WEI JIANG CURRICULUM VITAE

Telephone: +44 (0) 1227 82 3645 Date of Birth : 21/09/1984 E-mail: [email protected] Gender : Female Office Address : Room L1.08 School of Economics, Keynes College University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NP

EDUCATION

PhD in Economics (Pass with Minor Corrections) University of Glasgow 09/2008-06/2013

MSc in Economics (Merit) Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics University of Edinburgh 09/2007-09/2008

BSc in Economics (First Class, 1st rank in the Department) Shandong University of Finance and Economics 09/2003-09/2007

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

 Lecturer in Economics, University of Kent, 07/2013-

 Associate Lecturer in Economics, University of the West of Scotland, 02/2013-04/2013

 Economics Tutor, University of Glasgow, 09/2009-09/2012

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Business Cycles, DSGE Modeling, Labour Economics, Dynamic and Applied Macroeconomics, Models of Unemployment

PUBLICATIONS

[1] Tax Reforms under Market Distortions in Product and Labour Markets (2013), European Economic Review, vol. 61, p.g. 28-42 (jointly with K. Angelopoulos and J. Malley)

WORKING PAPERS

[2] Optimal Taxation in Heterogeneous Agent Model with Equilibrium Unemployment

[3] The Distributional Consequences of Tax Reforms in Search-and-Matching Model

PAPERS IN PROGRESS

[4] Business Cycles in Frictional Labour Market (jointly with K. Angelopoulos and J. Malley)

Wei Jiang - 1 [5] The Effects of Fiscal Policy on Skill Premium and Social Welfare (jointly with K. Angelopoulos and J. Malley)

PRESENTATIONS

[1] 28th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Gothenburg, Sweden, 08/2013 (forthcoming)

[2] China Meeting of the Econometric Society, Beijing, China, 06/2013

[3] Royal Economic Society 2013 Annual Conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, 04/2013

[4] Royal Economic Society 2013 PhD Conference, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, 01/2013

[5] School of Economics and Finance, University of St Andrews, UK, 09/2012

[6] 27th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Malaga, Spain, 08/2012

[7] Royal Economic Society 2012 Annual Conference, University of Cambridge, UK, 03/2012

[8] Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, UK, 02/2012

[9] PhD Workshop, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, UK, 03/2011

[10] Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics Annual Conference, Crieff Hydro, UK, 01/2011

[11] 6th Macroeconomics Reading Group Meeting, University of Glasgow, UK, 06/2010

[12] Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics Annual Conference, Peebles, UK, 01/2009

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

[1] Travelling Funds by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK, 2012

[2] University of Glasgow Conference Presenter Grant, UK, 2012

[3] Scottish Institute for Research in Economics Conference Presenter Grant, UK, 2012 and 2013

[4] Royal Economic Society Conference Grant, UK, 2012 and 2013

[5] Summer School Travel Grant by the Centre for Economic Policy Research, UK, 2011

[6] SIRE & ASRF Scholarship by Scottish Institute for Research in Economics and Adam Smith Research Foundation, UK, 2008-2011

[7] Business School Excellent Student Award by Shandong University of Finance and Economics, China, 2003-2007

Wei Jiang - 2 [8] Department Scholarship by Shandong University of Finance and Economics, China, 2003- 2007

SELECTED TRAININGS

 DSGE/Dynare Training Course by Professor Fabrice Collard, University of Glasgow, 06/2013

 Training course on the dynamic programming squared by Nobel Laureate Professor Thomas Sargent, organized by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, 11/2012

 Science and Art of DSGE Modeling: Construction, Calibration, Estimation and Policy Exercises by Professor Paul Levine, organized by the Scottish Institute for Research in Economics, 07/2011

 Euro Area Business Cycle Network Training School on Unemployment and Matching by Nobel Laureate Professor Christopher Pissarides, the Central Bank of Cyprus, 06/2011

 Lectures on Fiscal Policy in General Equilibrium by Professor Apostolis Philippopoulos, University of Glasgow, 05/2010

 Economics Tutors Workshop organized by the Higher Education Academy, University of Napier, 10/2009

 Matlab Training Workshop for Macroeconomic Modeling and Estimation by Professor Ulrich Woitek, University of Glasgow, 02/2009

MISCELLANEOUS

 Languages: English (Fluent), Chinese (Native)

 Computing Skills: Matlab, Gauss, Dynare++, Stata, Eviews, Rats, LaTeX, MS Office

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS

 American Economic Association, Applied Quantitative Methods Network, European Economic Association, Econometric Society, Higher Education Academy, Royal Economic Society, Scottish Economic Society

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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