Bei Li

Bei Li is a Multi-Discipline Honorary Research Fellow at the UWA Business School, specializing in Economics. She holds a PhD from the National University of Singapore and has been affiliated with the University of Western Australia since 2011. Her research focuses on Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Technological Change, and Economic Growth and Development, with recent work analyzing public policy in dynastic and deterministic endogenous cycle models.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, National University of Singapore

Research Interests:

Professor Li’s work examines misallocation effects on productivity, fiscal policy design, and structural economic transformation. She employs advanced modeling frameworks to explore how public policies influence growth trajectories in developing economies. Her studies often intersect with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to economic inequality and sustainable industrialization.

Teaching:

• ECON3303 Applied Macroeconomics
• ECON5541 Economics for Business: Applications and Policy
• ECON2233 Microeconomics: Policy and Applications
• ECON1102 Macroeconomics: Money and Finance
• ECON2245 Business Economics

Grants & Awards:

• University of Western Australia Launch Grant (2011, AUD 6,000)
• Business School Research Development Award (2012, AUD 6,000)
• Improving Student Learning Grant (2013, co-recipient)

Current Projects:

• “Education subsidies, labour-income taxes and the pay-as-you-use principle” (with Jie Zhang)
• Rural-urban migration and social security in dual economies (with Siew Ling Yew)