معرفی
Zhuan Pei is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University, where he serves as Executive Director of the Cornell FSRDC. His research bridges labor economics, applied microeconometrics, and public policy evaluation.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University (2012), Albert Rees Dissertation Prize recipient
- B.A. in Mathematics, Carleton College, summa cum laude (2006)
Professor Pei specializes in developing and applying causal inference methods—particularly Regression Discontinuity and Regression Kink Designs—to evaluate social programs targeting disadvantaged populations. His work focuses on unemployment insurance, disability benefits, Medicaid eligibility, and welfare reform experiments, with methodological innovations in graphical representation and bandwidth selection. He has created influential Stata packages (rdmse, altrdrobust) that are widely adopted in empirical economics.
His publication trends reveal deep integration of econometric theory with high-impact policy questions, consistently appearing in top journals like Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Journal of Political Economy. Recent work emphasizes graphical inference in RDD and long-term effects of welfare programs on child outcomes.
Scientific Recognition:
- Albert Rees Dissertation Prize (Princeton)
- Jain Family Institute Senior Fellowship (2023-2025)
- Multiple major grants from William T. Grant Foundation, Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and Russell Sage Foundation
As Executive Director of Cornell FSRDC, Pei leads secure data infrastructure for social science research while advising doctoral students through honors theses. His $1.4M+ in active grants (including a $544K William T. Grant Foundation award) support longitudinal studies of welfare reform experiments across multiple institutions.
