Yuhang Pan is an applied microeconomist and a tenure-track assistant professor at the Institute for Global Health and Development at Peking University. My work lies at the intersection of environmental economics, health economics, and development economics.

He uses applied microeconomic methods to study how environmental regulation and public policy shape environmental quality, population health, and incentives in health care systems. Much of his research combines large administrative or spatial data with causal inference to understand policy design and its consequences.

Before joining Peking University, he completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and his bachelor's degree from Beijing Normal University.

His research has received multiple honors, including the Third Prize of the 10th Ministry of Education Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences).

Email: yhpan@pku.edu.cn

Recent Events

SEP092026

Seminar Invitation

Prof. Hung Ho, Nanyang Technological University

Title: Self-Control and Overconsumption: Empirical Evidence from Cigarette Purchases

10:00–11:30Room 305, School of Economics, PKU

Featured Work

Research Areas

Questions I work on

A city beside renewable energy infrastructure, wetlands, and forest

Environmental Economics

How should environmental policies be designed when information, incentives, and local externalities matter?

A clinician speaking with a patient near a health-data research meeting

Health Economics

How do environmental and public policies affect health, and how do incentives shape health care?

A participant choosing among options in a behavioral research setting

Behavioral Economics

How do attention, incentives, and choice architecture shape individual behavior and policy outcomes?