Name：Tian Liu
Title： Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Health Economics, Social Security, Labor Economics
Courses Taught: Health Economics, Health and Medical Security, Social Science Research Methods (Chinese/English), Data Processing and Analysis
E-mail：liutian@sufe.edu.cn
Educational Background
September 2005 – June 2008, School of Management, Beijing Normal University, Master of Management
September 2001 – June 2005, Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Bachelor of Science
Working Experience
2014.8-Present, School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Research Projects
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Project), 72104136, "The Impact of Pension Insurance Contribution Base on Enterprise Participation and Labor Employment", January 2022 – December 2024, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Project), 72274117, "Long-term Care Insurance System and the Efficiency and Equity of Elderly Care Supply: Mechanisms and Policy Measures", January 2023 – December 2026, Co-Investigator, Ongoing.
3. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) Pre-Research Project for Young Teachers, 2018110055, "Research on the Incentives for Enterprise Social Security Participation under the Joint Effects of Social Security Contribution Policies and Tax Policies", March 2018 – March 2019, Principal Investigator, Completed.
4. SUFE Research Start-up Fund for New Tenure-Track Faculty, 2014110896, "The Impact of Social Security Earnings Test on Labor Supply of the Elderly", September 2014 – October 2017, Principal Investigator, Completed.
5. National Social Science Foundation of China (General Project), 18BGL240, "The Effect of Precision Governance of Catastrophic Illness Insurance for Urban and Rural Residents on Health Poverty", January 2019 – December 2021, Co-Investigator, Completed.
6. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Science Fund Project), 71503154, "Mechanisms of Changes in Elderly Labor Participation: Explanations Based on Endogenous Retirement Theory and Policy Interventions", January 2016 – December 2018, Co-Investigator, Completed.
7. Ministry of Finance Project, 202311005, "Research on Social Security Policies for New Forms of Employment", Co-Investigator, Completed.
8. Maxwell School Roscoe-Martin Fund, Syracuse University (Co-Principal Investigator with Liu Shimeng), 2011, Completed.
1. Shanghai Municipal Key Course Construction Project, "Application of Statistical Software" (2024120248), Co-Investigator
2. Shanghai Municipal Quality Engineering Project, "Social Security Studies" (2017120400), Co-Investigator
Publications
1. Tang, Tian*, Feng, Zhu and Han, 2024. “Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect Domestic Firms' Social Security Contributions?”, Journal of Asian Economics, accepted.
2. Tang Jue, Tian Liu, and Wang Wei, 2022. "Does Reducing the Burden of Basic Old-Age Insurance Contributions for Enterprises Promote the Development of Annuities?" Journal of Finance, Volume 502, Issue 4: 39–56.
3. X. Li and L. Tian*. 2020. The Effect of Non-Employment-Based Health Insurance Program on Firm’s Offering of Health Insurance: Evidence from the Social Health Insurance System in China, Journal of Comparative Economics, 48(4): 997-1010
4. X. Li, L. Tian*, and J. Xu. 2020.Missing Social Security contribution—does the corporate income tax rate matter? International Tax and Public Finance, 27:1453–1484
5. L.E. Burman, N.B. Coe, K. Pierce and L. Tian. 2014. The Effects of the Taxation of Social Security Benefits on Older Workers’ Income and Claiming Decisions, National Tax Journal, 67(2): 459–486
6. L.E. Burman, N.B. Coe, K. Pierce and L. Tian. 2014.Older Taxpayers’ Response to Taxation of Social Security Benefits, IRS Research Bulletin. 2014(02).
Working Paper
1. L. Tian. Job lock effect of the dependent coverage mandate on parents’ job turnover decisions.
2. L. Tian. Wage and Employment Responses to Social Security Contributions under Evasion.
Edited Volume
Edited by Tian Liu and Zheng Chunrong: International Dynamics of Social Security: Policy Empowerment for Sustainable Development of Persons with Disabilities, published by Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2022.
1. 2024, 2nd International Forum on the Frontier of Health Economics and Public Policy, 12th Chinese Public Management Scholars Workshop.
2. 2023, 22nd Annual Conference of the China Economic Association, 2nd Xiangjiang Social Security Forum, AREUEA International Conference.
3. 2022, 1st Xiangjiang Social Security Forum.
4. 2019, 16th Annual Conference of Chinese Women Economists, 2nd China Health Economics Forum, Health and Gender Workshop at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
5. 2018, International Conference on Addressing Population Aging: Institutional and Public Policy Innovation at ShanghaiTech University, 15th Annual Conference of Chinese Women Economists.
6. 2017, 2nd Social Security Young Scholars Forum, 2017 Southern Economic Association Conference.
7. 2016, 16th Annual Conference of the China Economic Association, Institute of Economic and Social Research (IESR), Jinan University, School of Economics, Fudan University, School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Administration (APPAM) Fall Research Conference.
8. 2015, Singapore Health Economic Association Annual Conference, International Symposium on Public Policy Challenge and Governance Innovation.
9. 2014, 84th Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association.
10. 2013, 106th Annual Conference on Taxation, Internal Revenue Service - Tax Policy Center Research Conference.
11. 2012, 105th Annual Conference on Taxation.
Awards and Honors
1. Teaching Excellence Award, School of Public Economics and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2023
2. Second Prize for Outstanding Teaching Achievement, Shanghai Municipal Government, 2022
3. Graduate Assistantship, Syracuse University, 2008–2014
4. Summer Fellowship, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 2008–2014