Yang Yang
Research Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolYang Yang is a Research Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University specializing in Computational Social Science, Labor Economics, and Education Economics with a regional focus on China. He combines rigorous empirical training—a PhD from UC San Diego and predoctoral work at Stanford—with practical data analysis roles at IGCC and SCCEI to translate complex social and labor questions into measurable insights. Across 11 years of research and teaching experience, he has worked in academic settings from Xiamen and HKUST to UCLA and ZEW, bringing both quantitative methods and field-oriented projects (including historical famine research) to bear. Known for bridging political science and economics, he applies computational approaches to policy-relevant problems and maintains active collaborations with Stanford-affiliated institutes. Colleagues value his ability to move from data mining and econometric instruction to high-level research design, making him effective at both mentoring students and producing publishable, policy-facing work.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, International Business and Trade, Bachelor's degree, International Business and Trade at Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee CollegeUniversity of California, San DiegoHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)Master's degree, Finance, General, Master's degree, Finance, General at Xiamen UniversityPredoctoral Fellow, Computational Social Science, Predoctoral Fellow, Computational Social Science at Stanford University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (4)
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echarts1
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
leoyyang/academic_website
Jun 2017 - Dec 2023
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
leoyyang/leoyyang.github.io
Jun 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:143 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 10 months
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