Faculty Profile - Lihui Zhang

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Lihui Zhang is an economist who specializes in policy relevant quantitative research on population health and well-being using large-scale micro-survey data. Starting in her PhD years, Zhang developed an interest in crime economics. Her research on crime has been published in both peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed journals. An earlier version of her research entitled “Learning Violence Young” was featured in the Vancouver Sun in June 2008. In addition to her continuing interest in crime economics, Zhang’s research focus also includes several other policy-relevant areas on population health and well-being, for example, intergenerational mobility and inequality. She teaches JSGS 805 Economics for Public Policy Analysis, JSGS 802 Public Finance and JSGS 837 Health Economics, and strives for teaching excellence. Besides research and teaching, Zhang is also actively involved in many other school activities, including serving on PhD committees, sitting on the Editorial Board for the Western Policy Analyst, leading the 2011-2012 poster competition, facilitating executive policy workshops, etc. She has also started to build a close working relationship with government ministries, for example, justice, health and social services.

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Designations

• PhD, Dalhousie University
• MA, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• BSc, Peking University

Areas of Interest

• Labour economics
• Applied econometrics
• Crime economics
• Economics of family and children
• Population health and well-being
• Poverty and inequality and public policies

Recent Grants/Awards

• SSHRC General Research Grant/President's Fund, Office of Research Services, University of Regina, 2012
• Director's Research Grant, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina, 2010
• PhD Fellowship, Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network (CLSRN), funded by SSHRC Strategic Research Network, 2008
• Faculty of Graduate Studies Fellowship, Dalhousie University, 2003-2007
• School of Graduate Studies Scholarship, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2002-2003

Current Courses

• JSGS 805 Economics for Public Policy Analysis
• JSGS 837 Health Economics

Current Research

• Crime and delinquency among children and youth