Assistant Professor
Department of Economics

Office:    Liberal Arts Room 375
Telephone: 508-910-6639
Email:     cwang@umassd.edu

Spring 2012 Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 - 1

Mailing Address:
Department of Economics
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300

Chunbei Wang joined the Department of Economics at UMass Dartmouth in Fall 2008. She received her Ph.D. degree in Economics from the University of Texas at Dallas in August 2008. Her fields of specialization are Labor Economics and Public Economics, with current research focusing on the Economics of Immigration, Self-Employment, and Education.

Education

Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas, 2008

M.S.  University of Texas at Dallas, 2003

B.A.  Jinan University, China, 2001

Courses Taught

Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Econometrics
Work Jobs and Income
Labor Economics
Economics of Sex and Race Discrimination

Publications

[1] “The Effects of 9/11 on Intermarriage between Natives and Immigrants to the U.S.”(with Le Wang), Review of Economics of the
Household, forthcoming.

[2] “Language Skills and the Earnings Distribution among Child Immigrants” (with Le Wang), Industrial Relations, Vol. 50, No. 2,
pp. 297-322, 2011.

[3] “Mexican-Hispanic Self-Employment: A Dynamic Analysis of Business Ownership” (with Magnus Lofstrom), Research in Labor
Economics, Vol. 29, pp.197-227, 2009.

[4] “Did 9/11 Affect Hispanic-Americans’ Self-Employment Entry and Exit Decisions” (with Magnus Lofstrom), International Journal
of Manpower, Vol. 30 No. ½, pp.176-87, 2009.

[5] “Mexican-Hispanic Self-Employment Entry: The Role of Business Start-Up Constraints” (with Magnus Lofstrom), Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science, September 2007.

Working Papers

[1] “The Impact of 9/11 on Self-Employment Outcomes of Arab and Muslim Immigrants”, 2011.

[2] “The Impact of 9/11 on Self-Employment Outcomes of Hispanic Immigrants”, 2011.

[3] “Do EPA Regulations Affect Labor Demand? Evidence from the Pulp and Paper Industry”, 2011, (with Merve Cebi, Wayne Gray,
and Ronald J. Shadbegian).

[4] “Does Environmental Regulation Affect Labor Demand? Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing” (with Merve Cebi, Wayne Gray, and 
Ronald J. Shadbegian).

[5] “Self-Employment Gender Gap: The Roles of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills” (with Le Wang).