YaoYao
Title：Tenure-track (assistant) professor
School of International Economics and Trade
ShanghaiLixinUniversityof Accounting andFinance,
No. 995 Shangchuan Rd, Shanghai.
Tel: 18855149362
Email: yao.yao4@aol.com
AREAS OF INTEREST
Teaching:Macroeconomics; Econometrics;
Research:Energy Economics; Environmental Economics; human capital formation;
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
April, 2017. PhD in economics, University of New England (Australia)
December, 2013. Bachelor of Economics with Honours (1st Class), University of New England (Australia)
November, 2012. Bachelor of Economics, University of New England (Australia)
HONORS AND GRANTS
PI. Shanghai Yangfan Project (ministry/provincial level). 200,000RMB; July 2020- May June 2023; Project No. 20YF1434100;
CI: World Bank Innovation Fund for Collaborative Data Innovations for Sustainable Development”
EXPERIENCE
Full Time：
Tenure-track Professor (Assistant), School of International Trade and Economics, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, April, 2019 to now.
PhD supervisor for Curtin University of Technology. Perth. WA. Australia (Co-supervisor, chaired by professor Ruhul Salim. March, 2020 to now.
Research follow, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Jan, 2017 to now.
Courses Taught：
IntroductoryMacroeconomics;
Introductory Macroeconomics;
Applied Econometrics using STATA
PUBLICATIONS
1. Chen, G. S., Yao, Y., & Malizard, J. (2017). Does foreign direct investment crowd in or crowd out private domestic investment in China? The effect of entry mode. Economic Modelling, 61, 409-419. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2016.11.005
2. Salim, R., Yao, Y., & Chen, G. S. (2017). Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China? Energy Economics, 67, 49-59. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.05.016
3. Salim, R., Yao, Y., Chen, G., & Zhang, L. (2017). Can foreign direct investment harness energy consumption in China? A time series investigation. Energy Economics, 66, 43-53. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.05.026
4. Yao, Y., Chen, G. S., Salim, R., & Yu, X. (2018). Schooling returns for migrant workers in China: Estimations from the perspective of the institutional environment in a rural setting. China Economic Review, 51, 240-256. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2017.09.008
5. Salim, R., Rafiq, S., Shafiei, S., & Yao, Y. (2019). Does urbanization increase pollutant emission and energy intensity? evidence from some Asian developing economies. Applied Economics, 1-17. doi:10.1080/00036846.2019.1588947
6. Yu, X., Yao, Y., Zheng, H., & Zhang, L. (2019). The role of political connection on overinvestment of Chinese energy firms. Energy Economics, 104516. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104516
7. Yao, Y., & Salim, R. (2019). Crowds in or crowds out? The effect of foreign direct investment on domestic investment in Chinese cities. Empirical Economics. doi:10.1007/s00181-018-1611-8
8. Yao, Y., Ivanovski, K., Inekwe, J., & Smyth, R. (2019). Human capital and energy consumption: Evidence from OECD countries. Energy Economics, 84, 104534. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104534
9. Yao, Y., Ivanovski, K., Inekwe, J., & Smyth, R. (2020). Human capital and CO2 emissions in the long run. Energy Economics, 104907. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104907
10. Yao, Y., Zhang, L., Salim, R.,& Rafiq R. (2020). The effect of human capital on CO2 emissions: Macro evidence from China. Energy Journal. Manuscript Accepted.
