Yuxi Yao

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Yuxi Yao

Assistant Professor of Economics Economics University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
HLH 523
Lincoln NE 68588-0489
Phone
402-472-2319 On-campus 2-2319
Email
yyao10@unl.edu

Yuxi Yao is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Western Ontario in 2020. 

Yao is a macroeconomist. Most of her research involves applying equilibrium models with heterogeneous agents to understand the long-run trends in important variables characterizing the housing market, including house prices, rents, homeownership rates, and household mortgage debt. She is also interested in studying people's location choices and housing-related policies.

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 2020.
M.A. in Economics, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 2014.
M.Sc. in Applied Economics, City University of Hong Kong (with distinction), Hong Kong, 2012.
B.Sc.in Applied Mathematics, Xiamen University, China, 2011.
B.A. in Economics, Xiamen University, China, 2011.

Research Interests

  • Macroeconomics
  • Housing Economics
  • Urban Economics

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