My research explores the design, provision, and regulation of public, private, and informal insurance.
I study how societies manage risk and develop systems of insurance over time. Drawing on
public economics,
financial economics of insurance,
and financial history, I focus on three interconnected areas: social insurance and cash transfer programs,
life insurance markets and pension funds, and financial organization in history. Through both theoretical
modeling and empirical analysis, my work investigates how risk-sharing arrangements—from imperial fiscal
institutions to modern insurance systems—shape risk-resisting behavior and intergenerational insurance.
Yuzheng Wang began studying violin with his mother in his childhood. At the age of ten, he started studying with
Prof. Zhinuo Ding,
of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, for twelve years. He was a member of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music's
extracurricular string orchestra for elementary school students and children's choir. Later, he served as the
concertmaster of the CUEF Symphony Orchestra, and the principal second violin of the
UChicago Chamber Orchestra.
Now he is a member of the
UChicago Symphony Orchestra.
If it's your birthday today, congratulations! To celebrate, here is a violin performance of the
"Happy Birthday" song just for you.
