Assistant Professor of Economics

National School of Development and ISSCAD, Peking University

Email: hyxu@nsd.pku.edu.cn     Full CV

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Development Economics, Political Economy

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Michigan, 2020

M.A. in Economics, Renmin University of China, 2013

B.A. in Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2010

COURSES TAUGHT

Intermediate Microeconomics (undergraduate), Public Policy: Micro Analysis (MPA), Development Economics (PhD)

WORKING PAPERS

"The Long-Term Health and Economic Consequences of Improved Property Rights." Journal of Public Economics, 2021.

"Hostel Takeover: Living Conditions, Reference Dependence, and the Well-being of Migrant Workers," with Ach Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham. Journal of Public Economics, 2023.

"The Human Capital Effects of Access to Elite Jobs," with Ach Adhvaryu. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, forthcoming.

“Mixed Economy and Foreign Patent Licensing: A Transport Innovation in Spatial Price Discrimination Model” (in Chinese), with Guangliang Ye and Yihao Chen. China Economic Quarterly, 2020.

"In-group Preferences and Land Misallocation in China."