Professor of Economics (On Leave Fall 24 and Winter 25)
About
Dean Yang is a Professor in the Department of Economics and the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. His current research is primarily on microfinance, international migration, and areas at the intersection of these topics. Other past and current topics of interest include health, disasters, international trade, and political economy.
Methodologically, much of his work involves randomized controlled trials in field settings, but other work involves analysis of novel data sources. He is currently running survey work and field experiments among Filipino migrant workers and their families, and among rural microloan clients in Malawi.
His past and current research locations include El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, and the Philippines, as well as migrant populations of Filipinos in Italy, Indians in Qatar, and Salvadorans and Kenyans in the U.S.
Professor Yang teaches courses in development economics and microeconomics at the undergraduate, master, and Ph.D. levels. A native of the Philippines, he received his undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Harvard University.
Affiliation(s)
- Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
- Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
Award(s)
- NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2021-2026)
- BASIS AMA CRSP, U.S. Agency for International Development (2009-2012)
- National Science Foundation, Award SES-0851570 (2009-2011)
- Inter-American Development Bank (2009-2013)
- World Bank Research Committee (2009-2012)
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (2007-2008)
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