Yaobo Shi Professor
Director of Economic Department School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology
Collaborating Professor of CEEE, Shaanxi Normal University
Education:
1.Ph.D., Economics, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an, China, 2005-2009.
2.MS, Economics, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 2002-2005.
3.B.A., Yan An University, Yan An, China, 1998-2002.
Professional Experiences:
1.Visiting scholar, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 2019.9-2020.9.
2.Visiting scholar, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 2015.8-2016.8.
3.Collaborating Professor of the Center for Experimental Economics in Education (CEEE); the Director of the Parenting the Future Project,2015-Present.
4.Professor, School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology, 2018-Present.
5.Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology, 2012-2018.
6.Lecturer, School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology, 2009-2012.
7.Postdoctoral Researcher, Xi’an University of Technology, 2011-2013.
Principal Investigator of National Programs:
1.National Social Science Foundation Project: The Influence Mechanism and Intervention Measures of Boarding Education on Social Emotional Ability of Western Rural Students(NO.21BGL209),2021-2024.
2.Natural Science Foundation Project: Farmer Participation Behavior in the Layout Adjustment of Rural Schools (NO.71403205),2014-2017.
3.National Social Science Foundation Project: Cost-sharing and Welfare Effects of Public Investment in Rural Areas (NO.11CJY054),2011.-2013.
4.China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Key Project : Evaluation of Psychological Health Education Intervention on Dropout of Students (NO.2013T60882).,2013-2015.
5.China National Energy Group: Research and Exploration of Ecological Product Value Realization Paths in Mining Areas,2022-2023.
Honors and Awards:
1.S.-T. Yau High School Science Award (Economic and Financial Modeling), 1st National Prize in Regional Finals,2024.
2.Shaanxi Provincial Higher Education University Science and Technology Award, the second prize, 2021
3.Distinguished Young Professor of Xi’an University of Technology, 2018.
4.Science and technology progress award of colleges and universities of Shaanxi province, the second prize, 2018.
5.Science and technology progress award of colleges and universities of Shaanxi province, the second prize, 2017.
6.National Education Curriculum Reform Advanced Individual, 2017.
7.Xi’an Progress in Science and Technology Award, 2014.
8.Award in the 6th Xi’an Philosophy and Social Science Research, 2013.
9.Shaanxi Provincial Excellent Youth in Science and Technology (Economics), 2012.
10.Distinguished Young Lecturer of Xi’an University of Technology, 2011.
Recent Publications:
1.Y Zhai, W He, X Zhao, Yaobo Shi., Does Economic Sanctions Bring Risks to Technological Innovation in China? Economic Analysis and Policy,2025.
2.W Kong, SS Sharma, XX Zhao, Yaobo Shi.，The rescue effect of local government financing vehicles on real estate enterprises in China, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2025.
3.Kun Ma, Yaobo Shi., Can developing new rural collective economy promote farmers’ common prosperity? China population Resources and Environment.2024.
4.Xueying Liu, Yuquan Wang, Yaobo Shi., An Empirical Study on the Impact of Local Financial Capacity on the Supply Efficiency of Ecological Public Goods, Economics & Management Information,2024.
5.Lili Li ,Yaobo Shi, Yun Huang , Anlu Xing and Hao Xue, The Effect of Governance on Industrial Wastewater Pollution in China, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,2022.
6.Shi Yaobo, Zhao Xinxin. Looking at the Impacts of Income Inequality on Environmental Governance in China, Problems of Sustainable Development journal,2019.
7.Shi Yaobo, Zhao Xinxin. Rural residents’ satisfaction and influencing factors in the supply of public goods in China, Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking,2020.
8.Shi Yaobo, Zhao Xinxin. Study of the Decoupling Effect between Economic Development and Environmental Pollution: Evidence from China, Energy and Environment,2018.
9.Shi Yaobo, et., al. Does economic performance affect officials’ turnover? Evidence from municipal government leaders in China, Quality & Quantity,2017.
10.Xingyue Jiang,Yaobo Shi, Study on non-monetary accounting of regional spillover water ecosystem services, ICEMC,2022.
11.Yaobo Shi, Yuquan Wang, and Yun Huang, Influence factors of PM2.5 reduction—based on economic data analysis,E3S Web Conf. Volume 294, 2021 6th International Conference on Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering.
12.Yaobo Shi, Pengting Zhao, Calculation of the impact of income gap on environmental pollution, Earth and Environmental Science, 2021.
Recent Monograph：
1.Shi Yaobo. Human Capital Development of Rural Boarding Students in Western China: An Education Policy Perspective [M]. People’s Publishing House, 2025.
2.Shi Yaobo. Research on peasant household participation and student development in the layout adjustment of primary and secondary schools in western rural areas [M]. Economic management press, 2018.
3.Shi Yaobo. Cost sharing and welfare effect evaluation of rural public goods [M]. Economic management press, 2017.
