Prof Jin WANG

Jin
WANG
王瑾

PhD London School of Economics, UK, 2010
Associate Professor
RPG Programs Coordinator (Social Science)
Profile

Jin Wang is an Associate Professor of Social Science and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Emerging Market Studies, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She holds a BA and MA in Economics from Tsinghua University and a PhD from the London School of Economics. Her research in development, public, and urban economics explores topics such as place-based policies, government hierarchy and incentives, labor mobility barriers, and environmental regulation enforcement.

Her work is published in the Journal of the European Economic AssociationAmerican Economic Journal: Economic PolicyJournal of Development EconomicsJournal of Environmental Economics and ManagementJournal of Urban Economics, and Journal of Comparative Economics, and cited  by major international organizations including UN, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, OECD, European Union, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, among others.

 

 

Research Interests
• Development Economics
• Public Economics
• Chinese Economy
Courses Taught
MASS 5010: Research Methods in the Social Science
SOSC 1420: Poverty
SOSC 3700: Quantitative Social Analysis Practicum
SOSC 5110: Social Science Research Design and Methods
SOSC 5720: Economic Development in China