Hello! Welcome to my webpage. 

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at University of Wisconsin-Madison. My research interests lie in labor economics, health economics, and macroeconomics, with a particular focus on understanding worker and firm heterogeneity in the labor markets. 

Email: mwan9@wisc.edu

My CV is available here. 

Working Papers

Health Capital, Labor Market Frictions, and Wage Inequality

Presentation: CES China Annual Conference, Economics Graduate Student Conference, Midwest Macroeconomics Meeting, Annual Meetings of the Midwest Economics Association, Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting (scheduled)

From Gig to Guardrails: The Impact of Employee-Like Protections on Ride-hailing Supply and Earnings 

(with Jingwei Dai, Chad Ho, and Jinan Lin)

Presentation: "The Micro and Macro Perspective of the Labor Market" Reading Group

Work in Progress

Work, Health, and Wages: A Structural Model with Two-Sided Heterogeneity