Chang Cai

Chang Cai

Applied Economist

About

I hold a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Illinois. I specialize in observational causal inference, computational spatial analysis, economic forecasting and impact evaluation.

You can download my CV and Job Marrket Paper here.

Interests
  • Environmental Economics
  • Spatial Statistics
  • Machine Learning
Education
  • Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2022

  • M.S. in Applied Statistics, 2022

    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  • M.S. in Economics, 2013

    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  • B.A. in International Business, 2012

    Huazhong Univeristy of Science and Technology

📃 Working Papers

Integrating Social Values with GPS Tracks through Denali National Park and Preserve
Revisiting the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture through Spatially-varying and Place-tailored Ricardian Estimates

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

UIUC

  • ACE 100: Introduction to Applied Microeconomics, Lead weekly discussion section (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021)
  • ACE 264: Applied Statistical Methods & Data Analytics 2, Grader (2021 Spring)
  • ACE 449: Retirement & Benefit Planning, Grader (2020 Spring)

Software

R
Python
GIS

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