EMPLOYMENT

 

Assistant Professor                   2008-present

Department of Applied Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University                                

 

EDUCATION

 

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA)

      Ph.D., Economics, 2008

      C. Phil. and M.A., Economics, 2004

 

PEKING UNIVERSITY, BEIJING, CHINA                              

      M.A., Economic History, 2002

      B.A., International Economics, 2000

 

DISSERTATION

 

Title: “Essays on Real Wages and Wage Inequality in China, 1858 to 1936.”

Co-chairs: Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Dora L. Costa.                 Completion: June 2008.

 

FIELDS

 

Primary: Development Economics; Macroeconomics; Economic History

Secondary: Labor Economics; Chinese Economy

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

 

National Science Foundation Project “Global Prices and Incomes before 1950 – Stage 2”        

(Grant  SES-0433358, subcontracted through the University of California, Davis)                 2007-2009

Graduate Fellowship, UCLA Center for Economic History                                                        2006-2008

Economic History Association (EHA) Dissertation Fellowship                                                 2006-2007

Associate Fellow of UCLA International Institute                                                                       2006-2007

UCLA Chinese Studies Dissertation Fellowship                                                                         2006-2007

All-University of California Summer Fellowship of Economic History                                     2004

Graduate Fellowship of UCLA Graduate Division                                                                      2002-2006

Distinguished Student Leader Award of Peking University                                                      2001

 

WORKING PAPERS

 

“Real Wages and Skill Premia in China, 1858 to 1936,” job market paper, October 2007.

 

“Globalization, Trade & Wages: What Does History tell us about China?” with Kris Mitchener, October 2008.

 

 

WORKS IN PROGRESS

 

“Why Do Large Firms Pay Higher Wages in Developing Countries”, with Hongbin Cai and Miaojun Wang, October 2008.

 

“Cost of Living Indices in Modern China, 1858 to 1936,” June 2008.

 

“Abrupt Technological Revolution, Skill Endowment and Wage Inequality”.

 

“Long-run Price Series in China, 1738 to 1936”, with Carol Shiue.

 

 

INVITED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

 

2008   AEA/ASSA meeting (discussant); Harvard Business School; Queens College of CUNY;

          HKUST (Economics Department, Social Science Division), Chinese University of Hong Kong;

          Peking University, Economic History Association meeting (discussant)

 

2007   University of Colorado at Boulder; Tax History Conference at UCLA Law School;

  All-UC Economic History Conference; Cliometrics Society Conference;

  UCLA International Institute; UCLA Center for Chinese Studies

 

2006    All-UC Economic History Conference

 

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

 

Instructor, Business and Management Division, UCLA Extension, 2005-2006

Courses: Topics in Chinese Economy; Business Economics; International Economics

 

Teaching Assistant, UCLA Department of Economics, 2004-2007

Courses: Macroeconomic Theory; Microeconomic Theory; Statistics; Principle of Macroeconomics

 

Teaching Assistant, International Development Studies, UCLA International Institute, 2007

Course: Economics of Developing Countries                                                        

 

Research Assistant, Prof. Kenneth Sokoloff, UCLA Economics Department, 2004-2005

 

Statistics Programmer, UCLA Medical School, 2004

 

REFEREEING

 

Explorations in Economic History

 

OTHER EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES

 

Analyst, Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong, Beijing Branch, 2002

Intern, Bank of China, Head Office, Beijing, 2000

 

 

Last updated: October 2008