Education
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Ph.D., Public Policy, Harvard University, 2007-2012
- Thesis title: “Gradualism in Coordination and Trust Building”
Committee:
William A. Ackman Professor of Economics Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management
Department of Economics J. F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University Harvard University
Roy E. Larsen Professor of Public Policy Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy
J. F. Kennedy School of Government Department of Economics
Harvard University Harvard University
iris_bohnet@harvard.edu aalesina@harvard.edu
- M.Phil., Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005-2007
- M.E., Information and Communication Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2002-2005
- B.E., Communication Engineering, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, 1998-2002
Employment
- Jan 2020 - Associate Professor, School of Business, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Aug 2017 - Dec 2019 Associate Professor, Xiamen University
- Sep 2015 - July 2017 Assistant Professor, School of Economics, and Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University
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2012 - Aug 2015 Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China
- Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance
- 2008 - 2009 Research Assistant (part-time), for Prof Lily L. Tsai, MIT Political Science Department
- 2008 Summer Short Term Consultant, World Bank Group
- 2006 Summer Research Assistant, for Prof Hongbin Li, CUHK
Research Fields
- Behavioral & Experimental Economics with Applications in Business and Policy
- Public Economics and Public Policy, Political Economy
- Personnel, Human Resources, Labor and Development Economics
Current Research
- Pro-social behavior (public goods, cooperation, coordination, trust), organizational behavior, team incentives
- Quality of life, subjective well-being (e.g., happiness, life satisfaction, mental well-being), mental health
- Social preferences (e.g., altruism, reciprocity, inequity/equity aversion, social status)
- Economic and political psychology/attitudes (e.g., regarding inequality, fairness, redistribution, the role of government), public opinion, media
- Welfare distribution, inequality, and redistribution
- Charitable giving and charitable sector, corporate social responsibility, state-society-corporate relationship