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LEI Xiaoyan

Professor, Chair of the management council, National School of Development, Peking University (From 2022 to present)

Peking University Boya Chair Professor (From 2022 to present)

Director, China Center for Economic Research (CCER) (From 2025 to present) 

Director, Think Tank Center,National School of Development, Peking University (From 2024 to present)

Director, Center for Healthy Aging and Development of Peking University (From 2018 to present)

Director, Academic Committee, National School of Development, Peking University (From 2022 to 2024)

Deputy Director, MOE-PKU Center for Human Capital and National Policy (From 2016 to present)

MOE Cheung Kong Chair Professor of Economics (From 2022 to present)

Member of the Academic Committee of the Capital Health High end Think Tank (From 2025 to present)

Member of the Academic Committee , Institute for Global Health Development, Peking University (From 2025 to present)

Associate Editor, Health Health Economics (From 2025 to present)

Associate Editor, Journal of Economics of Aging (From 2025 to present)

Editorial Board of SSM – Health Systems (From 2024 to present)

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Labor Economics, Health Economics, The Economics of Ageing, Applied Econometrics

 

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, June 2007

M.A., Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, December 2003

M.A., Finance, Renmin University of China, July 2000

B.A., Finance, Renmin University of China, July 1997

 

EXPERIENCES

2017.8-present  Professor, China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development, Peking University

2012.8-2017.8   Associate Professor, China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development, Peking University

2013.7-2013.12  Visiting Scholar, UCLA Department of Economics

2010.2-present   Research Fellow, IZA

2007.8-2012.8   Assistant Professor, China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development, Peking University

2007.1-2007.6   Research Assistant, Professor Deepak Lal, UCLA Department of Economics

2002-2006  Teaching Assistant, Teaching Associate and Teaching Fellow, UCLA Department of Economics

Summer 2003  Research Assistant, Professor Kathleen McGarry, UCLA Department of Economics

2000-2001  Internal Auditor, CITIC Bank of China

 

HONORS

2024  Second Prize of the 9th MOE Outstanding Scientific Research Books on Economics           

2024  Third Prize of the 9th MOE Outstanding Scientific Research Papers on Economics           

2024  PKU Advanced Workers in Attracting and Nurturing Talents

2023  The 13th Qian Xuesen Gold Medal for Urbanism (Demography)

2023  China Preventive Medicine Science and Technology First Award

2021  PKU Boya Chair Professor

2021  MOE Cheung Kong Chair Professor

2021  Excellent Teaching Award of Peking University

2020  Second Prize of the 8th MOE Outstanding Scientific Research Papers on Economics           

2019  MOE Youth Cheung-Kong Scholar, PKU Boya Young Scholar

2018  China Medical Science and Technology Second Award

2017  Excellent Teaching Award of Peking University

2015  Beijing Bank Award on Excellent Teacher, Peking University

2014  Third Prize of the excellent Research in Social Science, The Sichuan Provincial People's Government

2013-2014  Excellent Research in Art and Social Science, Peking University

2013  Third Prize of the 6th MOE Outstanding Scientific Research Papers on Economics           

2010  Second Prize of the excellent papers on Journal of Financial Research

2009  Peking University Kiriyama Education Fund Fellowship

2008  Second Prize of the Eighth Peking University Teaching Competition Among Young Teachers

2002-2006  Graduate Fellowship, Graduate School, UCLA

2002-2006  Department Fellowship, Department of Economics, UCLA

2003  Early advancement to candidacy fellowship, Graduate School, UCLA

1997-2000  Graduate Student Scholarship, Renmin University of China

1997  Excellent Thesis, Renmin University of China

1993-1997  Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Renmin University of China

 

RECENT RESEARCH PAPERS IN ENGLISH

1. “Education, Desired Fertility, and HIV/AIDS:Evidence from China's Compulsory Schoolingaw,” with Guangjun Shen, Ang Sun, Wang Xiang, Huili zhang, Journal of Comparative Economics, forthcoming

2. “Ownership acceleration and the volume volatility-return link: Evidence from China,” with Yuegang Zhou, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Volume 93, October 2025, 102906

3. “A comprehensive assessment of provider payment reform: Insightsfrom China” with Henry Y. Mak, Julie Shi, Yuqi Ta , Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization,  Volume 237, September 2025, 107160

4. “Home or Institution: A Comparative Analysis of Elderly Care Efficacy in China,” with Chunfeng Zhang , Journal of Asian Economics, Volume 98, June 2025, 101894

5. “Beyond Nature and Nurture: The Impact of China's Compulsory Schooling Law on Selection against High-risk Fetuses,” with Wei Huang, Guangjun Shen and Ang Sun, Journal of Human Resources  , Vol.60, Issue 31 May 2025

6. “ Cash-out Puzzle and Long-term Care Insurance: Welfare of the Elderly,” with Chunfeng Zhang, January 2025, Health Economics, Volume34, Issue4 April 2025 Pages 714-726

7. “How Does Undervaluation in Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) Affect Healthcare Utilization? Evidence from Administrative Data in China”. with Wei Huang and Yuqi Ta, Journal of Health Economics, Volume 98, December 2024, 102946

8.  “Wellbeing of the Older Individuals in East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan ” , with Hidehiko Ichimura, Chulhee Lee, Jinkook Lee, Albert Park, and Yasuyuki Sawada, Japanese Economic Review, 2024, vol. 75, issue 4, No 3, 519-546

9. “Economic Policy Uncertainty, Health Status, and Mortality”, with Wei Huang and Miao Yu,   Social Science and Medicine  362 (2024)117227

10. “Genetic associations with longevity are on average stronger in females than in males”, with Yi Zeng, Junxia Min, et al., Heliyon, 2024 Jan 15; 10(1): e23691

11. “Digital Financial Inclusion and Subjective Well-being -- Evidence from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study”, with Yan Shen and Ling Yang. China Economic Review,Volume 81, October 2023, 102013

12. “Gender, Aging, and Health,” with Yuqi Ta, in The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Ageing  edited by David E. Bloom, Alfonso Sousa-Poza and Uwe Sunde, 2023,DOI:10.1093/gerona/glac059

13. "Development and validation of the Disability Index among older adults" with Xuxi Zhang, Yi Zeng et al, Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2023, 78(1), 111–119

14. “The path to healthy ageing in China: A Peking University–Lancet Commission,” with Xinxin Chen, Yaohui Zhao et al, The Lancet, November 21, 2022

15. “Long-term care insurance and the well-being of older adults and their families: Evidence from China,” with Chen Bai, Jingpeng Hong and Hong Liu, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 296, March 2022, 114745

16. “One country, two systems: evidence on retirement patterns in China,” with John Giles, Gewei Wang, Yafeng Wang and Yaohui Zhao, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, October, 1-23, 2021

17. “Fertility Restrictions and Life-Cycle Outcomes: Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China,” with Wei Huang and Ang Sun, The Review of Economics and Statistics, October 2021, 103(4): 694–710, https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/rest_a_00921

18. “Demographic Changes and Economic Growth: Impact and Mechanisms,” with Qian Hu and Bo Zhao, China Economic Journal  3,2021,223-242

19. “Cognitive function and mental health of elderly people in China: findings from 2018 CLHLS survey”, with Chen Bai, China Population and Development Studies, 3,343-351, (2020)

20. “New trends in population aging and challenges for China’s sustainable development,” with Chen Bai, China Economic Journal,  No. 1, 2020

21. “Meeting the challenge of China’s population change,” with Chen Bai, East Asia Forum Quarterly, 22, Oct-Dec 2019

22. “Temperature effects on mortality and household adaption: Evidence from China,”with Xiumei Yu and Min Wang, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019 96:195-212

23. “Gender Difference in the Impact of Retirement on Cognitive Abilities: Evidence from Urban China,” with Hong Liu, Journal of Comparative Economics,46 (2018) 1425–1446

24. “Life satisfaction in China and consumption and income inequalities,” with Yan Shen, James P. Smith and Guangsu Zhou, Review of Economics of the Household, March 2018, Volume 16, Issue 1, pp 75–95

25. "Fertility, Gender Preference, the Birth Planning Policy, and Life Satisfaction in China," with Yan Shen, James P. Smith and Guangsu Zhou, Journal of Population Research, March 2018, Volume 35, Issue 1, pp 23–40

26. “Sibling gender composition’s effect on education: evidence from China,” with Yan Shen, James P. Smith and Guangsu Zhou, Journal of Population Economics,  April 2017, Volume 30, Issue 2, pp 569–590

27.  “Does Raising Family Income Cause Better Child Health? Evidence from China,” with Yi Chen and Li-An Zhou, Economic Development and Cultural Change,  January 2017

28. “Health Insurance and Health Care among the Mid-Aged and Older Chinese: Evidence from the National Baseline Survey of CHARLS,” with John Strauss, Chuanchuan Zhang and Yaohui Zhao, Health Economics, November 2016, Vol. 25(11)

29. “One-Child Policy and the Rise of Man-Made Twins,” with Wei Huang and Yaohui Zhao, The Review of Economics and Statistics, July 2016, 98(3): 467–476, doi:10.1162/REST_a_00567

30. “Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS National Baseline,” with John Strauss, Meng Tian and Yaohui Zhao, China Economic Journal, 2015, vol. 6, No. 3

31. “Inequality in Education Attainment and Expectation: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies,” with Yan Shen, China Economic Journal, 2015, vol. 6, No. 3

32. "Health Insurance and Health Status: Exploring the Causal Effect from a Policy Intervention," with Jay Pan and Gordon Liu, Health Economics,  2015 Sep 8. doi: 10.1002/hec.3225. [Epub ahead of print]

33. "Do Social Networks Improve Chinese Adults' Subjective Well-being?" with James P. Smith, Yan Shen and Guangsu Zhou, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2015, 6, 57-67

34. “Short-term Jobs and Long-term Job Loss of Large Supermarket Entry,” with Chuanchuan Zhang, China Economic Journal, 8:1, 74-85,

35.  “Old-Age Support and Protection,” with Chuanchuan Zhang and Yaohui Zhao, forthcoming, Avoiding the Middle-Income Trap: Challenges facing the Chinese Economy, Juzhong Zhuang, Yiping Huang, and Paul Vandenberg (eds.), Oxford University Press

36.  “Depressive Symptoms and SES Among the Mid-Aged and Elderly in China: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study National Baseline,”with Xiaoting Sun, John Strauss, Peng Zhang and Yaohui Zhao, Social Science & Medicine, 2014 Nov;120:224-32.

37.  “Capital Gains and Trading,” with Yuegang Zhou and Xiaoneng Zhu, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money , 32 (2014), 167-183

38.  “Health Outcomes and Socio-economic Status among the Mid-Aged and Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS National Baseline Data,” with Xiaoting Sun, John Strauss and Yaohui Zhao, GonghuanYang, Perry Hu, Yisong Hu and Xiangjun Yin, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 3 (2014) 29-43

39. “Gender Differences in Cognition in China and Reasons for Change over Time: Evidence from CHARLS," with James Smith, Xiaoting Sun and Yaohui Zhao, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol. 4, December 2014, Pages 46-55

40. “Capital Gains, Illiquidity, and Stock Returns,” with Yuegang Zhou and Xiaoneng Zhu, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal,  Vol. 25, November 2013, Pages 273-293

41.  “Incentive Problems in China’s New Rural Pension Program,” with Chuanchuan Zhang and Yaohui Zhao, Research in Labor Economics, 2013, Vol. 37, Labor Market Issues in China, Corrado Giulietti, Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Klaus F. Zimmermann (eds.),

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn="0147-9121&volume=37&PHPSESSID=7mfhd8v2vorfvj9b3imdpm4t63  

42. “Height, Height Shrinkage, Health at Older Ages and SES: Evidence from China,” with Wei Huang, Geert Ridder, John Strauss and Yaohui Zhao, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 5, Issue 2, April 2013, http://www.aeaweb.org/atypon.php?return_to="/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/app.5.2.86&etoc=1

43. “How Will Fertility Imbalances Affect the Human Capital Structure in China? --Evidence from the National Family Planning and Fertility Health Survey,” with Yan Shen and Xiaxin Wang, China Economic Journal, December 2012, vol. 5, no. 1. p29-45, http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcej20/current

44. “Gender Differences in Cognition among Older Adults in China,” with Yuqing Hu, Jack McArdle, James P. Smith and Yaohui Zhao, Journal of Human Resources, September, 2012, 47:951-97, http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/4/951.short

45. “Patterns and Correlates of Intergenerational Non-Time Transfers: Evidence from CHARLS,” with John Giles, Yuqing Hu, Albert Park, John Strauss and Yaohui Zhao, Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives , M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.), Committee on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, National Research Council. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press,2012, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id="13361

46. “Health Care and Insurance Among the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS Pilot,” with John Strauss, Hao Hong, Lin Li, Albert Park, Li Yang and Yaohui Zhao, Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives , M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.), Committee on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, National Research Council. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press, 2012, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id="13361

47. “Social Interactions and Cognitive Function of Chinese Elderly: Evidence from CHARLS,” with Yuqing Hu, James P. Smith and Yaohui Zhao, Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives , M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.), Committee on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, National Research Council. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press, 2012, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id="13361

48. “Socioeconomic Status and Chronic Diseases: The Case of Hypertension in China,” China Economic Review, March 2012, with Nina Yin and Yaohui Zhao, Vol 23, Issue 1, Pp 105-121, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043951X11000848

49. “Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status Among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot,” with John Strauss, Albert Park, Yan Shen, James Smith, Zhe Yang and Yaohui Zhao, Journal of Population Ageing,  December 2010, Volume 3, Issue 3-4, pp 111-142, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12062-011-9033-9

50. “The New Cooperative Medical Scheme in Rural China: Does More Coverage Mean More Service and Better Health?” Health Economics, Volume 18 Issue S2 ,July 2009, Pages 25-46, with Wanchuan Lin, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.1501/pdf

51. “‘Fertility Effect’ or ‘Supporting Effect?’ Quantity of Children and Parental Health” Frontiers of Economics in China, Frontiers of Economics in China, Volume 4, Number 4, December 2009, Pages 601-617, with Guodong Chen, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11459-009-0032-1?LI="true

 

RECENT RESEARCH PAPERS IN CHINESE

52. “The Relationship between Living Arrangement and Depression in the Elderly and the Moderating Role of Social Participation”, with Xuxi Zhang, Man Li, Xinxue Sun and Yi Zeng, Chinese Journal of Gerontology, Accepted

53. “ Flat Reform of Tax Inspection System and Corporate Tax Compliance”, with Weili Pan, Huayu Xu and Siwei Chen,  Economic Science,  June 2025

54. “Population Change, Consumption Structure, and Carbon Emission Reduction”, with Chunfeng Zhang, Xin Li and Bo Zhao, Journal of Quantitative and Technological Economics, January 2025 

55. “The Impact of Life Expectancy on Chinese Residents' Savings”, with Xiumei Yu and Min Wang, Economic Science, June 2023

56. “Beneath the ‘Dangerous Wall’: The Impact of School Violence Risk on Human Capital Accumulation - Evidence from Randomized Class Placement Data”, with Fangtong Wang, Yiping Wang and Wei Huang, The Applied Economics Review, June 2023

57. “Educational Burden Reduction, Household Education Expenditures and Educational Equity”, with Zikun Zhou and Yan Shen,  Economics (Quarterly), May 2023

58. “Moral Hazard in In-kind Transfers: Evidence from Medical Saving Account in China” with Wei Huang and Yuqi Ta, The World Economy, May 2023

59. “A Study on Fraud Victimization among Chinese Elderly in the Digital Age: The Role of Internet Usage and Digital Financial Inclusion”, With Yan Shen and Ling Yang, Journal of Financial Research, August 2022

60. “The Chinese Health Care System: Retrospect and Prospect”, with Hongqiao Fu, Journal of Translation from Foreign Literature Economics, 2018, No. 2

61. “Health Status and Ex Ante Moral Hazard of Health Insurance: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation on China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme,” with Hongqiao Fu and Dong Yuan, China Economic Quarterly, April 2017

62. “Retirement policy reform cannot be 'one size fits all”,Social Sciences in China Press,February2015,Second Edition

63. “Does Marrying up Bring More Life Satisfaction? Marriage Pattern and Its Long-term Effects,” with Wenjian Xu and Yaohui Zhao, China Economic Quarterly, 2014, Vol.14, No.1

64. “The Effect of Health on the Labor Supply of Mid-Aged and Older Chinese,” with Qin Li and Yaohui Zhao, China Economic Quarterly, 2014, Vol. 13, No 3

65. “Does Health Insurance Lead to Better Health?” with Jay Pan and Gordon Liu, Economic Research Journal, 2013, No.4, http://www.erj.cn/cn/mlInfo.aspx?m="20130226104517983604&n=20130608100217870336&tip=0

66. “Reference Price distribution and stock return: an analysis based on disposition effect,” with Yuegang Zhou, China Economic Quarterly, 2011, April, Vol. 10, No.3, http://www.nsd.edu.cn/cn/download/ceq/10_3/100313.pdf

67. “Medical Service Use and Health Status of the Chinese Rural Elderly: the Impact of the NCMS,” with Yiqiu Wang, Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University (Social Science), 2011, June, Vol 11 No. 2,

68. “Does Retirement Affect Health?” with Li Tan and Yaohui Zhao, China Economic Quarterly,  2010, Vol 9 No 4, http://www.nsd.edu.cn/cn/download/ceq/9_4/17.pdf

69. “Chinese familial Portfolio Choices: Health Status and Risk Preference,” with Yuegang Zhou, Journal of Financial Research, 2010, No. 1, http://www.jryj.org.cn/CN/column/column139.shtml

70. “Intergenerational Transfers, Child Difference and Near-elderly Women’s Labor Supply,” 2009, Population & Economics, No. 6. ISSN 1000-4149,

71. “Differential Effect of Managed Care Models: Evidence from Medi-Cal Experience,” 2009, China Economic Quarterly, Vol 9, No 1,  http://www.nsd.edu.cn/cn/article.asp?articleid="14295

72. “On Appropriate Monetary Policy,” Urban Finance Forum, 1999

73. “National Debt and the Macro Regulation of the Central Bank,”  Finance and Economy, 1999

 

PRESENTATIONS

International Conference on“Long-Term Care: Financing, Service Provision and Policy Options,” Shanghai, August 2016

The first Labor Economist Forum Annual Meeting, Hunan, July 2016

The 3rd Forum on “New Urbanization and Social Integration of Migrants,” Beijing, July 2016

The 18th NBER-CCER Annual Meeting, Beijing, June 2016

UNDP Human Development Report, Discussant, April 2016

Asian Economic Institutes Meeting, Beijing, April 2016 

The Health Economics Workshop, Beijing, March 2016

Chinese Economist Society Annual Conference, Discussant and Chair, Shanghai, November 2015

The First CCER Conference on Trade and Development, Yantai, October 2015

The 3rd International Symposium on Quantitative History, Discussant, July 2015

NBER-CCER Conference on China and the World Economy, Beijing, June 2015

Stockholm School of Economics and NSD Conference on “Deepening Economic Reforms,” Beijing, June 2015

Interdisciplinary Center for Social & Behavioral Studies, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, June 2015

China Economic Journal Conference on “Inequalities in China: Evidence from Cutting-edge Micro Data,” Co-organizer and Presenter, Beijing, May 2015

The Workshop at the United Family Healthcare, May 2015

Conference on “Chronic Disease Control in China and the Role of Primary Healthcare,” Stanford Center at Peking University, Beijing, March 2015

Chinese Economist Society Annual Conference, Discussant and Chair, Shen Zhen, December 2014

Conference on China’s Retirement Issue, Beijing, December 2014

The Tenth Biannual Cross-Strait Meeting for Economic Development, Taiwan, October 2014

“Remember Gary Becker: Fertility, Human Capital and Family,” Organizer and presenter, Beijing, July 2014

IDRC Conference on “Gender, Inclusive Growth and Care Economy in China,” Discussant, Beijing, June 2014

NBER-CCER Conference on China and the World Economy, Beijing, June 2014

The 20th Anniversary of NSD, Aging and Health forum, Beijing, April 2014

Conference on “Responding to Challenges of Population Aging: Experience from the World”, Beijing, April 2014

Conference on “Challenges of Population Aging in Asia”, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, April 2014

Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, November 2013

California Center for Population Research, Los Angeles, November 2013

China Economic Quarterly Annual Workshop, Beijing, July 2013

NBER-CCER Conference on China and the World Economy, Beijing, June 2013

The Econometric Society China Meeting, Beijing, June, 2013

The Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April, 2013

Advances in Methodology and Applications: Bio-demography and Multistate Event History Analysis on Healthy Aging,” Beijing, October 2012

The Ninth Biannual Cross-Strait Meeting for Economic Development, Beijing, September 2012

The Third CHARLS User’s Conference, Beijing, August 2012

The Third CHARLS User’s Training Program, Beijing, July 2012

“Bread-Guanghua” Summer Institute, Beijing, June 2012

The 23th NBER-EASE Symposium, Taiwan, June 2012

“The Five-Star Forum,” Beijing April 2012

Department of Economics/Public Health, University of Oxford, January 2012

Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, January 2012

“Current Labor Market Issues in China,” The third CIER/IZA Labor Economics Annual Conference, Beijing, September 2011

2011 Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging Meeting, Beijing, August 2011

The Second CHARLS User’s Conference, August 2011

The Studies of health, retirement and living arrangements of the aging population in China -Training Program, Beijing, July 2011

The Thirteenth NBER-CCER Annual Conference, Beijing, July 2011

Chicago-Renmin Symposium on Family and Labor Economics, University of Chicago, June 2011

Chinese Economist Society Annual Conference, Beijing, June 2011

School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, May 2011

“Multidiscipline Research on Chinese Medical Reform, Elderly Health and Welfare Workshop,” Beijing, April 2011

Department of Economics, University of Macau, April 2011

“International Conference on Successful Ageing,” Korea, April 2011

“Can China Avoid the Middle-Income Trap?” Finalization Workshop, Beijing, February 2011

The Sixth Biennial Conference of Hongkong Economic Association, Tianjin, December 2010

Conference on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenges to Population Aging in Asia, CASS,December 2010

The Eighth Biannual Cross-Strait Meeting for Economic Development, September 2010

The First CHARLS User’s Conference, Beijing, August 2010

The Studies of health, retirement and living arrangements of the aging population in China -Training Program, Beijing, August 2010

National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan, July 2010

China Economic Summer Institute, Tsinghua University, Beijing, July 2010

China Economic Association Annual Meeting, Discussant, Hangzhou, December, 2009

The Second International Conference on Health and Retirement in China, Beijing, July 2009

The Eleventh NBER-CCER Annual Conference, Beijing, July 2009

Report on the Land Reform in Chengdu, Beijing, June 2009

China-UK Population Forum, London, May 2009

China Economic Association Annual Meeting, Discussant for CWE Session, Chongqing, December, 2008

The Seventh Biannual Cross-Strait Meeting for Economic Development, CCER, November 2008

Far Eastern and South Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society,Singapore, July 2008

Western Social Science Annual Meeting, Denver, April 2008

Chinese Economist Society Annual Meeting, Tianjin, April 2008

Research Institute of Management and Economics, South Western University of Finance and Management, Chengdu, March 2008

China Center for Economic Research, Peking University, Beijing, December 2007

Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, July 2006

Pro-seminars on Economics, UCLA, 2004, 2005, 2006

 

AFFILIATIONS

IZA Research Fellow, American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Western Social Science Association, Western Economic Association, Chinese Economist Society, Chinese Economist Association

 

REFEREE SERVICES

English Journals: Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Demography, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Health Economics, Journal of Population Economics, China Quarterly, China Economic Review, Social Science and Medicine, Feminist Economics, China Economic Journal, Journal of Economics of Ageing

Chinese Journals: China Economic Quarterly, China Economic Journal, Management World, The World Economy, Journal of Financial Research, Southern Economics

 

DISSERTATION COMMITTEE

Kathleen McGarry (Chair), Sandra E. Black, Moshe Buchinsky, Mitchell D. Wong

 

CONTACT

National School of Development

Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

86-10-62758946

xylei@nsd.pku.edu.cn