Dr River Chen

College Lecturer (St Catharine's College) at Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

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Bevil Mabey College Assistant Professor and Director of Studies in Economics at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge

Yujiang River Chen is College Assistant Professor at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and works on labour economics, urban economics and micro-econometrics. His research is largely empirical and policy-oriented, focusing on the impact of minimum wages on income inequality and unemployment, the agglomeration and sorting of human capital, models of city structure that highlight the rise of the sharing economy, and the application of machine learning techniques in econometrics. He received his BA in Economics from Peking University in China, and his MPhil in Economic Research and PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He joined St Catharine's as the Bevil Mabey College Lecturer in Economics.

  • 24 April 2024, 5:30pm

    2024 CSaP Annual Cleevely Lecture: Dr Dave Smith, National Technology Adviser

    The Government, science policy, and products - from concept to consumer: After six months as the first full time National Technology Adviser, Dave Smith will reflect on how UK government investment in the science base supports our private sector and how the Science and Technology Framework guides government innovation policy today.

  • 29 June 2023, 5pm

    Adolescent brain development: what we know and what it means for policy

    The Centre for Science and Policy is hosting a lecture at Trinity College which will be delivered by Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on “Adolescent brain development: what we know and what it means for policy.”  The workshop will take place on Thursday 29 June at 5pm