HU Zihan

HU Zihan is a Full-time Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Economics (SOE), Singapore Management University. His research focuses on Human Capital, Labour Economics, and Applied Microeconomics with strategic emphasis on Growth in Asia. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University (2023), an M.A. from the National University of Singapore (2017), and a B.A. from Peking University (2014).

Research interests span topics such as peer effects in education, labor productivity dynamics linked to religious practices, nutritional impacts on labor supply, and long-term welfare consequences of prenatal environmental exposures. His work integrates microeconomic methodologies to analyze socio-economic phenomena in developing economies.

Key research themes include understanding how institutional environments (e.g., educational competition, religious practices) shape human capital formation and labor market outcomes. His studies often leverage natural experiments in Asian contexts to derive policy-relevant insights.

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