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Zhixiu Yu serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Louisiana State University's E. J. Ourso College of Business, with additional research affiliation through the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (HCEO) Markets Network at the University of Chicago's Becker Friedman Institute. Her scholarly work bridges macroeconomic theory with empirical policy analysis in labor, public finance, and health economics.
Her educational foundation includes:
- PhD in Economics, University of Minnesota (2022)
- BS in Economics (with honors), University of Washington (2015)
- BA in Mathematics, University of Washington (2015)
Yu's research program investigates how social insurance programs and taxation influence household economic decisions, particularly regarding labor supply and saving behavior. She employs structural modeling integrated with microdata analysis to examine health inequality, social insurance systems, digital currencies, and aging populations. Her methodological rigor combines econometric techniques with large-scale simulations to address policy-relevant questions in public economics.
Recent publications (2023-2024) reveal consistent focus on economic policy impacts: analyzing Social Security's effect on older workers' labor supply, cryptocurrency-fiat money coexistence, and SNAP's role during the pandemic. This trajectory demonstrates growing expertise in evaluating how economic shocks and policy interventions affect vulnerable populations through rigorous quantitative frameworks.
Current research includes EC-READ 2025 Project 4: 'The Hidden Costs of Care,' examining parental dementia's impact on work and retirement decisions. Her prior postdoctoral work at NBER and Harvard Medical School established foundations for this policy-oriented research agenda focused on health-economics intersections.
Affiliation networks extend beyond LSU through active participation in the HCEO Markets Network, maintaining collaborative channels with leading economics research institutions while advancing her independent research program in economic policy analysis.
