徐化愚是北京大学国家发展研究院和南南学院的经济学助理教授。他于2020年获得密歇根大学经济学博士学位，研究领域是发展经济学和人事管理经济学。他的研究受到国家自然科学基金、Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), William T. Grant Foundation等国内外知名学术机构的资助，研究成果发表于American Economic Journal: Applied Economics、Journal of Public Economics、Journal of Development Economics、Journal of Comparative Economics、《经济学季刊》等国内外一流学术期刊。曾获北京大学“教学优秀奖”、“优秀德育奖”、“中国工商银行奖教金-经济学优秀学者奖”、本科生科研优秀指导教师称号。他目前开设《中级微观经济学》、《公共政策分析》、《发展经济学》等课程。

"The Long-Term Health and Economic Consequences of Improved Property Rights." Journal of Public Economics, 2021.

"Hostel Takeover: Living Conditions, Reference Dependence, and the Well-being of Migrant Workers," with Ach Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham. Journal of Public Economics, 2023.

"The Human Capital Effects of Access to Elite Jobs," with Ach Adhvaryu. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024.

"Land Reform and Health Endowments at Birth," with Yawen Ding and Xiaobing Wang. Journal of Comparative Economics, 2025.

"The Power of Children in Energy Conservation: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial," with Yuan Wang, Xiaoguang Xu, and Yongmei Zhou. Journal of Development Economics, 2025.

"The Agricultural and Economic Impacts of Massive Water Diversion," with Guangbo Huang, Chong Liu, Tianyang Xi, and Wei You. R&R.

"The Socioeconomic Impacts of Industrial Parks in Ethiopia," with Guangbo Huang and Min Wang. R&R.

"Managerial Attention, Employee Attrition, and Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment," with Hugh Wu and Shannon Liu. R&R.

"Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives and Employee Performance: Evidence from a Field Experiment," with Hugh Wu and Seth Carnahan.

"In-group Preferences and Land Misallocation in China."

“混合经济与最优跨国技术授权——基于运输成本创新的空间博弈模型，”《经济学季刊》，2020（1）.（与叶光亮、陈逸豪合作）