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Dr. Xin Gu is Assistant Professor in Department of Economics, International Business School Suzhou (IBSS). Before joining XJTLU in August 2023, he received his PhD in Economics from Georgia Institute of Technology in the U.S. in May 2023, M.Sc. in Economics from University of Mannheim in Germany, and B.Sc. in Management Science and Engineering from Shanghai University in China. While in Germany, Xin worked for Leibniz Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) and Allianz Group Investment Management.
Research interests
Labor Economics
Economics of Education
Applied Microeconomics
Applied Econometrics
Experimental Economics
Development Economics
Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (China), August 2023 - present
Lecturer, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology (U.S.), May 2020 - May 2023
Teaching Assistant, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology (U.S.), August 2017 - May 2020
Research Assistant, Leibniz Center for European Economic Research (Germany), March 2016 - May 2017
Investment Management, Allianz Group (Germany), August 2015 - February 2016
Research Assistant, University of Mannheim (Germany), March 2015 - August 2015
Teaching
Principle of Microeconomics (Undergraduate) at Georgia Institute of Technology (U.S.)
Statistical Analysis in Public Policy (Undergraduate) at Georgia Institute of Technology (U.S.)
Awards and honours
IAC Graduate Conference Presentation Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022
Graduate Instructor in Economics of the Year, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021
3rd-Year Paper Award of School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020
Teaching Assistant in Economics of the Year, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019
German Scholarship, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, 2014, 2015
Excellent Bachelor Thesis and Outstanding Graduate, Shanghai University, 2013
Swedish Linnaeus-Palme Scholarship, Jönköping University, 2012
Top Prize Scholarship, Shanghai University, 2010, 2011, 2012
Excellent Student of the Year, Shanghai University, 2011
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology (U.S.), 2023
M.Sc., Economics, University of Mannheim (Germany), 2016
B.Sc., Management Science and Engineering, Shanghai University (China), 2013
Undergraduate Exchange, Jönköping International Business School (Sweden), 2012
Research areas
- Labor Economics
- Economics of Education
- Applied Microeconomics
- Applied Econometrics
- Experimental Economics
- Development Economics
Person Types
- Staff
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Projects
- 1 Active
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Randomizing or Sorting? Class Assignment and Student Development
Gu, X. (PI)
1/07/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Internal Research Project
Research output
- 3 Article
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Peer effects with sample selection: an application in online job training
Gu, X., Li, H., Lin, Z. & Tang, X., 5 Jun 2025, In: Empirical Economics. 69, p. 2973–3000Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Classmates and friends matter! Peer effects on cognitive ability formation
Gu, X., Jun 2023, In: China Economic Review. 79, 101910.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus) -
Uncertain risk aversion
Zhou, J., Liu, Y., Zhang, X., Gu, X. & Wang, D., 1 Mar 2017, In: Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 28, 3, p. 615-624 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
22 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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When Time Windows Widen: Gendered Career Trajectories and Unintended Competition in China’s Science Funding Reforms
Xin Gu (Speaker)
27 Jun 2025 → 29 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Emotion and Reason: Riders' Response to Peers' Accidents
Xin Gu (Speaker)
20 Jun 2025 → 24 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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2025 XJTLU Guangdong CEAA Interview Panel (Event)
Xin Gu (Member)
11 Jun 2025 → 13 Jun 2025Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Emotion and Reason: Riders' Response to Peers' Accidents
Xin Gu (Speaker)
18 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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ECO Brownbag Workshop: Causal Inference Methods and Applications in Economics
Xin Gu (Chair)
16 May 2025 → 19 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …