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My name is Jian Qi, but everyone calls me Jay. I am a visiting assistant professor at Hamilton College (2025-2027).
My main research interest is in labor economics and economic history with a focus on institutions and innovation.
You can find my CV here. Feel free to contact me at jtan1@hamilton.edu.
Publications
Publications
"The Impact of Right-to-Work Laws on Long Hours and Work Schedules" (link) (NBER Working Paper)
(with Rania Gihleb and Osea Giuntella)
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2024; 43:696-713
Working Papers
Working Papers
The Long-Term Returns to University Infrastructure: Evidence from Post-WWII Military Surplus Property Transfers (with Yujing Huang) (link) [Previously circulated as "Resource Shocks and University Success in the United States"]
Selected for presentation: NBER SI 2026 "Science of Science Funding", Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting SOLE Sessions (2025), Mountain West Economic History Conference (2025)
Works in Progress
Works in Progress
"Science under collective bargaining: How unionization shapes academic labor markets and research productivity" (with Somdeepa Das) (link to slides)
“Co-education and Marital Sorting” (link to slides)
"Communication and Delegation: Evidence from Open Source Projects"
(with Hongbo Fang, Jana Gallus and Erina Ytsma)
Selected for presentation: AEA Annual Meeting 2026
Previous Contributions to Social Policy
Previous Contributions to Social Policy
“The Importance of Considering Debt and Young Children in Activation: A Survival Analysis of Return to Welfare”
(with Irene Ng, Mathew Mathews, Kong Weng Ho and Ting Yi Ting). Social Policy and Society, 2021; 22(2):299-314.
“Economic distress and health: A fixed effects analysis of low-income persons in Singapore”
(with Irene Ng). International Journal of Social Welfare, 2021; 30: 17-29.
“Rethinking the Role of Employment Barriers in Active Labor Market Policy: Evidence from a Fixed Effects Analysis”
(with Irene Ng and Kong Weng Ho). Journal of Poverty, 2021.
Teaching
Teaching
Instructor, Hamilton College
Topics in Labor Economics (Spring 2026) Syllabus
Senior Project in Labor Economics (Spring 2026) Syllabus
Microeconomic Theory (Fall 2025) Syllabus
Introduction to Econometrics (Fall 2025) Syllabus
Instructor, University of Pittsburgh
Applied Econometrics (Fall 2024, Spring 2025) Syllabus
Introduction to Health Economics (Summer 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025) Syllabus
Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh
Empirical Methods [PhD-level] (Spring 2021, Spring 2022)
Introduction to Microeconomic Theory
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