Address
10-282, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Phone
+852 34425840
Email
Personal Web
https://sites.google.com/site/chinahanweihuang/
Public CV
Research Areas
International Trade
Economic Development
Industrial Organization
Economic History
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor at the City University of Hong Kong and a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance. I got my Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics in 2018. During 2018-2019, I was a postdoctoral research associate at the UCL Department of Economics. My main research interests are international trade, economic development, industrial organization, and economic history.
Awards
| Award Title | Institution |
|---|---|
| 10th Ministry of Education Outstanding Research Achievement Award | Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China |
Research Grants
PI: "Trade Costs and E-commerce in China: the Role of Logistics Firms", GRF - RGC General Research Fund, (2023-2025), Hanwei HUANG
PI: "Trade, Migration, and Pandemics: the Effect of COVID-19", GRF - RGC General Research Fund, (2022-2024), Hanwei HUANG
PI: "Global sourcing, imperfect competition, and the network of trade", ECS - RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL, (2020-2021), Hanwei HUANG
Professional Activities
| Period | Client | Country / Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/2019 - Now | Centre for Economic Performance, LSE | United Kingdom | Research Associate |
External Academic Activities
| Period | Organizer | Country / Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6/2023 - Now | Economica | United Kingdom | Associate Editor |
Selected Publications
Journal Publications and Reviews
Chen, Xiao; Huang, Hanwei; Ju, Jiandong; Sun, Ruoyan; Zhang, Jialiang / Endogenous mobility in pandemics: Theory and evidence from the United States. August 2026; In: Journal of International Economics. Vol. 162
Carattini, Stefano ; Huang, Hanwei; Pisch, Frank; Pratap Singh, Tejendra / Trade and the Scopes of Pollution: Evidence from China’s World Market Integration. August 2026; In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Vol. 139
Huang, Hanwei; Manova, Kalina; Perelló, Oscar ; Pisch, Frank / Global Production Networks and Imperfect Competition. July 2026; In: Journal of International Economics.
Ge, Chunmian; Deng, Huiqi; Wu, Dongyuan; Huang, Hanwei; Dulebohn, James H. / Work Design and Compensation Strategies in a Post-COVID World: Evidence From Online Job Postings. July 2026; In: Human Resource Management. Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 975-994
Huang, Hanwei; Ju, Jiandong; Yue, Vivian Z. / Accounting for the Evolution of China's Production and Trade Patterns. March 2026; In: International Economic Review.
葛淳棉; 陈倚倩; 陈骁; 黄汉伟 / 中国高校毕业生空间流动的量化分析: 来自简历大数据的证据. September 2025; In: 管理科学学报. Vol. 2025年, No. 9, pp. 65-83
Ge, Chunmian; Huang, Hanwei; Wang, Zhiqiang; Jiang, Junhui; Liu, Chang / Working from Home and Firm Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic. April 2023; In: Journal of Operations Management. Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 450-476
DHINGRA, Swati; FREEMAN, Rebecca; HUANG, Hanwei / The Impact of Non-tariff Barriers on Trade and Welfare. January 2023; In: Economica. Vol. 90, No. 357, pp. 140-177
Chen, Xiao; Huang, Hanwei; Ju, Jiandong; Sun, Ruoyan; Zhang, Jialiang / Impact of vaccination on the COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. states. January 2022; In: Scientific Reports. Vol. 12
Dhingra, Swati; Huang, Hanwei; Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Pessoa, João Paulo; Sampson, Thomas; Van Reenen, John / The costs and benefits of leaving the EU: trade effects. October 2017; In: Economic Policy. Vol. 32, No. 92, pp. 651-705
Working Papers
Huang, Hanwei; Yu, Yuyuan / Evading the Ban: Smuggling, Pollution, and the Welfare Effects of China's Waste Import Restrictions. January 2026;
Huang, Hanwei; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. / Many Models, One Formula: A Sufficient Statistics Approach to Ricardian Comparative Advantage. October 2025;
Carattini, Stefano ; Huang, Hanwei; Pisch, Frank; Pratap Singh, Tejendra / Trade and the Scopes of Pollution: Evidence from China's World Market Integration. August 2025;
Huang, Hanwei; Manova, Kalina; Perelló, Oscar ; Pisch, Frank / Firm Heterogeneity and Imperfect Competition in Global Production Networks. December 2024; CEPR Discussion Paper Series.
Ge, Chunmian; Huang, Hanwei; Liu, Chang; Xu, Wenji / Price Discrimination, Backhaul Problems, and Trade Costs: Theory and Evidence from E-commerce Delivery. May 2024;
Huang, Hanwei; Ju, Jiandong; Yue, Vivian / Accounting for the Evolution of China's Production and Trade Patterns. May 2024; NBER working paper.
Chen, Xiao; Huang, Hanwei; Ju, Jiandong; Sun, Ruoyan; Zhang, Jialiang / Endogenous mobility in pandemics: Theory and evidence from the United States. February 2024; CEP Discussion Paper.
Huang, Hanwei; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. / Rethinking revealed comparative advantage with micro and macro data. November 2023; CEP Discussion Paper.
Huang, Hanwei; SENGA, Tatsuro; THOMAS, Catherine; ZHANG, Hongyong / Economic Disintegration and Multinational Production: Evidence from Brexit. June 2023; RIETI Discussion Paper Series.
Chen, Xiao; Huang, Hanwei; Ju, Jiandong; Sun, Ruoyan; Zhang, Jialiang / Endogenous Cross-Region Human Mobility and Pandemics. June 2022;
Huang, Hanwei; Sampson, Thomas; Schneider, Patrick / Disunited Kingdom? Brexit, Trade and Scottish Independence. February 2021; CEP BREXIT ANALYSIS.
Dhingra, Swati; Freeman, Rebecca; Huang, Hanwei / The impact of non-tariff barriers on trade and welfare. January 2021; CEP Discussion Paper.
Fang, Hanming; Ge, Chunmian; Huang, Hanwei; Li, Hongbin / Pandemics, Global Supply Chains, and Local Labor Demand: Evidence from 100 Million Posted Jobs in China. November 2020; NBER working paper.
Huang, Hanwei / Germs, Roads and Trade: Theory and Evidence on the Value of Diversification in Global Sourcing. December 2017; pp. 1-73
Huang, Hanwei; Ju, Jiandong; Yue, Vivian Z. / Structural adjustments and international trade: theory and evidence from China. November 2017; CEP Discussion Paper.
Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works
Ge, Chunmian; Deng, Huiqi; Wang, Qi; Huang, Hanwei / Artificial Intelligence Adoption and Firm Innovation: Evidence from Large Online Job Postings. June 2024; The 17th China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM 2024): PROCEEDINGS. pp. 67-72
Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies
Amodio, Francesco ; Poschke, Markus ; Caprettini, Bruno ; Choi, Jaedo ; Huang, Hanwei; Lei, Yu-Hsiang ; Reed, Tristan ; Rodrigo, Rodimiro ; Felipe Sáenz, Luis; Sanfilippo, Marco ; Schwartzman, Matthew ; de Souza, Gustavo ; Sposi, Michael ; Wiedemann, Verena / Industrial Development. February 2026;
Bevington, Matt ; Huang, Hanwei; Menon, Anand; Portes, Jonathan; Rutter, Jill; Sampson, Thomas / The Economic Impact of Boris Johnson's Brexit Proposals. October 2019;
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