Mengwei LIN 林孟蔚

My name is Mengwei Lin*. I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB), working with Andreu Arenas and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela since Spring 2023. I am also on the PhD Course Program in Economics of Education at the University of Zurich from 2024 to 2026.

Research fields:

• Economics of Education (primary field)
• Labor and Demographic Economics
• Cultural Economics
• Causal Inference: reduced-form & structural methods

Complementing research, I initiate and organize activities targeting young researchers, and write public-facing econ articles.

Prior to Barcelona, I worked in policy consultancy at the China Development Institute (CDI, Public Policy Center) and as a book translator. I obtained a Master's in Economics (with Distinction) from The University of Edinburgh.

* My name "Mengwei" (孟蔚) has 2 parts: meng (like /məng/, audio) & wei (as "way").