China Center for Human Capital and Labour Research

"Established in March 2008, the China Center for Human Capital and Labor Market Research (CHLR) at the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) is an integral part of the Advantageous Program Platform in Economics and Public Policy at the CUFE. It is an international research center for the study of human resources, labor markets, and their impact on economic development, focusing on China and related economies. We have a team of international scholars and train graduate students to international standards; we adopt international management practices in the Center’s daily operation.

Our advisory board includes two Nobel laureates, Professor Kenneth J. Arrow and Professor James Heckman, and the internationally renowned scholars in human capital research, Professor Dale W. Jorgenson, at the Harvard University, and Professor T. Paul Schultz at the Yale University.

Our major research areas include: human capital and skill measurement, human capital investment, human capital mobility, human capital and innovation, and health and human capital."