Yaming Cao

Welcome! My name is Yaming Cao. 

I am a tenure-track researcher at the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research. I earned my PhD from The Ohio State University. I specialize in public finance and labor economics.

My research focuses on the economics of health and aging.

• In my work in health economics, I study the design of health-related social insurance and social policies.

• In my work in aging economics, I study how labor supply can be in in aging economies, with a particular focus on women’s labor supply and the interaction between health and labor market outcomes.

Institutional profile: [Link] 

Contact: Yaming.Cao@zew.de

Address: Office 329, L7 1, 68161 Mannheim, Germany

Curriculum Vitae 

WORKING PAPERS:  

[1] "Fundamentally Reforming the DI System: Evidence from German Notch Cohorts",  with Björn Fischer-Weckemann, Johannes Geyer, and Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Accepted at Review of Economics and Statistics

[2] "Gritty Peers", with Effrosyni Adamopoulou and Ezgi Kaya,  Revise & Resubmit at Labour Economics

[3] "Earnings Dynamics and Selection in Health Insurance Markets"

SCOR--EGRIE Young Economist Best Paper Award, William Green Memorial Fellowship

[4] "Covering the Uninsured with Primary Care Networks: Utilization and Spending Implications", with Kurt Lavetti and Nicolas R. Ziebarth (Draft upon request)

German Research Foundation (DFG)

[5] "The Medical Care Costs of Obesity: A Case Study of Germany", with Luca Caprari and Nicolas R. Ziebarth (Draft upon request)

WORK IN PROGRESS (SELECTED):  

[6] "Remote Work Adoption and Wage Offers: Experimental Evidence", with Melanie Arntz, Sarra Ben Yahmed, Daniel Erdsiek, and Davud Rostam-Afschar

[AER RCT Registry]

EU Horizon (WinWin4WorkLife)

[7] "Retaining Female Talent through Shared Childcare: Evidence from a Firm-Based Parental Leave Program", with Sarra Ben Yahmed, Adrian Hillenbrand, Guido Friebel, and Nicolas R. Ziebarth