Xingfei Liu, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Labor economics Applied econometrics

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About

I am a labor economist in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta. My research guides public policy by estimating the effects of interventions in labor markets. I am interested in policies that might increase female labor force participation and reduce gender wage gaps, but have a general interest in any policy that improves labor market outcomes for any disadvantaged group. I also study the effect of labor market institutions on economic efficiency, especially in China. A third research stream investigates the economic assimilation of immigrants in the U.S. and in Canada. I am also interested in human capital accumulation and its dynamics with other labor market outcomes.

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Research

Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Policy Evaluation, Economics of Migration

ECON 399 - Introductory Econometrics

An elementary treatment of the major topics in econometrics with emphasis on applied regression methods. Prerequisites: ECON 281, 282 and 299 or equivalent, and MATH 156 or equivalent. Note: Not open to students with credit in AREC 313.

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ECON 598 - Econometric Theory and Applications

Advanced treatment of estimation, inference and econometric problems and techniques, including the use of matrix operations and statistical distribution theory, with an emphasis on applied econometric analysis. Prerequisites: ECON 481 and 482 or equivalent, and an advanced undergraduate level course in econometrics. Note: Not open to students with credit in ECON 506.

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Browse more courses taught by Xingfei Liu

Chuhong Wang, Xingfei Liu, Zizhong Yan

Review of Economics of the Household. 2020 September;

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Akguc Mehtap, Xingfei liu, Massimiliano Tani, Chuhong Wang

China Economic Review. 2020 January; 60

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Christian Belzil, Jorgen Hansen, Xingfei Liu

Quantitative Economics. 2017 January; 8

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Akguc Mehtap, Massimiliano Tani, Xingfei Liu, Klaus Zimmermann

China Economic Review. 2016 January; 37

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Jorgen Hansen, Xingfei Liu

Canadian Journal of Economics. 2015 January; 48

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Shen Guo, Yan Zhao, Xingfei Liu

Journal of Macroeconomics. 2014 January; 42

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Jorgen Hansen, Magnus Lofstrom, Xingfei Liu, Xuelin Zhang

Research in Labor Economics. 2014 January; 39

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Syed Ahsan, Xingfei Liu

Journal of Development and Economic Policies. 2008 January; 10 (2)