Dennis Tao Yang

Professor Yang received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1994 with a concentration in development and labor economics. A native of China, he attended an international high school in Italy, studied briefly at Peking University, and then went to UCLA on a World Bank college scholarship. His research interests on education, population, income distribution, and famine analysis are all connected with the role of human resources in development and the impact of government interventions on efficiency and social welfare. The focus of Professor Yang's empirical research has been on China, where he has conducted field work as a Ford Foundation and World Bank fellow. His research has also been supported by CCK, Luce and Trent Foundation.
Recent Research
Family Educational Investment and Fertility in Economic Development
Economic Structural Change and the Dynamics of the Industrial Revolution
The Great Leap Forward and China's Agricultural Collapse of 1959-61
Transformations in China's Population Policies and Demographic Structure
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Selected Publications
Policy Reforms in China (co-editor with Nick Hope), University Chicago Press, forthcoming.
"Food Availability, Entitlement and the Chinese Famine of 1959-61" (with Justin Lin), Economic Journal, 2000
"Urban-Biased Policies and Rising Income Inequality in China," American Economic Review, Proceedings, 1999.
"Education in Production: Measuring Labor Quality and Management," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997.
[More] 		Course Descriptions
Chinese Economy and Transition (Econ 142S/242S)
Microeconomic Analysis (Econ 269)
Labor Market and Related Analysis (Econ 358)



Links
Prof. Yang's Vita
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

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