معرفی
Zhifeng Cai is Assistant Professor of Economics at Rutgers University specializing in macroeconomic theory and policy applications. His research examines interactions between macroeconomic trends, financial systems, and human capital development.
Primary research interests include labor force dynamics during business cycles, income inequality impacts on education markets, financial development implications for housing, and optimal policy design in post-pandemic economies. Current projects model tuition-inequality relationships and unemployment insurance systems.
Recent publications analyze college enrollment patterns during economic fluctuations, housing affordability under varying financial systems, and optimal policy responses to labor market upheavals like the 'Great Resignation'. Work integrates quantitative models with empirical labor data.
Economic models developed in his research examine how financial frictions amplify macroeconomic stagnation through real estate markets and how income inequality drives tuition inflation through differential willingness-to-pay mechanisms.
