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FEIYANG SHI

FEIYANG SHI

PhD Researcher in International Economics
PhD Candidate in Development Economics
PhD Affiliate, Gender Centre
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English, Mandarin

PHD


Title: Essays in Development Economics

PhD Supervisor & Co-Supervisor:  Martina Viarengo

Expected completion date: 2025
 

PROFILE

Feiyang is a PhD candidate in Development Economics at the Graduate Institute, working on labour, gender inequality, and culture under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Martina Viarengo. She holds a MA(Hons) from the University of Edinburgh and a MA in International Economics from IHEID. Currently, she works as a teaching assistant to the interdisciplinary programs, and she is affiliated with the Gender Centre and the Latino Lab.

Previously, she worked as a consultant Economist at the International Trade Centre on SME reports on developing economies and as a research intern at the World Trade Organization in the Economics Research and Statistics Division on trade and resilience. She also has experience working as a Research Assistant at the Centre for International Environmental Studies (CIES), where she contributed to research projects funded by the SNSF on the impact of education policies.
 

RESEARCH INTERESTS
 

  • Labour Economics
  • Gender Inequality
  • Education
  • International Trade

 

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS
 

  • Shi, F., 2022. Import Shock and Local Labour Market Outcomes: A Sino-Indian Case Study (No. 04-2022). Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
  • Shi, F., 2024. Import shock and local labour market outcomes: A Sino-Indian case study. Empirical Economics, pp.1-48.
     

ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
 

  • Teaching Assistant – IHEID interdisciplinary programs
  • SNF Research Assistant - Geneva Graduate Institute, Centre for International Environmental Studies
     

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
 

  • Consultant Economist – International Trade Centre
  • Research Intern – WTO, Economic Research and Statistics Division
  • Junior Project Officer – International Telecommunication Union
     

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
 

  • Istituto Di Studi Economici E Per L’Occupazione Scholarship – 2022 & 2023

 

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