Yifan Gong

University of Western Ontario Office: Social Science Center 4048

Department of Economics Email: ygong48@uwo.ca
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2 Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/yifan-gong/

Citizenship
China, Permanent Resident of Canada

Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Western Ontario, Canada expected 2020
M.Sc Applied Economics with distinction, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2012
B.A. Economics, University of Science and Technology of China, China 2011

Concentration: Finance

Fields of Interest
Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Applied Econometrics, Urban and Housing Economics

Employment History
Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario
Research Assistant 2015 - current
Supervisors: Todd Stinebrickner, Lance Lochner, and Nirav Mehta.
Teaching Assistant 2013 - 2018
Graduate Level: Macroeconomics, Mathematical Economics.
Undergraduate Level: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics.

Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Full Time) 2012 - 2013

Research
Publications
1. Uncertainty about Future Income: Initial Beliefs and Resolution during College, with Todd Stine-
brickner, and Ralph Stinebrickner, Quantitative Economics, forthcoming.
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Working Papers
1. When Education Policy and Housing Policy Interact: Can We Correct for the Externalities?, with
Charles Ka Yui Leung (Under Review).
2. Perceived and Actual Option Values of College Enrollment, with Todd Stinebrickner, and Ralph
Stinebrickner (Under Review).
3. Marriage, Children, and Labor Supply: Beliefs and Outcomes, with Todd Stinebrickner, and Ralph
Stinebrickner (Under Review).
4. Demographic Change, Urbanization, and the Housing Market, with Yuxi Yao.

Work in Progress
1. Identification of Initial Beliefs in Learning Models.
2. The Consumption Value of College, with Lance Lochner, Todd Stinebrickner, and Ralph Stinebrick-
ner.
3. A Structural Model of College Major Determination, with Todd Stinebrickner, and Ralph Stinebrick-
ner.

Conference Presentations
When Education Policy and Housing Policy Interact: Can We Correct for the Externalities?
18th AsRES International Conference, Kyoto, Japan. June, 2013
Uncertainty about Future Income: Initial Beliefs and Resolution during College
Alumni-Student Workshop, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. June, 2016
Canadian Economics Association 2018 Annual Meetings, Montreal, Canada. June, 2018
2018 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Davis, USA. June, 2018
The Consumption Value of College
Canadian Economics Association 2017 Annual Meetings, Antigonish, Canada. June, 2017
2017 China Meeting of the Econometric Society, Wuhan, China. June, 2017
Chinese Economic Association in North America 2018 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, USA. Jan, 2018
Demographic Change, Urbanization, and the Housing Market
32nd American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association-ASSA Conference Annual Meetings,
Doctoral Session, Atlanta, USA. Jan, 2019

Honors, Awards, & Fellowships

Department of Economics Scholarship, University of Western Ontario. 2016
Graduate Fellowship, University of Western Ontario. 2013 - 2018
Department of Economics and Finance Fellowship, City University of Hong Kong. 2013
Outstanding Student Scholarship, Second Prize, University of Science and Technology of China. 2010
Outstanding Freshman Scholarship, University of Science and Technology of China. 2007
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Miscellaneous
Language: Mandarin (Native), English (Fluent)

Computer Skills: Matlab, Python, Fortran, Stata, LATEX.

Last updated: March 29, 2019

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