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Chong Xiang

Chong Xiang

Professor of Economics
Economics

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan
B.A., Economics, Zhongshan University (China)

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Chong Xiang is Professor of Economics at Purdue. He has a diverse range of research interests, including how we should evaluate the qualities of educational systems across countries; how globalization and technology affect health, wages and inequality; how size and time contribute to comparative advantage; and what factors shape the global trade in motion pictures and the globalisation of Christianity. His research is published in such academic journals as the American Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, and Review of Economics and Statistics, and featured in such media outlets as the Washington Post, CTV news (Canada), and Public Ratio (U.S.).

Journal Articles

  • Xiang, C., Hummels, D. & Munch, J. (2018). "Offshoring and Labor Markets." Journal of Economic Literature vol. 56(3) 981-1028.
  • Hummels, David, Jorgensen, Rasmus, Munch, Jakob R., and Xiang, Chong (2014). "The wage and employment effects of outsourcing: evidence from Danish matched worker-firm data." American Economic Review vol. 104 (6), 1597-1629.
  • Xiang, C. (2014). "Product Cycles in U.S. Imports Data." Review of Economics and Statistics vol. 96(5) 999-1004.
  • Hanson, Gordon, and Xiang, Chong (2013). "Exporting Christianity: Governance and Doctrine in the Globalization of Protestant Denominations." Journal of International Economics vol. 91 (2), 301-320.
  • Xiang, C., Hummels, D., Munch, J. & Skipper, L. (2012). "Offshoring, Displacement, and Training: Evidence from Danish Matched Worker-Firm Data." American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings
  • Gordon Hanson and Chong Xiang (2011). "Testing the Melitz Model of Trade: An Application to U.S. Motion Picture Exports." Journal of International Economics vol. 83 14-26.
  • Xiang, C. (2011). "A Review of Carl Davidson and Steven J. Matusz’ International Trade with Equilibrium Unemployment." Journal of Economic Literature
  • YoChul Choi, David Hummels and Chong Xiang (2009). "Explaining Import Variety and Quality: the Role of the Income Distribution." Journal of International Economics vol. 77 (2), 265-275.
  • Georg Schaur, Chong Xiang and Anya Savikhin (2008). "Factor Uses and the Pattern of Specialization." Review of International Economics vol. 16 (2), 368-382.
  • Chong Xiang (2007). "Diversification Cones, Trade Costs and Factor Market Linkages." Journal of International Economics vol. 71 (2), 448-466.
  • Chong Xiang (2007). "New Goods and the Skill Premium." Journal of International Economics vol. 71 (1), 133-147.
  • Xiang, C. (2005). "New Goods and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor." Review of Economics and Statistics 285-298.
  • Xiang, C. & Hanson, G. H. (2004). "The Home Market Effect and Bilateral Trade Patterns." American Economic Review vol. 94 (4), 1108-1129.
  • Xiang, C. (2001). "The Sufficiency of the ‘Lens Condition’ for Factor Price Equalization in the Case of Two Factors." Journal of International Economics vol. 53 (2), 463-474.

Book Chapters

  • Xiang, Chong (2009). "Comment on Deng and Harrigan, China's Local Comparative Advantage." University of Chicago Press
  • Gordon Hanson and Chong Xiang (2008). "International Trade in Motion Picture Services." University of Chicago Press
  • Xiang, C. (2002). "Comment on Taiji Furusawa "Preferential Trade Arrangements Versus Open Regionalism: A Theoretical Analysis of APEC." University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor.
  • Xiang, C., Deardorff, A., Hymans, S., & Stern, R. (2001). "Forecasting US Trade in Services." University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor.

Conference Paper (refereed)

  • Hummels, David, Munch, Jakob M., and Xiang, Chong (2014). "Education and Labor Market Policies in an Offshoring Global Economy." Nordic Economic Policy Review
  • Hummels, David, Munch, Jakob R., Skipper Lars, and Xiang, Chong (2012). "Offshoring, Displacement, and Training: Evidence from Danish Matched Worker-Firm Data." American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings

Book Review

  • Chong Xiang (2011). "A Review of Carl Davidson and Steven J. Matusz’ International Trade with Equilibrium Unemployment." Journal of Economic Literature

Research In Progress

  • Hummels, David, Munch, Jakob R., and Xiang, Chong "No Pain, No Gain: The Effects of Exports on Job Injury and Sickness."

Working Papers

  • Hummels, D. L., Munch, J., & Xiang, C. (2022). "No Pain, No Gain: Work Demand, Work Effort, and Worker Health." Review of Economics and Statistics (Conditionally Accepted)
  • Hummels, David, Munch, Jakob M., and Xiang, Chong (2014). "Offshoring and Labor Markets (under revision, Journal of Economic Literature)."
  • Measuring countries' educational systems

    Economics professor Chong Xiang highlights his research on measuring countries' educational systems

  • Killer Jobs

    It may seem obvious to those who suffer the most, but a working paper issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research by Krannert economics professors Chong Xiang and David Hummels provides confirmation: Employees under prolonged workplace pressures face serious consequences to their health.

    Full story: Killer Jobs

  •  Exhausted Person

    Krannert economists link higher work demand to potentially serious health risks

    Employees under prolonged workplace pressures face serious consequences to their health, according to a working paper issued by the National Bureau for Economic Research coauthored by Krannert professors David Hummels and Chong Xiang.

    Full story: Krannert economists link higher work demand to potentially serious health risks

Contact

cxiang@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 494-4499
Office: KRAN 319

Quick links

Personal website

Area(s) of Expertise

Economics, International Trade, Well-being