Xincheng Qiu

Xincheng Qiu

Ph.D. Candidate

University of Pennsylvania

Welcome!

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

My research focuses on macroeconomics and labor economics.

Interests
  • Macroeconomics
  • Labor Economics
  • Public Finance
  • Firm Dynamics
  • Spatial Economics
Education

  • Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, in progress

    University of Pennsylvania

  • M.A. in Economics, 2017

    Peking University

  • B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Mathematics, 2015

    Peking University

Working Papers

“Golden Ages”: A Tale of the Labor Markets in China and the United States
Hanming Fang, Xincheng Qiu
November 2021 NBER Working Paper 29523
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The Geography of Job Creation and Job Destruction
Moritz Kuhn, Iourii Manovskii, Xincheng Qiu
October 2021 NBER Working Paper 29399
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Work in Progress

Precautionary Mismatch
Jincheng (Eric) Huang, Xincheng Qiu
March 2021 Preliminary Draft
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Honors

  • Dean’s Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
  • Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics (for the best third-year research paper), University of Pennsylvania, 2021.
  • Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
  • Lawrence Robbins Prize in Economics (for the best first-year student), University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
  • Xinmei Zhang Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2017.

“Labor, Firms, and Macro” Reading Group

I am organizing a virtual reading group on “Labor, Firms, and Macro” broadly defined. The archive along with the schedule is here. Please contact me if you are interested in participating.