Publications in English
1. "The Higher Educational Transformation of China and Its Global Implications," (with Yao A. Li, John Whalley and Shunming Zhang) The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, 2011, vol. 34(4), pages 516-545, 04.
2. "The Relative Importance of the Chinese Stimulus Package and Tax Stabilization during the 2008 Financial Crisis",(with John Whalley) Applied Economics Letters,2013, vol. 20: 682-686.
3. "Housing price and household savings rates: Evidence from China"（with Shi Li, and John Whalley), Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2013, vol. 11(3): 197-217.
4. "The Contribution of Human Capital to China’s Economic Growth" (with John Whalley, China Economic Policy Review, 2013,vol. 2(1): 1-22.
5. "Intergenerational Transfer, Human Capital and Long-term Growth in China under the One Child Policy" (with Xi ZHU and John Whalley), Economic Modelling, 2014, vol. 40: 275-283.
6. "Migrants and Urban Wage: Evidence from China's Internal Migration", 2020, China Economic Review, vol.61: 1-12.
Publications in Chinese
李建强、赵西亮*：劳动保护与企业创新：基于《劳动合同法》的实证研究，《经济学》（季刊），2020年第19卷第1期。
Employment Protection and Enterprise’s Innovation: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Labor Contract Law, China Economic Quarterly, forthcoming.
李建强、赵西亮、张畇彬：教育扩招、人力资本与企业创新，《中国经济问题》，2019年第3期。
赵西亮：农民工与城市工资：来自中国内部移民的证据，《经济学》（季刊），2018年第17卷第3期。
"Migrants and urban wage: Evidence from China internal migration", China Economic Quarterly, 2018, Vol. 17 (3), 969-994.
李建强、赵西亮*：中国制造还具有劳动力成本优势吗，《统计研究》，2018年第1期。
Does "Made in China" Still Have a Labor Cost Advantage, Statistical Research, 2018, Vol. 35(1), 22-31.
赵西亮：教育、户籍转换与城乡教育收益率差异，《经济研究》，2017年第12期。
"Education, Migration, and Difference of Rural-Urban Returns to Education“, Economic Research Journal, 2017, No. 12.
赵西亮、李建强：劳动力成本与企业创新：基于中国工业企业数据的实证分析，《经济学家》，2016年第7期。
"Labor Cost and firm innovation--Empirical analysis on the data of Chinese industrial firms", Economist, 2016, No. 7.
赵西亮：倾向指数匹配方法：变量选择和模型设定问题，《数量经济技术经济研究》，2015年第11期。“Propensity Score Matching: Issues on Covariates Choice and Model Specification”, Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, 2015, No., 11.
赵西亮、梁文泉、李实： 房价上涨能够解释中国城镇居民高储蓄率吗？《经济学》（季刊），2013年第13卷第1期。【《经济学》（季刊）2013-2014年度最佳论文奖，福建省第十一届社会科学优秀成果三等奖】。“Can Growing Housing Prices Explain High Household Saving Rates in Urban China? An Empirical Analysis Using CHIPs Data”, China Economic Quarterly, 2013, Vol. 13 No.1, 81-102.