Jianfeng Xu
Assistant Professor
| Research Fields Labor Economics, Development Economics, Behavioral Economics, Economics of Education Contact Information @shanghaitech.edu.cn |
Education
2012 – present Ph.D. candidate in Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2010 – 2012 MS in Mathematics, MA in Economics, University of Toledo
2000 – 2004 B.S. in Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai
Research
Working Papers
“a “Statistical Discrimination, Taste Bias and Cognitive Bias – Analyzing Grading Bias Caused by Handwriting Quality in a Randomized Control Trial” (Job Market Paper 1)
Presented: (2017) Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Research Conference, Chinese Economist Society North America Annual Conference, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Peking University, Tsinghua University.
“How Does School Starting Age Affect Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills? – Evidence from China and an Improved Measure of Leadership” (Job Market Paper 2)
Presented: (2017) Peking University CCER Summer Institute, The 3rd Biennial Conference of China Development Studies(SJTU); (2016) 8th International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets, Central University of Finance and Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing Normal University, Chinese Economist Society North America Annual Conference.
Re Research in Progress:
“How Does Parental Migration Affect Left-behind Children’s Cognitive and Non-cognitive Achievements?” (with Sen Ma)
“Ethnicity Choice and Affirmative Action in College Admission” (with Sen Ma)
“Feed-in-tariff and Solar Power” (with Xiaoyu Guo)
“A Randomized Control Trial on School Starting Time” (with Jennifer Heissel, Yue Ma)
