Zhiming Cheng is UNSW Scientia Associate Professor of Economics in the Social Policy Research Centre/Centre for Social Research in Health at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.
Prior to joining UNSW, he worked in the Centre for the Health Economy and Department of Management at Macquarie University and School of Economics at the University of Wollongong. He held the Jacob Wertheim Fellowship for the Betterment of Industrial Relationships at Harvard University and Research Fellowship at the Bank of Finland.
Cheng Z; Bertuol MT; Wang BZ, 2023, 'Language Training and Humanitarian Migrants’ Host Language Skills: Recent Evidence from Australia', in Immigrant Lives Intersectionality Transnationality and Global Perspectives, pp. 512 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197687307.003.0029
Book Chapters | 2023
Cheng Z; Tani Bertuol M; Wang BZ, 2023, 'Language Training and Humanitarian Migrants’ Host Language Skills', in Immigrant Lives, Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 512 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197687307.003.0029
Book Chapters | 2019
Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2019, 'Wealth, Happiness and Happiness Inequality in China', in Social Indicators Research Series, Springer International Publishing, pp. 445 - 461, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05535-6_20
Book Chapters | 2015
Cheng Z; Nielsen I; Smyth R, 2015, 'Determinants of wage arrears and implications for the socio-economic wellbeing of China’s migrant workers:evidence from Guangdong province', in Handbook of Chinese Migration Identity and Wellbeing, pp. 105 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781783476640.00012
Book Chapters | 2014
Cheng Z; Wang H; Chen Y, 2014, 'Labor contract, trade union membership, and workplace relations: A study of migrant workers in Guangdong Province, China', in Social Issues in China Gender Ethnicity Labor and the Environment, pp. 183 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2224-2_10
Book Chapters | 2014
Cheng Z, 2014, 'The new generation of migrant workers in urban China', in Urban China in the New Era Market Reforms Current State and the Road Forward, pp. 125 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54227-5_7
Journal articles | 2025
Jiang Z; Huo ML; Jones J; Cheng Z; Manoharan A; Spoehr J, 2025, 'Thriving in future work: knowledge management and innovation perspectives', Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 23, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14778238.2024.2344347
Journal articles | 2025
Li J; Liao Y; Wang W; Han X; Cheng Z; Sun G, 2025, 'Is stress always bad? The role of job stress in producing innovative ideas', Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 23, pp. 77 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14778238.2023.2219402
Journal articles | 2024
Cheng Z; Smyth R; Zhang L, 2024, 'Does childhood adversity affect household portfolio decisions? Evidence from the Chinese Great Famine', China Economic Review, 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102227
Huang G; Guo F; Liu L; Taksa L; Cheng Z; Tani M; Zimmermann KF; Franklin M; Silva SSM, 2024, 'Changing impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy 2019–2023 and its decomposition: Findings from 27 countries', Ssm Population Health, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101568
Journal articles | 2024
Kasana S; Chavan M; Sedera D; Cheng Z; Ganzin M, 2024, 'Unlocking circular start-ups: A model of barriers', Business Strategy and the Environment, 33, pp. 2546 - 2577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.3608
Journal articles | 2024
Luo L; Cheng Z; Ye Q; Cheng Y; Smyth R; Yang Z; Zhang L, 2024, 'Nonmonetary awards and innovation: Evidence from winning China's Top Brand Contest', China Economic Review, 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102190
Journal articles | 2024
Meng L; Ma C; Zhang Z; Wang W; Zhang L; Cheng Z, 2024, 'Choosing culture or nature: How temporal landmarks affect tourism destination preferences', Tourism Management, 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2024.104974
Tani Bertuol M; Wen X; Cheng Z, 2024, 'Rural-urban Migration, Financial Literacy, and Entrepreneurship', Journal of Business Research, 175, pp. 114302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114302
Journal articles | 2024
Tani Bertuol M; mendolia S; chan B; Paloyo A; Torgler B; Cheng Z, 2024, 'Residential mobility restrictions and adverse mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK', Scientific Reports, 14, pp. 1790, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51854-6
Journal articles | 2024
Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2024, 'Parental early-life exposure to land reform and household investment in children's education', World Development, 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106391
Cheng Z; Guo W; Pecoraro M; Ruedin D; Tani M, 2023, 'Correction to: Migrants’ Skills Wastage in the Labor Market: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Policy Formation (Social Indicators Research, (2023), 170, 1, (1-2), 10.1007/s11205-023-03182-x)', Social Indicators Research, 170, pp. 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03219-1
Journal articles | 2023
Cheng Z; Guo W; Pecoraro M; Ruedin D; Tani M, 2023, 'Migrants’ Skills Wastage in the Labor Market: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Policy Formation', Social Indicators Research, 170, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03182-x
Journal articles | 2023
Hayward M; Cheng Z; Wang H; Smyth R, 2023, 'Parental influence and the propensity for entrepreneurship: Evidence from the one-child policy', Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2023.e00428
Journal articles | 2023
Huang G; Guo F; Cheng Z; Tani M; Chen G; Tani Bertuol M, 2023, 'Projections of Future Demand and Costs of Aged Care Services in China', Population Research and Policy Review, 42, pp. 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11113-023-09803-0
Journal articles | 2023
Huang G; Guo F; Taksa L; Cheng Z; Tani M; Liu L; Zimmermann KF; Franklin M, 2023, 'Decomposing the differences in healthy life expectancy between migrants and natives: the ‘healthy migrant effect’ and its age variations in Australia', Journal of Population Research, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12546-023-09325-8
Journal articles | 2023
Piracha M; Tani M; Cheng Z; Wang BZ, 2023, 'Social assimilation and immigrants’ labour market outcomes', Journal of Population Economics, 36, pp. 37 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00883-w
Journal articles | 2023
Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Katz I, 2023, 'Outcomes for children with disability in out-of-home care: Evidence from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study in Australia', Child Abuse and Neglect, 143, pp. 106246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106246
Journal articles | 2023
Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Torgler B, 2023, 'Is there hope after despair? An analysis of trust among China’s Cultural Revolution survivors', Economic Modelling, 121, pp. 106218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106218
Journal articles | 2023
Tani Bertuol M; Guo F; Cheng Z; Huang G; Zimmermann KF; Franklin M; Taksa L; Liu L, 2023, 'Nativity in the healthy migrant effect: Lessons from Australia', SSM-Population Health, 23, pp. 101457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101457
Journal articles | 2023
Tani Bertuol M; Guo F; Zimmermann K; Huang G; Cheng Z; Liu L; Taksa L; Franklin M, 2023, 'The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy in 27 countries', Scientific Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35592-9
Journal articles | 2023
Tani Bertuol M; Wang B; Baker S; Higgins C; Cousins S; Cheng Z; Jack VA, 2023, 'Refugees as skilled migrants: insights from Australia’s 2018 employer-sponsored refugee migration pilot', Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement, 170, pp. 323 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03130-9
Hayward M; Cheng Z; Zhe Wang B, 2022, 'Disrupted education, underdogs and the propensity for entrepreneurship: Evidence from China's sent-down youth program', Journal of Business Research, 151, pp. 33 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.06.056
Journal articles | 2022
Huo ML; Jiang Z; Cheng Z; Wilkinson A, 2022, 'Restaurant employees' attitudinal reactions to social distancing difficulties: a multi-wave study', Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 32, pp. 302 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JSTP-08-2021-0180
Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R; Sun G; Li J; Wang W, 2022, 'University education, homeownership and housing wealth', China Economic Review, 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101742
Wang H; Cheng Z, 2022, 'Kids Eat free: School feeding and family spending on education', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 193, pp. 196 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.11.023
Journal articles | 2021
Bilgrami A; Cutler H; Sinha K; Cheng Z, 2021, 'The Impact of Means-Tested Premium Rebates and Tax Penalties on the Demand for Private Hospital Cover in Australia*', Economic Record, 97, pp. 170 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12603
Journal articles | 2021
Cheng Z; Guo W; Hayward M; Smyth R; Wang H, 2021, 'Childhood adversity and the propensity for entrepreneurship: A quasi-experimental study of the Great Chinese Famine', Journal of Business Venturing, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2020.106063
Journal articles | 2021
Cheng Z; Mendolia S; Paloyo AR; Savage DA; Tani M, 2021, 'Working parents, financial insecurity, and childcare: mental health in the time of COVID-19 in the UK', Review of Economics of the Household, 19, pp. 123 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11150-020-09538-3
Journal articles | 2021
Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2021, 'Education and migrant entrepreneurship in urban China', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 188, pp. 506 - 529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.05.040
Journal articles | 2021
Cheng Z; Wang BZ; Taksa L, 2021, 'Labour Force Participation and Employment of Humanitarian Migrants: Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Data', Journal of Business Ethics, 168, pp. 697 - 720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04179-8
Li B; Fisher KR; Quan Farrant F; Cheng Z, 2021, 'Digital policy to disability employment? An ecosystem perspective on China and Australia', Social Policy and Administration: an international journal of policy and research, 55, pp. 863 - 878, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12666
Journal articles | 2021
Shahiri H; Cheng Z; Al-Hadi AA, 2021, 'Why do low-skilled foreign workers have a wage advantage? Evidence from the palm oil plantation sector in Malaysia', Population Space and Place, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.2404
Journal articles | 2021
Smyth R; Nielsen I; Cheng Z; Wang BZ, 2021, 'The paradox of the contented female worker: the mediating role of income and the moderating role of sexual orientation', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32, pp. 573 - 595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2018.1480511
Journal articles | 2021
Sun G; Li J; Cheng Z; D'Alessandro S; Johnson L, 2021, 'Consumer personality factors and iPhone consumption in China', Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 20, pp. 862 - 870, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cb.1899
Journal articles | 2021
Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Wang BZ; Taksa L; Zhou J, 2021, 'English Skills and Early Labour Market Integration: Evidence from Humanitarian Migrants in Australia', International Migration, 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12889
Wang H; Cheng Z; Zhe Wang B; Chen Y, 2021, 'Childhood left-behind experience and labour market outcomes in China', Journal of Business Research, 132, pp. 196 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.04.014
Journal articles | 2021
Wang H; Cheng Z, 2021, 'Mama loves you: The gender wage gap and expenditure on children's education in China', JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION, 188, pp. 1015 - 1034, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.06.031
Journal articles | 2020
Cheng Z; Jepsen DM; Wang BZ, 2020, 'A Dynamic Analysis of Informal Elder Caregiving and Employee Wellbeing', Journal of Business and Psychology, 35, pp. 85 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10869-018-9603-4
Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Piracha M; Wang BZ, 2020, 'Ageing, health, loneliness and wellbeing', Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement, 160, pp. 791 - 807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02450-4
Journal articles | 2019
Cheng Z; Nielsen I; Cutler H, 2019, 'Perceived job quality, work-life interference and intention to stay: Evidence from the aged care workforce in Australia', International Journal of Manpower, 40, pp. 17 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJM-08-2017-0208
Huang Y; Guo F; Cheng Z, 2018, 'Market mechanisms and migrant settlement intentions in urban China', Asian Population Studies, 14, pp. 22 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2017.1347348
Journal articles | 2018
Li J; Fang M; Wang W; Sun G; Cheng Z, 2018, 'The influence of grit on life satisfaction: Self-esteem as a mediator', Psychologica Belgica, 58, pp. 51 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/pb.400
Journal articles | 2018
Li J; Han X; Wang W; Sun G; Cheng Z, 2018, 'How social support influences university students' academic achievement and emotional exhaustion: The mediating role of self-esteem', Learning and Individual Differences, 61, pp. 120 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2017.11.016
Journal articles | 2018
Li J; Wang W; Sun G; Jiang Z; Cheng Z, 2018, 'Supervisor–Subordinate Guanxi and Job Satisfaction Among Migrant Workers in China', Social Indicators Research, 139, pp. 293 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1471-6
Journal articles | 2018
Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2018, 'Do migrant students affect local students’ academic achievements in urban China?', Economics of Education Review, 63, pp. 64 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.01.007
Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2017, 'China'S Imbalanced Sex Ratio and Satisfaction with Marriage', Singapore Economic Review, 62, pp. 765 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217590817400252
Journal articles | 2017
Li J; Sun G; Cheng Z, 2017, 'The Influence of Political Skill on Salespersons’ Work Outcomes: A Resource Perspective', Journal of Business Ethics, 141, pp. 551 - 562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2696-z
Journal articles | 2017
Sun G; Wang W; Cheng Z; Li J; Chen J, 2017, 'The Intermediate Linkage Between Materialism and Luxury Consumption: Evidence from the Emerging Market of China', Social Indicators Research, 132, pp. 475 - 487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1273-x
Journal articles | 2017
Wang BZ; Cheng Z, 2017, 'Environmental Perceptions, Happiness and Pro-environmental Actions in China', Social Indicators Research, 132, pp. 357 - 375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-015-1218-9
Wang W; Li J; Sun G; Cheng Z; Zhang XA, 2017, 'Achievement goals and life satisfaction: The mediating role of perception of successful agency and the moderating role of emotion reappraisal', Psicologia Reflexao E Critica, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41155-017-0078-4
Journal articles | 2016
Cheng Z; King SP; Smyth R; Wang H, 2016, 'Housing property rights and subjective wellbeing in urban China', European Journal of Political Economy, 45, pp. 160 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2016.08.002
Journal articles | 2016
Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2016, 'Why Give it Away When You Need it Yourself? Understanding Public Support for Foreign Aid in China', Journal of Development Studies, 52, pp. 53 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2015.1068294
Journal articles | 2016
Cheng Z, 2016, 'Book Review: Daniel A Bell, The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy', Political Studies Review, 14, pp. 629 - 630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1478929916656954
Journal articles | 2016
Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2016, 'Are Chinese workers compensated for occupational risk?', Journal of Industrial Relations, 58, pp. 111 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185615598192
Cheng Z; Smyth R; Guo F, 2015, 'The impact of China’s new Labour Contract Law on socioeconomic outcomes for migrant and urban workers', Human Relations, 68, pp. 329 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726714543480
Cheng Z, 2015, 'Book Review: Asia and the Pacific: Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition', Political Studies Review, 13, pp. 308 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12087_112
Journal articles | 2015
Wang H; Guo F; Cheng Z, 2015, 'A distributional analysis of wage discrimination against migrant workers in China’s urban labour market', Urban Studies, 52, pp. 2383 - 2403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098014547367
Journal articles | 2015
Wang H; Guo F; Cheng Z, 2015, 'Discrimination in migrant workers' welfare entitlements and benefits in urban labour market: Findings from a four-city study in China', Population Space and Place, 21, pp. 124 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.1810
Journal articles | 2014
Cheng Z; Nielsen I; Smyth R, 2014, 'Access to social insurance in urban China: A comparative study of rural-urban and urban-urban migrants in Beijing', Habitat International, 41, pp. 243 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.08.007
Journal articles | 2014
Cheng Z; Smyth R; Sun G, 2014, 'Participation and expenditure of migrants in the illegal lottery in Chinas Pearl River Delta', Eurasian Geography and Economics, 55, pp. 333 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2014.994542
Journal articles | 2014
Cheng Z; Wang H; Smyth R, 2014, 'Happiness and job satisfaction in urban China: A comparative study of two generations of migrants and urban locals', Urban Studies, 51, pp. 2160 - 2184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098013506042
Journal articles | 2014
Cheng Z, 2014, 'Book Review: Asia and the Pacific: The Accidental Capitalist: A People's Story of the New China', Political Studies Review, 12, pp. 336 - 337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12053_140
Journal articles | 2014
Cheng Z, 2014, 'Layoffs and Urban Poverty in the State-Owned Enterprise Communities in Shaanxi Province, China', Social Indicators Research, 116, pp. 199 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0278-y
Journal articles | 2014
Cheng Z, 2014, 'The Effects of Employee Involvement and Participation on Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from Urban China', Social Indicators Research, 118, pp. 457 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0430-8
Journal articles | 2014
Huang Y; Cheng Z, 2014, 'Why are migrants' not participating in welfare programs? Evidence from Shanghai, China', Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 23, pp. 183 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/011719681402300203
Journal articles | 2013
Cheng Z; Guo F; Hugo G; Yuan X, 2013, 'Employment and wage discrimination in the Chinese cities: A comparative study of migrants and locals', Habitat International, 39, pp. 246 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.11.007
Journal articles | 2013
Cheng Z; Wang H, 2013, 'Do neighbourhoods have effects on wages? A study of migrant workers in urban China', Habitat International, 38, pp. 222 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.07.002
Journal articles | 2012
Cheng Z; Beresford M, 2012, 'Layoffs in China's City of Textiles: Adaptation to Change', Journal of Contemporary Asia, 42, pp. 155 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2012.668347
Journal articles | 2012
Cheng Z, 2012, 'The changing and different patterns of urban redevelopment in China: A study of three inner-city neighborhoods', Community Development, 43, pp. 430 - 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2012.711763
Journal articles | 2011
Cheng Z, 2011, 'From planned to market economy: The rise and fall of the City of Textiles, Xi'an', Local Economy, 26, pp. 348 - 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269094211409128
Chan HF; Cheng Z; Mendolia S; Paloyo A; Tani M; Proulx D; Savage D; Torgler B, 2022, Societal movement restrictions and adverse mental health outcomes, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1848170/v1
Cheng Z; Wang BZ; Jiang Z; Taksa L; Tani M, English Skills and Early Labour Market Integration of Humanitarian Migrants, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3699845
Preprints |
Cheng Z; Wang BZ; Taksa L, Labour Force Participation and Employment of Humanitarian Migrants: Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Data, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3069960
Tani M; Cheng Z; Mendolia S; Paloyo A; Savage D, Working Parents, Financial Insecurity, and Child-Care: Mental Health in the Time of Covid-19, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3674309
Tani M; Cheng Z; Torgler B, Is There Hope after Despair? An Analysis of Trust Among China's Cultural Revolution Survivors, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4332594
