YU Ning is a fellow and director of research of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy (BTC) and a fellow of the John L. Thornton China Center. Before joining the Brookings Institution, he started his career as an assistant professor of Economics at Emory University, after receiving a Ph.D. degree in management from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University. He studies the social and economic life in China and the United States. His articles have appeared in journals including Economic Theory and China Economic Review; he has served as anonymous reviewer for 12 international journals.
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Areas of Expertise
- Economics
- Public Policy
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Past Positions
- Assistant Professor, Economics Department of Emory University
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Education
- MA and PhD in Economics, Stanford University
- BA, MA, and PhD in Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University