Dr Jiarui Nan

School of Economics

Research Associate

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j.nan@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Jiarui Nan
School of Economics
9 Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 4DT
Profile

Jiarui joined the School in September 2023 as a Research Associate. He is responsible for multiple research projects, focusing on the youth labour market and household finance in the UK.


Jiarui completed his PhD at Cardiff University (2023), on the topic of return to education and over-education wage penalty in the Chinese labour market. Prior to his current job, Jiarui worked as a Teaching Assistant at Cardiff Business School and a Research Assistant at the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD).

Qualifications

2019 - 2023   PhD in Economics, Cardiff University. Supervisors: Professor Melanie Jones and Dr Ezgi Kaya
2018 - 2019    Master of Research Economics (MRes), Cardiff University
2017 - 2018   MSc Economics with progress to MRes and PhD, Cardiff University
2016 - 2017    MSc Financial Economics, Cardiff University
2011 - 2015     BSc Auditing, Nanjing Audit University, China

Research interests

Jiarui is interested in Education Economics, over-education issue and the return of over-education in the labour market, especially in the context of China. Other research interests include gender and ethnicity inequality and job satisfaction.

Teaching interests

Microeconomics Theory 
Econometrics
Economics and Public Policy