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Yanan joined the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing in November 2020 as a Research Fellow on the DAI@Oxford Programme with a quantitative focus. Her role involves the creation of an evidence base for positive interventions in support of population ageing.
She previously worked as a social care economist for the ESRC funded ‘Sustainable Care: Connecting People and Systems’. She conducts research on the costs of social care in terms of economy, health, and well-being, primarily through the analysis of large-scale longitudinal survey data, often presenting her results internationally, directly contributing to key policy debates.
She obtained her doctorate at the Department of Economics at the University of Birmingham in 2018, under the supervision of Professors Alessandra Guariglia and David Dickinson. Her thesis explored the association between savings and ageing populations, the reallocation of resources in middle and older aged adults, and the consumption, efficiency and utilisation of public health insurance schemes.
Links to publicly accessible reports; academic publications available on request.
2024
- Spousal Characteristics and Unmet Care Needs: A Longitudinal National Study of Adults Aged 50 and over in England
- Functional Transitions among Older Adults in Rural China: Examining the Differential Roles of Care from Daughters’ and Sons’ Families
- Spend it, save it, or transfer it?
- Population ageing and the demographic deficit: exploring the second demographic dividend
- Insights into Informal Caregivers' Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Analysis of Care Intensity, Location, and Relationship
2023
- Changing Chinese Family and Implications for Elder Care
- Non-Kin Carers: An Emerging Force in Contemporary Care Systems
2022
- The impact of son or daughter care on Chinese older adults' mental health
- A lost decade? A renewed case for adult social care reform in England.
- Son or Daughter Care in Relation to Self-Reported Health Outcomes for Older Adults in China
- Longitudinal analysis of local government spending on adult social care and carers' subjective well-being in England