Ying Feng

Macro-Development Economist. 冯颖 Assitant Prof @NUSingapore | PhD from @UCSDEcon

[Ying Feng @YingFeng_Econ]

@jj_eugene_tan @juli_caunedo @singapore Julieta gave a fantastic seminar at our department 🤓

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

The impacts of expanding credit on firm entry and growth in Brazil 🇧🇷

Last month, @SamuelBazzi @UCSDEcon, Marc Muendler, Raquel de Freitas Oliveira @BancoCentralBR & James E. Rauch outlined research on an economy-wide expansion of credit for SMEs: https://t.co/LvrdexMliE

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

📢 Free virtual course on "Data in Macro Development" for PhD students & economics faculty

This new course by STEG (@cepr_org) will provide a comprehensive overview of the various types of data being used in the field of macro development.

Register here: https://t.co/MquHLUkfcB

[Michele Tertilt @TertiltMichele]

Excited that our paper about fertility in Korea and the role of status externalities will be published in the AER. Very grateful for my amazing coauthors @MinchulYum and Seongeun Kim.

[Tatjana Kleineberg @TatjanaKleineb]

Super excited to co-organize a conference on Trade and Development at @wb_research. Paper submissions are due April 15th and accepted papers will be considered for a special issue of @JIntlEcon. More information at https://t.co/uylVfBe9lz

[Patricia Cortes @cortespatico]

Check out my new working paper on automation and gender, with amazing co-authors @YingFeng_Econ, @NGuidaJohnson, and, of course, @jesspan13 !!

[Ying Feng @YingFeng_Econ]

Apply to do interesting work and live in a safe&peaceful and exciting city with competitive pay!

[Johannes Haushofer @jhaushofer]

Some detail on governance at IZA. I'm not an affiliate and the following is based on public information.

IZA a for-profit company (GmbH ~= LLC); in contrast to briq, which is a non-profit LLC (gGmbH). More on this difference below.

[Ying Feng @YingFeng_Econ]

A good macro/spatial person👇to check out!💥

[Guangbin Hong @GuangbinHong]

📢 I am excited to share my job market paper!
https://t.co/K6HFFVSncB
High-productivity firms and high-skilled workers co-locate in larger cities. How does this systematic sorting pattern affect spatial inequality and aggregate welfare? (1/7)

#EconTwitter #EconJobMarket #JMP

[James Graham @J_Meanwell]

So great to see SWIM make a come back!

Call for papers 2024 Southern Workshop in Macroeconomics (SWIM). 8-9 March 2024, Wellington, New Zealand.

[Munseob Lee @MunseobLee]

Kudos to @xiaomaucsd, a proud @UCSDEcon alum, for earning a well-deserved award! Check out his fascinating paper exploring China's education policy, innovation, and trade.

[Ying Feng @YingFeng_Econ]

On the other hand, ST alone accounts for the majority of the closing gap - yet falls short of achieving a complete reversal. As a result, SBTC, especially within the service sector, and ST must synergize to effectively narrow and ultimately reverse the gender education gap. 3/3

[Ying Feng @YingFeng_Econ]

Thanks to @voxeu for featuring our new paper! Despite the diverse social and cultural norms across countries, we show that the gender gap in education robustly narrows and reverses with economic development. We further investigate what forces drive this pattern. 1/3

[VoxEU @voxeu]

The reversal of the gender education gap with economic development: A cross-country analysis https://t.co/FICkHjCTEm

[Ying Feng @YingFeng_Econ]

Among other mechanisms, our framework highlights the role of the complementarity between skill-biased technological (SBTC) change and structural transformation (ST). While SBTC alone offers some explanatory power, it leads to a decline in female LFPR, contradicting the data. 2/3

[Ying Feng @YingFeng_Econ]

Thanks to @vox_dev for featuring our work. I has been an exciting project to work on since 9 years ago! In this paper, we build a new database to show that unemployment is increasing with economic development in the long run, particularly for low-skill workers.

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Unemployment: An advanced economy problem?

Our article by @YingFeng_Econ @NUSingapore, @LagakosDavid @bu_economics & James E. Rauch @UCSDEcon has been read over 10,000 times and documents that unemployment is largely a feature of advanced economies: https://t.co/Xk0WHIfwFM

[Ying Feng @YingFeng_Econ]

@vox_dev @NUSingapore @LagakosDavid @bu_economics @UCSDEcon Thanks to @vox_dev for featuring our work. I has been an exciting project to work on since 9 years ago! In this paper, we build a new database to show that unemployment is increasing with economic development in the long run, particularly for low-skill workers.

[Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis @loraulet]

Lunch break in Liwonde (Malawi) for our team @auguharawa @rodriguezsala23 @YingFeng_Econ @LeDeMagal and some friends from the sociology camp @monicajgrant and Ann Swidler. Great conversation on social norms as potential wedges...

[Ying Feng @YingFeng_Econ]

@oo7zsx Very promising, hahah

[Ying Feng @YingFeng_Econ]

@rpwolthoff @NUSingapore This picture reminds me of how beautiful it is to walk to the office every day. ☀️You are always welcome here.

[Tommaso Porzio @PorzioTommaso]

To design social insurance, it is useful to know which households have a higher valuation of liquidity: who values an extra 💵 more?

In work in progress, we offer a creative approach to measure it. How?

See it at #NBERSI HF & AG (https://t.co/4b7uudpOAA) or read 🧵 👇

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