Faculty Profiles - LEI Yu Hsiang | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Yu Hsiang LEI
雷宇翔

PhD in Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science, 2016

Assistant Professor
Division of Social Science

(852) 2358 8400
y.lei@ust.hk
Room 3336
Personal Web

Google Scholar

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ORCID

0000-0003-1581-1837

ResearcherID

JMB-7752-2023

Scopus ID

56308672500

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision

Research Interest

Development economics

Publications

All Years 5 2025 1 2024 0 2023 1 2022 0 2021 2 2020 0 2019 1

2025 1

Safe spaces for children: School sanitation and sexual violence

European Economic Review, v. 172, February 2025, article number 104952
Gao, Pei; Kothari, Aditi; Lei, Yu Hsiang
Article

2023 1

The effect of language training on immigrants’ integration: Does the duration of training matter? Language training and immigrants’ integration

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, v. 212, August 2023, p. 160-198
Pont-Grau, Alex; Lei, Yu-Hsiang; Lim, Joel Z.E.; Xia, Xing
Article

2021 2

Communication Infrastructure and Stabilizing Food Prices: Evidence from the Telegraph Network in China

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, v. 13, (3), July 2021, p. 65-101
Gao, Pei; Lei, Yu-Hsiang
Article

Quid pro quo? Government-firm relationships in China

Journal of Public Economics, v. 199, July 2021, article number 104427
Lei, Yu-Hsiang
Article

2014 1

Do giant oilfield discoveries fuel internal armed conflicts?

Journal of Development Economics, v. 110, September 2014, p. 139-157
Lei, Yu-Hsiang; Michaels, Guy
Article

Article 1

Safe spaces for children: School sanitation and sexual violence

European Economic Review, v. 172, February 2025, article number 104952
Gao, Pei; Kothari, Aditi; Lei, Yu Hsiang

Article 1

The effect of language training on immigrants’ integration: Does the duration of training matter? Language training and immigrants’ integration

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, v. 212, August 2023, p. 160-198
Pont-Grau, Alex; Lei, Yu-Hsiang; Lim, Joel Z.E.; Xia, Xing

Article 2

Communication Infrastructure and Stabilizing Food Prices: Evidence from the Telegraph Network in China

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, v. 13, (3), July 2021, p. 65-101
Gao, Pei; Lei, Yu-Hsiang

Quid pro quo? Government-firm relationships in China

Journal of Public Economics, v. 199, July 2021, article number 104427
Lei, Yu-Hsiang

Article 1

Do giant oilfield discoveries fuel internal armed conflicts?

Journal of Development Economics, v. 110, September 2014, p. 139-157
Lei, Yu-Hsiang; Michaels, Guy

2014 1

Do giant oilfield discoveries fuel internal armed conflicts?

Journal of Development Economics, v. 110, September 2014, p. 139-157
Lei, Yu-Hsiang; Michaels, Guy
Article

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2025-26 Fall 2 2024-25 Summer 0 2024-25 Spring 2 2024-25 Winter 0 2024-25 Fall 0 2023-24 Summer 0

SOSC1440	Introduction to Economics
SOSC1449	Understanding Our Economy

SOSC1449	Understanding Our Economy
SOSC4110	Capstone Project

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 28 October 2025)

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

KE, Jiawen (co-supervision)
Social Science
LAM, Hoi San
Social Science

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

All Projects 1

No Projects.
From the New World: Sanctions and the Votes of Immigrants

自新大陸：制裁與移民投票 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
LEI Yu Hsiang (Lead)
2024 -

Research Interest

Publications

2025 1

2023 1

2021 2

2014 1

Article 1

Article 1

Article 2

Article 1

2014 1

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 28 October 2025)

Current RPGs

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

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