Research topic:
Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Economics of Gender
My name is Meng Meng, and I am a final-year PhD student at SOFI, Stockholm University. Before joining the PhD programme, I obtained a Master’s degree in Economics at the University of Warwick. My research interests are in labor economics, gender economics, and the economics of education. I study the determinants and patterns of gender inequality in labor markets and within households, as well as how institutional incentives and economic conditions shape students’ choices and the allocation of talent.
My current projects address these themes from different angles. My job market paper examines how sectoral shocks—utilizing the dot-com bubble collapse as a natural experiment—impact men’s and women’s higher education choices, with implications for the persistence of gender gaps in STEM. A second project examines the impact of China’s 2011 Marriage Law reform on intra-household inequality, showing how shifts in property rights affect both the intra-couple wealth gap and bargaining power. A third line of work explores how government quality signals, through China’s Double First-Class Initiative, influence student allocation across higher education disciplines.
Hosted by:
Professor Almudena Sevilla