Welcome to my website!

I am a 4th-year Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My research interests lie in labor economics, macroeconomics, and health economics. 

Please feel free to contact me at 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, China International Conference in Macroeconomics, European Association of Labour Economists Conference

Social Benefits and Labor Supply in the Gig Economy: Evidence from Singapore's Platform Workers Act 

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

Presentation: "The Micro and Macro Perspective of the Labor Market" Reading Group, Shanghai Jiaotong University, CCER Summer Institute

Work in Progress

Work and the Origins of Health Inequality