Short Biography

'Danny' Lei Qin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University. He receives his Ph.D. in Economics from the Graduate School of Economics at Kyoto University in May 2024. Dr. Qin's research focuses on Econometric Theory and its application in Urban, Transportation, and Regional Economics. 

Education Experience

Ph.D. in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University (2024.5) 

M.A. in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University (2020.3) 

B.A. in Economics, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University (2016.7)

Working Experience

Kyoto University Graduate Division Fellow (2021.12 - 2023.3) 

Postdoctoral Researcher, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University (2024.6 - 2025.3) 

Working Papers

1. ''Doubly Robust Uniform Confidence Bands for Group-Time Conditional Average Treatment Effects in Difference-in-Differences'' (with Shunsuke Imai and Takahide Yanagi) 

First Version: May 2023. Revision requested at Journal of Business & Economic Statistics. 

arXiv | R package

2. ''The Effects of Mass Transit System on Urban Population Distribution: Evidence from Wuhan'' (with Se-il Mun and Yue Zhou) 

First Version: September 2023. 

Kyoto University Discussion Paper (No. E-23-003) 

3. ''Accessibility to Higher Education and Inter-regional Mobility'' (with Shun Fujita and Se-il Mun) 

First Version: December 2023 (presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of  Applied Regional Science 

Conference).  

Abstract