Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Education
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri, USA
PhD in Economics, minor in Statistics Expected Graduation: May, 2017
Dissertation Title: Two Applications of Lifecycle Models: Teachers' Retirement under
Time-varying Pension Rules and the Income-health Correlation in PSID
Committee: Shawn Ni(chair), Michael Podgursky, Aaron Hedlund, Chong He.
GPA:3.94/4.00
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri, USA
MA in Economics 2011 - 2015
GPA:3.94/4.00
Nankai University Tianjin, China
Bachelor of Science in Economics 2007 - 2011
GPA:88/100
PhD in Economics, minor in Statistics Expected Graduation: May, 2017
Dissertation Title: Two Applications of Lifecycle Models: Teachers' Retirement under
Time-varying Pension Rules and the Income-health Correlation in PSID
Committee: Shawn Ni(chair), Michael Podgursky, Aaron Hedlund, Chong He.
GPA:3.94/4.00
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri, USA
MA in Economics 2011 - 2015
GPA:3.94/4.00
Nankai University Tianjin, China
Bachelor of Science in Economics 2007 - 2011
GPA:88/100
Research Fields
Labor Economics, Health Economics, Computational Economics, Econometric Modeling
Labor Economics, Health Economics, Computational Economics, Econometric Modeling
Current Research
Job Market Paper:
How Do Changing Pension Rules Affect Retirement Behaviour? A Study of Missouri Teachers
Working Paper: (Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Policy Analysis and Management)
The Late-Career Teacher Retention
with Dongwoo Kim, Cory Koedel, Shawn Ni, Michael Podgursky
Work in Progress:
On Policies for Late-Career Teacher Retention
with Shawn Ni, Michael Podgursky
Work in Progress:
Dynamics of Occupations, Health, and Earnings
How Do Changing Pension Rules Affect Retirement Behaviour? A Study of Missouri Teachers
Working Paper: (Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Policy Analysis and Management)
The Late-Career Teacher Retention
with Dongwoo Kim, Cory Koedel, Shawn Ni, Michael Podgursky
Work in Progress:
On Policies for Late-Career Teacher Retention
with Shawn Ni, Michael Podgursky
Work in Progress:
Dynamics of Occupations, Health, and Earnings
Publications
Dale Ballou, Katherine Canon, Mark Ehlert, Weiwei Wu, Sy Doan, Lori Taylor, Matthew Springer. (2016).
Final Evaluation Report: "Tennessees Strategic Compensation Programs Findings on Implementation and Impact 2010-2016. Tennessee Consortium for Research Evaluation and Development", Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.
Xinghe Wang, Weiwei Wu, Chenhang Zeng
"On the Welfare E ect of Uniform Input Pricing withEndogenous Choice of Channel Structure in the Downstream Industry" Firms Strategic Decisions:Theoretical and Empirical Findings Vol. 2 by Kazuhiro Ohnishi 2016, 162-197
Weiwei Wu
"Empricial Analysis on the Factors that Attract Overseas Students to Return". Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2 (November, 2010). In Chinese.
Yue Yang & Weiwei Wu
"Model Analysis and Research on Start Justice". Managers' Journal, 1 (April, 2010). In Chinese.
Final Evaluation Report: "Tennessees Strategic Compensation Programs Findings on Implementation and Impact 2010-2016. Tennessee Consortium for Research Evaluation and Development", Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.
Xinghe Wang, Weiwei Wu, Chenhang Zeng
"On the Welfare E ect of Uniform Input Pricing withEndogenous Choice of Channel Structure in the Downstream Industry" Firms Strategic Decisions:Theoretical and Empirical Findings Vol. 2 by Kazuhiro Ohnishi 2016, 162-197
Weiwei Wu
"Empricial Analysis on the Factors that Attract Overseas Students to Return". Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2 (November, 2010). In Chinese.
Yue Yang & Weiwei Wu
"Model Analysis and Research on Start Justice". Managers' Journal, 1 (April, 2010). In Chinese.
Research Experience
Research Assistant in Economic and Policy Analysis Research Center (EPARC) 2015-Present
{ Extended an option-value model to analyze teachers' retirement decisions
{ Solved and estimated structural models numerically in Fortran and ran simulations
{ Developed a moment based Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) approach to estimate structural models
{ Processed and cleaned data for more than 3 million individuals with SAS in both Windows and Linux system
{ Analyzed panel survey data and generated survey reports
{ Processed data and generated dynamic 3D plots in R
{ Presented research results in professional conferences
{ Wrote research papers independently or as a team member
Research Assistant of the Department of Economics in Nankai University 2009-2011
{ Participated in `Research of Internet of Things (IOT) Industry in Tianjin City'
{ Summarized the pattern of IOT in Europe, US, Japan, and South Korea.
{ Collected first-hand data through a five-day field survey of the leading enterprises of IOT industry in Tianjin
{ Wrote a report entitled \Research on Development Strategies for Internet of Things (IOT) Industry in Tianjin City"
{ Extended an option-value model to analyze teachers' retirement decisions
{ Solved and estimated structural models numerically in Fortran and ran simulations
{ Developed a moment based Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) approach to estimate structural models
{ Processed and cleaned data for more than 3 million individuals with SAS in both Windows and Linux system
{ Analyzed panel survey data and generated survey reports
{ Processed data and generated dynamic 3D plots in R
{ Presented research results in professional conferences
{ Wrote research papers independently or as a team member
Research Assistant of the Department of Economics in Nankai University 2009-2011
{ Participated in `Research of Internet of Things (IOT) Industry in Tianjin City'
{ Summarized the pattern of IOT in Europe, US, Japan, and South Korea.
{ Collected first-hand data through a five-day field survey of the leading enterprises of IOT industry in Tianjin
{ Wrote a report entitled \Research on Development Strategies for Internet of Things (IOT) Industry in Tianjin City"
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Principle of Macroeconomics in University of Missouri Summer 2014
{ Taught more than 50 students in full responsibility.
{ Made syllabus, slides, homework, and quizzes for students
{ Evaluation:4.2/5.0. Won the department teaching award
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Economics at University of Missouri 2012-2015
{ Served in the following courses:
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Money, Banking, and Financial Markets
General Economics
Theory of the Firm
{ Led teams of 5-7 TAs as head TA, and helped 400-600 students per semester
{ Organized TA meetings, review sessions, and exams independently
{ Held office hours and helped students with different linguistic/cultural backgrounds
Online Teaching Assistant in the Executive MBA program at University of Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017
{ Served in: Microeconomics for Business
{ Tutored students via online video chat
{ Guided and evaluated students' term projects
{ Taught more than 50 students in full responsibility.
{ Made syllabus, slides, homework, and quizzes for students
{ Evaluation:4.2/5.0. Won the department teaching award
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Economics at University of Missouri 2012-2015
{ Served in the following courses:
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Money, Banking, and Financial Markets
General Economics
Theory of the Firm
{ Led teams of 5-7 TAs as head TA, and helped 400-600 students per semester
{ Organized TA meetings, review sessions, and exams independently
{ Held office hours and helped students with different linguistic/cultural backgrounds
Online Teaching Assistant in the Executive MBA program at University of Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017
{ Served in: Microeconomics for Business
{ Tutored students via online video chat
{ Guided and evaluated students' term projects
Awards, Grants & Honours
The Norman Bowers Scholarship (Research Award) (2016)
Harry Gunnison Brown Graduate Student Teaching Award (2014)
Harry Gunnison Brown Graduate Student Fellowship (2012)
Excellent Graduation Thesis of Nankai University (2011)
Excellent student reward of Nankai University (2008-2011)
The first Prize of Lixing Research Fund in Department of Economics, Nankai University (2009)
Excellent student of Guangzhou City (2000,2007)
Harry Gunnison Brown Graduate Student Teaching Award (2014)
Harry Gunnison Brown Graduate Student Fellowship (2012)
Excellent Graduation Thesis of Nankai University (2011)
Excellent student reward of Nankai University (2008-2011)
The first Prize of Lixing Research Fund in Department of Economics, Nankai University (2009)
Excellent student of Guangzhou City (2000,2007)
Presentations
Missouri Valley Economic Association Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016
Economics Graduate Students Conference at Washington University in St. Louis...2016
Chinese Economists Society Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013
China Meeting of the Econometric Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013
Economics Graduate Students Conference at Washington University in St. Louis...2016
Chinese Economists Society Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013
China Meeting of the Econometric Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013
Personal Skills
Other Languages: Mandarin(native), Cantonese(fluent)
Computer: FORTRAN (with OpenMP), SAS (in both Windows and Linux), R, Matlab, STATA, Maple, Winbugs, Latex, Microsoft Office
Computer: FORTRAN (with OpenMP), SAS (in both Windows and Linux), R, Matlab, STATA, Maple, Winbugs, Latex, Microsoft Office
References
Shawn Ni, Professor and Department Chair, University of Missouri
[email protected]
(573)882-3161
Michael Podgursky, Professor, University of Missouri
[email protected]
(573)884-7741
X. H. Wang, Middlebush Professor of Economics and DGS, University of Missouri
[email protected]
(573)882-4954
Mark Ehlert, Associate Research Professor, University of Missouri
[email protected]
(573)882-5559
[email protected]
(573)882-3161
Michael Podgursky, Professor, University of Missouri
[email protected]
(573)884-7741
X. H. Wang, Middlebush Professor of Economics and DGS, University of Missouri
[email protected]
(573)882-4954
Mark Ehlert, Associate Research Professor, University of Missouri
[email protected]
(573)882-5559