Zhejin Zhao
Curriculum Vitae – April 2016
PHD Student
Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE Lyon St Etienne) CNRS - University of Saint-Étienne
93, chemin des Mouilles - B.P.167 69131 Ecully Cedex, FRANCE Tel: (+33-6) 95 49 31 76 E-mail: [email protected] Date of birth: 4 May 1990
Place of birth: Shanxi province, China Citizenship: People’s Republic of China
Education
Ph.D. Student in Economics (GATE Lyon-St Etienne, University of Saint-Étienne, since 2013) Thesis title: Three essays on housing markets and housing policies
Supervisor: Florence Goffette-Nagot, Research Professor, CNRS
Graduate Research Trainee (Department of Economics, McGill University, Nov. 2014-May. 2015) Supervisor: Russell Davidson, Professor, Department of Economics, McGill University
Research Master GAEXA “Game Theory, Experiments and Applied Econometrics” (University of Lyon 2, 2012-2013) Thesis title: The effects of rent control, a survey on historical data for Lyon
Supervisor: Florence Goffette-Nagot, Research Associated Professor, CNRS
M.A. in Economics (Beijing Normal University, China, 2010-2013)
B.A. in Economics (Xiamen University, China, 2006-2010)
Current academic position and affiliations
2013- Member of GATE Lyon Saint-Etienne, CNRS, University of Saint-Étienne
Research fields
Housing economics, effects of rent control policy, housing prices in Chinese cities.
Urban economics, residential location choices and residential segregation
China’s economy
Work in progress
Rents, housing supply and rent control: a historical perspective from Lyon, with Florence Goffette-Nagot and Loïc Bonneval.
Aging and housing markets, evidence from China, with Florence Goffette-Nagot
Housing prices and skill composition in Chinese cities.
Teaching Assistant
Macroeconomics, Prof. Laurent Cellarier, Beijing Normal University (Fall 2011)
Research Assistant
Research assistant for Xu Jianwei, Beijing Normal University, Spring, 2012
Research and Professional experience
Summer school “Social Interactions and Urban Segregation”, Faculty of Economics, Rennes, France, 10th-12th June 2014
Graduate research trainee, Department of Economics, McGill University, Canada, Nov. 2014 - May 2015 Communications and Seminars
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Regional Studies Association Early Career Conference 2015, University of Sheffield, UK, 29th-30th Oct. 2015 The third Lyon - Turin Economics and Management PhD Workshop, Lyon, France, 29th-30th June 2015
"Public policies and space" Seminar, “Aging, migration and Chinese urban housing markets”, GATE-LSE, Lyon, France, 16 September, 2014
Internal Seminar, “The Effect of Rent Control: a Survey of Lyon”, GATE-LSE, Lyon, France, 1 September, 2014 The GATE PHD workshop, 20 December, 2013
Fellowships and Awards
Explora’doc scholarship, Rhone-Alpes Regional Council, Lyon, France, 2014-2015 Doctoral Grant, University of Saint-Étienne, 2013-2016.
Scholarship, the Labex Intelligence des Mondes Urbains, February 2013 Prize Scholarship, Beijing Normal University, 2011-2013
First Chinese Undergraduate Economics Annual Meeting Award, Tsinghua University, December 2009 National Merit Scholarship (5 out of 100 students), Xiamen University, September 2009
University Merit Scholarship, Xiamen University, September 2008
Computer skills/ Languages
Office software applications, Stata, LaTex
Chinese (native), English (fluent), French (Intermediate)
