Zhuan Pei

Zhuan Pei is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Cornell University. He joined the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University in July 2015 as an assistant professor. His research focuses on the effect and design of social and employment programs and the application of micro-econometric methods in causal inference. Prior to Cornell, he was a postdoctoral economist at the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research from 2012 to 2013 and an assistant professor of economics at Brandeis University between 2013 and 2015. He teaches courses such as Empirical Strategies for Policy Research II.

Zhuan Pei is a researcher in Labor economics, Applied Microeconometrics, and Public Policy. His work focuses on causal inference methods, particularly regression kink design and regression discontinuity designs, to evaluate the impact of social and employment programs. Pei's research explores topics such as unemployment benefits, disability insurance, and Medicaid/CHIP eligibility, with an emphasis on policy evaluation and measurement error. His publications often address the challenges of confounders, dynamic incentives, and deadweight loss in social programs. Pei's contributions highlight the importance of rigorous empirical methods in understanding labor market outcomes and public policy effectiveness.