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Associate Professor Zhiming Cheng

Associate Professor Zhiming Cheng

Adjunct Associate Professor
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
Social Policy Research Centre

Zhiming Cheng is UNSW Scientia Associate Professor of Economics in the Social Policy Research Centre/Centre for Social Research in Health at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.

Prior to joining UNSW, he worked in the Centre for the Health Economy and Department of Management at Macquarie University and School of Economics at the University of Wollongong. He held the Jacob Wertheim Fellowship for the Betterment of Industrial Relationships at Harvard University and Research Fellowship at the Bank of Finland.

Location
243 Goodsell Building
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Cheng Z; Bertuol MT; Wang BZ, 2023, 'Language Training and Humanitarian Migrants’ Host Language Skills: Recent Evidence from Australia', in Immigrant Lives: Intersectionality, Transnationality, and Global Perspectives, pp. 512 - 525,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Cheng Z; Tani Bertuol M; Wang BZ, 2023, 'Language Training and Humanitarian Migrants’ Host Language Skills', in Immigrant Lives, Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 512 - 525,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2019, 'Wealth, Happiness and Happiness Inequality in China', in Social Indicators Research Series, Springer International Publishing, pp. 445 - 461,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Cheng Z; Nielsen I; Smyth R, 2015, 'Determinants of wage arrears and implications for the socio-economic wellbeing of China’s migrant workers:evidence from Guangdong province', in Handbook of Chinese Migration: Identity and Wellbeing, pp. 105 - 125,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Cheng Z; Wang H; Chen Y, 2014, 'Labor contract, trade union membership, and workplace relations: A study of migrant workers in Guangdong Province, China', in Social Issues in China: Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment, Springer New York, pp. 183 - 206,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Cheng Z, 2014, 'The new generation of migrant workers in urban China', in Urban China in the New Era: Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 125 - 153,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Cheng Z; Smyth R; Zhang L, 2024, 'Does childhood adversity affect household portfolio decisions? Evidence from the Chinese Great Famine', China Economic Review, 87,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Guo L; Cheng Z; Cook S; Tani Bertuol M, 2024, 'Air Pollution and Education Investment', Energy Economics, 132, pp. 107496,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Huang G; Guo F; Liu L; Taksa L; Cheng Z; Tani M; Zimmermann KF; Franklin M; Silva SSM, 2024, 'Changing impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy 2019–2023 and its decomposition: Findings from 27 countries', SSM - Population Health, 25,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Kasana S; Chavan M; Sedera D; Cheng Z; Ganzin M, 2024, 'Unlocking circular start-ups: A model of barriers', Business Strategy and the Environment, 33, pp. 2546 - 2577,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Luo L; Cheng Z; Ye Q; Cheng Y; Smyth R; Yang Z; Zhang L, 2024, 'Nonmonetary awards and innovation: Evidence from winning China's Top Brand Contest', China Economic Review, 86,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Meng L; Ma C; Zhang Z; Wang W; Zhang L; Cheng Z, 2024, 'Choosing culture or nature: How temporal landmarks affect tourism destination preferences', Tourism Management, 105,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Tani Bertuol M; Wen X; Cheng Z, 2024, 'Rural-urban Migration, Financial Literacy, and Entrepreneurship', Journal of Business Research, 175, pp. 114302,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Tani Bertuol M; mendolia S; chan B; Paloyo A; Torgler B; Cheng Z, 2024, 'Residential mobility restrictions and adverse mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK', Scientific Reports, 14, pp. 1790,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2024, 'Parental early-life exposure to land reform and household investment in children’s education', World Development, 173, pp. 106391 - 106391,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Chen Y; Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2023, 'Early-life experience of land reform and entrepreneurship', China Economic Review, 79,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Chen Y; Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2023, 'Education and Migrant Health in China', Economic Modelling, 121, pp. 106223 - 106223,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hayward M; Cheng Z; Wang H; Smyth R, 2023, 'Parental influence and the propensity for entrepreneurship: Evidence from the one-child policy', Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Huang G; Guo F; Cheng Z; Tani M; Chen G; Tani Bertuol M, 2023, 'Projections of Future Demand and Costs of Aged Care Services in China', Population Research and Policy Review, 42, pp. 56,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Huang G; Guo F; Taksa L; Cheng Z; Tani M; Liu L; Zimmermann KF; Franklin M; Tani Bertuol M, 2023, 'Decomposing the differences in healthy life expectancy between migrants and natives: the ‘healthy migrant effect’ and its age variations in Australia', Journal of Population Research, 41,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Li J; Liao Y; Wang W; Han X; Cheng Z; Sun G, 2023, 'Is stress always bad? the role of job stress in producing innovative ideas', Knowledge Management Research and Practice,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Piracha M; Tani M; Cheng Z; Wang BZ; Tani Bertuol M, 2023, 'Social assimilation and immigrants’ labour market outcomes', Journal of Population Economics, 36, pp. 37 - 67,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Katz I, 2023, 'Outcomes for children with disability in out-of-home care: Evidence from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study in Australia', Child Abuse and Neglect
    Journal articles | 2023
    Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Torgler B, 2023, 'Is there hope after despair? An analysis of trust among China’s Cultural Revolution survivors', Economic Modelling, 121, pp. 106218,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Tani Bertuol M; Guo F; Cheng Z; Huang G; Zimmermann KF; Franklin M; Taksa L; Liu L, 2023, 'Nativity in the healthy migrant effect: Lessons from Australia', SSM-Population Health, 23, pp. 101457,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Tani Bertuol M; Guo F; Zimmermann K; Huang G; Cheng Z; Liu L; Taksa L; Franklin M, 2023, 'The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy in 27 countries', Scientific Reports, 13,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Tani Bertuol M; Wang B; Baker S; Higgins C; Cousins S; Cheng Z; Jack VA, 2023, 'Refugees as skilled migrants: insights from Australia’s 2018 employer-sponsored refugee migration pilot', Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement, 170, pp. 323 - 338,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Cheng Z, 2022, 'Communist Party branch and labour rights: Evidence from Chinese entrepreneurs', China Economic Review, 71,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Cheng Z, 2022, 'Workers and change in China: resistance, repression, responsiveness', EURASIAN GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hayward M; Cheng Z; Zhe Wang B, 2022, 'Disrupted education, underdogs and the propensity for entrepreneurship: Evidence from China's sent-down youth program', Journal of Business Research, 151, pp. 33 - 39,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Huo ML; Jiang Z; Cheng Z; Wilkinson A, 2022, 'Restaurant employees' attitudinal reactions to social distancing difficulties: a multi-wave study', Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 32, pp. 302 - 322,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Guo L; Smyth R, 2022, 'Childhood Adversity and Energy Poverty', Energy Economics, 111, pp. 106101,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R; Sun G; Li J; Wang W, 2022, 'University education, homeownership and housing wealth', China Economic Review, 71,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2022, 'Parental misbeliefs and household investment in children's education', Economics of Education Review, 89,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Wang H; Cheng Z, 2022, 'Kids Eat free: School feeding and family spending on education', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 193, pp. 196 - 212,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Bilgrami A; Cutler H; Sinha K; Cheng Z, 2021, 'The Impact of Means-Tested Premium Rebates and Tax Penalties on the Demand for Private Hospital Cover in Australia*', Economic Record, 97, pp. 170 - 211,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cheng Z; Guo W; Hayward M; Smyth R; Wang H, 2021, 'Childhood adversity and the propensity for entrepreneurship: A quasi-experimental study of the Great Chinese Famine', Journal of Business Venturing, 36,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cheng Z; Mendolia S; Paloyo AR; Savage DA; Tani M; Tani Bertuol M, 2021, 'Working parents, financial insecurity, and childcare: mental health in the time of COVID-19 in the UK', Review of Economics of the Household, 19, pp. 123 - 144,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2021, 'Education and migrant entrepreneurship in urban China', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 188, pp. 506 - 529,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cheng Z; Wang BZ; Taksa L, 2021, 'Labour Force Participation and Employment of Humanitarian Migrants: Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Data', Journal of Business Ethics, 168, pp. 697 - 720,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cheng Z, 2021, 'Education and consumption: Evidence from migrants in Chinese cities', Journal of Business Research, 127, pp. 206 - 215,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Li B; Fisher KR; Quan Farrant F; Cheng Z, 2021, 'Digital policy to disability employment? An ecosystem perspective on China and Australia', Social Policy and Administration: an international journal of policy and research, 55, pp. 863 - 878,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Shahiri H; Cheng Z; Al-Hadi AA, 2021, 'Why do low-skilled foreign workers have a wage advantage? Evidence from the palm oil plantation sector in Malaysia', Population, Space and Place, 27,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Smyth R; Nielsen I; Cheng Z; Wang BZ, 2021, 'The paradox of the contented female worker: the mediating role of income and the moderating role of sexual orientation', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32, pp. 573 - 595,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Sun G; Li J; Cheng Z; D'Alessandro S; Johnson L, 2021, 'Consumer personality factors and iPhone consumption in China', Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 20, pp. 862 - 870,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Wang BZ; Taksa L; Zhou J, 2021, 'English Skills and Early Labour Market Integration: Evidence from Humanitarian Migrants in Australia', International Migration,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Wang H, 2021, 'Energy Poverty and Entrepreneurship', Energy Economics, 102, pp. 105469,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wang H; Cheng Z; Zhe Wang B; Chen Y, 2021, 'Childhood left-behind experience and labour market outcomes in China', Journal of Business Research, 132, pp. 196 - 207,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wang H; Cheng Z, 2021, 'Mama loves you: The gender wage gap and expenditure on children's education in China', JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION, 188, pp. 1015 - 1034,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Cheng Z; Jepsen DM; Wang BZ, 2020, 'A Dynamic Analysis of Informal Elder Caregiving and Employee Wellbeing', Journal of Business and Psychology, 35, pp. 85 - 98,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Cheng Z; Prakash K; Smyth R; Wang H, 2020, 'Housing wealth and happiness in Urban China', Cities, 96,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Piracha M; Wang BZ, 2020, 'Ageing, health, loneliness and wellbeing', Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement, 160, pp. 791 - 807,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Cheng Z; Nielsen I; Cutler H, 2019, 'Perceived job quality, work-life interference and intention to stay: Evidence from the aged care workforce in Australia', International Journal of Manpower, 40, pp. 17 - 35,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2019, 'Consumption and Happiness', Journal of Development Studies, 55, pp. 120 - 136,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2019, 'Health outcomes, health inequality and Mandarin proficiency in urban China', China Economic Review, 56,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Huang Y; Guo F; Cheng Z, 2018, 'Market mechanisms and migrant settlement intentions in urban China', Asian Population Studies, 14, pp. 22 - 42,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Li J; Fang M; Wang W; Sun G; Cheng Z, 2018, 'The influence of grit on life satisfaction: Self-esteem as a mediator', Psychologica Belgica, 58, pp. 51 - 66,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Li J; Han X; Wang W; Sun G; Cheng Z, 2018, 'How social support influences university students' academic achievement and emotional exhaustion: The mediating role of self-esteem', Learning and Individual Differences, 61, pp. 120 - 126,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Li J; Wang W; Sun G; Jiang Z; Cheng Z, 2018, 'Supervisor–Subordinate Guanxi and Job Satisfaction Among Migrant Workers in China', Social Indicators Research, 139, pp. 293 - 307,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2018, 'Do migrant students affect local students’ academic achievements in urban China?', Economics of Education Review, 63, pp. 64 - 77,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Cheng Z; Mishra V; Nielsen I; Smyth R; Wang BZ, 2017, 'Wellbeing in China', Social Indicators Research, 132, pp. 1 - 10,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2017, 'China'S Imbalanced Sex Ratio and Satisfaction with Marriage', Singapore Economic Review, 62, pp. 765 - 782,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Li J; Sun G; Cheng Z, 2017, 'The Influence of Political Skill on Salespersons’ Work Outcomes: A Resource Perspective', Journal of Business Ethics, 141, pp. 551 - 562,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Sun G; Wang W; Cheng Z; Li J; Chen J, 2017, 'The Intermediate Linkage Between Materialism and Luxury Consumption: Evidence from the Emerging Market of China', Social Indicators Research, 132, pp. 475 - 487,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Wang BZ; Cheng Z, 2017, 'Environmental Perceptions, Happiness and Pro-environmental Actions in China', Social Indicators Research, 132, pp. 357 - 375,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Wang H; Smyth R; Cheng Z, 2017, 'The economic returns to proficiency in English in China', China Economic Review, 43, pp. 91 - 104,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Wang W; Li J; Sun G; Cheng Z; Zhang XA, 2017, 'Achievement goals and life satisfaction: The mediating role of perception of successful agency and the moderating role of emotion reappraisal', Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica, 30,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Cheng Z; King SP; Smyth R; Wang H, 2016, 'Housing property rights and subjective wellbeing in urban China', European Journal of Political Economy, 45, pp. 160 - 174,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2016, 'Why Give it Away When You Need it Yourself? Understanding Public Support for Foreign Aid in China', Journal of Development Studies, 52, pp. 53 - 71,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Cheng Z, 2016, 'Book Review: Daniel A Bell, The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy', Political Studies Review, 14, pp. 629 - 630,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2016, 'Are Chinese workers compensated for occupational risk?', Journal of Industrial Relations, 58, pp. 111 - 130,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2016, 'Language and consumption', China Economic Review, 40, pp. 135 - 151,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Cheng Z; Smyth R; Guo F, 2015, 'The impact of China’s new Labour Contract Law on socioeconomic outcomes for migrant and urban workers', Human Relations, 68, pp. 329 - 352,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2015, 'Crime victimization, neighborhood safety and happiness in China', Economic Modelling, 51, pp. 424 - 435,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Cheng Z; Smyth R, 2015, 'Sex and happiness', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 112, pp. 26 - 32,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Cheng Z, 2015, 'Book Review: Asia and the Pacific: Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition', Political Studies Review, 13, pp. 308 - 309,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Wang H; Guo F; Cheng Z, 2015, 'A distributional analysis of wage discrimination against migrant workers in China’s urban labour market', Urban Studies, 52, pp. 2383 - 2403,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Wang H; Guo F; Cheng Z, 2015, 'Discrimination in migrant workers' welfare entitlements and benefits in urban labour market: Findings from a four-city study in China', Population, Space and Place, 21, pp. 124 - 139,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cheng Z; Nielsen I; Smyth R, 2014, 'Access to social insurance in urban China: A comparative study of rural-urban and urban-urban migrants in Beijing', Habitat International, 41, pp. 243 - 252,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cheng Z; Smyth R; Sun G, 2014, 'Participation and expenditure of migrants in the illegal lottery in Chinas Pearl River Delta', Eurasian Geography and Economics, 55, pp. 333 - 361,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cheng Z; Wang H; Smyth R, 2014, 'Happiness and job satisfaction in urban China: A comparative study of two generations of migrants and urban locals', Urban Studies, 51, pp. 2160 - 2184,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cheng Z, 2014, 'Book Review: Asia and the Pacific: The Accidental Capitalist: A People's Story of the New China', Political Studies Review, 12, pp. 336 - 337,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cheng Z, 2014, 'Layoffs and Urban Poverty in the State-Owned Enterprise Communities in Shaanxi Province, China', Social Indicators Research, 116, pp. 199 - 233,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cheng Z, 2014, 'The Effects of Employee Involvement and Participation on Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from Urban China', Social Indicators Research, 118, pp. 457 - 483,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Huang Y; Cheng Z, 2014, 'Why are migrants' not participating in welfare programs? Evidence from Shanghai, China', Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 23, pp. 183 - 210,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Cheng Z; Guo F; Hugo G; Yuan X, 2013, 'Employment and wage discrimination in the Chinese cities: A comparative study of migrants and locals', Habitat International, 39, pp. 246 - 255,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Cheng Z; Wang H, 2013, 'Do neighbourhoods have effects on wages? A study of migrant workers in urban China', Habitat International, 38, pp. 222 - 231,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Cheng Z; Beresford M, 2012, 'Layoffs in China's City of Textiles: Adaptation to Change', Journal of Contemporary Asia, 42, pp. 155 - 181,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Cheng Z, 2012, 'The changing and different patterns of urban redevelopment in China: A study of three inner-city neighborhoods', Community Development, 43, pp. 430 - 450,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Cheng Z, 2011, 'From planned to market economy: The rise and fall of the City of Textiles, Xi'an', Local Economy, 26, pp. 348 - 362,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Cheng Z, 2010, 'Poverty in China's urban communities: Profile and correlates', China Report, 46, pp. 143 - 173,
  • Preprints | 2024
    Wen X; Cheng Z; Tani M, 2024, Daughters, Savings and Household Finances,
    Preprints | 2022
    Chan HF; Cheng Z; Mendolia S; Paloyo A; Tani M; Proulx D; Savage D; Torgler B, 2022, Societal movement restrictions and adverse mental health outcomes,
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    Cheng Z; Guo L; Smyth R; Tani M, Childhood Adversity and Energy Poverty, ,
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    Cheng Z; Guo L; Smyth R; Tani M, Childhood Adversity and Energy Poverty, ,
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    Cheng Z; Guo L; Tani M; Cook S, Air Pollution and Education Investment,
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    Cheng Z; Tani M; Wang H, Energy Poverty and Entrepreneurship, ,
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    Cheng Z; Wang BZ; Jiang Z; Taksa L; Tani M, English Skills and Early Labour Market Integration of Humanitarian Migrants,
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    Cheng Z; Wang BZ; Taksa L, Labour Force Participation and Employment of Humanitarian Migrants: Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Data, ,
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    Guo L; Cheng Z; Tani M; Cook S; Zhao J; Chen X, Air Pollution and Entrepreneurship, ,
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    Guo L; Cheng Z; Tani M; Cook S, Environmental Policy and Gender Health Gap, ,
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    Piracha M; Tani M; Cheng Z; Wang BZ, Ethnic Identity and Immigrants' Labour Market Outcomes, ,
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    Tani M; Cheng Z; Mendolia S; Paloyo A; Savage D, Working Parents, Financial Insecurity, and Child-Care: Mental Health in the Time of Covid-19, ,
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    Tani M; Cheng Z; Piracha M; Wang BZ, Ageing, Health, Loneliness and Wellbeing, ,
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    Tani M; Cheng Z; Torgler B, Is There Hope after Despair? An Analysis of Trust Among China's Cultural Revolution Survivors, ,
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    Tani M; Wen X; Cheng Z, Daughters, Savings and Household Finances,
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    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, Does Consuming More Make You Happier? Evidence from Chinese Panel Data, ,
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    Wang H; Cheng Z; Smyth R, Does Consuming More Make You Happier? Evidence from Chinese Panel Data, ,
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    Wen X; Cheng Z; Tani M, Financial Literacy, Gender and Investment Choices,