Welcome!

My research examines issues at the intersection of macroeconomics, political economy, and international trade. Currently, I focus on three areas: technological change and labor markets [2, 5], geopolitics and geoeconomics [3, 4, 6], and unequal growth and development [1, 7].

Here are my Curriculum Vitae and research statement. I am on the 2025/26 job market.

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

Publications

1. 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]

Working Papers

2. The Labor Market Incidence of New Technologies
Job Market Paper
[Latest 10/25] | [arXiv] | [SSRN]

3. The Geopolitical Determinants of Economic Growth, 1960 - 2019
[Latest 07/25] | [arXiv] | [SSRN]

4. Geopolitical Barriers to Globalization
with Mai Wo and Wei Xiang
[Latest 09/25] | [arXiv] | [SSRN]

Work in Progress

5. Partial Automation
with Pascual Restrepo
[Slides 10/25]

6. Anatomy of Geopolitical Dynamics
with Jizhou Liu and Wei Xiang

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