Li, Wenze (李文泽）
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Ph.D. Candidate |
About me
I am a Research Fellow at SMU with a PhD in Economics from Nanyang Technological University (2025). My research interests are in Applied Econometrics and Microeconomics, focusing on trade, labor, and energy economics.
Research Interests
Trade Economics
Labor Economics
Energy Economics
Health Economics
Education
August 2020 — September 2025 Nanyang Technological University
October 2018 — January 2020 Nanyang Technological University
September 2013 — June 2017 Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Bachelor of Management in Financial Management (Bilingual)Research
Publication
Li, Wenze (2023). Investigating Racial Salary Discrimination and the Role of Bargaining Power: Evidence from the NBA. The Singapore Economic Review.
Working Papers and Work in Progress:
Firm-Level Network Effects of US-China Trade Shocks, with Liyu Dou, Ming Li, Wenjie Wang
Dissecting Electricity Market via Machine Learning, with Wenjie Wang, Jinbo Cai
Health Consequences of the Medical Price Shocks: Evidence from Diabetes in China, with Wenjie Wang
A Valid Alternative Method of IV Inference, with Liyu Dou, Wenjie Wang
Conference and Seminar Presentations:
7th International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics (EcoSta 2024), Chair and Presenter, Beijing, July 2024
Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (AMES), Presenter, Singapore, July 2023
Singapore Rising Scholars Conference (SRSC), Singapore, May 2023
8th Trilateral Workshop in Economics (Nanyang Technological University, Chulalongkorn University, Thammasat University, Online, Nov 2021
Brown-bag Seminars (Nanyang Technological University), Singapore, Nov 2021
Experience
Research Assistant
Research Assistant to Prof. Dou Liyu, Singapore Management University , March 2023 - Present
Conducted literature reviews, analyzed data, and prepared research reports, slides, and manuscripts.
Research Assistant to Prof. Wang Wenjie, Nanyang Technological University, Nov 2021 - Present
Conducted literature reviews, analyzed data, and prepared manuscripts.
Research Assistant to Prof. Leong Kaiwen, Nanyang Technological University, May 2019 - May 2023
Conducted literature reviews and data analysis.
Research Assistant to Prof. Huang Weihong, Nanyang Technological University, May 2019 - September 2019
Conducted applied research project supervised by Associate Professor Huang Weihong.
Employed Gary Becker’s model to investigate race discrimination in the NBA from 1990 to 2018
Retrieved data and statistics from the NBA official website, ESPN, and relevant reference websites
Utilized STATA to manage and analyse panel data
Designed linear regression modelsto explain employer and customer discrimination with annual salary and average home attendance
Discovered statistically significant salary discrimination against blacksfrom 2010 to 2018 and suggested future research areas from the findings
Work
Tax Agent, Finance Department, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, June 2017 - October 2018
Administered the tax declaration of GDUFS and its affiliated institutions
Recorded and processed monthly wages and other allowances to enable future review
Analysed taxation data and initiated tax planning to achieve budget control
Intern, Assistant in Auditing Department , GP Certified Public Accountants, January 2016 - February 2016
Managed voucher confirmation
Participated in the audit of an IPO project of pharmaceutical firm and assisted in the completion of audit reports
Organized various confirmation requests including bank confirmation, accounting confirmation and certificate of creditability
Supervised the asset inventory including fixed assets, inventories and cash
Honors & Awards
Honorable Academic Merit (Top 1%),GDUFS Jun. 2015 & Jun. 2016
Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Top 1%),GDUFS Jun. 2015
National Encouragement Scholarship (Top 3%), Education Department Jun. 2015 & Jun. 2016
Scholarship for Comprehensive Performance (Top 4%),GDUFS Jun. 2016
Excellent Youth League Member (Top 5%),GDUFS Jun. 2016
Teaching
Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Microeconomics, Nanyang Technological University, Jan 2023 - May 2023
Assistant to Assistant Professor Yan Jubo and Assistant Professor Jonathan Yeo
Conducted tutorial classes and summarized the lecture content for a group of 182 undergraduate students (seven hours per week over 14 weeks)
Assisted in quiz development and reviewed the design of midterm and final exam papers
Invigilated and graded midterm and final exams
Instructor, Science & Technology for Humanity, Nanyang Technological University, Jan 2023 - May 2023
Taught a group of 93 undergraduate students from various disciplines, including engineering, physics, biology, and social sciences, and business (six hours per week over 14 weeks)
Guided and graded projects
Invigilated quizzes
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Microeconomics, Nanyang Technological University, Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Assistant to Assistant Professor Jonathan Yeo
Conducted tutorial classes and summarized the lecture content for a group of 100 undergraduate students (six hours per week over 14 weeks)
Reviewed the design of midterm and final exam papers
Invigilated and graded midterm and final exams
Provided project consultation to students
Peer Tutoring, Advanced Macroeconomics and Advanced Microeconomics, Nanyang Technological University, Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Assistant to Assistant Professor Tang Yang and Assistant Professor Jonathan Yeo
Provided lecture notes, tutorials, and project consultation to students
Teaching Assistant, Nanyang Technological University, May 2019 - November 2020
Assistant to Assistant Professor LEONG Kaiwen, helped develop better comprehension in economic knowledge and monitored students’ performance
Tutored 50 master students in Advanced Microeconomics (an hour per week over 12 weeks)
Designed and delivered Python workshop for 15 undergraduate students majoring in Economics
Guided and coached a group of undergraduate students to design surveys for Final Year Project
Received positive feedback from students taught