Yu ZhengReaderEmail: yu.zheng@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: +44 20 7882 8049Room Number: GC510Website: https://sites.google.com/site/yzhengc/Office Hours: Monday: 3pm - 5pmProfilePublicationsProfileYu Zheng is a macroeconomist with research interests in economic growth, development and inequality. Her current research focuses on the role human capital and intangible capital play in generating economic growth and inequality. More generally, she does theoretical and empirical work on economic growth, paying special attention to the aggregate implications of micro-level risks. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence.ResearchPublications Koh D., Santaeulàlia-Llopis R., Zheng Y. (2020) "Labour Share Decline and Intellectual Property Products Capital", Econometrica, 88(6): pp. 2609-2628 Bin W., Zheng Y. (2020) "A Model of Tournament Incentives with Corruption", Journal of Comparative Economics, 48(1) pp. 182-197 Corina M., Raza SH., Zheng Y. (2020) "The Economic Consequences of Hospitalizations for Older Workers across Countries", Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol 16 June, 100213. Zheng Y. (2019) "The Role of Education Signaling in Explaining the Growth of College Wage Premium", Macroeconomic Dynamics, 23(3) pp. 1247-1286 Santaeulàlia-Llopis R., Zheng Y. (2018) "The Price of Growth: Consumption Insurance in China 1989 – 2009", American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 10(4), pp 1-36 (Lead Article)