Professor Jane Golley
Areas of expertise
- Economic Development And Growth 140202
- Urban And Regional Economics 140218
- Labour Economics 140211
Research interests
Jane specialises in the Chinese economy, doing applied research on a wide range of development and transition issues. Past research has covered: regional development and inequality; household consumption and carbon dioxide emissions; rural-urban migration and urbanisation; gender imbalances and economic growth; inter-generational transmission of education outcomes; and Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Recent research interests include Inequality of Opportunity in education, income and health; modelling the global impacts of deteriorating Sino-US and Sino-Australian relations; and the Geoeconomics of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Biography
Associate Professor Jane Golley is an economist and Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW) at The Australian National University (ANU). Jane is an ANU graduate (BEc, Hons, 1993). Jane's life-long interest in China began with a brief stint in the Asia Section of the Australian Commonwealth Treasury in 1993, before she left for the University of Oxford, where she wrote her Dphil thesis on 'The Dynamics of Chinese Regional Development: Market Nature, State Nurture'.
As a 'Sino-economist', Jane's research over several decades has covered a wide range of Chinese transition and development issues, including industrial agglomeration and regional policy; demographic change and economic growth (such as the economic impacts of the one- and two-child policies, and rising gender imbalances); rural-urban and gender inequalities in education and income; Socialism with Chinese characteristics and the Belt and Road Initiative, and China's growing geoeconomics capabilities.
Jane has taught the Masters-Level Chinese economy course at the Crawford School since 2016. She is actively engaged with politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats and the media in public policy debate regarding China's rise and the Australia-China relationship. She has been a co-editor of the China Story Yearbook series since 2016, including the latest edition, Power, published in 2019, and a chapter contributor to the book series since it began in 2012. Jane is now the President of the Chinese Studies Association of Australia, and an Executive Member of the Australia-China Business Council (ACT).
Current student projects
Chinese rural development: migration, income and health inequality
Regulation of Chinese FDI in Zambia
Gender issues in Chinese labour markets
Nature and Performance of Chinese State-owned Enterprises
Publications
- Golley, J, Zhou, Y & Wang, M 2019, 'Inequality of Opportunity in China's Labor Earnings: The Gender Dimension', China and World Economy, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 28-50.
- Golley, J & Jaivin, L, eds, 2018, China Story Yearbook 2017: Prosperity, ANU Press, Acton, Australia.
- Golley, J & Jaivin, L 2018, 'Money Changes Everything', in Jane Golley and Linda Jaivin (ed.), Prosperity: The China Story Yearbook 2017, ANU Press, Acton, Australia, pp. 14pp.
- Golley, J, Tyers, R & Zhou, Y 2018, 'Fertility and savings contractions in China: Long-run global implications', The World Economy, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 3194-3220.
- Golley, J 2017, 'China's Future', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 482-483pp.
- Golley, J 2017, 'The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21(st) Century', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 483-484pp.
- Golley, J & Jaivin, L 2017, 'Fifty Shades of Red', in Jane Golley, Linda Jaivin, and Luigi Tomba (ed.), China Story Yearbook 2016: Control, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. x-xxiv.
- Golley, J 2017, 'Population and the Economy: The Ups and Downs of One and Two', in Jane Golley, Linda Jaivin, and Luigi Tomba (ed.), China Story Yearbook 2016: Control, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 77-91pp.
- Golley, J, Jaivin, L & Tomba, L, eds, 2017, China Story Yearbook 2016: Control, ANU Press, Canberra.
- Golley, J 2017, 'A Glimmer of Hope', in Jane Golley, Linda Jaivin, and Luigi Tomba (ed.), China Story Yearbook 2016: Control, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 37-39pp.
- Golley, J 2017, China Story Yearbook: Control æ²», p. 9.
- Golley, J 2016, 'A 'socialist' economy in a capitalist world', Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 9-24.
- Golley, J 2016, 'Under the Dome', in Gloria Davies, Jeremy Goldkorn, and Luigi Tomba (ed.), China Story Yearbook 2015: Pollution, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 21-37.
- Golley, J, Tyers, R & Zhou, Y 2016, 'Contractions in Chinese Fertility and Savings: Long-run Domestic and Global Implications', in Iris Day and John Simon (ed.), Structural Change in China: Implications for Australia and the World, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, pp. 243-280.
- Golley, J & Sherry Tao, K 2016, 'Inequality of opportunity in China's educational outcomes', China Economic Review, vol. 41, pp. -.
- Golley, J 2016, 'Babies and Growth: Why Less Could Mean More', East Asia Forum Quarterly (EAFQ), vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 8-9.
- Golley, J 2016, Australia's choice - Stick with Trump, or Twist to Asia?.
- Golley, J & Wei, Z 2015, 'Population dynamics and economic growth in China', China Economic Review, vol. 35, pp. 15-32.
- Golley, J 2015, 'Great Expectations', in G R Barmé, L Jaivin, J Goldkorn (ed.), Shared Destiny, ANU Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. 20-37.
- Golley, J & Chen, S 2014, ''Green' productivity growth in China's industrial economy', Energy Economics, vol. 44, pp. 89-98.
- Golley, J & Tyers, R 2014, 'Gender Rebalancing in China', Asian Population Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 125-143.
- Golley, J & Wei, Z 2013, China's rural-urban age structure, sectoral employment and economic growth.
- Golley, J & Kong, T 2013, 'Inequality in Intergenerational Mobility of Education in China', China and World Economy, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 15-37.
- Chen, S & Golley, J 2013, 'Will Chinese Industry Ever Be 'Green'?', in Ross Garnaut, Cai Fang and Ligang Song (ed.), China: A New Model for Growth and Development, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 251-266.
- Golley, J 2013, 'China's Evolving Economic System: What's in a Name?', The China Journal, vol. 70, no. 70, pp. 188-194.
- Nicoll, G, Brennan, G & Golley, J, eds, 2013, The Australian-China Investment Relationship: Law, Governance and Policy, Australian Centre on China in the World - Australian National University, Canberra Australia.
- Golley, J 2013, 'Comments', Asian Economic Papers, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 68-71.
- Golley, J, Sheng, Y & Zheng, Y 2012, 'Economic Growth, regional disparities and core steel demand in China', in Ligang Song & Haimin Liu (ed.), The Chinese steel industry's transformation: structural change, performance and demand on resources, Edward Elgar Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 45-68.
- Golley, J & Meng, X 2012, 'Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions: The case of Chinese urban households', Energy Economics, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1864-1872.
- Golley, J & Tyers, R 2012, 'Demographic dividends, dependencies, and economic growth in China and India', Asian Economic Papers, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1-26.
- Golley, J & Tyers, R 2012, 'Population Pessimism and Economic Optimism in the Asian Giants', The World Economy, vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 1387-1416.
- Golley, J & Kong, T 2012, 'Climbing the Intergenerational Ladder of Education in Urban, Migrant and Rural China', in Huw McKay and Ligang Song (ed.), Rebalancing and Sustaining Growth in China, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 225-249.
- Golley, J & Meng, X 2011, 'Has China run out of surplus labour?', China Economic Review, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 555-572.
- Golley, J & Song, L, eds, 2011, Rising China: Global Challenges and Opportunities, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia.
- Golley, J & Song, L 2011, 'China's Rise in a Changing World', in Jane Golley and Ligang Song (ed.), Rising China: Global Challenges and Opportunities, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-8.
- Golley, J & Song, L 2011, 'Rising China: global challenges and opportunities', East Asia Forum Quarterly (or Online).
- Golley, J & Song, L 2010, 'Chinese economic reform and development: achievements, emerging challenges and unfinished tasks', in Ross Garnaut, Jane Golley and Ligang Song (ed.), China: The Next Twenty Years of Reform and Development, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 1-15.
- Golley, J 2010, 'Prospects for diminishing regional disparities', in Ross Garnaut, Jane Golley and Ligang Song (ed.), China: The Next Twenty Years of Reform and Development, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 127-150.
- Golley, J & Tyers, R 2010, 'China's Growth to 2030: The Roles of Demographic Change and Financial Reform', Review of Development Economics, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 592-610.
- Garnaut, R, Golley, J & Song, L, eds, 2010, China: The Next Twenty Years of Reform and Development, ANU ePress, Canberra.
- Tyers, R, Golley, J, Bu, Y et al 2008, 'China's Economic Growth and its Real Exchange Rate', China Economic Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 123-145.
- Bhattacharyya, S, Dowrick, S & Golley, J 2009, 'Institutions and Trade: Competitors or Complements in Economic Development?', Economic Record, vol. 85, no. 270, pp. 318-330.
- Tyers, R, Golley, J & Bain, I 2009, 'Projected economic growth in the People's Republic of China and India: the role of demographic change', in Fan Zhai (ed.), From Growth to Convergence: Asia's Next Two Decades, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 220-249.
- Golley, J, Meagher, D & Meng, X 2008, 'Chinese urban household energy requirements and CO2 emissions', in Ligang Song & Wing Thye Woo (ed.), China's dilemma: economic growth, the environment and climate change, ANU ePress, Canberra, Australia, pp. 334-366.
- Golley, J & Tyers, R 2008, 'China's real exchange rate puzzle', Journal of Economic Integration, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 547-574.
- Golley, J 2008, The Great Balancing Act, Business Review Weekly.
- Golley, J & Groenewold, N 2007, 'Domestic market integration and inter-regional growth spillovers', in Ross Garnaut & Ligang Song (ed.), China: Linking Markets for Growth, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. 176-196.
- Golley, J & Tyers, R 2007, 'China's real exchange rate', in Ross Garnaut & Ligang Song (ed.), China: Linking Markets for Growth, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. 316-343.
- Golley, J 2007, 'China's Western Development Strategy and Nature versus Nurture', Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 115-129.
- Golley, J 2007, The Dynamics of Chinese Regional Development: Market Nature, State Nurture, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK.
- Golley, J & Tyers, R 2006, 'China's Growth to 2030: Demographic Change and the Labour Supply Constraint', in Ross Garnaut & Ligang Song (ed.), The Turning Point in China's Economic Development, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. 203-226.
- Tyers, R, Golley, J, Bain, I et al 2006, 'China's Economic Growth and its Real Exchange Rate', Inaugral All China Economics (ACE) International Conference, ed. Conference Program Committee, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, p. 32.
- Dowrick, S & Golley, J 2004, 'Trade Openness and Growth: Who Benefits?', Oxford Review of Economic Policy, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 38-56.
- Golley, J 2004, 'Regional policy and economic growth', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China: Is rapid growth sustainable?, Asia Pacific Press, ANU, Canberra, pp. 156-180.
- Golley, J 2003, 'Industrial Location and Regional Development', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China: New Engine of World Growth, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 404-443.
- Golley, J 2002, 'Regional Patterns of Industrial Development during China's Economic Transition', Economics of Transition, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 761-801.
