Chaoran Chen
Associate Professor
Office: Vari Hall, 1034
Email: chenecon@yorku.ca
Primary website: https://sites.google.com/site/chaoransite/
Attached CV
I am currently an associate professor at York University. Before joining York, I received my Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of Toronto in 2017 and then taught for two years at the National University of Singapore.
My research interests are in macroeconomics and economic development. My work focuses on understanding the observed cross-country productivity differences through the lens of resource misallocation, structural transformation, and technology adoption, using both general equilibrium models and micro data. I am also interested in incomplete market models and inequality.
Degrees
Ph.D. Economics, University of Toronto, 2017M.A. Economics, University of Toronto, 2011
B. Economics, Fudan University, 2010
Research Interests
Health, Health Insurance, and Inequality
with Zhigang Feng and Jiaying Gu
International Economic Review, February 2025, Vol. 66(1): 107-141.
Family Migration and Structural Transformation
with Huoqing Cao, Xican Xi, and Sharon Xuejing Zuo
Canadian Journal of Economics, August 2024, Vol. 57(3): 753-776.
Land Security and Mobility Frictions
with Tasso Adamopoulos, Loren Brandt, Diego Restuccia, and Xiaoyun Wei
Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2024, Vol. 139(3): 1941-1987.
Finance, Managerial Inputs, and Misallocation
with Ashique Habib and Xiaodong Zhu
American Economic Review: Insights, September 2023, Vol. 5(3): 409-26.
Land Misallocation and Productivity
with Diego Restuccia and Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 15(2): 441-65.
The Effects of Land Markets on Resource Allocation and Agricultural Productivity
with Diego Restuccia and Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis
Review of Economic Dynamics, 45: 41-54.
Capital-Skill Complementarity, Sectoral Labor Productivity, and Structural Transformation
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 116: 103902.
Technology Adoption, Capital Deepening, and International Productivity Differences
Journal of Development Economics, 143: 102388
Untitled Land, Occupational Choice, and Agricultural Productivity
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 9(4): 91-121
I am currently an associate professor at York University. Before joining York, I received my Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of Toronto in 2017 and then taught for two years at the National University of Singapore.
My research interests are in macroeconomics and economic development. My work focuses on understanding the observed cross-country productivity differences through the lens of resource misallocation, structural transformation, and technology adoption, using both general equilibrium models and micro data. I am also interested in incomplete market models and inequality.
Degrees
Ph.D. Economics, University of Toronto, 2017M.A. Economics, University of Toronto, 2011
B. Economics, Fudan University, 2010
Research Interests
All Publications
Health, Health Insurance, and Inequality
with Zhigang Feng and Jiaying Gu
International Economic Review, February 2025, Vol. 66(1): 107-141.
Family Migration and Structural Transformation
with Huoqing Cao, Xican Xi, and Sharon Xuejing Zuo
Canadian Journal of Economics, August 2024, Vol. 57(3): 753-776.
Land Security and Mobility Frictions
with Tasso Adamopoulos, Loren Brandt, Diego Restuccia, and Xiaoyun Wei
Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2024, Vol. 139(3): 1941-1987.
Finance, Managerial Inputs, and Misallocation
with Ashique Habib and Xiaodong Zhu
American Economic Review: Insights, September 2023, Vol. 5(3): 409-26.
Land Misallocation and Productivity
with Diego Restuccia and Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 15(2): 441-65.
The Effects of Land Markets on Resource Allocation and Agricultural Productivity
with Diego Restuccia and Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis
Review of Economic Dynamics, 45: 41-54.
Capital-Skill Complementarity, Sectoral Labor Productivity, and Structural Transformation
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 116: 103902.
Technology Adoption, Capital Deepening, and International Productivity Differences
Journal of Development Economics, 143: 102388
Untitled Land, Occupational Choice, and Agricultural Productivity
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 9(4): 91-121
