P. R. China, 1999-2002

B. A., Nankai University, P. R. China, 1995-1999

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

I am currently a Professor and Deputy Director of New Institute of Rural Development, Peking University. My research interest includes economic growth and development, agricultural productivity and rural economy, resource and environmental economics, international trade and policy, CGE modelling and China economy. Since 2011, I have published around 40 journal articles including many top-tier journals including American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Energy Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Canadian Journal of Economics, Review of Income and Wealth, World Development, and Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. I am also teaching advanced agricultural economics, international trade theory and policy and management economics.

 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

 

Agricultural economics and production economics, Economic growth and rural development, Environmental and resource economics, CGE modelling

 

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

 

Current External Positions

Associate Editor, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Wiley Ltd., ISSN 1467-5283. 2018-

Research Associate, China Economic and Commercial Program, Australian National University.

Global Agricultural Productivity Analysis Group Member, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture/ World Bank/ International Food Product Research Institute.

Honoured Professor, School of Economics, the Nankai University, P. R. China since 2013.

Vice President, Asian Society of Agricultural Economists, 2019-

Chairman and Council Member, East Asian Branch, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economic Society

Executive Committe Member, Chinese Economic Society in Australia (CESA)

 

Previous positions

 

Senior Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, 2010-2011

Principal Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, 2008-2010

Research Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, 2007-2008

ARC Research Fellow, the Australian National University, Australia, 2006-2008

 

Teaching

 

Advanced Agricultural Economics, Microecomomics and Macroeconomics (Undergraduates), Peking University

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Management Economics, the Hong Kong Polytech University, 2011-2015

Macroeconomics (Undergraduate and master level), the Australian National University, 2007

 

PUBLICATION

 

Career 10 Best

 

1.R.G. Chambers, S. Pieralli, Y. Sheng (*), 2020, “The Millienium Droughts and Australian Agricultural Productivity Performance: A Nonparametric Analysis”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 102(5): 1383-1403. 5-year Impact Factor: 3.442.

 

2.Y. Sheng, J. Ding and J. Huang (*), 2019, “The Relationship between Farm Size and Productivity in Agriculture: Evidence from the Maize Farms in China”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 101(3): 790-806. 5-year Impact Factor: 3.442.

 

3.Y. Sheng (*) and W. Chancellor, 2019, “Exploring the relationship between farm size and productivity: Evidence from the Australian grains industry”, Food Policy  84(4): 196-204. 5-year Impact Factor: 5.341.

 

4.Y. Sheng, X. Shi (*) and B. Su, 2018, “Re-analyzing the Economic Impact of a Global Bunker Emissions Charge”, Energy Economics 74: 107-119. 5-year Impact Factor: 5.790.

 

5.Y. Sheng, Y. Wu, X. Shi (*) and D. Zhang, 2015, “Energy Trade Efficiency and Its Determinants: A Malmquist Index Approach”, Energy Economics 50: 306-314. 5-year Impact Factor: 5.790.

 

6.Y. Sheng, X. Shi (*) and D. Zhang, 2014. “Economic growth, regional disparities and energy demand in China: Implication for energy market integration in East Asia”, Energy Policy 71:31-39. 5-year Impact Factor: 5.693.

 

7.Y. Sheng (*), S. Zhao, K. Nossal and D. Zhang, 2014, “Productivity and farm size in Australian agriculture: Reinvestigating the returns to scale”, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 59(1):16-38.  5-year Impact Factor: 1.826.

 

8.X. Xu (*) and Y. Sheng, 2012, “Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Firm-level evidence from China”, World Development 40(1): 62-74. 5-year Impact Factor: 4.749.

 

9.Y. Sheng and X. Xu(*), 2011, “Real Exchange Rate, Productivity and Labour Market Rigidities”, Journal of International Money and Finance 30(3): 587-603. 5-year Impact Factor: 2.448.

 

10.Y. Sheng and X. Xu (*), 2010, “A Generalized Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson Model with Search”, Canadian Journal of Economics 43(3): 795-815. 5-year Impact Factor: 0.810.

 

Research Publications

 

I have a total of 90 publications including 39 journal articles, 16 book chapters, and 35 official research/technical reports/online working papers published by Australian government or other international agencies. Since 2015, the total citation from Google Scholar is 1343 (SSCI: 158/other131; SCI114/other98）and the H index is H22 with H10=30.

 

Refereed Journal Articles

 

1. Sheng, Y., Y. Zhao, Q. Zhang, W. Dong and J. Huang(*), 2021 “Boosting rural labor off-farm employment through urban expansion in China” World Development, forthcoming.

 

2. Sheng, Y., S. Zhao and S. Yang(*), 2021 “Weather shocks, adaptation and agricultural TFP: A cross-region comparison of Australian Broadacre farms”, Energy Economics 101， available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105417.

 

3.Chambers, R. G., S. Pieralli, Y. Sheng(*), 2020. “The Millienium droughts and Australian agricultural productivity performance: A nonparametric analysis”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 102(5): 1383-1403.

 

4. Shi, X., K. Wang(*), Y. Shen, Y. Sheng and Y. Zhang, 2020. “A permit trading scheme for facilitating energy transition: A case study of coal capacity control in China”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 256: 120472.

 

5. Huang, Jikun, Scott Rozelle, Xinkai Zhu, Shiji Zhao and Yu Sheng(*), 2019. “Agricultural and rural development in China during the past four decades: An introduction”, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 64(1):1-13.

 

6. Y. Sheng(*), W. Chancellor and T. Jackson, 2019. “Deregulation reforms, resource reallocation and aggregate productivity growth in the Australian dairy industry”, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 64(2): 477-504.

 

7. Y. Sheng, X. Tian (*), W. Qiao and C. Peng, 2019. “Measuring agricultural total factor productivity in China: Pattern and drivers over the period 1978-2016”, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 64(1): 82-103.

 

8. Yi, Q., M. Chen, Y. Sheng(*) and J. Huang, 2019. “Mechanization services, farm productivity and institutional innovation in China”, China Agricultural Economic Review 11(3): 536-554.

 

9. Y. Sheng, J. Ding and J. Huang (*), 2019. “The relationship between farm size and productivity in agriculture: Evidence from the maize farms in China”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 101(3): 790-806.

 

10. Y. Sheng and X. Xu (*), 2019. “Estimating impacts of sustained droughts on agricultural productivity in Australia: Evidence from an international comparison”, Economic Modelling 76(1): 182-191.

 

11. Y. Sheng (*) and W. Chancellor, 2019. “Exploring the relationship between farm size and productivity: Evidence from the Australian grains industry”, Food Policy 84(4): 196-204.

 

12. Y. Sheng (*) and L. Song, 2019. "Agricultural production and food consumption in China: A long-term projection", China Economic Review 53(1): 15-29.

 

13. Y. Sheng (*), P. Drysdale and C. Chen, 2019. “Economic growth in China and its potential impact on Australia-China bilateral trade: A projection for 2025 based on the CGE analysis”, Singapore Economic Review 64(4): 839-862.

 

14. Y. Sheng, X. Shi (*) and B. Su, 2018. “Re-analyzing the economic impact of a global bunker emissions charge”, Energy Economics 74: 107-119.

 

15. Y. Sheng (*), T. Jackson and K. Lawson, 2018. “Evaluating the benefits from transport infrastructure in agriculture: A hedonic analysis of farm land prices”, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 62(2): 237-255.

 

16. Y. Sheng, T. Jackson, S. Zhao (*) and D. Zhang, 2017. “Measuring output, input and total factor productivity in Australian agriculture: An industry-level analysis”, Review of Income and Wealth 63(s1): s169-s193.

 

17. Y. Sheng (*), T. Jackson and P. Gooday, 2017. "Resource reallocation and its contribution to productivity growth in Australian broadacre agriculture", Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 61(1):56-75.

 

18. E. Ball, S. Cahill, C. S. Mesonada, R. Nehring and Y. Sheng (*), 2016. “Comparisons of capital input in OECD agriculture, 1973-2011”, Review of Economics and Finance 2016(6): 25-48.

 

19. Y. Sheng (*), J. D. Mullen and S. Zhao, 2016. “Has growth in productivity in Australian broadacre agriculture slowed? A historical view”, Annals of Agricultural & Crop Sciences 1(3): 1001-1009.

 

20. Y. Sheng (*), A. Davidson, K. Fuglie, and D. Zhang, 2016. "Input substitution, productivity performance and farm size", Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 60(3): 327-347.

 

21. Y. Sheng (*), E. Ball and K. Nossal, 2015. "Comparing Agricultural Total Factor Productivity between Australia, Canada, and the United States, 1961-2006 ", International Productivity Monitor 38 (3): 38-59.

 

22. D. Zhang, X. Shi (*) and Y. Sheng, 2015. "Comprehensive measurement of energy market integration in East Asia: An application of dynamic principal component analysis", Energy Economics 52: 299-305.

 

23. Y. Sheng, Y. Wu, X. Shi (*) and D. Zhang, 2015. “Energy trade efficiency and its determinants: A Malmquist index approach”, Energy Economics 50: 306-314.

 

24. D. Zhang C. Chen (*), Y. Sheng, 2015. “Public investment in agricultural R&D and extension: an analysis of the effects on Australian broadacre productivity”, China Agricultural Economic Review 7(1): 86-101.

 

25. Y. Sheng (*), S. Zhao, K. Nossal and D. Zhang, 2014. “Productivity and farm size in Australian agriculture: Reinvestigating the returns to scale”, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 59(1):16-38.

 

26. Y. Sheng, C. Tang and X. Xu (*), 2014. “The impact of ACFTA on PRC-ASEAN trade: Estimates based on an extended gravity model for component trade”, Applied Economics 46(19): 2251-2263.

 

27. Y. Sheng and X. Xu (*), 2014. “Terms of trade shocks and endogenous search unemployment: A two-sector model with non-traded goods”, Pacific Economic Review 46(19):201-215.

 

28. Y. Sheng, X. Shi (*) and D. Zhang, 2014. “Economic growth, regional disparities and energy demand in China: Implication for energy market integration in East Asia”, Energy Policy 71:31-39.

 

29. Y. Sheng and L. Song (*), 2013. “Re-estimation of firms’ total factor productivity in China’s iron and steel industry”, China Economic Review 24(3): 177-188.

 

30. Y. Sheng and X. Shi (*), 2013. “Energy market integration and equitable growth across countries”, Applied Energy 104: 319-325.

 

31. C. Chen, Y. Sheng, and C. Findlay (*), 2013. “Impact of FDI on domestic firms’ exports in China”, Review of International Economics 21(5):841-856.

 

32. X. Xu and Y. Sheng (*), 2012. “Productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment: Firm-level evidence from China”, World Development 40(1):62-74.

 

33. Y. Sheng and X. Xu (*), 2012. “Are FDI spillovers regional? Firm-level evidence from China”, Journal of Asian Economics 23(3): 244-258.

 

34. Y. Sheng and X. Xu (*), 2011, “Real exchange rate, productivity and labor market frictions”, Journal of International Money and Finance 30(3): 587-603.

 

35. Y. Sheng and X. Xu (*), 2010. “Trade theorems with search unemployment”, Canadian Journal of Economics 43(3): 795-815.

 

36. Y. Sheng and L. Song (*), 2008. “Comparative advantage and Australia-China bilateral trade”, Economic Papers 27(1): 41-56.

 

37. Y. Sheng (*), 2002. “Impact of APEC trade liberalisation on Sino-Australian bilateral trade”, Pacific Economic Papers: No.330, Canberra, Australia.

 

38. 黄季焜、胡瑞法、易红梅、盛誉、王金霞、宝明涛、刘旭 2021 “中国未来30年种植业发展愿景与对策研究”，《中国工程科学》 forthcoming.

 

39. 工程院2050项目综合组，“中国2050年农业发展的战略和政策建议”， 《中国工程科学》 forthcoming.

 

40. 工程院2050项目第一课题组，，《中国工程科学》 forthcoming.

 

41. 丁吉萍、黄季焜、盛誉， 2021， “从单产和利润看农户适度规模经营:来自东北、华北农户粮食生产的实证分析”《农林经济管理学报》 20（1）：19-28.

 

42. 黄季焜、王济民、解伟、王晓兵、候玲玲、周慧、盛誉、刘旭，2019.“ 现代农业转型发展与食物安全供求趋势研究”， 《中国工程科学》 21（5）：1-9.

 

43. 宋立刚、盛誉、韩英杰，2007.“改革对中国经济增长的影响：主因子分析”，《中国劳动经济学》 2007（2）：3-23.

 

44. 盛誉 ，2005.“贸易自由化与中国要素市场扭曲的测定”，《世界经济》，2005（6）：56-64.

 

45. 盛誉，2004.“发展中国家的开放、贸易政策与经济增长:一个跨国的实证分析”，《南开经济研究》，2004（03）：59-63.

 

 

Book Chapters

 

1. Y. Zhao, M. Chen and Y. Sheng, 2019. “Off-farm employment in rural China and the hukou system”, Chinese Economic Transformation: Views from Young Economists, L. Song, Y. Zhou and L. Hurst (eds.), Chapter 5, the ANU Press.

 

2. Y. Sheng, L. Song and Q. Yi, 2017, “Mechanisation outsourcing and agricultural productivity for small farms: Implications for rural land reform in China”, L. Song, R. Garnaut, F. Cai and L. Johnston (eds.), China’s New Sources of Economic Growth, Chapter 13, 2017, the ANU Press.

 

3. Y. Sheng and X. Shi, 2013. “Energy market integration and economic convergence: Implication for East Asia” Y. Wu and S. Kimura (eds.) EMI in East Asia Submit Countries, the Elder Elgar Press, London.

 

4. Y. Sheng and L. Song, 2013. "China's iron and steel industry performance: Total factor productivity and its determinants", L. Song and H. Liu (eds.) The Chinese Steel Industry's Transformation, the Elder Elgar Press, London.

 

5. J. Golley, Y. Sheng and Y. Zheng, 2012. "Economic growth, regional disparities and core steel demand in China", L. Song and H. Liu (eds.) The Chinese Steel Industry’s Transformation: Structural Change, Performance and Demand on Resources, the Elder Elgar Press, London.

 

6. Y. Sheng and L. Song, 2012. "The backward and forward linkages of the iron and steel industry in China and their implications" L. Song and H. Liu (eds.), The Chinese Steel Industry’s Transformation: Structural Change, Performance and Demand on Resources, the Elder Elgar Press, London.

 

7. Y. Sheng and L. Song, 2012. "China's iron ore import demand and its determinants: A time-series analysis", L. Song and H. Liu (eds.), The Chinese Steel Industry’s Transformation: Structural Change, Performance and Demand on Resources, the Elder Elgar Press, London.

 

8. Y. Sheng and L. Song, 2012. "The technical efficiency of China's large and medium iron and steel enterprises: A firm-level analysis", L. Song and H. Liu (eds.), The Chinese Steel Industry’s Transformation: Structural Change, Performance and Demand on Resources, the Elder Elgar Press, London.

 

9. S. Zhao, Y. Sheng and E. Gray, 2012. "Productivity of the Australian broadacre and dairy industries: Concept, methodology and data", K. Fuglie, S. Wang and E. Ball (eds.) Global Agricultural Productivity Analysis, the CABI Publishing House, UK.

 

10. H. McKay, L. Song and Y. Sheng, 2010. “China’s metal intensity in comparative perspective”, R. Garnaut, L. Song and W. T. Woo (eds.) The Next 20 Years of Reform and Development, the Edward Elgar Publishing.

 

11. Y. Sheng and L. Song, 2009. “Linking economic development with demand for energy: A discontinuous estimation of energy demand Elasticity”, C. Chen (ed). China’s Integration with the Global Economy, the Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, UK.

 

12. Y. Sheng and L. Song, 2007. “China's demand for energy: A global perspective”, R. Garnaut and L. Song (eds.), China Linking Markets for Growth, the Asia Pacific Press, Australian National University, Canberra.

 

13. Y. Sheng, 2006. “Job matching efficiency in urban China: 1996-2003”, Yanrui Wu (ed.) Economics Transition, Growth and Globalization in China, the Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England.

 

14. Y. Sheng, 2005. “Rapid urbanisation and implications for growth in China”, R. Garnaut and L. Song (eds.) The China Boom and Its Discontents, the Asia Pacific Press, Australian National University.

 

15. Y. Sheng and L. Song, 2004. “Privatisation, incentive effects and sustainability of growth”, R. Garnaut and L. Song (eds.) China: Is Rapid Growth Sustainable?, the Asia Pacific Press, Australian National University.

 

16. Y. Sheng and L. Song, 2003. “Regional income disparities and conditional convergence in China”, R. Garnaut and L. Song (eds.), Reducing Regional Disparities in China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing.

 

Published Research Reports

 

1. E. Ball, JP, Batraut, R. Nering, S. Cahil and Y. Sheng, 2016. "Comparison of capital stock and services in agriculture" OECD Statistical Division, Working Papers 2016/01.

 

2. Y. Sheng and T. Jackson, 2016. “Deregulation reforms and productivity growth of dairy industry in Australia”, ABARES Research Technical Report, Canberra.

 

3. K. Fuglie, T. Benton, Y. Sheng, J. Hardelin, K. Mondelaers, and D. Laborde, 2015. G20 MACs White Paper: Metrics of Sustainable Agricultural Productivity, Submission to G20 MACs in Turkey.

 

4. Y. Sheng and X. Xu. 2015. “How did severe droughts affect agricultural productivity in Australia: Evidence from an international comparison”,  ABARES Research Technical Report, Canberra.

 

5. Y. Sheng and T. Jackson, 2015. “A manual for measuring total factor productivity in Australian agriculture”, ABARES Research Technical Report, Canberra.

 

6. Y. Sheng, T. Jackson and A. Davidson, 2015. “Resource reallocation and its contribution to productivity growth in Australian broadacre agriculture”, ABARES Research Technical Report, Canberra.

 

7. C. Gunning-Trant, Y. Sheng, P. Hamshere, T. Gleeson and B. Moir, 2015. “What Indonesia wants: Analysis of Indonesia’s food demand to 2050”,  ABARES Research Technical Report, Canberra.

 

8. T. Jackson, K. Lawson and Y. Sheng, 2014. “Farm land prices and the value of infrastructure”, ABARES Research Paper, Canberra.

 

9. E. Gray, M. Oss-Emer, Y. Sheng, 2014. "Australian agricultural productivity growth: Past reforms and future opportunities", OECD TAD Working Paper, March 2014, Canberra, and OECD TAD Term of Reference.

 

10. D. Zhang, X. Shi and Y. Sheng, 2014. "Enhanced measurement of energy market integration in East Asia: An application of dynamic principal component analysis, ERIA Working Paper Series 2014.

 

11. P. Hamsheer, Y. Sheng, B. Moir, C. Gunning-Trant and D. Mobsby, 2014. “What India wants: Analysis of India’s food demand to 2050”, ABARES Research Technical Report, Canberra.

 

12. P. Hamshere, Y. Sheng, B. Moir, F. Syed and C. Gunning-Trant, 2014. “What China wants: Analysis of China’s food demand to 2050”, ABARES Research Technical Report, Canberra.

 

13. Y. Sheng, K. Nossal and E. Ball, 2013. “Comparing agricultural TFP between Australia, Canada and the United States”, ABARES Research Technical Report, Canberra.

 

14. Y. Sheng and K. Nossal, 2012. “Estimating total factor productivity (TFP) in the dairy industry with farm survey data: A proposed methodology for OECD countries”, OECD TAD Term of Reference.

 

15. Y. Sheng and X. Shi, 2011. “Energy market integration and economic convergence: Implications for East Asia”. ERIA Working Paper Series 2011/09, Jakarta.

 

16. Y. Sheng, J.D. Mullen and S. Zhao, 2011. "A turning point in agricultural productivity: Consideration of the causes", ABARES Technical Report, Canberra.

 

17. Y. Sheng, S. Zhao and J.D. Mullen, 2011. "Public investment in agricultural R&D and its impact on Australian agricultural productivity”, ABARES Technical Report, Canberra.

 

18. Y. Sheng, E. Gray, J.D. Mullen and A. Davidson, 2011. "Public investment in agricultural R&D and extension: An analysis of the static and dynamic effects on Australian broadacre productivity", ABARES Technical Research Report, Canberra.

 

19. Y. Sheng, H. C. Tang and X. Xu, 2011. “The impact of ACFTA on People’s Republic of China-ASEAN trade: Estimates based on an extended gravity model for Component Trade”, ADB Working Paper.

 

20. N. Hughes, K. Lawson, A. Davidson, T. Jackson and Y. Sheng, 2011. "Productivity pathways: Climate-adjusted production frontiers for the Australian broadacre cropping industry", ABARES Technical Research Report, Canberra.

 

21. P. Martin, P. Phillips, E. Gray, Y. Sheng, K. Nossal, M. Oss-Emer, A. Davidson, 2011. "Farm performance: Broadacre and dairy farms: 2008-09 to 2010-11", Australian Commodities, ABARES , Canberra.

 

22. Y. Sheng, J. D. Mullen and S. Zhao, 2011. “Has growth in productivity in Australian broadacre agriculture slowed?” Paper submitted and accepted by the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre, February 2010.

 

23. Y. Sheng, S. Zhao and T. Jackson, 2010. “Productivity of the Australian broadacre and dairy industry: Concepts and methods”, Paper presented at the Economic Measurement Workshop, University of New South Wales, 11 December 2009.

 

24. Y. Sheng, J. H. Kee and S. Zhao, 2010. “Price paid index and its application in TFP estimation for Australian broadacre industries”, ABARE Internal Research Paper, sponsored by DAFF.

 

25. Y. Sheng, S. Zhao and J. H. Kee, 2009. “Exploring determinants of the total factor productivity in Australia’s broadacre grain farms”, Paper presented at the 38th Australian Conference of Economist, University of Adelaide, September 2009.

 

26. Y. Sheng and S. Zhao, 2010. “Elasticity of substitution and TFP in Australian broadacre industry: 1977-78 to 2006-07”, ABARE Internal Research Paper.

 

27. Y. Sheng and S. Zhao, 2010. “Agricultural productivity and its determinants in Australian grain industry: A case study on broadacre farmers in 1989/1990-2003/2004”. GRDC Research Report.

 

28. Y. Sheng, K. Nossal and S. Zhao, 2010. “Total factor productivity estimation for the beef and slaughter lamb industries”.

 

29. Y. Sheng, S. Zhao and K. Nossal, 2010. “Productivity and farm Size in Australian agriculture: Reinvestigating the returns to scale”, ABARE Internal Research Paper.

 

30. Y. Sheng and X. Xu, 2010. “Trade potential between mainland China and Taiwan Strait”. for the annual conference of PAFTAD 2009, website: http://www.paftad.org/files/33/Xu%20&%20Sheng.pdf.

 

31. Y. Sheng and K. Nossal, 2009. “Grains outlook for 2009-10 and industry productivity” (With Katarina Nossal) Australian Commodity, November 2009.

 

32. Y. Sheng, K. Nossal , S. Zhao and D. Gunasekera, 2009. “Productivity movements in Australian agriculture”, Paper presented at the ABARE Outlook Conference, National Conventional Centre of Australia, 9 March 2009, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

 

33. K. Nossal, Y. Sheng, S. Zhao, P. Kokic and R. Nelson, 2009. “Exploring the feasibility of an adaptive capacity index using ABS data”, ABARES Research Report.

 

34. Y. Sheng and L. Song, 2008. “The impact of reform on economic growth in China: A principal component analysis”, Research Paper, No. 2008/12, UNU-WIDER, United Nation, Helsinki, Finland.

 

35. Y. Sheng and X. Xu, 2008. “Economic growth and unemployment: An analysis on transitional dynamic”, ANU Conference Paper.

 

 

Ongoing Research

 

1. R. Chambers and Y. Sheng 2021 Genetrically Modified Organisms and Agricultural Labor Productivity, 10th ASAE International Conference Keynote Paper 2021

 

2. Y. Sheng, H. Deng and C. Li 2021 Impact of GMO revolution on agricultural TFP: A new global view, AARES 2022 Conference Paper

 

3. M. Chen and Y. Sheng 2021 Green revolution is not green, mimeo.

 

4. Y. Sheng and E. Ball 2021 Technological Change, Capital Deepening and Cross-couuntry Agricultural Labor Productivity Growth: Evidence from 17 OECD countries, EMG Workshop Working Paper, Nov 2021 at UNSW.

 

5. K. Huang, B. Cheng, M. Chen and Y. Sheng(*), 2021 Accessing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on China’s TFP Growth: Evidence from the regional-level data in 2020, submitted to Economic Analysis and Policy.

 

6. Y. Sheng, E. Ball, C. S. J. Mesonada and K. Erickson, 2020, “Testing the Embodiment Hypothesis and Productivity Convergence: Evidence from 17 OECD Countries”, submitted to Journal of Comparative Economics.

 

7. Y. Sheng, X. Xu and S. Rozelle, 2019, “Market Fragmentation, Regional Monopoly and Resource Reallocation: Evidence from China's Iron and Steel Industry”, submitted to ReStat.

 

8. X. Meng, Y. Sheng and D. Zhang, 2018, “A General Equilibrium View of the Positive Urban Wage Responses to Rural Migrant Inflow in China: 1990-2010”, under review of Journal of Labor Economics.

 

9. Y. Sheng, E. Ball and X. Xu, 2018, “Cross-country Comparison of Agricultural Productivity: The Superlative versus the Quantity-based Approach”, submitted to AJARE.

 

10. B. Balk, Y. Sheng and X. Xu, 2018, “Value-added versus Gross-output Based Aggregate Productivity Decomposition”, mimo.

 

11. Y. Sheng and J. Huang, 2018, “Resource Reallocation and Cross-state Disparity in Labor Productivity of the US Agriculture: Revisit the Distribution of Farm Size”, mimeo.

 

12. Y. Sheng, X. Meng and D. Zhang, 2018 “China’s Growth Miracle and Rural-to-Urban Migration: A Tale of ‘Big Push”, mimeo.

 

13. Y. Sheng, Y. Zhou and G. Zhang, 2018, “Does Aggregation Matter for Trade Creation by RTA: An Extension of Gravity Model”, mimeo.

 

INVITED SPEECH IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

 

The OECD Expert Workshop on the EATFP in Agriculture, Maryland Univ. November 30- December 1, 2019.

AARES 2019, February 2019, Conventional Centre, Melbourne, Australia

AARES 2018, February 2018, Conventional Centre, Adelaide, Australia.

China Update, July 2017, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

EWEPA Conference, June 2017, London School of Economics, London, UK.

Farm Size and Productivity Growth: An International Comparative Assessment

The USDA ERS Innovation Research Grant, 2-3 February 2017, 25 April 2016.

The 3rd Asian Modelling Workshop on Carbon Pricing and Investment towards Low Emissions: Uncertainties and Potential, ESI Workshop, National University of Singapore, 25-26 February 2016.

The OECD Expert Workshop on the EATFP in Agriculture: COP 21, OECD TAD/EVN/STD 14-15 December 2015, OECD Headquarter, Paris

Measurement of Agricultural Total Factor Productivity in Asian Countries, Asian Productivity Organisation/World KLEMS 20-27 August 2015, Tehran, IR Iran.

Climate Change and Global Agricultural TFP, USDA-ERS and the US Farm Foundation 21-23 March 2015, Washington, D.C.

The OECD TAD/Farm Level Analysis Commette Annual Meeting, OECD, Paris. 3-4 November 2011, 9-11 May 2012, 2-3 July, 2014, 14-15 November 2015, 24-25, April 2016.

The Australian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Australia.  9-10 February, 2010, Adelaide; 7-9 February, 2011, Melbourne; 4-8 February, 2013, Sydney; 4-8 February, 2014, Port Macquare,

The Economic Measurement Group Workshop, University of New South Wales, Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia. 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

The 32th IARIW International Conference, 21-24th, November, 2013, Sydney, Australia.

The Western American Economic International Biannual Conference, 16-18 March 2013, Tokyo, Japan.

The second World KLEMS Conference, 8-10 August 2012, the Harvard University, Boston, the USA.

The 16th World Productivity Congress and 2010 European Productivity Conference, 1-5 November 2010, Atalia, Turkey.

The Causes and Consequences of Global Agricultural Productivity Growth conference Global Productivity Conference, 11-12 May 2010, Washington D. C., USA.

The First Annual Conference of Hong Kong Institute of Monitory Authority, 9-11, January, 2010, IFC, Hong Kong.

The Global Agricultural Productivity Workshop, 3 September, 2009, University of Queensland, Australia.

The Australian Conference of Economist, 2-6 September, 2008, Gold Coast, Australia.

The ANU-Rio/Tinto China Iron and Steel Industry Workshop, December 2007, Beijing, China.

 

EXTERNAL COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANT(ACADEMIA)

 

Project in progress                   

 

1.2022.01-2025.12  城乡协调发展与农村就业转型：工业化、城镇化和关键制度的影响与机理    国家自然科学基金面上项目   直接经费49万，本人承担44.1万元  盛誉；彭超；刘星铄；陈默雨；苏岚岚；张航宇     项目负责人

 

2.2019.01-2022.12  农业社会化服务对提高农业生产力和小农现代化的影响研究   国家自然科学基金面上项目  直接经费49万，本人承担44.1万元  盛誉；丁吉萍；闵 师；崔琦；易 青；王  霞；        项目负责人

 

3.2018.08-2019.09  促进非洲农户从中国农业贸易中受益的政策研究     比尔及梅琳达.盖茨基金项目 总经费650万；本人承担111万元  黄季焜；盛誉；       子课题负责人

 

4.2017.11-2019.6   中国农业生产力测度和国际比较  澳大利亚农业部   总经费54.43，全部由本人承担  黄季焜；盛  誉；     项目负责人

 

5.2017.09-2020.03  农村区域转型：中国、菲律宾和越南等国的方法途径、政策测序及成果 国际农业发展基金组织 总经费350万，本人50万  黄季焜；盛誉     核心成员

 

6.2018.01-2020.03  至 2050 年全球及中国农业发展趋势与展 望   中国工程院重大咨询项目-课题一 总经费110万元；本人承担15万元   黄季焜；王金霞；盛誉；刘承芳；王晓兵；解伟，侯玲玲     核心成员

 

7.2018.01-2020.03  至 2035 年和 2050 年中国农业发展目标、 战略重点与政策建议  中国工程院重大咨询项目-课题七 总经费150万元；本人承担50万元   黄季焜；盛誉；王金霞；王晓兵；侯玲玲；解伟         课题协调人、核心成员

 

8.2019.05-2019.12  中长期中国农业生产力布局研究  中国工程院高端咨询项目    总经费60万元，本人承担15万元 黄季焜，王金霞，盛誉；王晓兵，解伟        核心成员

 

9.2017.08-2018.07  新时期中国农业与农村发展战略与政策研究     国家自然科学基金应急管理项目  总经费200万；本人承担30万 黄季焜，王金霞；盛誉，刘承芳，罗仁福，易红梅，王晓兵，侯玲玲，解伟      核心成员

 

10.2018.01-2020.12  转基因重大专项技术转让和技术产业的竞争力与政策研究 国家重大专项课题 总经费330万，本人承担77.44万 黄季焜；王金霞；盛誉 子任务负责人

 

11.2018.12-2019.12  《乡村振兴战略规划（2018-2022年）》目标任务与实施成效跟踪评价 国家发改委   总经费50万，本人承担经费，本人承担10万    黄季焜；王金霞，盛誉，易红梅，刘承芳，罗仁福，王晓兵，侯玲玲，解伟  课题协调人

 

12.2018.07-2019.12  城镇化对农村劳动力就业的影响  国家自然科学基金-北大管理科学基金 15万，本人全部承担 盛誉    课题负责人

 

2021.04-2021.12 构建新发展格局下农业农村发展战略研究 农业农村部发展规划司   直接经费10万， 项目负责人

 

1. 2021.07-2022.06 城镇化和工业化对农村发展影响：基于山东的研究 直接经费10万， 项目负责人

 

 

Previous Project

 

1. 2015-2016 Productivity, Technology and Resource Allocation. Co-Principal Investigator, Hong Kong Government Competitive Research Grant (Hong Kong GRF).

2. 2015-2017 the USDA ERS Innovation Research Grant: Farm Size and Productivity Growth: An International Comparative Assessment (USDA ERS).

3. 2011-2016 International Comparison of Agricultural Productivity (USDA ERS, OECD, ABARES and RIRDC).

4. 2012-2016 Elasticity of Substitution and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Australian broadacre agriculture (US Farm Foundation).

5. 2009-2014 Energy Market Integration in East Asian Submit Region, Principal Investigator, ERIA Competitive Economic Research Grant, Economic Research Institute of Asia and ASEAN.

6. 2010-2014 Regional Integration and Its Impacts on Trade in Asia, Principal Investigator, ADB Research Grant for Regional Integration, Asian Development Bank.

7. 2009-2013 FDI, Productivity and Real Exchange Rate. Co-Principal Investigator, Central Research Grant, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

8. 2008-2012 Trade Theorems with Search Unemployment. Collaborate Investigator. Central Research Grant, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

9. 2007-2011 China’s Industrialisation and Its International Resource Demand, Collaborate Investigator, ARC-Linkage Project, Australian Research Council.

10. 2006-2007 Emerging Asian Regionalism: Ten Years after the Crisis, Collaborate Investigator, ADB Research Grant for Regional Integration, Asia Development Bank.

11. 2002-2003 Survey on SOEs Privatisation in China, Collaborate Investigator, World Bank and China Economic and Trade Cooperation Department, IFC-World Bank.