Ziming Zhu

Ziming Zhu is an LSE Fellow in the Department of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on occupational mobility in Victorian and Edwardian England, utilizing linked census data to analyze intragenerational and intergenerational mobility patterns between 1851 and 1911.

Education:

• BSc in Economic History, London School of Economics (2016–2019)
• MPhil in Economic and Social History, University of Cambridge (2019–2020)

His research interests center on how occupational mobility unfolded across lifetimes (intragenerational) and between generations (intergenerational), with a focus on methodology to address measurement errors in mobility estimates. Key topics include regional differences in social mobility and the reliability of historical data.

Research Contributions:

• Explored life-course mobility dynamics among Victorian men
• Challenged conventional mobility estimates by revealing biases in father-son socioeconomic status correlations
• Investigated regional variations in intergenerational mobility

Affiliations & Projects:

• Research Assistant for the Families of England project
• Utilizes Integrated Census Microdata (I-CeM) for large-scale analyses