Dr. Yi is a Professor of Economics at the National School of Development, Peking University since 2022. After receiving his Ph.D. in Economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011, he conducted the postdoctoral research in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago in 2011-2014. Subsequently, he taught at National University of Singapore and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests lie in Labor and Demographic Economics, Economics on Health and Healthcare, and Development Economics.
He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in August 2014.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8711
published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 124 (588), F347–F371
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7293
revised version published as 'Cross-border marriage costs and marriage behavior: Theory and Evidence' in: International Economic Review, 2018. 59 (2), 757 -784
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6550
published in: S. Fan, R. Kanbur, S. Wei, and X. Zhang (eds)., The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China on Human Capital, Oxford: OUP, 2014
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5149
published in: Demography, 2011, 48 (4), 1535-1557
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3214
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95(5), 1520-1534.
