Dr Ran Gu
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872754
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Location
5B.334, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Tuesday 10 am-12 pm (by email appointment)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Labour Economics
Search and Matching
Conferences and presentations
Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders on Skill Requirements in Job Vacancy Postings
Invited presentation, 21st IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists (TAM), 8/6/2022
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Computational Economics (EC910)
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Topics in Macroeconomics (EC991)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 19/5/2021
Publications
Journal articles (3)
Gu, R., (2022). Human Capital and the Business Cycle Effects on the Postgraduate Wage Premium. Review of Economic Dynamics
Gu, R., Peng, C. and Zhang, W., (2021). The Gender Gap in Household Bargaining Power: A Portfolio-Choice Approach. IFS Working Paper
Blundell, RW., Gu, R., LethâPetersen, S., Low, H. and Meghir, C., (2019). Durables and Lemons: Private Information and the Market for Cars. Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper (2197)
Grants and funding
2020
Who Wears the Pants? Household Risk Attitudes and Intra-Household Financial Decision-Making
University of Cambridge (Funder)
2019
Risk Attitude and Portfolio Choice: An Intra-household Perspective
British Academy
Contact
Academic support hours:
Tuesday 10 am-12 pm (by email appointment)