Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept
- xingfei@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Labor economics Applied econometrics
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.
Research
Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Policy Evaluation, Economics of Migration
Courses
ECON 494 - Economic Data Analysis I
Computer programming for the statistical analysis of data in economics with focus on SAS, R, and Python. Prerequisites: ECON 109 and ECON 299 or equivalent.
ECON 599 - Applied Econometrics
The role of economic theory in the process of specification and estimation of models. Interpretation and critical evaluation of applied work by means of selected topics in economics and econometrics. Prerequisite: ECON 598 or equivalent.