Welcome!

My research examines issues at the intersection of macroeconomics, international trade, and economic development. Currently, I focus on three interconnected 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, New Draft Coming Soon
[Latest 04/25] | [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]

Work in Progress

5. Partial Automation
with Pascual Restrepo

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

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