Interview with Dr. Belton Fleisher (Executive Editor, China Economic Review)

Abstract

Belton Fleisher serves as the Executive Editor for China Economic Review. His research has focused on China’s economy since 1990, and he has authored and co-authored over 40 articles in professional journals. One of his books, “Labor Economics: Theory and Evidence” (1970) is considered by many to be the first modern labor economics textbook. He is currently a professor of economics at the Ohio State University (OSU), where he has been working on faculty since 1965.

Dr. Fleisher received his PhD in economics from Stanford University (1961), and has worked at the University of Chicago, the London School of Economics, and Renmin University of China in Beijing, as well as OSU. He is also a Senior Fellow and Special Term Professor of the China Center for Human Capital and Labor Market Research at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing.

Belton Fleisher 担任《中国经济评论》的执行主编。自1990年以来，他的研究主要集中在中国经济领域，并且撰写和合作撰写了40余篇专业期刊文章。他编著的《劳动经济学：理论与实证》（1970）一书是公认的第一部现代劳动经济学教程。他从1965年起在俄亥俄州立大学（Ohio State University）担任教职，目前是该大学的经济学教授。

Fleisher教授1961年在斯坦福大学获得经济学博士，并且曾经在芝加哥大学、伦敦经济学院、中国人民大学（北京）以及俄亥俄州立大学任职。此外，他还是中央财经大学中国人力资本与劳力经济研究中心（北京）的资深研究员和特聘教授。