Research Interests
XIAOYAN LEI is associate professor of economics at China Center for Economic Research (CCER), National School of Development at Peking University. Her research spans the areas of Labor Economics, Health Economics and Economics of Ageing. Some of her work has been published on American Economic Journal, Journal of Human Resources, Health Economics and so on. She is also an active member in the research team for designing and conducting the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHALRS). She received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2010.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14725
published in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2023, 22 (2), 188-210
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9301
published as 'Fertility Restrictions and Life Cycle Outcomes: Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103 (4), 695 - 710
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9226
published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2015, 6, 57 - 67
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8394
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 93 (3), 467 -476
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7536
published as 'Gender differences in cognition in China and reasons for change over time: Evidence from CHARLS' in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2014, 4, 46-55
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6489
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(2), 86-121.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6249
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5182
Yi Chen, Xiaoyan Lei, Li-An Zhou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5152
Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot
published in: Journal of Population Ageing 3(3-4):111-142, 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4914
Xiaoyan Lei, Nina Yin, Yaohui Zhao
