Naijia Guo
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Naijia Guo is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Finance from Peking University. Prior to joining HKU, Naijia was an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Economic Behaviors & Organization and as an executive committee member of the Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics. Naijia's primary research interests encompass labor economics and family economics, with a specific focus on structural labor. Her research portfolio covers a diverse range of topics, including labor supply and migration, intra-household decision-making, and human capital accumulation. Her work has been published (or forthcoming) in Econometrica, the Economic Journal, International Economic Review, Quantitative Economics, Journal of Development Economics, and Journal of Human Resources. She currently serves as the Secretary of the Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE). She has been invited to the plenary sessions of the AASLE Conference in 2024 and the SOLE/EALE/AASLE World Labor Conference in 2025.
Recent work by Naijia Guo
-
How rural pensions boosted China's economy
China’s New Rural Pension Scheme unexpectedly lowered the high cost of migration by freeing younger workers from household duties – boosting migration, wages, household welfare, and even national GDP.
Published 02.10.25