Mengxi Wan

I am a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. My research interests lie in labor economics, macroeconomics, and health economics.

Working Papers

Health, Labor Market Frictions, and Wage Inequality

Presentations

CES China Annual Conference · Economics Graduate Student Conference · Midwest Macroeconomics Meeting · Annual Meetings of the Midwest Economics Association · Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting · China International Conference in Macroeconomics

Social Benefits and Labor Supply in the Gig Economy: Evidence from Singapore's Platform Workers Act

with Jingwei Dai, Chad Ho, and Jinan Lin

Revise and Resubmit, Management Science

Presentations

“The Micro and Macro Perspective of the Labor Market” Reading Group · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CCER Summer Institute

Work in Progress

Work, Sorting, and Health Inequality

Teaching

Econometrics III

Econ 706, Master's, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2026

Summer Research Group

Master's, Research Mentor, Summer 2026

Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

Econ 302, Undergraduate, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2026

Mathematics for Economists

Econ 700, Master's, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2025

Econometrics I

Econ 704, Master's, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2023

Principles of Macroeconomics

Econ 102, Undergraduate, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023