王一江博士现为金沙威尼斯欢乐娱人城经济学及人力资源学教授，前明尼苏达大学卡尔森管理学院终身教授，美国密歇根大学戴维逊研究所研究员。1989年后曾兼职担任世界银行顾问，清华大学经济管理学院中国经济研究所高级研究员，中国留美经济学会副会长。研究兴趣主要集中在组织理论、劳动经济学与人力资源管理、中国经济、货币与公共金融等。
王一江博士在国际著名期刊Research in Labor Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics等发表多篇论文，并被大量引用；其中“Human capital investment under Asymmetric Information: The Pigovian Conjecture Revisited”多次被Handbook of Labor Economics所引用。
● 组织理论
● 劳动经济学与人力资源管理
● 中国经济
● 货币与公共金融
近年来，王教授重点研究了暴力对人类进化和对社会制度形成的影响。2021年出版的《人为何物：进化的逻辑》（中信出版社）一书，阐述了暴力对人性本质的影响。 “The Nature of the Market”（ 2022， https://ssrn.com/abstract=4065145）一文，解释了市场的起源和类型。
王一江博士在国际著名期刊Research in Labor Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics等发表多篇论文，并被大量引用；其中"Human capital investment under Asymmetric Information: The Pigovian Conjecture Revisited"多次被Handbook of Labor Economics所引用。
1. Budd, John, Wei Chi, Yijiang Wang and Qianyun Xie, 2014. “What Do Unions in China Do? Provincial-Level Evidence on Wages, Employment, Productivity, and Economic Output.” Journal of Labor Research, Vol.35, no.2 (June), pp.185-204.
2. Yijiang Wang, 2013. “The Fifth Wisdom of Entrepreneurs.” (Qi Ye Jia de Di Wu Zhong Zhi Hui.) Economic Observers (Jing Ji Guan Cha Bao, Oct. 15)
3. “Union effects on performance and employment relations: Evidence from China”, with Lu, Yi & Tao, Zhigang, China Economic Review, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2010.
4. “Implications of Managerial Incentives and ownership for Performance: Evidence from China’s Rural Enterprises”, Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 31(3), September 2003.
5. “Uncertainty in Labor Productivity and Specific Human Capital”, with Bai, C., Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 21(3), July 2003.
6. “A Multitask Theory of the State Enterprise Reform”, with Bai, C., Li, D. & Tao, Z., Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 28, 2000.
7. “The Myth of the East Asia Miracle: The Macroeconomic Implications of Soft Budgets”, with Bai, C., Y., American Economic Review, vol. 82(2), May 1999.
8. “Bureaucratic Control and Soft Budget Constraint”, with Bai, C., Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 26(1), March 1998.
9. “Enterprise Productivity and Performance: When Is Up Really Down?”, with Bai, C., & Li, D., Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 24, 1997.
10. “Human Capital Investment and Labor Turnover under Asymmetric Information: The Pigovian Conjecture Revisited”, with Chang, C., Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 14, June 1996.
11. “The Nature of the Township and Village Enterprise”, with Chang, C., Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 19, 1994. .
12. “When Privatization Should Be Delayed: Organizational and Institutional Legacies of Communism and the Strategy of Transition”, with Murrell, P., Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 17, 1993.
