ZHENG WEI 魏 錚

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Musashi University. My research interests lie at the intersection of macroeconomics and labor economics, with a particular emphasis on search and matching theory. My current work focuses on assortative matching, wage inequality, and skill mismatch in the labor market. I investigate the link between market frictions and sorting patterns to better understand recent U.S. labor market trends.

Before joining Musashi, I worked as an Economist at Alibaba Group, where I extract actionable insights from complex datasets to solve business challenges and drive innovation. I received my PhD from the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to UCSB, I studied at the University of Washington in Seattle and received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics.