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Dr

Ou Yang

Research Fellow
Melbourne Institute Of Applied Economic And Social Research
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Dr

Ou Yang

 
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Dr

Ou Yang

 

Dr Ou Yang is a research fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

He obtained his PhD in econometrics from Monash University.

He specializes in health economics and econometrics. His research interests include Microeconometric models and applications in health economics; Applied econometrics; Demand system specification and estimation; Semiparametric models and applications.

Prior to joining the Melbourne Institute, Dr Yang worked for the Department of Health and Human Services as Senior Statistical Consultant.

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A list of my published and unpublished research papers
A recent version of my CV

Projects

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Spatial Co-Location And Service Network Association Effects On Hospital Performance

2019 - 2019
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Projects

Project Types

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Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Cream skimming: Theory and evidence from hospital transfers and capacity utilization

O Yang, MK Chan, TC Cheng, J Yong

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

The paper examines cream skimming behaviour by studying hospital transfers in a mixed public-private hospital system. A key innova..

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Parents' Demand for Sugar Sweetened Beverages for Their Pre-School Children: Evidence from a Stated-Preference Experiment

O Yang, P Sivey, AM de Silva, A Scott

Journal article  |  2020  |  American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages exhibits strong associations with weight gain, obesity, and dental caries, especially in ..

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Pre-school children’s demand for sugar sweetened beverages: Evidence from stated-preference panel data

Ou Yang, P Sivey, A de Silva, A Scott

Journal article  |  2019  |  American Journal of Agricultural Economics

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Social Network Structure and Risk Sharing in Villages

B Jiang, J Sung Kim, C Li, O Yang

Journal article  |  2018  |  The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy

This paper studies how the structure of friendship networks affects risk sharing in villages. Using techniques for partially ident..

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A class of demand systems satisfying global regularity and having complete rank flexibility

Keith R McLaren, Ou Yang

Journal article  |  2016  |  Empirical Economics

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Binge Drinking and Antisocial and Unlawful Behaviours in Australia

Ou Yang, Xueyan Zhao, Preety Srivastava

Journal article  |  2016  |  Economic Record

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Binge Drinking, Antisocial and Unlawful Behaviours, and Beverage Types

Ou Yang, Xueyan Zhao, Preety Srivastava

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This paper examines evidence from Australia on the factors associated with binge drinking and several alcohol-related antisocial a..

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Applied Economics
Microeconomics
Econometrics
Economic Theory
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)

Credentials

Positions

Research Fellow

Melbourne Institute Of Applied Economic And Social Research

Education

PhD in Econometrics

Monash University

Master of Science in Mathematics-Economics

Copenhagen University

Master of Science in Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics

Harbin Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Applied Mathematics)

Harbin Institute of Technology

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