Academic profile
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Zhiwu Wei is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. His research aims to answer two broad questions: (1) what are the causes and consequences of spatial inequality? (2) What is the role of place-based policies in redressing spatial inequality? To conduct these studies, he primarily applies causal inference quantitative research methods with GIS analysis, drawing on both survey and administrative data. In his areas of expertise, he has acted as an External Consultant to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and Research Specialist/Assistant at the Judge Business School and the Department of Land Economy (University of Cambridge), the Institute of New Structural Economics (Peking University), the Institute for China Sustainable Urbanization (Tsinghua University). |
Teaching
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Undergraduate Supervisor for Paper 7 Regional Economics and Policy. |
Research interests
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Economic Geography, Regional and Urban Economics, Political Economy, Public Policy. |
Category/Classification
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Public policy |