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Peking University

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Jiafeng GU is an associate professor in the Institute of Social Science Survey at Peking University. He is engaged with directing the China Family Panel Study (CFPS) project initiated in 2010, a nationwide, comprehensive longitudinal tracking survey in China. He is the dean of Strategic Research Institute at Peking University and conducts interdisciplinary research on education health, social capital, and gender differences.

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Journal article
Published: 01 August 2021 in Sustainability
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This study is an exploration of the digital divide between urban and rural areas, and it was conducted to assess the impact of the minimum living guarantee system on online education in China. The results of the research showed that 83.38% of students in low-income families have been able to participate in online education at home during the pandemic, while 16.62% of students in low-income families have been unable to do so. The absence of computers, smartphones, and broadband Internet access in low-income households reduces the likelihood of children being able to participate in online education at home. In terms of accessing online education at home, students from urban areas have obvious advantages over those from rural ones, and students from minimum living guarantee families have obvious advantages over those from marginal minimum living guarantee ones. This study also showed that the presence of online education-related amenities, including computers, smartphones, and Internet access, mediates the relationship between the subsistence allowance system, Hukou, and accessibility of online education. To address this issue, this paper includes suggestions for bridging the digital divide in online education.

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Jiafeng Gu. Family Conditions and the Accessibility of Online Education: The Digital Divide and Mediating Factors. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8590 .

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Jiafeng Gu. Family Conditions and the Accessibility of Online Education: The Digital Divide and Mediating Factors. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8590.

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Jiafeng Gu. 2021. "Family Conditions and the Accessibility of Online Education: The Digital Divide and Mediating Factors." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8590.

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Published: 23 June 2021 in Scientometrics
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The spatiotemporal context affects corporate behavior because any corporate activity is carried out in a specific time and space. Based on an examination on the research and development (R&D) expenditures of 284 listed biopharmaceutical companies in China, this study finds that the innovation space of the biopharmaceutical industry presents a spatial “North–South” pattern. The spatial gravity center of the biopharmaceutical industry’s R&D investment has been shifting to the eastern coastal region. This spatiotemporal context will impact the R&D investment of biopharmaceutical companies. Research shows that the distance between biopharmaceutical companies and the gravity center has a direct impact on the R&D expenditures of biopharmaceutical companies. This study supports the context-sensitive thesis and shows how the spatiotemporal context affects the R&D investment of biopharmaceutical companies while controlling firm-level factors.

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Jiafeng Gu. Determinants of biopharmaceutical R&D expenditures in China: the impact of spatiotemporal context. Scientometrics 2021, 1 -22.

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Jiafeng Gu. Determinants of biopharmaceutical R&D expenditures in China: the impact of spatiotemporal context. Scientometrics. 2021; ():1-22.

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Jiafeng Gu. 2021. "Determinants of biopharmaceutical R&D expenditures in China: the impact of spatiotemporal context." Scientometrics , no. : 1-22.

Research article
Published: 05 March 2021 in Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
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The purpose of this study was to examine the daily social pressure and socioeconomic factors related to women’s alcohol consumption in China. Cross-sectional data were obtained from the 2012 China Family Panel Studies. A multivariate logistic regression analysis of a sample of 16 339 female adults with the mean age of 45.3 years was used to examine the relationships between dependent and independent variables. According to the results, first, the greater the daily social pressure, the more likely women were to engage in general alcohol consumption (odds ratio = 1.061) and risk drinking (odds ratio = 1.057). Second, while there is a positive relationship between the general level of social pressure and women’s alcohol consumption, the relationship between the severe level of social pressure and women’s alcohol consumption was not significant. Finally, women in the Central region were less likely to engage in risk drinking than women in the Western region; women with secondary school education were more likely to engage in risk drinking than women with primary school education or below; and age was significantly positively associated with both general and risk drinking. In conclusion, increasing alcohol consumption among women may be due to increased social pressure.

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Jiafeng Gu; Xing Ming. Daily Social Pressure and Alcohol Consumption Among Chinese Women: A Cross-Sectional Study. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 2021, 1 .

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Jiafeng Gu, Xing Ming. Daily Social Pressure and Alcohol Consumption Among Chinese Women: A Cross-Sectional Study. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2021; ():1.

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Jiafeng Gu; Xing Ming. 2021. "Daily Social Pressure and Alcohol Consumption Among Chinese Women: A Cross-Sectional Study." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health , no. : 1.

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Published: 04 February 2021 in International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
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Drinking alcohol is cited as a way for men to cope with stress, with most of the research emanating from western countries. However, in the East, limited scientific research has been conducted on the relationship between stress and alcohol consumption. Thus, this study aimed to explore the influence of life stress on alcohol use among Chinese men. Our data were drawn from the 2012 China Family Panel Studies that comprised representative samples of the Chinese population. In total, 15,373 Chinese men participated in this study, and their weekly alcohol intake and life stress were evaluated using computer-assisted personal interviews. It was found that the greater the overall life pressure experienced by the Chinese men, the less likely they were to engage in both general (OR = 0.977) and heavy drinking (OR = 0.975). Although severe life stress that interfered with daily life did not affect general drinking, it had a negative effect on heavy drinking. As for less severe life stresses, feeling down and sad had an inhibitory effect on male general and heavy drinking, and experiencing loneliness had a similar effect on general drinking but no effect on heavy drinking. Further, perceiving unfriendliness from others had no influence on male drinking behavior. Although feeling disliked by others had no effect on male drinking behavior, it had a significant, positive effect on male heavy drinking. This study found that in China, stress did not increase male alcohol consumption, but rather, inhibited it. Alcohol consumption is not a preferred strategy for Chinese men dealing with stress.

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Jiafeng Gu; Xing Ming. The Effects of Life Stress on Men’s Alcohol Use: a Reassessment of Data from the 2012 China Family Panel Studies. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 2021, 1 -12.

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Jiafeng Gu, Xing Ming. The Effects of Life Stress on Men’s Alcohol Use: a Reassessment of Data from the 2012 China Family Panel Studies. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 2021; ():1-12.

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Jiafeng Gu; Xing Ming. 2021. "The Effects of Life Stress on Men’s Alcohol Use: a Reassessment of Data from the 2012 China Family Panel Studies." International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction , no. : 1-12.

Journal article
Published: 04 February 2021 in Sustainability
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Corporate environmental responsibility (CER) is increasingly gaining interest among researchers and practitioners. Despite this extensive interest, systematic research regarding the effect of sales on environmental performance remains scarce. In this study, an empirical analysis on a sample of 909 Chinese listed companies from 2010 to 2016 showed that sales positively impact environmental performance. This study also showed that corporate innovation mediates the relationship between sales and environmental performance. Furthermore, this study showed that environmental performance has a positive spatial spillover effect. Enterprises appear to promote their own environmental performance as a response to a rise in the environmental performance of their neighbors. The external control theory of organization has important reference significance and explanatory power for CER behavior in emerging economies.

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Jiafeng Gu. Spatial Dynamics between Firm Sales and Environmental Responsibility: The Mediating Role of Corporate Innovation. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1684 .

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Jiafeng Gu. Spatial Dynamics between Firm Sales and Environmental Responsibility: The Mediating Role of Corporate Innovation. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):1684.

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Jiafeng Gu. 2021. "Spatial Dynamics between Firm Sales and Environmental Responsibility: The Mediating Role of Corporate Innovation." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 1684.

Original article
Published: 14 December 2020 in Growth and Change
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Traditional studies of firm performance typically focus on the effect of market structure and rarely consider the impact of the spatiotemporal context in industrial competition. Using a sample of 1,555 listed companies from 2015 to 2018 in China, this study shows that the profit center of gravity tends to move from southeast to northwest, and that there are negative effects on firm performance with distance from the profit center of gravity. Moreover, when controlling for organizational variables, strategic interaction at the local level significantly mediates the relationship between spatiotemporal context at the global level and firm performance at the microlevel. This investigation provides preliminary support for strategic interaction as a significant mediator between spatiotemporal context and firm performance, and further highlights the relevance of spatiotemporal context and strategic interaction in determining firm performance. The results of this study contribute to our understanding of the dynamic mechanism of spatiotemporal context affecting firm performance and the role of strategic interaction at the local level in this relationship, which can improve the existing insights into new economic geography.

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Jiafeng Gu. Spatiotemporal context and firm performance: The mediating effect of strategic interaction. Growth and Change 2020, 52, 371 -391.

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Jiafeng Gu. Spatiotemporal context and firm performance: The mediating effect of strategic interaction. Growth and Change. 2020; 52 (1):371-391.

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Jiafeng Gu. 2020. "Spatiotemporal context and firm performance: The mediating effect of strategic interaction." Growth and Change 52, no. 1: 371-391.

Journal article
Published: 06 December 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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This study assesses the relationship between social capital and self-reported health (SRH) by comparing different genders and ages. It utilizes data from the 2016 China Family Panel Study data with a sample of 30,657 adult individuals from 25 provincial-level administrative regions in China. This was a cross-sectional study conducted with computer-assisted face-to-face interviews to assess social capital and self-rated health among Chinese adults. A multi-level Poisson regression model is employed to model social capital-related dependent variables using the independent variable of fair/poor health status. In terms of social relations, mobile phone use can improve men’s health. However, this effect is insignificant for women. Moreover, gender and age interact with the relationship between social capital and individual health. The relationship between trust and self-rated health is not significantly different between men and women. The frequency of feeling lonely and the lack of feelings for the community in which they live have a negative impact on self-rated health, but there are no obvious differences in terms of gender. The number of meals per week with family members is negatively correlated with men’s SRH, but there is no correlation with adult women 41 and above. Lack of help from neighbors is negatively correlated with men’s health, but not with that of adult women 40 and below. Being a member of the Chinese Communist Party or a member of the Chinese Communist Youth League is positively correlated with SRH for women 60 and above.

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Jiafeng Gu; Ruiyu Zhu. Social Capital and Self-Rated Health: Empirical Evidence from China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 9108 .

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Jiafeng Gu, Ruiyu Zhu. Social Capital and Self-Rated Health: Empirical Evidence from China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (23):9108.

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Jiafeng Gu; Ruiyu Zhu. 2020. "Social Capital and Self-Rated Health: Empirical Evidence from China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 23: 9108.

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Published: 20 August 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Perceived social discrimination in China has significant effects on drinking behavior. This finding was reached through multivariate logistic regression analysis of a sample of 22,566 adults in the 2016 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). This was a cross-sectional study conducted with computer-assisted face-to-face interviews to assess alcohol drinking problems and associated factors among Chinese adults. The proportion of adults prone to alcoholism tends to be higher in eastern than central China, and higher in central than western China. Furthermore, gender discrimination and delays in government interactions as a result of unfair treatment have a positive and significant effect on individuals’ drinking. The alcohol consumption rate among Chinese men is about 13 times that of Chinese women. Additionally, older people have a stronger tendency to drink alcohol. In terms of education, those with lower education levels are more prone to alcoholism than those with higher education levels. Regarding marital status, those who are married are more prone to alcoholism than those who are not. Further, those who have been diagnosed with a chronic disease within the past six months are less prone to alcoholism than those without such diagnosis. People with an annual income between 50,000 and 150,000 yuan are more prone to alcoholism than those with an income under 50,000 yuan. Groups that have experienced unequal treatment in public services are also more prone to alcoholism than those who do not suffer such unequal treatment.

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Jiafeng Gu; Xing Ming. Perceived Social Discrimination, Socioeconomic Status, and Alcohol Consumption among Chinese Adults: A Nationally Representative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 6043 .

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Jiafeng Gu, Xing Ming. Perceived Social Discrimination, Socioeconomic Status, and Alcohol Consumption among Chinese Adults: A Nationally Representative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (17):6043.

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Jiafeng Gu; Xing Ming. 2020. "Perceived Social Discrimination, Socioeconomic Status, and Alcohol Consumption among Chinese Adults: A Nationally Representative Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6043.

Journal article
Published: 19 June 2015 in Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
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There has been a vast amount of discussion about the positive and negative regional effect on policy diffusion. During this debate, the role of neighborhood structure is ignored and the linear assumption is still prevailing in this field. By analyzing the spatial convergence of local vocational education development with data of 31 provinces from 1995 to 2008 in China, we explore the effects of neighborhood interactions on policy diffusion, paying specific attention to the dynamical role of neighborhood structures in policy diffusion. The empirical results clearly indicate that the development of local vocational education systems in China is spatially autocorrelated to the neighboring provinces. Local vocational education systems converge more slowly if a spatially lagged dependent variable is introduced, while they converge faster if a spatially error variable is introduced. The policy transition between neighbors considering their local spatial context is analyzed with Spatial Markov Chain and a fundamental nonlinear connection between neighborhood structure and policy transition is unveiled. Using spatial econometric models, we also find that the socio-spatial diffusion patterns with the social factors such as consumption, urban/rural distribution and occupation serve as barriers to and amplifiers of policy diffusion. These results not only resonate with conventional linear wisdom on policy diffusion but also offer a new nonlinear perspective on socio-spatial patterns of policy diffusion that are clearly embedded within the local neighborhood structures.

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Jiafeng Gu. Spatial Diffusion of Social Policy in China: Spatial Convergence and Neighborhood Interaction of Vocational Education. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 2015, 9, 503 -527.

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Jiafeng Gu. Spatial Diffusion of Social Policy in China: Spatial Convergence and Neighborhood Interaction of Vocational Education. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. 2015; 9 (4):503-527.

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Jiafeng Gu. 2015. "Spatial Diffusion of Social Policy in China: Spatial Convergence and Neighborhood Interaction of Vocational Education." Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 9, no. 4: 503-527.

Articles
Published: 05 September 2013 in Studies in Higher Education
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How geographical neighboring competitors influence the strategic price behaviors of universities is still unclear because previous studies assume spatial independence between universities. Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics college navigator dataset, this study shows that the price of one university is spatially autocorrelated to its neighboring competitors and such neighborhood structure induces cooperation Nash equilibrium in a spatial price game. In the spatial price game of universities the possibility of the cooperation solution is about 76%, while that of the defeat solution is about 24%. This study demonstrates that the relation between price difference and geographical distance of universities is an inverse U-shaped curve rather than a line.

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Jiafeng Gu. Price collusion or competition in US higher education. Studies in Higher Education 2013, 40, 253 -277.

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Jiafeng Gu. Price collusion or competition in US higher education. Studies in Higher Education. 2013; 40 (2):253-277.

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Jiafeng Gu. 2013. "Price collusion or competition in US higher education." Studies in Higher Education 40, no. 2: 253-277.

Journal article
Published: 21 May 2011 in Higher Education
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How geographical neighboring competitors influence the strategic recruiting behavior of universities is still unclear because previous studies assume spatial independence among universities. Using data of Subordinate Universities of the Ministry of Education in China, this study found that the choice of admission score level by one university was spatially autocorrelated with its neighboring competitors and four strategies came into being within spatial enrollment competition. The intenseness of spatial competition decreased as the number of neighboring competitors increased while the difference of admission score increased as the distance between competitive universities increased.

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Jiafeng Gu. Spatial recruiting competition in Chinese higher education system. Higher Education 2011, 63, 165 -185.

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Jiafeng Gu. Spatial recruiting competition in Chinese higher education system. Higher Education. 2011; 63 (2):165-185.

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Jiafeng Gu. 2011. "Spatial recruiting competition in Chinese higher education system." Higher Education 63, no. 2: 165-185.