EDUCATION:
Ph.D., University of Virginia December 2016
Dissertation: “Happy Together or Home Alone: A Structural Model of the Role of Health Insurance in Household Joint Retirement”
Committee: Steven Stern [email protected] (631) 632-1328
Leora Friedberg [email protected] (434) 924-3225
John Pepper [email protected] (434) 924-3402
M.A. Economics, University of Virginia May 2010
M.A. Economics, Wuhan University June 2008
B.A. Finance, B.S. Mathematics, Wuhan University June 2006
FIELDS OF INTEREST:
Labor Economics, Health Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconomics
PUBLICATION AND WORKING PAPERS:
“Happy Together or Home Alone: A Structural Model of the Role of Health Insurance in Household Joint Retirement” Job Market Paper
“Effect of Medicaid on Mental Health Care Use and Cost”
With C. Brown (Region Ten, CSB) and S. Stern (Stony Brook) Working Paper
“Cost and Service Variation across Community Service Boards for Mental Health Services in Virginia” With C. Brown (Region Ten, CSB) and S. Stern (Stony Brook) Working Paper
“Shared Extended-Family Caregiving in China”
With E. Fesselmeyer (NUS) and S. Stern (Stony Brook) Work in Progress
“Joint Health Transitions of Spouses”
With L. Friedberg (UVA) Work in Progress
“Analysis of Commercial Structure and the Urbanization in China”
With J. Wang (HUC), supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China ($30,000) Work in Progress
“Demand and Supply Analysis in Train Tickets in China”
With J. Zhang (Moody's Analytics) Published in Pivot Magazine, Jan. 2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Instructor,UVA, Econ 2010, Principles of Microeconomics Spring, Fall 2012
Teaching Assistant, UVA, Econ 3010, Intermediate Microeconomics Fall 2009, Fall 2010
Econ 3550, Economy of China Spring 2010
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS:
Seminor, Department of Economics, Stony Brook University Nov. 2016
Bankard Applied Microeconomics Workshop, University of Virginia Oct. 2016
15th Annual Joint Conference of the Retirement Research Consortium, Washington, DC Aug. 2013
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA Nov. 2012
Brown bag presentation, University of Virginia Sep. 2012
Microeconomics Workshop, Institute for Advanced Study, Wuhan University Jan. 2012
SELECTED AWARDS:
Dissertation Fellowship in Retirement Research, Center for Rretirement Research, Boston College 2012-2015
Bankard Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Virginia 2012-2013
Presidential Fellowship, University of Virginia 2008-2012
First Place Winner of 2013 Graduate Students Consulting Case Competition, University of Virginia May 2013
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Languages: Chinese (Native), English (high fluency)
Computing: Fortran, Stata, Matlab, SAS, Excel, Latex, Parallel Computation
Permanent Residency: USA
Citizenship: China