Dean Yang
Funded Research:
Biometric and Financial Innovations in Rural Malawi (USAID)
Financial Innovations to Stimulate Remittances and Savings: An Experimental Approach (NSF)
Remittance and Financial Products Innovation Project (Banco Agricola)
Supplement to Biometric and Financial Innovations in Rural Malawi (USAID)
Supplement to Financial Innovations to Stimulate Remittances: An Experimental Approach (MacArthur Foundation)
Supplement: Financial Innovations to Stimulate Remittances and Savings: An Experimental Approach (Inter-American Development Bank)
Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Michigan.
Assistant Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., Harvard University
Dr. Yangs research deals with the economic problems of developing countries, focusing on international migration, micro-finance, disasters and risk, human capital, international trade, and crime and corruption.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Maccini, Sharon, and Dean Yang. 2009. "Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Economic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall." American Economic Review, 99(3): 1006–26. DOI:10.1257/aer.99.3.1006. Licensed Access.
Gine, Xavier, and Dean Yang. 2009. "Insurance, credit, and technology adoption: Field experimental evidence from Malawi." Journal of Developmental Economics, 89(1): 1-11. DOI:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.09.007. Licensed Access.
Yang, Dean. 2008. "Integrity for Hire: An Analysis of a Widespread Customs Reform." Journal of Law and Economics, 51 (1). DOI:10.1086/520007. Licensed Access.
Yang, Dean. 2008. "Can Enforcement Backfire? Crime Displacement in the Context of Customs Reform in the Philippines." Review of Economics and Statistics, 90(1): 1-14. DOI:10.1162/rest.90.1.1. Licensed Access.
Yang, Dean. 2008. "International Migration, Remittances, and Household Investment: Evidence from Philippine Migrants’ Exchange Rate Shocks." Economic Journal, 118(528): 591-630. DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02134.x . Licensed Access.
Yang, Dean. 2008. "Coping with Disaster: The Impact of Hurricanes on International Financial Flows, 1970-2002." B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 8 (1) Article 13.
Yang, Dean, and Choi, H. 2007. "Are remittances insurance? Evidence from rainfall shocks in the Philippines." World Bank Economic Review, 21(2): 219-248. DOI:10.1093/wber/lhm003. Licensed Access.
Yang, Dean. 2006. "Why Do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence from Philippine Migrants’ Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks." Review of Economics and Statistics, 88(4): 715-735. DOI:10.1162/rest.88.4.715. Licensed Access.
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