国家发展研究院经济学教授、北大博雅特聘教授，教育部经济学长江学者特聘教授。雷晓燕教授还担任国发院党委书记，国发院智库中心主任，北京大学健康老龄与发展研究中心主任，教育部-北京大学人力资本与国家政策研究中心副主任，Journal of Economics of Aging副主编，“中国劳动经济学者论坛”2021-2022轮值主席，SSM – Health Systems 编委。雷晓燕教授系中国人民大学经济学学士（1997）、硕士（2000），美国加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶校区经济学硕士（2003）、博士（2007），2007年至今任教于北京大学国家发展研究院。雷晓燕教授的研究兴趣包括劳动经济学，健康经济学，应用计量学。数十篇学术研究成果已经在国际顶级期刊如Review of Economics and Statistics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Journal of Human Resources和国内顶级期刊如《经济研究》、《经济学（季刊）》等上面发表。在国家发展研究院先后教授劳动经济学 （研究生课程）、实证策略（研究生课程）、健康经济学（研究生课程）、中级微观经济学（本科生双学位课程）。

英文论文：

1. “How Does Undervaluation in Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) Affect Healthcare Utilization? Evidence from Administrative Data in China”. with Wei Huang and Yuqi Ta. forthcoming, Journal of Health Economics.

2. “Wellbeing of the Older Individuals in East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan ” , with Hidehiko Ichimura, Chulhee Lee, Jinkook Lee, Albert Park, and Yasuyuki Sawada, forthcoming, Japanese Economic Review

3.“Beyond Nature and Nurture: The Impact of China's Compulsory Schooling Law on Selection against High-risk Fetuses,” with Wei Huang, Guangjun Shen and Ang Sun, forthcoming, Journal of Human Resources

4. “Economic Policy Uncertainty, Health Status, and Mortality”, with Wei Huang and Miao Yu,Social Science and Medicine 362 （2024）117227

5.“Genetic associations with longevity are on average stronger in females than in males”， with Yi Zeng, Junxia Min, et al., Heliyon, 2024 Jan 15; 10(1): e23691

6. “Digital Financial Inclusion and Subjective Well-being -- Evidence from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study”, with Yan Shen and Ling Yang. China Economic Review (81) 2023

7. "Development and validation of the Disability Index among older adults," with Xuxi Zhang, Yi Zeng et al., Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2023, 78(1), 111–119

8. “The path to healthy ageing in China: A Peking University–Lancet Commission,” with Xinxin Chen, Yaohui Zhao et al., The Lancet, November 21, 2022

9.“Long-term care insurance and the well-being of older adults and their families: Evidence from China,” with Chen Bai, Jingpeng Hong and Hong Liu, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 296, March 2022, 114745

10. “One country, two systems: evidence on retirement patterns in China,” with John Giles, Gewei Wang, Yafeng Wang and Yaohui Zhao, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, October, 1-23, 2021

11. “Fertility Restrictions and Life-Cycle Outcomes: Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China,” with Wei Huang and Ang Sun, The Review of Economics and Statistics, October 2021, 103(4): 694–710, https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/rest_a_00921

12.“Demographic Changes and Economic Growth: Impact and Mechanisms,” with Qian Hu and Bo Zhao, posted online December 27, 2020, China Economic Journal

13.“Cognitive function and mental health of elderly people in China: findings from 2018 CLHLS survey”, with Chen Bai, China Population and Development Studies, 3,343-351 (2020)

14. “New trends in population aging and challenges for China’s sustainable development”, with Chen Bai, China Economic Journal, No. 1, 2020

15. “Meeting the challenge of China’s population change, “with Chen Bai, East Asia Forum Quarterly, 22, Oct-Dec 2019

16.“Temperature effects on mortality and household adaption: Evidence from China,” with Xiumei Yu and Min Wang, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019 96:195-212

17. “Gender Difference in the Impact of Retirement on Cognitive Abilities: Evidence from Urban China,” with Hong Liu, 2018, Journal of Comparative Economics, 46 (2018) 1425–1446

18. “Life satisfaction in China and consumption and income inequalities” with Yan Shen, James P. Smith and Guangsu Zhou, Review of Economics of the Household, March 2018, Volume 16, Issue 1, pp 75–95

19. "Fertility, Gender Preference, the Birth Planning Policy, and Life Satisfaction in China" with Yan Shen, James P. Smith and Guangsu Zhou, Journal of Population Research, March 2018, Volume 35, Issue 1, pp 23–40

20. “Sibling gender composition’s effect on education: evidence from China,” with Yan Shen, James P. Smith and Guangsu Zhou, Journal of Population Economics, April 2017, Volume 30, Issue 2, pp 569–590

21.“Does Raising Family Income Cause Better Child Health? Evidence from China,” with Yi Chen and Li-An Zhou, Economic Development and Cultural Change, January 2017

22. “Health Insurance and Health Care among the Mid-Aged and Older Chinese: Evidence from the National Baseline Survey of CHARLS,” with John Strauss, Chuanchuan Zhang and Yaohui Zhao, Health Economics, November 2016, Vol. 25(11)

23. “One-Child Policy and the Rise of Man-Made Twins,” with Wei Huang and Yaohui Zhao, The Review of Economics and Statistics, July 2016, 98(3): 467–476, doi:10.1162/REST_a_00567

24. “Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS National Baseline,” with John Strauss, Meng Tian and Yaohui Zhao, China Economic Journal, 2015, vol. 6, No. 3

25. “Inequality in Education Attainment and Expectation: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies,” with Yan Shen, China Economic Journal, 2015, vol. 6, No. 3

26. "Health Insurance and Health Status: Exploring the Causal Effect from a Policy Intervention," with Jay Pan and Gordon Liu, Health Economics, 2016

27. "Do Social Networks Improve Chinese Adults' Subjective Well-being?" with James P. Smith, Yan Shen and Guangsu Zhou, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2015, 6, 57-67

28. “Short-term Jobs and Long-term Job Loss of Large Supermarket Entry,” with Chuanchuan Zhang, China Economic Journal, 2015，8:1, 74-85,

29. “Old-Age Support and Protection,” with Chuanchuan Zhang and Yaohui Zhao, 2015, Avoiding the Middle-Income Trap: Challenges facing the Chinese Economy, Juzhong Zhuang, Yiping Huang, and Paul Vandenberg (eds.), Oxford University Press

30.“Depressive Symptoms and SES Among the Mid-Aged and Elderly in China: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study National Baseline,” with Xiaoting Sun, John Strauss, Peng Zhang and Yaohui Zhao, Social Science & Medicine, 2014 Nov;120:224-32.

31.“Capital Gains and Trading,” with Yuegang Zhou and Xiaoneng Zhu, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 32 (2014), 167-183

32.“Health Outcomes and Socio-economic Status among the Mid-Aged and Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS National Baseline Data,” with Xiaoting Sun, John Strauss and Yaohui Zhao, GonghuanYang, Perry Hu, Yisong Hu and Xiangjun Yin, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 3 (2014) 29-43

33. “Gender Differences in Cognition in China and Reasons for Change over Time: Evidence from CHARLS," with James Smith, Xiaoting Sun and Yaohui Zhao, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol. 4, December 2014, Pages 46-55

34.“Capital Gains, Illiquidity, and Stock Returns,” with Yuegang Zhou and Xiaoneng Zhu, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Vol. 25, November 2013, Pages 273-293

35.“Incentive Problems in China’s New Rural Pension Program,” with Chuanchuan Zhang and Yaohui Zhao, Research in Labor Economics, 2013, Vol. 37, Labor Market Issues in China, Corrado Giulietti, Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Klaus F. Zimmermann (eds.),

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=0147-9121&volume=37&PHPSESSID=7mfhd8v2vorfvj9b3imdpm4t63

36. “Height, Height Shrinkage, Health at Older Ages and SES: Evidence from China,” with Wei Huang, Geert Ridder, John Strauss and Yaohui Zhao, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 5, Issue 2, April 2013, http://www.aeaweb.org/atypon.php?return_to=/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/app.5.2.86&etoc=1

37. “How Will Fertility Imbalances Affect the Human Capital Structure in China? --Evidence from the National Family Planning and Fertility Health Survey,” with Yan Shen and Xiaxin Wang, China Economic Journal, December 2012, vol. 5, no. 1. p29-45, http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcej20/current

38. “Gender Differences in Cognition among Older Adults in China,” with Yuqing Hu, Jack McArdle, James P. Smith and Yaohui Zhao, Journal of Human Resources, September, 2012, 47:951-97, http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/4/951.short

39. “Patterns and Correlates of Intergenerational Non-Time Transfers: Evidence from CHARLS,” with John Giles, Yuqing Hu, Albert Park, John Strauss and Yaohui Zhao, Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives, M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.), Committee on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, National Research Council. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press,2012, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13361

40. “Health Care and Insurance Among the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS Pilot,” with John Strauss, Hao Hong, Lin Li, Albert Park, Li Yang and Yaohui Zhao, Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives, M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.), Committee on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, National Research Council. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press, 2012, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13361

41. “Social Interactions and Cognitive Function of Chinese Elderly: Evidence from CHARLS,” with Yuqing Hu, James P. Smith and Yaohui Zhao, Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives, M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.), Committee on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, National Research Council. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press, 2012, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13361

42. “Socioeconomic Status and Chronic Diseases: The Case of Hypertension in China,” China Economic Review, March 2012, with Nina Yin and Yaohui Zhao, Vol 23, Issue 1, Pp 105-121, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043951X11000848

43. “Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status Among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot,” with John Strauss, Albert Park, Yan Shen, James Smith, Zhe Yang and Yaohui Zhao, Journal of Population Ageing, December 2010, Volume 3, Issue 3-4, pp 111-142, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12062-011-9033-9

44. “The New Cooperative Medical Scheme in Rural China: Does More Coverage Mean More Service and Better Health?” Health Economics ,Volume 18 Issue S2 ,July 2009, Pages 25-46, with Wanchuan Lin, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.1501/pdf

45. “‘Fertility Effect’ or ‘Supporting Effect?’ Quantity of Children and Parental Health” Frontiers of Economics in China, Frontiers of Economics in China, Volume 4, Number 4, December 2009, Pages 601-617, with Guodong Chen, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11459-009-0032-1?LI=true

中文论文：

46. “人口变化、消费结构与低碳转型”（与张春峰、李昕、赵波合作），《数量经济技术经济研究》，2025年第1期（总42卷493期）

47. “老人居住安排与抑郁关系及社会参与调节作用” （与张旭熙、李曼、孙昕霙、曾毅合作），《中国老年学杂志》，已接受

48. “预期寿命对中国居民储蓄的影响”(与俞秀梅、王敏合作)，《经济科学》，2023年6月

49. “‘危墙’之下: 校园暴力风险对人力资本积累的影响——基于随机分班数据的证据”（与王方瞳、王一平、黄炜合作），《应用经济学评论》，2023年6月

50. “教育减负、家庭教育支出与教育公平”（与周子焜、沈艳合作），《经济学（季刊）》2023年5月

51. “实物类转移支付的道德风险问题——以城职保个人账户为例（与黄炜、沓钰淇合作），《世界经济》2023年5月

52. “数字时代中国老年人被诈骗研究——互联网与数字普惠金融的作用(与沈艳、杨玲合作)，《金融研究》2022年8月

53. “改革在路上：中国医疗保障体系的回顾与展望”，（与傅虹桥合作），《经济资料译丛》，2018年第二期

54. “健康水平、医疗保险与事前道德风险：理论分析与来自新农合的经验证据”， (与傅虹桥、袁东合作)，《经济学（季刊）》，2017年4月

55. “退休政策改革不能‘一刀切’”，《社会科学报》， 2015年2月12日第二版

56. “高攀的婚姻更令人满意吗？婚姻匹配模式及其长远影响”，(与许文健、赵耀辉合作)，《经济学（季刊）》，2014,第14卷，第1期

57. “健康对中国中老年人劳动供给的影响”（与李琴、赵耀辉合著），《经济学（季刊）》， 2014，第13卷，第3期

58. “医疗保险促进健康吗？基于中国城镇居民基本医疗保险的实证分析”（与潘杰、刘国恩合著），《经济研究》，2013年，第4期

59. “参考价格分布和股票回报：基于处置效应的分析”（与周月刚合著），《经济学（季刊）》，2011,第10卷，第3期

60. “中国农村老年人的医疗消费与健康状况：新农合带来的变化”(与王翌秋合著)，《南京农业大学学报社科版》，2011，第11卷，第2期

61. “退休会影响健康吗？”（与谭力、赵耀辉合著），《经济学（季刊）》, 2010，第9卷，第4期

62.“中国家庭的资产组合选择：健康状况与风险偏好”（与周月刚合著），《金融研究》， 2010 ，第1期

63.“管理医疗模式的影响差异-—来自加州医疗救助的经验分析”，《经济学(季刊)》，2009，第9卷，第1期

64. “代际转移、子女差异及中老年女性劳动供给”，《人口与经济》，2009, No. 6. ISSN 1000-4149

65.“论适当的货币政策”, 《城市金融论坛》, 1999

66. “当前我国国债市场发展与央行宏观调控”, 《金融与经济》, 1999