Chenxi Tang

About me

Hi, my name is Chenxi. My interests broadly lie in development economics, environmental economics, labor economics, and economic history. In my job market paper, I study the impact of the historical civil exam (keju) in China on shaping contemporary innovation.

I am on the job market for the 2024-2025 academic year. 

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Expected May 2025

M.S. in Economics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020

B.S. in Mathematics and B.A . in Economics

Dalian University of Technology, 2018