| The dynamics of human development index J Hou, PP Walsh, J Zhang The Social Science Journal 52 (3), 331-347, 2015 | 140 | 2015 |
| The regulation of migration in a transition economy: China's hukou system S Bao, ÖB Bodvarsson, JW Hou, Y Zhao Contemporary Economic Policy 29 (4), 564-579, 2011 | 87 | 2011 |
| Economic reform of China: Cause and effects JW Hou The Social Science Journal 48 (3), 419-434, 2011 | 72 | 2011 |
| Interprovincial migration in China: the effects of investment and migrant networks S Bao, OB Bodvarsson, JW Hou, Y Zhao IZA Discussion Paper, 2007 | 48 | 2007 |
| Monetary and financial cooperation between China and the One Belt One Road countries J Sun, JW Hou Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 55 (11), 2609-2627, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
| COVID-19 impact on firm investment—Evidence from Chinese publicly listed firms J Jiang, J Hou, C Wang, HY Liu Journal of Asian Economics 75, 101320, 2021 | 43 | 2021 |
| The aging of the Chinese population and the cost of health care JW Hou, K Li The Social Science Journal 48 (3), 514-526, 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
| A location analysis of Taiwanese manufacturing branch-plants in mainland China JW Hou, KH Zhang International Journal of Business 6 (2), 53-66, 2001 | 34 | 2001 |
| Structural inflation and the 1994 ‘monetary’crisis in China GH Chang, J Hou Contemporary Economic Policy 15 (3), 73-81, 1997 | 34 | 1997 |
| Public-private wage comparison: A case study of Taiwan JW Hou Journal of Asian Economics 4 (2), 347-362, 1993 | 31 | 1993 |
| Evolution of economic institutions and China’s economic reform CC Hou, JW Hou The Social Science Journal 39 (3), 363-379, 2002 | 25 | 2002 |
| Migration in China from 1985 to 2000: The effects of past migration, investments, and deregulation S Bao, ÖB Bodvarsson, JW Hou, Y Zhao Chinese Economy 42 (4), 7-28, 2009 | 24 | 2009 |
| The returns to education in rural China: Some new estimates C Liu, Y Li, S Li, R Luo, L Zhang, S Rozelle, S Hagist, J Hou Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 64 (1), 189-208, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
| Class Size and Determinants of Learning Effectiveness. JW Hou | 21 | 1994 |
| China’s IDE policy and Taiwanese direct investment (TDI) in China J Hou Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Centre for Economic Development, 2002 | 20 | 2002 |
| Tax or spend, what causes what? Reconsidering Taiwan's experience SM Fuess Jr, JW Hou, M Millea International Journal of Business and Economics 2 (2), 109, 2003 | 18 | 2003 |
| The deregulation of people flows in China: did the structure of migration change? S Bao, OB Bodvarsson, JW Hou, Y Zhao papier présenté à la Chinese Economists Society (CES), Tianjin, Chine, 18-20, 2008 | 17 | 2008 |
| The comprehensive economic reform of the PRC (1978–) JCH Fei, JW Hou Reform and development in Deng’s China 4, 19-64, 1994 | 17 | 1994 |
| Taiwan’s outward investment in mainland China JW Hou, KH Zhang Financial markets and foreign direct investment in greater China, 188-209, 2016 | 16 | 2016 |
| Wage comparison by gender and the effect of job segregation: The case of Taiwan JW Hou China Economic Review 2 (2), 195-214, 1991 | 13 | 1991 |
