 | Hanming Fang |
Hanming Fang, newly designated as the Henry Kohn Associate Professor of Economics, specializes in applied microeconomic theory, empirical microeconomics and behavior economics.
His research has explored a wide range of topics that cross disciplinary lines. This includes an examination of welfare reform, particularly the introduction of time restrictions, on the well-being of recipients; fairness in wage setting; the implications of optimism on the demand for health investment and health insurance; the incentive effects of collective identity; and whether a convergence in the social and economic status of blacks and whites results in less segregated neighborhoods.
Among other topics, Fang has also analyzed whether racial profiling is a result of racism or is motivated by a desire for effective policing, and bidding behaviors at private-value auctions. Forthcoming projects include an examination of labor market returns on non-cognitive skills acquired through students' extracurricular activities, and a study of what influences elderly people to purchase more insurance coverage.
Fang earned his B.A. with highest distinction from Fudan University in China and an M.A. from the University of Virginia. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was trained to investigate economic problems both through the lens of economic theory and empirical data. He has since developed theoretical models to shed new light on a popular topic.
The economist joined the Yale faculty in 2000 as an assistant professor. Since 2003, he has also been affiliated with the University's Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics. His courses at Yale have included probability and statistics, public finance and behavioral economics, among others.
Fang has been an invited speaker at seminars and conferences throughout the United States, as well as in Israel, Canada, Hong Kong and Europe. This year, he became an associate editor of the International Economic Review. He is currently a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Since winning the W.P. Carey Prize for Best Doctoral Dissertation in Economics while in graduate school, Fang has gone on to receive a number of other awards. These include a Smith Richardson Foundation Domestic Public Policy Fellowship, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant and a Yale Junior Faculty Fellowship. He was chosen a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis earlier this year.
Fang has been a referee for numerous scholarly journals, including the American Economic Review, Econometrica, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, the Journal of Human Resources, the Journal of Public Economics and the Review of Economics and Statistics, among others. He has also been a referee for the National Science Foundation.
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