Prof. PENG Chenhong

chenhong.peng@hku.hk
(852) 3917 1096
CJT-504
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Assistant Professor

Chenhong’s research interests are in social policy and are guided by three questions: What are the variations in social policy design and development? What are the forces driving social policy variations? What are the effects of social policy on people’s well-being and behaviors? Within social policy, her primary areas of interest are poverty and social protection policy. She has investigated the determinants of poverty, poverty dynamics, intergenerational poverty, and subjective poverty in Hong Kong. She is currently working on several research projects, including subnational variations in public assistance program (Dibao) in mainland China, social assistance regimes in East Asia, and the determinants and impacts of local migrant housing policy in mainland China. Besides investigating poverty and social protection policy, she also conducts research on old-age income protection policy and migration policy. Her research goal is to enhance evidence-based social policymaking.

Publications

Peng, C.H. & Wang, J. S-H. (forthcoming). Internal fiscal constraints, top-down pressure, or horizontal competitions? Local integration or urban-rural social assistance programmes. The China Quarterly.
Peng, C.H., & Wang, J. S-H. (2022). Accommodating China's floating population: Local variations and determinants of housing policies for rural migrant workers. The China Quarterly, 1-25. doi:10.1017/S030574102200162X
Peng, C.H., Wang, J. S-H., Zhu, Y.W., Zeng, Y. (2021). The effect of an old-age allowance program on intergenerational interactions in Taiwan: Heterogeneous effects by adult children’s motives for giving. Journal of Social Policy, 1-28.
Peng, C.H. (2023). Household consumption and the discrepancy between economic and subjective poverty: The mediating roles of perceived social status and social connectedness. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1-25.
Peng, C.H. (2021). What makes people feel poor when they are economically non-poor? Investigating the role of intergenerational mobility and comparison with friends. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 75, 100645.

Externally funded research

2024-2025 Welfare conditionality in China: Local welfare regimes and their driving forces. Funded by Early Career Scheme (ECS), Hong Kong Research Grant Council. Principal Investigator (PI); HK$549,648
2023-2028 Improving pandemic preparedness by reflecting on experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic from different perspectives. Funded by Strategic Topics Grant (STG), Hong Kong Research Grant Council. Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI); HK$30,059,000 (Lead of Program 4: HK$5,340,000)