Date of birth

    October 21st, 1979 in Hubei (China)



Undergraduate Studies

  • 1997-2001
    China Agricultural University, P.R.China (Bachelor of Economics, Major in Monetary and Banking)
  • 2003-2006
    Georg August-University Goettingen, Germany (M.Sc. in Socioeconomics of Rural Development)

    M.Sc. Thesis:
    “Productivity Change and Policy Reform Effects in China’s Agriculture since 1979”



Research Interests

  • Productivity and efficiency analysis
  • Policy reform and institutional arrangement in transition



Research Project



Publications

  • Zhang, Y.J. und Bruemmer, B.: Productivity Change and Policy Reform
    Effects in China’s Agriculture since 1979
    , Asian-Pacific Economic Literature
    (forthcoming)
  • Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Glauben, T., and Bruemmer, B. (2011): The Impact
    of Land Reallocation on Technical Efficiency: Evidence from China
    .
    Agricultural Economics, 42(4):495–507.
  • Wang, X.B., Glauben, T., and Zhang, Y.J. (2010): The Land Rental
    Market and its Effect on Agricultural Production in Rural China
    . In: Beckmann,
    V., N.H. Dung, X. Shi, M. Spoor, J. Wesseler (Hrsg.), Economic Transition and
    Natural Resource Management in East- and Southeast Asia. Shaker Publisher:
    Aachen.
  • Zhang, Y. and Bruemmer, B. (2008): Productivity Change and Policy Reform Effects in China’s Agriculture Since 1979. In: Asia-Pacific Productivity Conference, Taipeh, Taiwan, 17.-19. Juli



Conference Contributions

  • Zhang, Y. and Wang, X.
    Land Reallocation and Its Impacts on Technical Efficiency – Evidence from China’s Agricultural Production. Contributed paper accepted for presentation at the XXVII Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, August 16-22th, 2009, Beijing, China.
  • Zhang, Y. and Bruemmer, B.
    Productivity Change and Policy Reform Effects in China’s Agriculture since 1979. Contributed paper accepted for presentation at the Asia-Pacific Productivity Conference 2008 (APPC2008), July 17-19th, 2008, Taipei, China.
  • Zhang, Y and Bruemmer, B.
    Productivity Change and Policy Reform Effects in China’s Agriculture since 1979. Contributed paper accepted for presentation at the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) Summer Symposium, July 8-9th, 2007, Bejing, China.
  • Zhang, Y. and Bruemmer, B.
    Economic Efficiency and Land Rights - a Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Agricultural Production in China. Poster presentation at the Tropentag 2007, October 9-11th, 2007, Witzenhausen, Germany.



Languages

  • Chinese (native)
  • English (proficiency)



Other interests

    Badminton, Taekwondo, Travelling, Music