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Biography
Professor Jane Golley is an economist at the Crawford School of Public Policy 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'.
Jane’s research has covered a wide range of topics centred around the Chinese economy, often intersecting with other disciplines. Her early work on regional development focused on the uneven patterns of economic geography in China’s industrial development, spurring ongoing research into other sources of inequality, including rural-urban and gender inequalities in education and income. Another long-term research agenda has explored the economic impacts of demographic change in China, including the global impacts of the one- and two-child policies and rising gender imbalances. Other research projects have examined the interplay between the economy and the environment, such as the relationship between income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions associated with China’s pursuit of ‘green growth’. Her latest inter-disciplinary endeavours have taken her towards politics and international relations, with topics ranging from China’s growing geoeconomics capabilities and ‘geoeducation’ strategies, to the impact of its bilateral political relations on its patterns of trade.
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 was co-editor of the China Story Yearbook series from 2016 to 2021, with titles including Control, Prosperity, Power and Crisis. Jane has served as the President of the Chinese Studies Association of Australia and the Chinese Economic Society of Australia, and is currently an Executive Member of the Australia-China Business Council (ACT), a Board member of the Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS, and the ACT representative on CEDA's State Advisory Council (NSW/ACT)
Research interests
Jane specialises in the Chinese economy, doing applied research on a wide range of inter-disciplinary development issues. Past research has covered: regional development and inequality; household consumption and carbon dioxide emissions; rural-urban migration and urbanisation; rural-urban and gender inequalities in education and earnings; and inter-generational transmission of education outcomes.
Recent research interests include the geoeconomics of the university sector, and empirical explorations of the links between political relations and trade, including Australian exports to China during the last two decades.
Current student projects
Political relations and trade linkages between China and Southeast Asia
Measuring poverty of rural migrants in Shanghai
Sanctions through a geoeconomic lens
Qualifications
Expertise Areas
- Economic Development and Growth
- Labour Economics
- Urban and Regional Economics
- OTHER ECONOMICS
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Network (past 5 years)
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Navigating the Emerging Geo-Economic Order: Integrating Economics, Security and Collective Defence through 2040.
Roberts, A., Golley, J., Herscovitch, B., Kennedy, A., Lim, D., Medcalf, R., Sass, J. & van der Kley, D.
Commonwealth Department of Defence
10/06/20 → 30/08/23
Project: Research
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Engaging with private sector on the intersection of economics, security and technology
Roberts, A., Gertz, G., Golley, J., Herscovitch, B., Lim, D. & van der Kley, D.
Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
1/01/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Do political relations affect exports to China? Evidence from the 'Quad'
Agarwal, V. & Golley, J., 2022, In: The World Economy. 45, 9, p. 2882-2901Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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For better or worse, in sickness and in health: Australia-China political relations and trade
Golley, J., Agarwal, V., Laurenceson, J. & Qiu, T., 2022, In: China Economic Journal. 15, 3, p. 290-309Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Intergenerational education transmission in China: The gender dimension
Huo, Y. & Golley, J., 2022, In: China Economic Review. 71Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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China Story Yearbook 2020: Crisis
Golley, J., Jaivin, L. & Strange, S., 2021, 1st ed. Canberra: Australian National University Press. 365 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: The Quad, geoeconomics, and Australia's place in the region
Kenny, M., Harcourt, T. & Golley, J., 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products