London School of Economics The Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines LSE
The Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD)

Staff Biography


[Photo: Bingqin Li] Dr Bingqin LI
Lecturer in Social Policy, LSE, and CASE Associate

Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7344
Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 6951
Email: b.li@lse.ac.uk
STICERD ,  LSE


Publications on LSE Research Online book

Research Interests:
  • Urbanisation and rural to urban migration
  • Long-term unemployment and urban social exclusion
  • Social inequality: housing and pension reform
  • Multinational corporation and social responsibilities
Current Research Projects:
  • Low-cost housing and rural to urban migration
  • Long-term unemployment and social exclusion - a women's perspective
  • Why do rural to urban migrants not participate in social insurance schemes?
Selected Publications:
  • Revelation from the Bankruptcy of Barring (Chinese) in W Teng (ed), World Economy and China. Beijing: Economics and Science Press (1996)

  • Foreword (with S Gong) in B Li and S Gong (eds), A Translated Series on Social Policy. Beijing: Commercial Press (Shangwu Chubanshe) (2003)

  • Urban housing privatisation: Redefining the responsibilties of the state, employers and individuals in S Green and GL Shaojia (eds), Exit the Dragon? Privatisation and State Control in China. Blackwell Publishing (2005)

  • Urban labour market changes and social protection for urban informal workers: Challenges for China and India (with S Kumar) in W Fulong (ed), China's Emerging Cities: The making of new urbanism. London: Routledge (forthcoming)

  • Pension reforms in China - Who are left out? in IG Cook and JL Powell (eds), New Perspectives on China and Aging. Nova Science Publishers (forthcoming)

  • Information and rural to urban migrants' participation in urgan social schemes - the case of construction and service sectors in Tianjin, China in R Smyth (ed), Migration and Social Protection in China (forthcoming)

  • Urban Social Change in Transitional China - A perspective of social exclusion and vulnerability Journal of Contingencies and Crises Management, 13(2): 54-65 (2005)

  • Floating Population or Urban Citizen? Status, social provision and circumstances of rural-urban migrants in China Social Policy and Administration 40(2): 174-195 (2006)

  • Urbanisation and Social Policy in China (with D Piachaud) Asia-Pacific Journal, June:1-26 (2006)

  • Challenges in Multidisciplinary Systematic Reviewing: A study on social exclusion and mental health policy (with C Curran, T Burchardt, M Knapp and D McDaid) Social Policy and Administration, 41:3 (2007)

  • Market Transformation and Labour Protection in the Construction Industry in China - Is there a sequence? (with H Peng) The Annual Journal (AJPPAA, POLITIKA) (2007 forthcoming)

STICERD/CASE Publications:
  • The Social Protection of Rural Workers in the Construction Industry in Urban China
    Bingqin Li, Huamin Peng, November 2006
    Paper No' CASE/113: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)

  • Poverty and Inequality and Social Policy in China
    Bingqin Li, David Piachaud, November 2004
    Paper No' CASE 087: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)

  • Urban Social Exclusion in Transitional China
    Bingqin Li, March 2004
    Paper No' CASE 082: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)