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Dr Yikai Wang

Lecturer
Department of Economics
Dr Yikai Wang
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  • Location

    3.322, Colchester Campus

  • Academic support hours

    Friday 11:30-13:30pm, by appointment

Profile

Biography

Yikai Wang joined the University of Essex as a Lecturer in September 2019. He obtained a PhD degree in Economics with summa cum laude from the University of Zurich in 2014 and worked at the University of Oslo as an Assistant Professor of Economics from 2014 to 2019. Yikai works on topics such as macro labor, public finance, and political economy. He has published in journals such as the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, the Journal of the European Economic Association, etc. Personal website: yikaiwang.weebly.com.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. University of Zurich, (2014)

  • M.A. Fudan University, (2008)

  • B.S. Fudan University, (2005)

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • MREs Macroeconomics (EC404)

  • Macroeconomics (EC904)

Previous supervision

Zhexin Feng
Zhexin Feng
Thesis title: Essays on Labour and Regional Economics
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 24/7/2023
Ziyi Huang
Ziyi Huang
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Master of Research
Awarded date: 1/12/2021

Publications

Journal articles (3)

Burdett, A., Etheridge, B., Tang, L. and Wang, Y., (2024). Worker productivity during Covid-19 and adaptation to working from home. European Economic Review. 167, 104788-104788

Wang, Y., (2021). The Politico-Economic Dynamics of China’s Growth. Journal of the European Economic Association. 19 (1), 305-346

Song, Z., Storesletten, K., Wang, Y. and Zilibotti, F., (2015). Sharing High Growth across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. 7 (2), 1-39

Reports and Papers (2)

Wang, Y., Hagedorn, M., Holter, H. and Acikgoz, O., The Optimum Quantity of Capital and Debt

Wang, Y., Song, Z., Zilibotti, F. and Storesletten, K., Private Affluence and Public Poverty: A Theory of Intergenerational Predation through Debt

Contact

yikai.wang@essex.ac.uk

Location:

3.322, Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

Friday 11:30-13:30pm, by appointment