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I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, E. J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University. I am also a member of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (HCEO) Markets Network at Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago. 

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota in 2022. I was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a visiting research fellow at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School during 2022-2023. 


Curriculum Vitae 


Research Interests

Macroeconomics, Labor, Public and Household Finance


Contact Information


Email:   zhixiuyu [at] lsu.edu

                    zhixiuyu [at] nber.org   


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