By Associate Professor Zhiming Cheng

Journal articles

Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Wang H, 2021, 'Energy Poverty and Entrepreneurship', Energy Economics, 102, pp. 105469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105469

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12889

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

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

Cheng Z; Prakash K; Smyth R; Wang H, 2020, 'Housing wealth and happiness in Urban China', Cities, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.102470

Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2019, 'Health outcomes, health inequality and Mandarin proficiency in urban China', China Economic Review, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2019.101305

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

Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2019, 'Consumption and Happiness', Journal of Development Studies, 55, pp. 120 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1371294

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cheng Z; Mishra V; Nielsen I; Smyth R; Wang BZ, 2017, 'Wellbeing in China', Social Indicators Research, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1387-1

Wang H; Smyth R; Cheng Z, 2017, 'The economic returns to proficiency in English in China', China Economic Review, 43, pp. 91 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2017.01.004

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

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

Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2016, 'Language and consumption', China Economic Review, 40, pp. 135 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2016.06.009

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, 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

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

Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2015, 'Crime victimization, neighborhood safety and happiness in China', Economic Modelling, 51, pp. 424 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2015.08.027

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

Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2015, 'Sex and happiness', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 112, pp. 26 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.12.030

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cheng Z, 2010, 'Poverty in China's urban communities: Profile and correlates', China Report, 46, pp. 143 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000944551004600204

Preprints

Wen X; Cheng Z; Tani M, 2024, Daughters, Savings and Household Finances, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3888209/v1

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

Tani M; Cheng Z; Piracha M; Wang BZ, Ageing, Health, Loneliness and Wellbeing, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3660274

Cheng Z; Guo L; Tani M; Cook S, Air Pollution and Education Investment, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4521238

Guo L; Cheng Z; Tani M; Cook S; Zhao J; Chen X, Air Pollution and Entrepreneurship, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4521235

Cheng Z; Guo L; Smyth R; Tani M, Childhood Adversity and Energy Poverty, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3951000

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