ZHONG Ling

Dr. Zhong Ling is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University in 2019. Her fields of specialization are labor economics, the economics of education, and the Chinese Economy.

Areas of Expertise

Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Chinese Economy

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 2019
• M.Phil., Economics, Yale University, 2016
• M.A., Economics, Yale University, 2015
• B.A. Economics and Mathematics (with high honors), Swarthmore College, 2013

Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor of Economics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, July 2019-present
• Research Affiliate, Department of Economics, Yale University, July 2019-present

Selected Publications

• “A dynamic pandemic model evaluating reopening strategies amid COVID-19,” (2021), PLOS ONE, 16(3), p.e0248302.
• “The Labor Market Return to Advanced Degrees,” (2021) with Joseph Altonji, Journal of Labor Economics, 39(2), pp.303-360.
• “Cooperative Tile-based 360-degree Panoramic Streaming in Heterogeneous Networks using Scalable Video Coding,” with Xiaoyi Zhang, Xinjue Hu, Shervin Shirmohammadi and Lin Zhang, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Volume 30, Issue 1, pp. 217-231, Jan. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2018.2886805.
• “Estimating the number of pulses in a mass extinction” (2018) with Steve Wang, Paleobiology, Volume 44, Issue 2, pp. 199-218.
• “Characteristics of Major Ions in Snow and River Water in Svalbard” (2009) with Shichang Kang, Yanwei Xu and Qianggong Zhang, Chinese Journal of Polar Research, Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 76-79.

Achievements

• University Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University, 2018-2019
• Cowles Foundation Structural Micro Program, 2018-2019
• Carl Arvid Anderson Prize Fellowship, Yale University, 2017
• Daniel Lathrop Lawton Scholarship, Yale University, 2015-2017
• Fan Family Fellowship, Yale University, 2014-2015 Phi Beta Kappa, 2013