Lei ZHANG

Professor Lei Zhang's research focuses on economics of education, public economics. Her research has been published in various peer-reviewed journals including Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Human Capital, and Economic Research Journal.

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT：

July 2019 - , Professor, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University September 2013 - July 2019 , Associate Professor, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE：

• August 2017-August 2021: Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• January 2016-February 2016: Visiting Professor, CNRS and University of Lyon II
• September 2010 - August 2013, Senior Fellow and Assistant Director, National Institute for Fiscal Studies, Tsinghua University
• July 2011-August 2013: Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, UC-Berkeley
• September 2007- August 2008, National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• August 2004-May 2011: Assistant Professor of Economics, Clemson University

EDUCATION：

• June 2004, Ph.D. in Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, U.S.A.
• July 1994, B.A. in Economics, Beijing University, Beijing, P.R. China

Journal Referee Services:

• American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, China Economic Review, Economic Analysis and Policy, Economics Bulletin, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal Economics of Education Review, Economics of Transition, Education Economics, Education Finance and Policy, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Economic Research Journal, Economic Science，Frontiers of Education in China, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Population Economics, National Science Foundation, Public Choice, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Southern Economic Journal, Studies in Educational Evaluation

Teaching

Principles of Economics (undergraduate)

Intermediate macroeconomics (undergraduate)

Public Economics (undergraduate)

Public Economics (master's and ph.d students)

Applied Macroeconomics (MBA students)