Yuan Zhang

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Visiting address Forskningsveien 3A Harald Schjelderups hus 0373 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1089 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Academic interests

  • Fertility and female employment
  • Survival Analysis
  • Causal inference
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Health Economics

Courses taught

Background

  • 2016-2020: Ph.D. Economics, University of Aberdeen, UK
    • Ph.D. thesis: The economic causes and rationale of delaying childbirth in the UK: 1991-2016, awarded with minor correction
  • 2014-2016: MSc. (Hons.) Behavioral and Economic Science, University of Warwick, UK
    • Master's thesis:  Effects of personality traits and gender differences on coordination via communication, awarded with distinction.
  • 2012-2014: Bsc. (Hons.) Economics, University of Liverpool, UK
  • 2010-2012: Bsc. (Hons.) Economics, Xian-Jiaotong Liverpool University, China

Awards

  • Associate Fellowship, Higher Education Academy, UK, 2018

Grants:

  • Elphinstone Ph.D. Scholarship, about £ 15,000 per year, UK, 2016-2019

Publications

  • Zhang, Yuan & Iversen, Tor (2023). The development of digital consultations in Norway.
  • Zhang, Yuan; Øien, Henning & Iversen, Tor (2023). Norway - Handling the Pandemic and the Effects on Specialized Healthcare.
  • Zhang, Yuan & Iversen, Tor (2022). Development of the composition of GP consultation services in Norway from 2019 to 2021.
  • Zhang, Yuan; Dickey, Heather; Watson, Verity & Zangelidis, Alexandros (2022). Women's wages and the timing of motherhood: Evidence from the UK.
  • Zhang, Yuan (2019). Having it all? The complex relationship between fertility and female labour participation.
  • Zhang, Yuan (2018). Why do employed women delay childbearing? The associations between wage, education, personality traits, and the timing of the first birth.

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