Fang Yang is an Associate Professor at Louisiana State University. Her research focuses on housing, consumption, wealth inequality, social security, and human capital. Yang's research has been published in Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, International Economic Review, European Economic Review, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, and other publications. Before joining Louisiana State University in August 2013, Yang studied at Peking University in China (B.A. and M.A) and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D.) and worked at the University at Albany – State University of New York as an Assistant Professor.
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Marriage-related taxes and Social Security benefits are holding back women’s labour supply in the US
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- Gender 
- Labour Markets 
- Taxation
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The lost ones: The opportunities and outcomes of white, non-college-educated Americans born in the 1960s
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- Poverty and Income Inequality
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Piketty's book and macro models of wealth inequality
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- Economic history 
- Poverty and Income Inequality