SHORT BIO

Vice Director of the Institute for New Rural Development of Peking University, winner of the Excellent Young Scientist Fund of NSFC (2019). She is interested in human capital (education and training), digital technology, and agricultural and rural development. She has been exploring how to reform and improve the design of relevant public policies to improve their performances. By August 2023, she has published 100 articles, including 64 in SCI/SSCI-indexed journals. She also actively supports government policy decisions and submitted 15 policy briefs to the central government, 12 of which were approved by national leaders.

CURRENT POSITION

2016–present Associate Professor with tenure

School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University

China Center for Agricultural Policy, Peking University

Institute for New Rural Development, Peking University

Institute for Global Health and Development, Peking University

EDUCATION

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, China

Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Xiao Liang, Scott Rozelle, Hongmei Yi*, The Impact of COVID-19 on Employment and Income of Vocational Graduates in China: Evidence from Surveys in January and July 2020. China Economic Review. 2022, 75
2. Yunwei Chen, Sean Sylvia, Paiou Wu and Hongmei Yi*, Explaining the Declining Utilization of Village Clinics in Rural China over Time: A Decomposition Approach. Social Science & Medicine. 2022, 301.
3. Prashant Loyalka, Xiaoting Huang, Linxiu Zhang, Jianguo Wei, Hongmei Yi*, Yingquan Song, Yaojiang Shi and James Chu, The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries: Evidence from China. World Bank Economic Review. 2016, 30(1), 143-170.
4. Hongmei Yi, Grant Miller*, Linxiu Zhang, Shaoping Li and Scott Rozelle, Intended and Unintended Consequences of China's Zero Markup Drug Policy. Health Affairs. 2015,  34(8), 1391-1398.
5. Hongmei Yi, Yingquan Song, Chengfang Liu*, Xiaoting Huang, Linxiu Zhang, Yunli Bai, Baoping Ren, Yaojiang Shi, Prashant Loyalka, James Chu and Scott Rozelle, Giving Kids a Head Start: The Impact and Mechanisms of Early Commitment of Financial Aid on Poor Students in Rural China. Journal of Development Economics. 2015, 113, 1-15.
6. Prashant Loyalka, Chengfang Liu, Yingquan Song, Hongmei Yi*, Xiaoting Huang, Jianguo Wei, Linxiu Zhang, Yaojiang Shi, James Chu and Scott Rozelle, Can Information and Counseling Help Students from Poor Rural Areas Go to High School? Evidence from China. Journal of Comparative Economics. 2013, 41, 1012-1025.
7. Linxiu Zhang, Hongmei Yi*, Renfu Luo, Changfang Liu and Scott Rozelle, The Human Capital Roots of the Middle Income Trap: the Case of China. Agricultural Economics. 2013, (44), 151-162.
8. Hongmei Yi, Linxiu Zhang, Kim Singer, Scott Rozelle and Scott Atlas, Health Insurance and Catastrophic Illness: A Report on the New Cooperative Medical System in Rural China. Health Economics. 2009,18(S2), 119-127.

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