Biography

Prof Fang is a Full Professor and the Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Cultural and Economic Transformation at Memorial University of Newfoundland and an Adjunct Professor with the University of Toronto. Currently he holds the J. Robert Beyster Faculty Fellowship at Rutgers University and serves on a World Bank's Expert Advisory Committee on Migration and Development. He is a past President of the Chinese Economists Society (2012-2013). Prior to joining Memorial, he was the Director of Master of International Business Program and an Associate Professor of Human Resources Management and Employment Relations at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Previously he taught at York University in Toronto and I. H. Asper School of Business at University of Manitoba. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and NBER, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Toronto, City University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Tsinghua University, Fudan University, and Southwest University of Finance and Economics. From 1999-2012, he was the Domain Leader in Economic and Labour market Integration at CERIS – Ontario Metropolis Centre, a Faculty Associate at the York Centre for Asian Research, a Council Member of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC). In 2010, he received the title of “Chutian Scholar” of Hubei Province. In 2017, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA, UK).

Selected Publications

1. Fang, T., Lin, C., and Tang, X. “Where Did the Time Go? The Effects of China’s Two-Day Weekend Policy on Labor Supply, Household Work, and Leisure Activities,” China Economic Review, Vol. 83, February 2024, 102107
2. Fang, T, Morley Gunderson, Viet Hoang Ha, and Hui Ming. “Intersectional Analysis of the Labour Market Impacts of COVID: The Triple-whammy of Female, Children, and Lower Skill,” International Journal of Manpower
3. Fang, T., Lin, C., Hsu M. “From a Different Shore: The Economic Performance of Chinese Immigrants in the United States, 1980-2019,” Journal of Labor Research