Keynote Speakers

It is our honor to welcome the following distinguished keynote speakers, who will be joining us on site this year:

Chao Fu (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Chao Fu is the Mary Claire Aschenbrener Phipps Distinguished Chair in Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She serves as Co-Editor of Quantitative Economics, Board of Editors of the Journal of Economic Literature, and has previously been a Foreign Editor of the Review of Economic Studies. Her research interests center on labor economics and the economics of education. Her work has been published in leading journals, including Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy and Review of Economic Studies.

Le Wang (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

Shintaro Yamaguchi (University of Tokyo)

Shintaro Yamaguchi is a Professor of Economics at the University of Tokyo. His research field is labor economics, with a focus on family policies and gender equality issues. He has published in leading journals including the American Economic Review, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and Quantitative Economics. In addition to his academic work, he serves on several government advisory councils in Japan, contributing research insights to policy discussions on gender equality and family policy.

Junjian Yi (Peking University)

Junjian Yi is the Boya Distinguished Professor at Peking University and Chair of the Academic Committee at the National School of Development, Peking University. He serves as Executive Editor of China Economic Quarterly and Associate Editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics. His research interests primarily lie in the economics of artificial intelligence, health economics, labor economics, development economics, econometrics, and behavioral economics. His academic work has been published in leading international journals across economics, management, demography, and public health, including the Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Management Science, Demography, The Lancet, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.