About
Xiaoyang is an Economist at Amazon and was previously a Postdoctoral Researcher in Education Policy at the Annenberg Institute, Brown University (2020-22). He earned his PhD in Higher Education (concentrations in economics and K-20 education policy) from the University of Michigan in 2019. His dissertation, awarded by the National Academy of Education, was based on the Bright Future of China Project — large-scale randomized experiments in Ningxia testing behavioral interventions to improve college access, choice, and match for low-income students. He continues to apply behavioral economics and data science to optimize human-capital decisions at scale. He and Christopher are coauthors on the Econometrica R&R on parents’ earnings and the returns to universal pre-K and on the cross-country STEM major gender-gap paper.
Background
- Economics of Education
- Behavioral Economics in Education
- College Access (US and China)
- Information and Choice
Education
- PhD, Higher Education (Economics and K-20 Education Policy concentrations) · University of Michigan (2019)
Career
- Economist, Amazon (present)
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Education Policy, Annenberg Institute, Brown University (2020–2022)
Joint work with Christopher
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Parents’ Earnings and the Returns to Universal Pre-Kindergarten
Econometrica (R&R) · 2024
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The STEM Major Gender Gap: Evidence from Coordinated College Application Platforms Across Five Continents
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