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Yuhan Xue
Associate Professor

Department(s): Economics
Office Location: Timothy J Hyland Hall 4412
Phone: (262) 472-1354
Email: xuey@uww.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/xueyuhan/

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2014
M.S., Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2008
B.A., Economics, Peking University, 2007

Recent Publications

“Rare Homicides, Criminal Behavior, and the Returns to Police Labor,” with Nicholas Lovett. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021.
“Family First or the Kindness of Strangers? Foster Care Placements and Adult Outcomes,” with Nicholas Lovett. Labour Economics, 2020.
“Has the Affordable Care Act Affected Health Care Efficiency?” with Russ Kashian and Nicholas Lovett. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2020.
"Income Uncertainty, Consumer Durables Investments and Home Production: Evidence from China,'' with Yabin Wang. Contemporary Economic Policy, 2019.

Personal Bio

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the College of Business and Economics, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. I hold a PhD Degree in Economics from University of California, Santa Cruz. The focus of my research is in the areas of applied microeconomics, health economics and policy analysis.

Awards

Name

Date

Sponsor

Description

UWW CoBE Outstanding Research Award

September 2022

UWW College of Business and Economics

UWW CoBE Leon P. Hermsen Outstanding Teaching Award

September 2018

UWW CoBE

Education

Degree

Major

School

Year

Ph.D.

Economics

University of California, Santa Cruz

2014

Economics

University of California, Santa Cruz

2011

Economics

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2008

Economics

Peking University

2007

Memberships

Name

Length of Membership

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)

November 2017 - Current

American Economic Association

March 2016 - March 2017

Midwest Economic Association

October 2014 - March 2017

Missouri Valley Economic Association

October 2015 - October 2016

Western Economic Association International

April 2015 - April 2016

Conferences

Title

Co-Author(s)

Abstract

Prosecutorial decisions and crime reduction: A data-driven approach.

On Income, Education, and Health: A Natural Experiment

Do Greater Sanctions Deter Youth Crime? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Nicholas Lovett

We exploit the discontinuous jump in criminal sanctions at the age of majority in conjunction with administrative data from California to generate regression discontinuity estimates of the deterrent effect. Estimates show that the greater severity imposed...

Family First or the Kindness of Strangers? Foster Care Placements and Adult Outcomes

Nicholas Lovett

Foster care youth are a large population that have reliably been shown to be at high risk of poor adult outcomes that are costly to both former foster youth and the public. We evaluate the effects of placing foster children with extended family, rather th...

Has the Affordable Act Affected Healthcare Efficiency?

Russ Kashian, Nicholas Lovett

We utilize health care input and output data to evaluate how state-level efficiency in health care has changed in the wake of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We use a Stochastic Frontier model to estimate annual measures of technical and cost efficiency be...

"Have Electronic Benefits Cards Improved Food Access for Food Stamp Recipients?”

Nicholas Lovett

This paper investigates EBT card reforms in California’s food stamp program, and the impact on food insecurity. We test the hypothesis that EBT cards reduce food insecurity by reducing the food costs associated with loss and theft of benefits, as well as ...

Income Uncertainty, Consumer Durables Investments and Home Production: Evidence from China

Yabin Wang

We study consumer durables investment under income uncertainty in a home production framework. A model of lumpy home capital adjustment shows that higher income uncertainty makes households more cautious in undertaking investments. We test this prediction...

Health Returns to Modern Heating: Evidence from China

In this paper I analyze the health effects of China’s centralized home heating infrastructure. The primary health mechanism is that recipients of centralized heating do not need to use traditional fuels to heat their homes, and thus suffer from less expos...

Health Returns to Modern Heating: Evidence from China

Selected Publications

Title

Publisher

Type

Details

Date

Rare Homicides, Criminal Behavior, and the Returns to Police Labor

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Vol. 194 Pg. 172-195

February 2022

Has the Affordable Care Act Affected Healthcare Efficiency?

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Vol. 58 Iss. 2-3 Pg. 193–233

October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020

Family First or the Kindness of Strangers? Foster Care Placements and Adult Outcomes

Labour Economics

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Vol. 65 Pg. 101840

August 2020

All Publications

Title

Publisher

Type

Details

Date

Policing and Crime: Dynamic Panel Evidence from California

Oxford Economic Papers

Journal Article, Academic Journal

July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2023

Rare Homicides, Criminal Behavior, and the Returns to Police Labor

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Vol. 194 Pg. 172-195

February 2022

The Role of Specific Heritage Among Hispanic-Owned Banks in America

Managerial Finance

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Vol. 47 Iss. 5 Pg. 656-669

April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2021

Has the Affordable Care Act Affected Healthcare Efficiency?

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Vol. 58 Iss. 2-3 Pg. 193–233

October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020

Family First or the Kindness of Strangers? Foster Care Placements and Adult Outcomes

Labour Economics

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Vol. 65 Pg. 101840

August 2020

A Cost Efficiency Analysis of Local Commercial Banks in Taiwan

Asian Economic Journal

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Vol. 33 Iss. 1 Pg. 87–108

April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Ownership characteristics of Asian American banks

Journal of Economics and Finance

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Vol. 43 Iss. 3 Pg. 528–551

November 2018

Have Electronic Benefits Cards Improved Food Access for Food Stamp Recipients?

Journal of Economic Studies

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Vol. 44 Iss. 6

October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2017

Income Uncertainty, Consumer Durables Investments and Home Production: Evidence from China

Contemporary Economic Policy

Journal Article, Academic Journal

July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2017

Health Returns to Modern Heating: Evidence from China

Applied Economics

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Pg. 15

July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2017

Yuhan Xue Associate Professor

Awards

Education

Memberships

Conferences

Selected Publications

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Yuhan Xue
Associate Professor