Dr. Xi Yang
University of North Texas
Economics
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Education

PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2014.
Major: Economics
MA, Johns Hopkins University, 2011.
Major: Economics
MA, Beijing University, 2008.
Major: Economics
BA, Wuhan University, 2005.
Major: Economics and Mathematics

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. (August 2016 – Present).
Postdoc Research Fellow, University of Southern California. (September 2015 – August 2016).

Professional Memberships

Chinese Economists Society. (2017 – Present).

American Economic Association. (2015 – Present).

American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. (2015 – Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
ECON 3550, Intermediate Micro Theory, 14 courses.
ECON 3996, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 1 course.
ECON 4290, Labor Economics, 7 courses.
ECON 5030, Microeconomic Analysis, 2 courses.
ECON 5050, Seminar on Contemporary Economic Problems, 7 courses.
ECON 5340, Advanced Microeconomic Theory, 3 courses.
ECON 5900, Special Problems, 2 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

University of Southern California, Economics for Policy, Planning and Development, Spring 2015.

Directed Student Learning

Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (September 2021 – December 2021).

Directed Individual/Independent Study, Marketing, Logistics, and Operations Management. (September 2021 – December 2021).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article
Yang, X., Zhong, N., Painter, G. (2022). Housing Wealth as Precautionary Savings: Evidence from Urban China. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Tier 1
Yang, X. (2021). Land Use Regulations and Urban Growth of African Americans. Economic Development Quarterly. Tier 2
Yang, X., Liu, S. (2021). Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-skill Human Capital across Low-skill Labor Markets. Journal of Regional Science and Urban Economics. Tier 1
YANG, X., Liu, S. (2020). Property Tax Limits and Female Labor Supply: Evidence from the Housing Boom and Bust. Journal of Housing Economics. Tier 2
Yang, X., Lenard, T., Zhang, L. (2020). The Impact of Land Use Regulation Across the Conditional Distribution of Home Prices: An Application of Quantile Regression for Group Level Treatments. The Annals of Regional Science. Tier 2
Yang, X., Chen, B., Zhong, N. (2020). Housing Demand and Household Saving in China: Evidence from a Housing Reform. Journal of Housing Economics. Tier 2
Yang, X., Leonard, T., Reed, C., Zhang, L. (2020). Impact of Property Tax Abatement Incentives on Economic Growth. Economic Development Quarterly. 34(2), . Denton:. Tier 2
YANG, X. (2019). The Effect of Home Ownership on Post-unemployment Wages. Journal of Regional Science and Urban Economics. 74, 1-17. (lead article), Tier 1
YANG, X., Cull, R., Xu, L. C., Zhou, L., Zhu, T. (2017). Market Facilitation by Local Government and Firm Efficiency: Evidence from China. Journal of Corporate Finance. 42, 460-480. Tier 1
YANG, X., Yao, Y. (2012). Environmental Compliance and Firm Performance: Evidence from China. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 74(3), 397–424. Tier 1

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Brownbag Seminar, More Credit, More Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Prices, and Fertility, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2024 – 2024).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), University of Arkansas Economic Seminar, More Credit, More Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Prices, and Fertility, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America. (2024 – 2024).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), AREUEA Virtual Seminar, More Credit, More Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Prices, and Fertility, AREUEA, Virtual, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Econ Seminar, More Credit, Fewer Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Price, and Fertility, Texas Christian University, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Economics Seminar, More Credit, More Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Prices, and Fertility, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), USC Lusk Center’s Real Estate Research Semina, More Credit, More Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Prices, and Fertility, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School Seminar, ore Credit, More Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Prices, and Fertiliy, Johns Hopkins University, Virtual, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Economic Seminar, More Credit, Fewer Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Price, and Fertility, Texas A&M University, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Young Economist Society Summer Meeting, Housing Wealth Effect in U.S. and China, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, online, China. (2021).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), UNT Business School FIREL Seminar, Housing Wealth as Precautionary Savings: Evidence from Urban China, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Will Parent Migration Reduce Children's Non-Cognitive Skill? Evidence from Rural China, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Public Administration Department Seminar, Economic Impact of Property Tax Abatement: The Role of Variations in Land Values and Supply Elasticity, University of North Texas, Denton, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Texas A&M University, Housing Reform and Household Saving, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Tongji University Seminar, Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-Skill Human Capital across Low-Skill Labor Markets, China. (2016 – 2016).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Central University of Finance and Economics Seminar, Housing Reform and Household Saving, China. (2016 – 2016).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Chinese University of Hong Kong Seminar, Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers?The Effect of High-skill Human Capital across Low-skill Labor Markets, China. (2016 – 2016).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Lusk Center Research Seminar, Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-Skill Human Capital across Low-Skill Labor Markets, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Oral Presentation

Yang, X. (Author), Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES) International Conference, Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-Skill Human Capital across Low-Skill Labor Markets, ShenZhen, China, China. (2019 – 2019).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Biennial Conference for China Development Studies, Will Parent Migration Reduce Children's Non-Cognitive Skill? Evidence from Rural China, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, China. (2019 – 2019).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Asia Economists Society North America Conference, Housing Wealth and Household Consumption: Evidence from Urban China, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, China. (2019 – 2019).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Chinese Economists Society North America Conference, Housing Wealth and Household Consumption: Evidence from Urban China, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, China. (2019 – 2019).

YANG, X. (Author & Presenter), AREUEA National Conference, Housing Wealth and Household Consumption: Evidence from Urban China, Washington DC, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Chinese Economists Society North America Conference, Will Parent Migration Reduce Children's Non-Cognitive Skill? Evidence from Rural China, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Leonard, T. (Author & Presenter), Yang, X. (Author), Zhang, L. (Author), Upjohn Institute and Economic Development Quarterly Workshop, Economic Impact of Property Tax Abatement: The Role of Variations in Land Values and Supply Elasticity, United States of America. (2018).

Yang, X. (Author), Urban Economics Association Conference, Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-Skill Human Capital across Low-Skill Labor Markets, New York, USA, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Chinese Economists Society North America Conference 2017, Housing Reform and Household Saving, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), American Economic Association Annual Meeting 2017, Housing Reform and Household Saving, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting of the Urban Economics Association 2015, The Effect of Home Ownership on Post-unemployment Wages, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Panel Presentation

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), NBER Fertility Conference, More Credit, More Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Prices, and Fertility, NBER, Boston, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Yang, X. (Author), American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association international conference, Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-Skill Human Capital across Low-Skill Labor Markets, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, China. (2018 – 2018).

Paper

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Society of Labor Economist Annual Meeting, More Credit, More Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Prices, and Fertility, United States of America. (2024 – 2024).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Conference,, More Credit, More Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Prices, and Fertility, United States of America. (2024 – 2024).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), AREUEA-ASSA Conference, Does Rent Regulation Affect Tenant Unemployment? Evidence from New York City, United States of America. (2023).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Census SIPP Virtual Conference, More Credit, Fewer Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Price, and Fertility, Census, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), ERG Seminar, More Credit, Fewer Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, Housing Price, and Fertility, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Jiang, H. (Author & Presenter), Quintero, L. (Author), Yang, X. (Author), Does Rent Regulation Affect Tenant Unemployment? Evidence from New York City, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, United States of America. (2023).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Jiang, H. (Author), Quintero, L. (Author), Annual Meeting of the Urban Economics Association (UEA), Does Rent Regulation Affect Tenant Unemployment? Evidence from New York City, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Population Association of America Annual Conference (PAA), Property Division Law and Fertility: Evidence from China, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Society of Labor Economist Annual Meeting (SOLE), Property Division Law and Fertility: Evidence from China, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Jiang, H. (Author & Presenter), Quintero, L. (Author), Yang, X. (Author), IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists, Does Rent Regulation Affect Tenant Unemployment? Evidence from New York City, Online, Germany. (2022).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), UNT ERG Seminar, Do the Math! High School Math Requirement and Gender Wage and Location Gap, University of North Texas, on-line, United States of America. (2022).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), ABFER Conference on Urban and Regional Economics, Do the Math! High School Math Requirement and Gender Wage and Location Gap, Jinan University and Singapore Management University, Online, China. (2021).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), AREUEA-ASSA conference, Housing Wealth and Household Consumption: Evidence from Urban China, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Chinese Economists Society North America Conference, Housing Wealth as Precautionary Savings: Evidence from Urban China, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Upjohn Researcher Workshop, Land Use Regulations and Urban Growth of African Americans, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Tampa, Florida, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Jiang, H. (Author & Presenter), Quintero, L. (Author), Yang, X. (Author), American Law and Economics Association (ALEA) Annual Meeting, Does Rent Regulation Affect Tenant Unemployment? Evidence from New York City, Canceled due to COVID-19, United States of America. (2020).

Jiang, H. (Author & Presenter), Quintero, L. (Author), Yang, X. (Author), Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference, Does Rent Regulation Affect Tenant Unemployment? Evidence from New York City, Online, United States of America. (2020).

Jiang, H. (Author & Presenter), Quintero, L. (Author), Yang, X. (Author), North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) Annual Meeting, Does Rent Regulation Affect Tenant Unemployment? Evidence from New York City, Online, United States of America. (2020).

Jiang, H. (Author & Presenter), Yang, X. (Author), North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) Annual Meeting, Parental Migration, Investment in Children, and Left-behind Children's Non-Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Rural China, Online, United States of America. (2020).

Jiang, H. (Author & Presenter), Quintero, L. (Author), Yang, X. (Author), Urban Economics Association (UEA) North America Annual Meeting, Does Rent Regulation Affect Tenant Unemployment? Evidence from New York City, Online, United States of America. (2020).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), AREUEA National Conference 2015, The Effect of Home Ownership on Post-unemployment Wages, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Symposium

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), MIT Asia Real Estate Symposium, Property Division Law and Fertility: Evidence from China, MIT, Boston, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Yang, X. (Author), Singapore Management University Conference on Urban and Regional Economics, Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-Skill Human Capital across Low-Skill Labor Markets, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore. (2019 – 2019).

Yang, X. (Author & Presenter), Annual Urban Research Day Symposium (UC Irvine), Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-Skill Human Capital across Low-Skill Labor Markets, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship
Yang, X. (Other), "NBER NSF Mentorship Program," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $17000 Funded. (September 2023 – December 2023).
Grant - Research
Yang, X., Moffitt, R. (Supporting), "University of Wisconsin-Madison RDRC SSA Grant," Sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Madison, National, $100000 Funded. (May 2024 – May 2025).
Fischer, L. A. (Principal), Yang, X. (Co-Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), "Documenting, Evaluating and Understanding Land Regulation (Research Seed Grant)," University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2023 – 2024).
Yang, X. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creativity Award," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (August 2022 – August 2023).
Zhou, Y. (Principal), Carroll, M. C., Jiang, H., Kim, M., Rous, J. J., Yang, X., "Team Mentoring Grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 – 2022).
Yang, X. (Principal), "Creative and Research Enhancement Activity Time for Engagement (CREATE) Program," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (June 2022 – July 2022).
Yang, X. (Principal), "Faculty Summer Research," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (June 2017 – August 2017).

Awards and Honors

Scholar at Proposal Development Summer Institute, Russell Sage Foundation. (May 2021 – Present).

The Homer Hoyt Institute Best Paper Award, Asian Real Estate Society. (July 2019 – Present).

The Lincoln Institute Scholar Fellowship, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. (November 2019 – November 2020).

Service

University Service

Member, Aspire IChange Network Team. (October 2021 – Present).

Committee Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (January 2020 – Present).

Committee Member, Academic Integrity Appeals Committee. (January 2019 – Present).

Program Coordinator, State Employee Charitable Campaign. (September 2017 – Present).

Member, Econometrics Exit Exam Grader. (January 2017 – Present).

Committee Member, Political Science Department Faculty Search Committee. (August 2023 – December 2023).

Committee Member, Lecture Search Committee. (2022 – 2023).

Program Coordinator, We Care We Count. (January 2018 – May 2023).

Committee Member, Awards Committee. (September 2016 – May 2023).

Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee. (September 2019 – September 2020).

Professional Service

Committee Member, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association Women in Real Estate Network Committee. (January 2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Applied Economics. (January 2023 – Present).

Other, Texas Zoning Atlas. (January 2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, China Economic Review. (2022 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, International Studies of Economics. (2022 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Regional Science. (2022 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Economics of Transition and Institutional Change. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal Economics of Governance. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Housing Economics. (2020 – 2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Empirical Economics. (2016 – 2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Asian and African Studies. (2020 – 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Urban Affairs. (2020 – 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Regional Science and Urban Economics. (2020 – 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Small Business Economics. (2020 – 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, PLOS ONE. (2019 – 2019).