Huan Deng

Huan Deng

Assistant Professor in Economics

Hong Kong Baptist University

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance, Hong Kong Baptist University. I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University.

I am a labor and applied microeconomist. My research combines structural modeling, causal inference, and original survey and field experimental data to study questions in labor economics, development, and political economy.

Interests

  • Labor Economics
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Development Economics
  • Political Economy

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, 2024

    Johns Hopkins University

  • M.S. in Economics, 2016

    China Center for Economic Research (CCER), Peking University

  • B.S. in Economics, 2012

    Nankai University

Publication

Huan Deng, Yujung Hwang (2025). Structural Analysis of Xenophobia. Accepted at The Review of Economics and Statistics.

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Working Papers

Huan Deng (2023). Gender Inequality from a Spatial Perspective: Location Choice, Marriage Matching, and Labor Supply (Under revision, new draft coming soon).

Teaching

Hong Kong Baptist University

Econometrics for Economic Analysis (Master’s level), Fall 2025

Advanced Econometrics (Ph.D. level), Spring 2025 | Course materials

Economics of Human Resources, Spring 2025

Johns Hopkins University (Teaching Assistant)

Market Design, Fall 2023

Elements of Microeconomics, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Economics of Health, Fall 2021

Economics of Discrimination, Spring 2021

Consumer & Producer Theory (Ph.D. level), Fall 2019

General Equilibrium Theory (Ph.D. level), Fall 2019

Peking University (Teaching Assistant)

Intermediate Microeconomics, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015

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