LI YU
Ph.D. in Economics, Iowa State University, 2008

Post Doctoral Research Associate, Iowa State University           

Fields of Specialization

• Human Resource and Labor Economics
• Industrial Economics
• Agricultural Economics

Research

•   “Farm size, technical change and wages: evidence from the pork sector from 1990 – 2005”. Li Yu, Terrance Hurley, James Kliebenstein and Peter F. Orazem. ISU Economics Working Paper #08013, 2008.
•   “Testing the complementarity and substitutability among multiple technologies: the case in the U.S. hog farms”. Li Yu, Terrance Hurley, James Kliebenstein and Peter F. Orazem. ISU Economics Working Paper #08026, 2008.
•   "Human capital, complex technologies, firm size and wages: A test of the O-Ring Production hypothesis”. Li Yu and Peter F. Orazem. ISU Economics Working Paper #08029, 2008.
•   " Survival of new businesses in Iowa, 1992-2005". Li Yu, Peter F. Orazem and Robert Jolly.
•   " Firm entry and exit in Iowa, 1992-2004".  Li Yu, Peter F. Orazem and Robert Jolly. ISU Economics Working Paper #08031, 2008.
•   " Human capital, technologies and location". Li Yu, Peter R. Orazem.
•   "Stopping start-ups: How the business cycle affects current and lifetime entrepreneurship". Li Yu, Robert Jolly and Peter F. Orazem.