Research Area
Development Economics, Applied Econometrics, Economic Inequality
Contact Information
393 Huaxia Middle Road, SEM, Rm 306, Shanghai, China, 201210
Personal Website
Biography
Dr. Chen is an associate professor at ShanghaiTech University School of Entrepreneurship and Management. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 2012, M.A. in economics from Yale University in 2006, and B.S. in computer science and economics from Washington University in St. Louis, Magna cum Laude in 2003. Before ShanghaiTech, she was an assistant professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Selected Publications
1. P. Jiang, Z. Zhao, X. Lin, R. Ma*, YJ. Chen*, J. Cheng*, ”TKGT: Redefinition and A New Way of Text-to-Table Tasks Based on Real World Demands and Knowledge Graphs Augmented LLMs.(*co-corresponding authors), in the 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP2024)
2. Chen, Yvonne J., D.Dutz, L.Li, S.Moon, E.Vytlacil, and S.Zhong, 'Eliciting willingness-to-pay to decompose beliefs and preferences that determine selection into competition in lab experiments." Journal of Econometrics, Volume 243, Issues 1-2, July 2024
3. Chen, Yvonne J., Li Li, and Yun Xiao, “Early life exposure to tap water and the development of cognitive skills.” Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57(6):2113-2149
4. Chindarkar, Namrata, Yvonne J. Chen and Shilpa Sathe, “Link between farm electricity supply management, farm investments, and farm incomes - Evidence from India.” Energy Policy, Volume 141, June 2020, Article 111407
5. Chen, Yvonne J., Namrata Chindarkar and Yun Xiao, “The effect of reliable electricity on health facilities, health information, and health services utilization: Evidence from rural Gujarat, India.” Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 38(7), 2019
6. Chindarkar, Namrata, Yvonne J. Chen and Yogendra B. Gurung, “Subjective well-being effects of coping costs: Evidence from household water supply in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.” Journal of Happiness Studies, December 2019, Volume 20, Issue 8, pp 2581–2608
7. Chen, Yvonne J., Zhiwu Chen, and Shijun He, “Social norms and household savings rate in China.”, Review of Finance, Volume 23, Issue 5, September 2019, pp 961–991
8. Chen, Yvonne J., Pei Li, and Yi Lu, “Career concerns and multitasking bureaucrats: Evidence of a target-based performance evaluation system in China.” Journal of Development Economics, Vol 133, 84-101, July 2018 (ESI 1% Highly Cited）
9. Chindarkar, N., Yvonne J. Chen and Dennis Welchens, “Impact of State—Non-State Co-management Contracts on Water Supply in Rural India: Evidence from a Natural Experiment” Prepared for Kekez, A.; Howlett, M.; and M Ramesh (eds.) Collaboration in Public Service Delivery: Promises and Pitfalls. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019
10. Thampapillai, Dodo J. and Yvonne J. Chen, “Environmental macroeconomics: A neglected theme in environmental economics – Leave alone economics.“ Singapore Economic Review, Sept 2018
11. Chindarkar, Namrata, Yvonne J. Chen and Dennis Wichelns, “Government-Civil society co-management contracts for rural water services: Lessons from India.” Policy Design and Practice, Vol 1, Issue 4, 2018
12. Chen, Yvonne J., and Namrata Chindarkar, “The value of skills – raising the socio-economic status for rural women in India.” Development Policy Review, Vol 35 Issue 2, Jan 2017
13. Thampapillai, Dodo J., Yvonne J. Chen, Christopher I. Bacani and Faris F. Omer, “New estimates of factor income shares in central Asian economies.” Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, Vol 35(3), Sept 2016
Research Grants
National Natural Science Foundation of China 2025 – 2028, PI, “The Impact of Clean Energy Transition in Rural China on Social Welfare - Empirical Evidence and Field Experiments,” RMB400,000，72473101
National Natural Science Foundation of China 2021 – 2023, PI, “Gender Difference in Selection into Compensation Schemes,” RMB240,000，72003129
ShanghaiTech Startup Grant 2020 – 2024, PI, “Gender, Social Norms and Economic Development” RMB950,000
MOE Tier 1 Grant (FRC) 2017 – 2019, PI, “Depreciation of Natural Resource Stocks and Macroeconomic Performance,” SGD 30,000， 03/17 to 09/19 R -603-000-236-115
Academic Research Fund (LKYSPP), PI, “Gender and Economic Development,” SGD 75,000 01 Apr 16 – 31 Mar 19 R-603-000-203-720
NUS Faculty Thematic Research Collaboration Fund, Co-PI, with Wu Xun and V.M. Khuong, SGD 45,000 1 Apr 2014 – 30 Jun 2016 R-603-000-131-720
NUS Faculty Research Support Scheme, PI, 2012-2013, SGD 15,000
NUS Faculty Startup Grant, PI, “Household Finance, Economic Development, and the Society,” 2013-2016 SGD 180,000 1 Mar 2013 – 28 Feb 2016 R-603-000-101-133
NUS Faculty Thematic Research Collaboration Fund, Co-PI, with Namrata Chindarkar, SGD 30,000 1 July 2013 – 30 Jun 2016 R-603-000-107-720
