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Dean Yang

Dean Yang

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Phone: (734) 764-6158
Fax: (734) 763-9181
Office: Weill Hall
735 S. State St. #3315
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
E-mail: deanyang@umich.edu

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Research and Teaching Interests:

  • Applied Microeconomics
  • International Development
  • Migration
  • Quantitative Methods

Educational Background:

B.A., Economics, Harvard University; Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University

Recent Publications:

Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Socioeconomic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall

Coping with Disaster: The Impact of Hurricanes on International Financial Flows, 1970-2001

Are Remittances Insurance? Evidence from Rainfall Shocks in the Philippines

International Migration, Human Capital, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Exchange Rate Shocks

Why Do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks

Integrity for Hire: An Analysis of a Widespread Program for Combating Customs Corruption

Can Enforcement Backfire? Crime Displacement in the Context of Customs Reform in the Philippines

Bio:

Dean Yang is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics. His research is on the economic problems of developing countries. His specific areas of interest include: international migration, microfinance, health, corruption, and the economics of disasters. Dean teaches Ford School courses in the economics of developing countries and in microeconomics, as well as a Ph.D. course in development economics. He received his undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from Harvard University.

Academic Appointments:

  • Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
  • Department of Economics, LS&A