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Kai (Jackie) Zhao / 赵开 

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Department of Economics                                                   

University of Connecticut

365 Fairfield Way, Unit 1063, Storrs, CT 06269-1063 USA

Phone: 860-486-4326 (office)

Email: kai.zhao@uconn.edu 

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Research Interests:  Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Inequality, Health, Wealth, Saving, Social Security, the Chinese Economy   

Conferences

I have helped organize the following conferences

• 2026 CES NA Annual Conference, March 28-29 2026.

  • Call for papers (deadline: January 5, 2026) Open!

• LAEF-HKU Joint Conference on Growth and Inequality (Dec. 5-6, 2025)

• 2024 UConn Leafy LAEF Macro Conference (Oct. 25-26, 2024)

  • Please find the submission portal here. (deadline: April 30, 2024)

  • Conference program 

UConn Macro Seminar Series