ZHANG Xuan
Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Economics; Lee Kong Chian Fellow
QUALIFICATIONS:
- PhD, Brown University, 2019
- BA, Economics, Renmin University of China, 2013
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Health Economics
- Labour Economics
- Applied Microeconomics
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsXuan Zhang is an accomplished health and labor economist whose research spans public health insurance, pharmaceutical innovation, and the socioeconomic impacts of healthcare policies, with a strong focus on applied microeconomics and well-being.
Integrates rigorous empirical analysis with policy relevance, contributing to understanding of healthcare access, insurance expansion, and socioeconomic disparities; recognized for interdisciplinary collaboration and impactful grants; consistently addresses real-world challenges in health and labor economics.
Focused research areas include Impacts of physician retirement and healthcare policy on patient outcomes; public health insurance and pharmaceutical innovation; labor supply and well-being among seniors; health education and obesity; maternal health and labor supply; long-run effects of city awards; disparities in healthcare utilization and outcomes.
Integrates rigorous empirical analysis with policy relevance, contributing to understanding of healthcare access, insurance expansion, and socioeconomic disparities; recognized for interdisciplinary collaboration and impactful grants; consistently addresses real-world challenges in health and labor economics.
Focused research areas include Impacts of physician retirement and healthcare policy on patient outcomes; public health insurance and pharmaceutical innovation; labor supply and well-being among seniors; health education and obesity; maternal health and labor supply; long-run effects of city awards; disparities in healthcare utilization and outcomes.
Areas of Expertise
Health EconomicsLabor EconomicsApplied Microecnonomics
Past Awarded Grant
- Lee Kong Chian Fellow (2022-2024)
- Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 3 Grant. "Dynamic and Holistic Monitoring of the Well-Being of Older Singaporeans", S$9.95 million, Collaborator (2020-2025)
- IZA Coronavirus Emergency Research Thrust fund (with Seonghoon Kim and Kanghyock Koh) (2020)
- Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Grant. "Expanding Health Insurance to Parents: Effects on Children's Well-being", S$13,760, PI (2019-2022)
- Interdisciplinary Opportunity Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Brown University (2018-2019)
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- T Jiang, X Tian, N Yin, X ZhangAvailable at SSRN 5759425, 2025
- A Sun, F Xia, X ZhangJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization 238, 107241, 2025
- M Marcus, X Zhang
- L Wang, X Zhang, S Kim, K KohJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization 222, 332-353, 2024
- J Tan, X Zhang
- A Janssen, X ZhangAmerican economic review 113 (1), 1-33, 2023
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QUALIFICATIONS:
- PhD, Brown University, 2019
- BA, Economics, Renmin University of China, 2013
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Health Economics
- Labour Economics
- Applied Microeconomics