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Home | People | Yun Xiao
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Yun Xiao

Research Fellow

University
University of Amsterdam
Research field
Empirical Microeconomics
Interests
Development, Education, Family, Labor

Biography

Yun Xiao is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam and a Research Affiliate at CEPR. Her research lies at the intersection of family, development, and labor economics. Within these fields, she is particularly interested in understanding how individual decisions about human capital, fertility, and labor supply interact with institutional and social constraints and shape inequality and development over the long run.

List of publications

Chen, Y., Li, L. and Xiao, Y. (2022). Early-Life Exposure to Tap Water and the Development of Cognitive Skills Journal of Human Resources, 57(6):2113--2149.

Du, H., Xiao, Y. and Zhao, L. (2021). Education and Gender Role Attitudes Journal of Population Economics, 34(2):475–513.