Xiaoyan Lei

Research Fellow

Peking University

xylei@nsd.pku.edu.cn

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Research Interests

XIAOYAN LEI is associate professor of economics at China Center for Economic Research (CCER), National School of Development at Peking University. Her research spans the areas of Labor Economics, Health Economics and Economics of Ageing. Some of her work has been published on American Economic Journal, Journal of Human Resources, Health Economics and so on. She is also an active member in the research team for designing and conducting the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHALRS). She received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2010.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14725

One Country, Two Systems: Evidence on Retirement Patterns in China

John T. Giles, Xiaoyan Lei, Gewei Wang, Yafeng Wang, Yaohui Zhao

forthcoming in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9301

The Great Expectations: Impact of One-Child Policy on Education of Girls

Wei Huang, Xiaoyan Lei, Ang Sun

published as 'Fertility Restrictions and Life Cycle Outcomes: Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103 (4), 695 - 710

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9226

Do Social Networks Improve Chinese Adults' Subjective Well-being?

Xiaoyan Lei, Yan Shen, James P. Smith, Guangsu Zhou

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2015, 6, 57 - 67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8394

One-Child Policy and the Rise of Man-Made Twins

Wei Huang, Xiaoyan Lei, Yaohui Zhao

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 93 (3), 467 -476

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7536

Gender Differences in Cognition in China and Reasons for Change over Time: Evidence from CHARLS

Xiaoyan Lei, James P. Smith, Xiaoting Sun, Yaohui Zhao

published as 'Gender differences in cognition in China and reasons for change over time: Evidence from CHARLS' in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2014, 4, 46-55

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6489

Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China

Wei Huang, Xiaoyan Lei, Geert Ridder, John Strauss, Yaohui Zhao

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(2), 86-121.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6249

Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS

Xiaoyan Lei, John Strauss, Meng Tian, Yaohui Zhao

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5182

Child Health and the Income Gradient: Evidence from China

Yi Chen, Xiaoyan Lei, Li-An Zhou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5152

Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot