Student Directory
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Dean Yang | |||||||||
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| Go to Dean Yang's Home Page | ||||||||||
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Research and Teaching Interests:
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Applied Microeconomics
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International Development
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Migration
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Quantitative Methods
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Educational Background:
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B.A., Economics, Harvard University; Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University |
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Recent Publications:
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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 |
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Bio:
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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. |
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Academic Appointments:
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Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy |
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Department of Economics, LS&A |
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