Welcome!

I am Tianyu, a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Yale University. My research examines issues at the intersection of macroeconomics, international trade, and economic development. Currently, I focus on three interconnected areas: technological change and labor markets, geopolitics and geoeconomics, and unequal growth and development.

Contact me at tianyu.fan@yale.edu or tianyufan.econ@gmail.com.

Here is my Curriculum Vitae. I expect to be on the job market this fall (2025/26).

Working Papers

The Labor Market Incidence of New Technologies
Job Market Paper #1
[Latest 04/25] | [arXiv] | [SSRN]

The Geopolitical Determinants of Economic Growth, 1960 - 2019
Job Market Paper #2
[Latest 07/25] | [arXiv] | [SSRN]

Publications

Growing Like India: The Unequal Effects of Service-Led Growth
with Michael Peters and Fabrizio Zilibotti
Econometrica, Vol. 91, No. 4, 2023
[Published Version] | [Corrigendum] | [Working Paper] | [VoxDev] | [Ideas for India]

Work in Progress

Partial Automation
with Pascual Restrepo

Geopolitical Barriers to Global Trade and Capital Flows
with Mai Wo and Wei Xiang

Anatomy of Geopolitical Dynamics: Facts and Tests
with Jizhou Liu and Wei Xiang

Measuring Inflation Inequality with Incomplete Prices
with Olivia Ding and Kan Yao