Name：Yu Yangyang

Title：Professor, Doctoral Tutor, Deputy Director of the Center for Health Policy and Management

Research Interest: Health Economics, Population and Labor Economics

Courses Taught: Health Policy and Management, Population and Socioeconomic Development, Frontier Research in Medical Insurance, Demography

E-mail：yu.yangyang@mail.shufe.edu.cn

Educational Background

2009.9-2012.6, Doctor of Economics, School of Economics, Fudan University

2004.9-2007.9, Master of Economics, School of Economics, Fudan University

1997.9-2001.7, Bachelor of Economics, School of Business, Ningbo University

Working Experience

2012.6 – Present: Lecturer, (Distinguished) Associate Professor, Professor, School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

2014.9 – 2015.9: Visiting Scholar, Duke Global Health Institute and Department of Economics, Duke University

2007.7 – 2012.5: Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Academy of Development and Reform

2001.9 – 2004.7: Faculty Member, Department of Economics and Trade, Zhejiang Industry & Trade Vocational College

Social Service

1. Director of the Healthcare System Reform Branch, China Association for Health Economics, Member of the Special Committee on Social Security for Persons with Disabilities, Director of the World Social Security Branch, Director of the Economics of Aging Branch

2. Young Research Fellow, Shanghai Health and Health Development Research Center, Member of the Expert Database for Deepening Healthcare System Reform in Shanghai, Director, Shanghai Zhongchuang Industrial Innovation Research Institute

3. Ad hoc Reviewer for the following journals: Economic Research Journal, Journal of World Economics, Economics Quarterly, China Economic Review, Journal of Population Science, China Economic Review, Journal of Finance and Economics, World Economics Review, China Health Policy and Management Research, and others.

Research Projects

1. 2023.01–2026.12: Host, National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), "The Long-term Care Insurance System and the Efficiency and Equity of Elderly Care Supply: Impact Mechanisms and Policy Measures" (Project No.: 72274117), Ongoing.

2. 2019.01–2023.05: Host, Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Planning Fund Project, "The Impact of Long-term Care Insurance on the Supply of Elderly Care Personnel: A Perspective on Alleviating the 'Caregiver Shortage'" (Project No.: 19YJA790111), Completed.

3. 2018.10–2023.05: Host, Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science General Project, "The Impact of Long-term Care Insurance on Care Supply in Shanghai: A Perspective on Elderly Care Personnel" (Project No.: 2018BJB017), Completed.

4. 2018.01–2021.06: Responsible for Sub-project 3 "Strategic Actions to Improve the Health Status of the Elderly and Perfect the Medical Security and Care Systems" in the Major Research Project of Ministry of Education Philosophy and Social Science Research, "Research on Action Strategies to Actively Cope with Population Aging" (Project No.: 17JZD028), Completed.

5. 2013.01–2015.12: Host, Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Project, "Research on the Remuneration of Elderly Care Services: An Explanation for the 'Caregiver Shortage' and Related Policy Recommendations" (Project No.: 13YJC790188), Completed.

6. 2014.01–2016.12: Host, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program), "Research on the Supply of Elderly Care Services in China: Impact Mechanisms and Policy Interventions" (Project No.: 71303150), Completed.

7. 2014.05–2015.09: Host, Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Youth Project, "Research on Elderly Care Supply in Shanghai—A Perspective on the Integrated Development of Elderly Care and Medical Services" (Project No.: 2014EJB002), Completed.

8. 2013.05–2015.05: Host, Shanghai Higher Education Institutions Young Teacher Training Support Program, "Supply of Elderly Care Personnel in Shanghai: Impact Mechanisms and Policy Interventions" (Project No.: ZZCD13003), Completed.

9. 2009.07–2013.07: Host, Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Youth Project, "Health Management and the Enhancement of Community Health Service Functions—A Perspective on Shanghai's Public Health Services" (Project No.: 2009EJB008), Completed.

1. 2024.11–2025.11: Host, Construction of Professional Degree Graduate Course "Health Policy and Management" at the University Level.

2. 2023.11–2025.10: Host, Construction of Shanghai Key Course "Population and Socioeconomic Development."

3. 2020.01–2022.11: Host, Construction of First-Class Undergraduate Course "Population and Socioeconomic Development" at the University Level.

Participant in the Construction of National First-Class Online Undergraduate Course ("Social Security Studies"), Shanghai Excellence Course ("Social Security Studies"), and University First-Class Undergraduate Course ("Social Security").

Publications

1. Yu Yangyang, Zhang Yi, Feng Jin. "The Resource Allocation Effect of Long-term Care Insurance: A Study on Institutional Incentives and Market Entry of Care Facilities," Economics Quarterly, forthcoming.

2. Yu Yangyang, Zhai Ying, Zhang Yi. "Integrated Care and Medical Cost Control: Evidence from the 'Cognition-friendly Community' Pilot," Journal of Finance and Economics, June 2024.

3. Yu Yangyang, Zhang Yi, Feng Jin. "Long-term Care Insurance and the Supply of Elderly Care Institutions: Evidence from the Pilot in City S," Social Sciences, 2023(08): 140-152.

4. Yu Yangyang, Zhai Ying. "The Supply of Elderly Care Services and the Role of Long-term Care Insurance: A Literature Review from the Perspective of Wage Compensation," Social Security Research, 2023(03): 103-111.

5. Jingyi Ai, Jin Feng, Yangyang Yu. "Elderly Care Provision and the Impact on Caregiver Health in China," China & World Economy, 2022, 30(5): 206–226.

6. Feng Jin, Yu Yangyang. "Seeking Medical Care Without Bureaucratic Hassles: Why Is It So Difficult in China?—Market or Government, the National Conditions Decide," Fudan Financial Review, Issue 9, 2020.

7. Feng Jin, Wang Zhen, Yu Yangyang. "Does Long-term Care Insurance Reduce Hospital Utilization and Medical Expenditure? Evidence from China," Social Science & Medicine, 2020, 258, 103081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113081

8. Yu Yangyang, Chen Jie. "Living in Proximity vs. Under the Same Roof: Residential Arrangements and Cognitive Health of the Elderly in Rural China," Journal of Finance and Economics, 2020, 46(8): 49-63.

9. Yu Yangyang, Feng Jin. "The Impact of Family Care on the Utilization of Medical Services by the Elderly," Economics Quarterly, 2018, 17(3): 923-936.

10. Yu Yangyang, Sloan Frank A. "Trends in Elderly Health by Birth Cohort: Evidence from China," China Economic Review, 2017, 44: 282-295. doi:10.1016/j.chieo.2017.05.001

11. Dong Xiaoyuan, Feng Jin, Yu Yangyang. "Relative Pay of Domestic Eldercare Workers in Shanghai, China," Feminist Economics, 2017, 23(1): 135-159.

12. Yu Yangyang, Feng Jin. "Dynamic Changes in the Health of the Elderly in China and Their Implications for Healthy Aging," World Economics Review, 2017, 1(3): 1-24.

13. Yu Yangyang, Zou Wenwei, Li Hua. "The Impact of Elderly Care on the Utilization of Medical Services by Family Caregivers: An Empirical Study Based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study," Labor Economics Research, 2017, 5(6): 13-35.

14. Feng Jin, Yu Yangyang, Lou Pingyi. "Medical Demand and the Growth of Medical Costs in China: A Perspective on the Differences in Urban and Rural Elderly Medical Expenditure," China Social Sciences, 2015(3): 85-103. Reprinted in Academic Digest of Social Sciences in Universities, March 2015; China Social Sciences Abstracts, June 2015. Awarded the "First Prize in the 13th Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievements Award."

15. Feng Jin, Lou Pingyi, Yu Yangyang. "Health Care Expenditure over the Life Cycle in the PRC," Asian Development Review, 2015, 32(1): 167-195.

16. Yu Yangyang, Feng Jin. "Relative Wages for Elderly Care: An Explanation for the Caregiver Shortage," Journal of Finance and Economics, 2014, 40(8): 119-129.

17. Yu Yangyang. "Differences in the Demand for Preventive Health Services and Their Influencing Factors: An Empirical Analysis Based on Cross-Provincial Data in China," Shanghai Economic Research, Issue 10, 2011, pp. 46-57.

18. Yu Yangyang. "The Impact of Population Aging on Medical Expenditure in China: A Perspective on Urban-Rural Differences," World Economics Review, Issue 5, 2011, pp. 64-79. Reprinted in full by the China Research Service Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

19. Feng Jin, Yu Yangyang. "Healthcare System Reform: Marketization, Incentive Mechanisms, and the Role of Government," World Economics Review, Issue 1, 2008, pp. 1-13. Reprinted in full in 复印报刊资料 (System Reform), May 2008.

20. Feng Jin, Yu Yangyang. "Income Inequality and Health among Rural Residents in China," Economic Research Journal, Issue 1, 2007, pp. 79-88. Reprinted in full in 复印报刊资料, Awarded the "Third Prize in the 9th Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievements Award."

21. Yu Yangyang, Feng Jin. "A Review of the Relationship between Income Inequality and Health," Economic Dynamics, Issue 7, 2006, pp. 92-96.

1. Yu Yangyang, Zheng Chunrong (Eds.),《国际社会保障动态：面向人口高质量发展的出生缺陷防治体系建设》, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2024.

2. Yu Yangyang,Contributing Author, 《国际社会保障动态：后疫情时代的民生保障》, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2021.

3. Yu Yangyang,Contributing Author, 《国际社会保障动态：积极老龄化战略下的社会保障》, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2017.

4. Yu Yangyang,Contributing Author,《国际社会保障动态：反贫困模式与管理》, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2015.

5. Yu Yangyang,Contributing Author,《国际社会保障动态——全民医疗保障体系建设》, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2013.

1. Yu Yangyang, Zhai Ying. "推广以社区为重点的整合型照护模式," Liberation Daily, June 6, 2024.

2. Yu Yangyang. "借助长护险应对银发经济“护工荒”," First Financial, January 30, 2024.

3. Yu Yangyang. "老龄化或推我国医疗费用的快速增长," China Social Sciences News, January 14, 2013, Issue 404. Reprinted in China Social Sciences Abstracts, Issue 6, 2013, pp. 7-8.

4. Yu Yangyang. "谁来照料老人？," First Financial Daily, February 19, 2014, p. B05.

Working Papers

1. Provider Incentives in Health Care Market------Evidence from Retail Pharmacy in China

2. 长期护理保险视角下市场竞争与照护服务可及性

3. 能否两全其美？家庭医生制度与基层卫生服务效率---基于医患双方视角

Awards and Honors

2024: Selected for the 6th Batch of the "Institutional Talent Project."

2024: Mentored students in obtaining national-level projects and outstanding completion projects in the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Extracurricular Academic and Technological Works Competition (DaChuang).

2023: Mentored students in achieving outstanding completion projects in the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics "Zhixing Cup" Summer Social Practice.

2023: Mentored students in obtaining outstanding completion projects in the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Extracurricular Academic and Technological Works Competition (DaChuang).

2023: Received the "Outstanding Mentor Award" in Shanghai.

2022–2023: Mentored students in winning the Special Prize in Shanghai and the Third Prize nationally in the 18th "Challenge Cup" College Students' Extracurricular Academic and Technological Works Competition (DaChuang Project).

2020: Received the "Second Prize in the 8th Higher Education Research Outstanding Achievements Award."

2019: Mentored students in obtaining the Outstanding Graduation Thesis Award at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

2017: Mentored students in winning the Outstanding Innovation Report Award at the 5th Shanghai College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum.

2016: Received the "First Prize in the 13th Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievements Award."

2008: Received the "Third Prize in the 9th Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievements Award."