Chaonuo Dai, PhD in Economics
Assistant Professor
Contact Details
Office: GDC2203
Tel: 85902321
Email: cndai@cityu.edu.mo
Employment
2024-present, City University of Macau, Faculty of Finance, Assistant Professor
Education
PhD in Economics, Australian National University, 2019-2024
MA in Applied Economics, Australian National University, 2017-2018
BA in Economics, University of Macau, 2012-2016
MA in Applied Economics, Australian National University, 2017-2018
BA in Economics, University of Macau, 2012-2016
Research Fields
- Applied Microeconomics;
- Labor Economics;
- Education Economics;
- Household Economics
Publication
- Dai, C.,&Zhou, Y. (2025). Rank, peer achievement, and shadoweducation: Evidence from secondary school students in China. Economics of Education Review, 108, 102682.
Working Papers
- Education Transmission, Peers, and Children' s Development: Evidence from Secondary School Students in China.
- Children' s Peers and Parents' Efforts in Intergenerational Education Transmission: Evidence from China.
- The Production of Cognitive Ability in Chinese Children: Home inputs and Test Score Gaps.
Work in progress
- The Effect of Academic Ordinal Rank on Secondary School Students' Cognitive and Non-cognitive Development.
Presentations
Conferences:
- 2023 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society in East and Southeast Asia;
- The 37th PhD Conference in Economics and Business;
- 2024 Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household;
- 2024 Econometric Society Australasia Meeting.
Seminars and workshops:
- RSE PhD Workshop, ANU (2019);
- RSE Applied Microeconomics seminar series, ANU (2019, 2022, 2023);
- Academic Symposium of Economists in the Greater Bay Area (2024).
Teaching
- Python and its Application in Finance, S2 2024
- IntroductoryMacroeconomics, S2 2024
- Econometrics, S1 2024, S1 2025
Skills and Additional Information
Programming Languages: Python, R, LaTeX
Language: Mandarin (Native), English (Fluent), Japanese (Basic)
Citizenship: Chinese
Place of Birth: Tianjin, China