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YI CHEN Curriculum Vitae updated September 2017

Contact School of Economics Building 115A (86)-020-85224721 Information Jinan University [email protected] 601 W.Huangpu Ave. http://chenyiecon.weebly.com/ Guangzhou, Guangdong Citizenship: China 510632 Birth: June, 1988

Research Labor Economics, Health Economics, Applied Microeconometrics Interests Education University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California, United States) Ph.D. in Economics (June 2015) M.A. in Economics (June 2012) Peking University (Beijing, China) B.A. in Economics, Peking University (June 2010) B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Peking University (June 2010)

Academic Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University Experience Assistant Professor, October 2016 – present Jinhe Center for Economics, Xi’An Jiaotong University Assistant Professor, September 2015 – September 2016

Publications ``Does Raising Family Income Cause Better Child Health? Evidence from China.'' (with Xiaoyan Lei, Li-An Zhou). 2017. Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol.65(3), 495-520.

``Local Fiscal Burden and Public Good Provision: Impact of Rural Tax-for-Fee Reform.'' (in Chinese). (with Li-An Zhou). 2015. China Economic Quarterly, Vol.14(2), 417-434.

``Estimating the Structure of Returns to Education in China: Based on the Sight of Technology Diﬀusion.'' (in Chinese). (with Kai Yan). 2010. South China Journal of Economy, August, 61-74.

``Medical Insurance and Durable Goods Consumption: Evidence from Micro Panel Data.''(in Chinese). (with Kai Yan). 2009. China Center for Insurance and Social Security Research Paper Series, 389-411.

``An Analysis of the Eﬀects of Labor Contracts on the Migrants’ Income.'' (in Chinese). (with Yangyang Liu). 2009. China Economic Quarterly, Vol.9(2), 687-712.

Working Papers ``Explaining the Decline of the U.S. Saving Rate: the Role of Health Expenditure.'' (with Maurizio Mazzocco and Béla Személy). 2017. Revised and resubmitted. International Economic Review.

``Estimating Returns to Education in Urban China — Evidence from a Natural Experiment in the Schooling Reform.'' (with Sheng Jiang and Li-An Zhou). 2017. Submitted.

``The Power of the Government: China’s Family Planning Leading Group and the Fertility Decline since 1970.'' (with Yingfei Huang). 2017. Submitted.

``When Mummies become Nannies — Eﬀects of Parental Retirement Across Generations.'' (with Xiaoyun Zhang). 2017

``Marriage, Childbearing, and the Gender Wage Diﬀerentials within the Firm – Evidence from China.'' (with James Liang, Hong Zhang, and Li-An Zhou). 2017. YI CHEN 2

``Social Programs and Household Savings'' (with Maurizio Mazzocco). 2016.

``Never Too Old to Save? Explaining High Savings Rates among Urban China’s Elderly.'' 2016.

Teaching Jinan University Graduate: Softwares for Applied Econometrics (2017 Fall) Xi’An Jiaotong University Graduate: Health Economics, Labor Economics (2016 Spring) Undergraduate: Introduction to Econometrics (2015 Fall)

Referee Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Economic Inquiry, China E- conomic Quarterly, South China Journal of Economy

Presentation 2017: 2017 IESR Labor Workshop (Guangzhou), 3rd Annual Workshop on Population Ageing and the Chinese Economy (Sydney), 25nd Annual Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers (Sydney), Firms in Emerging Economies Workshop (Guangzhou), China Meeting of the Econo- metric Society (Wuhan), Xi’an Jiaotong University Jinhe Center for Economic Research (Xi’an), The 4th Camphor Economist Circle Workshop (Guangzhou) 2016: The 2nd Camphor Economist Circle Workshop for English Working Papers (Dalian), Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance (Shanghai), The 16th China Economics An- nual Conference (Wuhan), The 1st Annual Conference of China Association of Labor Economics (Beijing), 2nd Annual Workshop on Population Ageing and the Chinese Economy (Sydney), Jinan University Institute for Economic and Social Research (Guangzhou), NBER Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting (Shenzhen), The 3rd Symposium of Chinese Labor Economists (Beijing) 2015: The 7th International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets (Beijing), The 15th China Economics Annual Conference (Shanghai), Peking University National School of De- velopment (Beijing), Central University of Finance and Economics School of Economics (Beijing), International Conference on ``Institutions, Reforms and Economic Development'' (Beijing) 2009: ``Economics and Development Seminar'' (Beijing), The 6th ``China Center for Insurance and Social Security Research'' (Beijing)

Honors and Best Presentation at the Annual Workshop on Population Ageing and the Chinese Economy, 2016 Awards Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA, 2014-2015 University Fellowship Awards, UCLA, 2010-2011 Future Star in Academic Research, Peking University, 2009 Houston Alumni Association Scholarship, Peking University, 2009