Dr. Yang Jiao
Assistant Professor of Economics
McCartney Hall 203B
(785) 628-5803
y_jiao7@fhsu.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. in Economics, Kansas State University, 2016
M.S. in Economics, Wichita State University, 2008
B.S. in Financial Management, Wuhan University of Technology (China), 2005
Courses Taught:
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Economics Ideas and Current Issues
- Managerial Economics
Research Interests:
- Applied Econometrics
- Labor and Demographic Economics
- Household and Family Economics
- Economics of Gender
- Migration
- Economic Development
Professional Affiliations:
- American Economic Association
- Association for Social Science
- Chinese Economists Society
- Missouri Valley Economic Association
- Southern Economic Association
Publications:
"Promoting or Preventing Labor Mobility? Revisiting the Role of Language," China Economic Review, 2020. (Co-authored with Yuyun Liu and Xianxiang Xu)
"Language Premium Myth or Fact: Evidence from Migrant Workers of Guangdong, China," Journal of Labor Research, 2019. (Co-authored with Xiahai Wei, Tony Fang, and Jiahui Li)
"A Model of Terrorism and Counterterrorism with Location Choices," Public Choice, 2018, Vol. 179, pp. 301-313. (Co-authored with Zijun Luo)
"Language Skills and Migrant Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China," Small Business Economics, 4 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-0105-6. (Co=authored with Glenn Growe and Xiahai Wei)
"Re-examine the Economic Return of Language Proficiency Using Matched Employer-Employee Data," The China Quarterly, 2018. (Co-authored with Wei Xiahai)
"Speak Out Your Risk: Effects of Dialect on Merger Decisions," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2018, Vol. 49, pp. 200-212. (Co-authored with Xi Rao, Shijun Guo, and Alhaj-yaseen Yaseen)
"Issue on DSGE and Its Impact on Macroeconomics," Journal of Foreign Literature of Economics, 2017.
"Current Issues on Life Cycle Model and Its Use in Chinese Economics," Journal of Foreign Literature of Economics, 2017, Vol. 1, pp. 5-12. (Co-authored with W. Xu, C. Zhou, and K. Xu)
"Issues on Fertility and Population," Foreign Economic Literature Review, 2016, Vol. 4, p. 43-52. (Co-authored with Y. Liu, L. Zhou, and C. Liang)
