Anson Zhou

Welcome!

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Hong Kong.

My research interests include Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, and Family Economics.

Before joining HKU in Fall 2023, I was a postdoc fellow in Long-Term Fiscal Policy at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). I obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I have been a member of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (HCEO) since 2021.

CV You can find my CV here

Contact: zhouls [at] hku.hk

WORKING PAPERS

The Macroeconomic Consequences of Family Policies (under revision) Job market paper [This version: December 2022]

Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economic Studies

This paper studies the macroeconomic consequences of family policies in a heterogeneous-agent OLG economy featuring the quantity-quality trade-off and the government's old-age support.

Asymmetric Fertility Elasticities, with Sam Engle and Chong Pang [This version: October 2024] (slides)

Is it more difficult for policymakers to raise fertility than to reduce it? If so, what is the micro-foundation and what are the macro implications?

Teachers and the Evolution of Aggregate Inequality [This version: May 2024] (slides)

With endogenous human capital formation, what are the dynamic impacts of teacher selection on inequality and intergenerational mobility?

The Autumn of Patriarchy [This version: November 2024] (slides)

This paper develops a unified model that explains the transition from patriarchal societies to egalitarian ones, featuring joint declines in fertility, marriage, and gender income gaps.