Yiyu Xing

Welcome! I am a postdoctoral scholar at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). My research interests lie at the intersection of public finance and economic history, often in the context of healthcare. My current projects center on the following questions:

• What are the causes and consequences of technological progress? How do regulations influence the development and adoption of new technologies?   

• Can regulations targeting administrative requirements affect the capacity, quality, and equity of medical services?

• To what extent do historical public health interventions affect the provision of local public goods?

To answer relevant research questions, I am digitizing novel historical datasets and collecting administrative data. 

I received my PhD in economics from Auburn University, Master of Arts in economics from the University of Virginia (as a Ph.D. student, 8/2017-12/2020), Master of Public Policy from Brown University, and Bachelor of Economics from Nankai University. 

Fields of Interest: public finance and economic history; healthcare and innovation

Ph.D. Advisor: Nicolas L. Ziebarth 

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Contact Information: nkxingyy@gmail.com, sarrusxing10@ucla.edu