Data Assistant

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MIAO WANG, Ph.D.

Foster City, CA, 94404 ***********@*****.***

SKILLS

• Strong in statistical and econometric analysis, predictive and forecasting modeling, dynamic system modeling.

• Competent in quantitative skills in program evaluation.

• Proficient in data mining and processing time series and panel data.

• 5-year experience in R and STATA, proficient in Excel, SAS, SQL, SPSS, Eviews, STELLA, and ArcGIS.

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, University of Illinois

Study on China’s Industrial Agglomeration 2013-Present

• Evaluated the e ects of China’s skilled labor migration liberalization policy on high-tech industrial agglomeration

using natural experiment method.

• Developed logistic model and predicted the likelihood of industries to form agglomeration.

• Processed and analyzed panel data set for over 500,000 firms in a span of ten years.

• Analyzed large-scale micro data (firm level) and aggregated data (industrial level).

• Identified firms locations using ArcGIS tools, and constructed spatial econometric model to analyze the inter-regional

relationship among firms .

• Applied Input-Output method to model the inter-industrial relations among China’s manufacturing industries.

Time Series Analysis of Civilian Labor Force in Australia 2011

• Cleaned raw data by removing trend and seasonal components.

• Forecasted Australian labor force using ARIMA model.

• Constructed spectrum analysis.

Future Use of Agricultural Land in the US for Ethanol Production from Corn Grain 2012

• Constructed dynamic model for usage of corn for ethanol production using STELLA.

• Estimated net acreage required for 15 gallon ethanol production from corn grain.

STATA Replication Projects 2012

• Estimated Translog Cost Function.

• Estimated Almost Ideal Demand System.

• Estimated EASI Demand System.

The Economic Impact of Illinois’s Livestock Industry 2011

• Constructed Illinois livestock industrys production and profitability using IMPLAN.

• Utilized Input-Output model on interregional trade.

• Generated economic impact analysis of livestock on local output, taxes and employment.

Intern

Consultant, Study Abroad Program: Immersion Study Tour to China 2014

• Interacted with company executives of national and multinational firms.

• Organized field trip to OSI Group, McDonald headquarters.

Data specialist, Innovosoy, LLC 2011

• Studied on the development of an economic model, called Global Feed in 3-Dtm .

• Estimated net acreage required for 15 gallon ethanol production from corn grain.

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois

Courses: International Business Immersion, Small Business Consulting, Food Marketing 2011

• Led discussions and advised students individually.

• Organized exams, seminars, projects and assignments.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D., Agricultural and Consumer Economics Jan 2011 - Aug 2015

M.S., Policy Economics Aug 2009 - Dec 2010

Beijing Jiaotong University

B.A., Economics Sep 2005 - Jul 2009

PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS

Wang. M and P.D. Goldsmith. 2013. Industrial Agglomeration of Chinese Food and Agribusiness.

Journal of Agricultural Economics. In submission.

Wang. M. 2013. Rethinking Local Protectionism and Industrial Agglomeration in China. Regional

Economics Applications Laboratory Working Paper Series. In Process.

P.D. Goldsmith and Wang. M. 2011. The Economic Impact of Illinoiss Livestock Industry. Available

online at illinoislivestock.org

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Rethinking Local Protectionism and Rural Industrial Policy: the Case of Agglomeration in China, with Dr.

Peter D. Goldsmith.Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, July 2014 .

Does Knowledge Spillover Drive Firms to Agglomerate? Evidence from Policy Experiment in China, with Dr. Peter D.

Goldsmith. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association/Canadian Agricultural Economics Society Joint Symposium,

Quebec, Canada, May 2014 .

The Role of Knowledge and Labor Pooling in Driving Firms to Agglomerate. 7th Annual Graduate Student Summit in

Applied Economics, Regional and Urban Studies, Urbana, April 2014 .

Industrial Agglomeration of Chinese Food Processing, with Dr. Peter D. Goldsmith. Agricultural and Applied Economics

Association/Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, Washington, DC, August 4-6. Available on AgEcon Search at:

http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/handle/150402

HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS

• Spring Graduate College Conference Travel Awards March 2014

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• International Seed Grants Recipient with Dr. B. Kirwan Oct 2012

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Funds supported by the Arlys Conrad Endowment Fund

• Passed with Distinction at the Ph.D. Core Examination (Top Score) Jul 2012

• Beijing Jiaotong University Academic Scholarship 2008-2009

AFFILIATION

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)

Regional Science Association International (RSAI)

American Economic Association (AEA)

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