Qiwei He｜University of Edinburgh｜Scholar profile

Biography

Qiwei He is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the School of Economics, University of Edinburgh. Research interests focus on Labor Economics including matching, job search, and personnel economics; Political Economy covering bureaucracy and institutions; and Applied Econometrics with an emphasis on discrete choice models. Qiwei He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University and completed graduate studies at Fudan University, along with a B.A. in Economics from Zhejiang University.

My personal website: https://www.qiwei-he.com/.

Education and Experience

Employment

University of Edinburgh
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
2024–Present

Education

Cornell University
Ph.D., Economics
2024
Cornell University
Master's, Economics
Present
Fudan University
Economics
2018
Zhejiang University
Bachelor's, Economics
2015

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

2026

Understanding Expectations in Job Search: Subjective Duration Dependence and Perceived Aggregate Labor Market Shocks

Qiwei He, Philipp Kircher

2026

Centralization or Decentralization? Revealed Government Objectives and Dynamic Cross-State Externalities During Pandemics

Qiwei He, Yizhou Kuang

2026

Virtual Residency Interviews and Medical-School Ties Among Matched Residents

Qiwei He, Jenny Suh

2026

Jargon: A Dynamic Theory of Social Closure

Qiwei He, Jiahua Che

2026

Matching Candidates and Jobs in Government Recruitment under Multidimensional Sorting: An Empirical Study of Matching Games Without Individual-level Data

Qiwei He

2026

Superstar Spillovers in Teams: Evidence from the Chinese Super League

Yu Liu

Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization (RnR)

2026

How Do Misperceptions about Non-monetary and Monetary Aspects of Government Jobs Influence Bureaucratic Selection?

Qiwei He, Bo Feng, Hanzhang Liu

Labour Economics

DOI

2026

Intra-firm Employer Learning, Talent Hoarding, and Worker Visibility

Qiwei He, Michael Waldman

Rand Journal of Economics

2026

State Power Attracts Talent: Evidence From China’s Civil Servant Fever

Bo Feng, Qiwei He, Xin Jin, Xu Xu

Comparative Political Studies

DOI

2017

Consumption inequality and its evolution in urban China

Da Zhao, Tianhao Wu, Qiwei He

China Economic Review，Vol. 460

DOI

Research Interests

Labor Economics Political Economy Applied Econometrics