Ying Chao

Ying Chao serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in macro-labor economics with research focused on unemployment insurance systems and labor market dynamics.

Her educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in Economics from Stony Brook University

Dr. Chao's research examines how unemployment insurance design impacts worker behavior and broader economic outcomes through structural modeling and policy evaluation frameworks. She concurrently investigates student-centered pedagogical methodologies in economics education to enhance instructional effectiveness, reflecting her dual commitment to policy analysis and teaching innovation within the discipline.