Research Institute of Global Value Chains, UIBE 10 Huixin Dongjie, Chaoyang District, KeYuan 603 Beijing,100029, China
bkhan@usc.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
International Economics, Labor Economics, Economic Growth, Chinese Economy
WORK EXPERIENCE
University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), RIGVC, (Nov 2017 - Present)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Teaching Assistant, Economics Department, (Sept 2012 - May 2015)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Instructor, Center for Talented Youth, (Summer 2013)
Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan
Instructor, Economics Department, (Jan 2011 - July 2011)
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Instructor, Economics Department, (Dec 2009 - Aug 2010)
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Ph.D., Economics, (Aug 2011 - Aug 2017)
University of Paris 1-Pantheon Sorbonne, Paris, France
M.Sc., Quantitative Economics, (Sept 2007 - August 2009)
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
B.Sc., Economics, (Sept 2003 - May 2007)
WORKING PAPERS
Export Destinations, Skill Utilization and Skill Premium in Chinese manufacturing sector. with Junjie Xia
Explaining the variations in working hours in US in Post-war period: A General Equi- librium framework
Threat of Automation to Jobs in the Developing Countries (in collaboration with The World Bank (ECA Department)
WORK IN PROGRESS
Export Destination and Skill Premium across the World
Exports, Export Destinations and Income Inequality in China
Education Occupation Mismatch in the Developing countries
Global Value Chain and Manufacturing Employment
PRESENTATIONS
Seminars (including Scheduled )
The World Bank (Europe and Central Asia) Moldova [Spring 2018]
USC Development Economics Seminar [Fall 2016]
California State University (Chico) Economics Seminar [Fall 2016]
WAteloo Laurier Labor Economics (WALL) seminar [Fall 2016]
Conferences (including Scheduled )
Western Economic Association International, Vancouver Canada [Summer 2018]
Chinese Economic Society Meeting, Tuscaloosa AL [March 2017]
Midwest International Trade Conference, Purdue University [Dec 2016]
Remini Conference in Economics and Finance, Waterloo Canada [Sept 2016]
Western Economic Association International, Portland OR [Summer 2016]
Western Economic Association International, Honolulu HI [Summer 2015]
HONORS & AWARDS
Graduate Merit Fellowship (USC) [2011-2012, 2015-2016]
Summer Research Award (USC) [Summer 2015, Summer 2016]
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, European Union [2007-2009]
National Outreach Program Scholarship, LUMS [2003-2007]
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Background paper for a chapter in The World Bank report ”Entangled: Localized Effects of Exports on Earnings and Employment in South Asia” 2018
Estimating the threat of Automation to Jobs in Developing Countries using Job-based and Occupation-Based Approach (in collaboration with The Europe and Central Asia Department at the World Bank) 2017-2018
Background paper for a Chapter in The Economist Intelligence Unit report ”Exploring new markets for Small and Medium Enterprises of North America” 2010
REFEREE ACTIVITY
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, China Economic Review
