Research Interests
Labor Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconometrics, Economics of China
Recent Publications
Published Papers
Liu, K. Wage Risk and the Value of Job Mobility in Early Employment Careers, Journal of Labor Economics vol 37 no. 1 (2019) pp. 139-185Chan, M. K. and Liu, K. Life-Cycle and Intergenerational Effects of Child Care Reforms, Quantitative Economics vol 9(2) (2018) pp. 659-706
Aaberge, R., Liu, K. and Zhu, Y. Political Uncertainty and Household Savings, Journal of Comparative Economics vol 45(1) (2017) pp. 154-170
Liu, K. Insuring Against Health Shocks: Health Insurance and Household Choices, Journal of Health Economics vol 46 (2016) pp. 6-32
Liu, K. Explaining the Gender Wage Gap: Estimates from a Dynamic Model of Job Changes and Hours Changes, Quantitative Economics vol 7(2) (2016) pp. 411-477
Recent Activities
Workers, Firms and Labour Markets Workshop
Faculty of Economics is hosting a one-day workshop on Workers, Firms and Labour Markets on Friday, 18th October 2019, from 9.30am-3.30pm in the Meade Room. The workshop is organised by Dr Noriko Amano Patino, Dr Kai Liu and Dr Weilong Zhang and the speakers include includes Eric French, Roland Rathelot, Carlos Carrillo-Tudela, Pierre Cahuc, and Manudeep Bhuller. You can view the programme here.
Event Date - Friday 18th October 2019
Labour Markets, Human Capital and Public Policy
Costas Meghir, Hanming Fang, Magne Mogstad, Gordon Dahl and Chris Walters will all be speaking at the Labour Markets, Human Capital and Public Policy Conference. This will be held on 9th of May 2017, between 9.00am and 5.00pm, in Winstanley theatre, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Event Date - Tuesday 9th May 2017
Research Grants
Family Instability, Child Development and Family Policy: Theory and Evidence from an Economic Model (British Academy)
Keynes Fund Sponsored Projects
Liu, K., Risk and Return in Human Capital Investments (JHOJ)
Liu, K., Wage Dynamics and Post-Schooling Human Capital Accumulation (JHUE)
Teaching
PI Paper 1 - Lent - General Equilibrium, Externalities, Welfare
PIIA Paper 7 - Michaelmas - Labour Supply, Demand and Human Capital
PhD12 - Topics in Applied Microeconomics
PhD Students
Supervisor
Salvatore Lattanzio
PhD Title: Firms, Labour Cost Adjustment and the Gender Wage Gap: The Role of Workplace Heterogeneity in the Labour Market
Research: Labour economics, Inequality, Gender wage gap
PhD Title: Firms, Labour Cost Adjustment and the Gender Wage Gap: The Role of Workplace Heterogeneity in the Labour Market
Research: Labour economics, Inequality, Gender wage gap
Taehee Oh
PhD Title: The Effects of Social Labour Policies and Changes in Circumstances on the Labour Supply
Research:
PhD Title: The Effects of Social Labour Policies and Changes in Circumstances on the Labour Supply
Research:
Benjapon Prommawin
PhD Title: An Essay on International Reserves Adequacy for Emerging Asian Countries
Research:
PhD Title: An Essay on International Reserves Adequacy for Emerging Asian Countries
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