Biography
Jinhu Li is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics in Deakin Business School. Jinhu obtained her PhD in Economics from McMaster University in Canada in 2011. Her research fields of interest are health economics, applied microeconometrics, the economics of education and labour economics. Jinhu's areas of research include the social-economic determinants of health, the dynamics of health development, incentives in the healthcare markets and the performance of health care providers, and labour supply behaviour of physicians. She is also interested in the application of microeconometric techniques, in particular, panel data modelling methods to various empirical topics in applied economics.
Jinhu is currently working on projects investigating the socio-economic determinants of health and human capital during childhood and adolescence, the effect of education on health and health-related behaviours, intergenerational transmission of human capital, the effect of competition on quality of health care provided by physicians, and the effect of financial incentives on doctors’ provision of health care.
Read more on Jinhu's profileResearch interests
- Health Economics
- Applied Micro-econometrics
- Economics of Education
Affiliations
- Member, Australian Health Economics Society.
- Member, European Health Economics Association.
- Member, International Health Economics Association.
Teaching interests
- Health Economics
- Micro-econometrics
- Microeconomics
Units taught
MAE256: Analytical Methods in Economics and Finance
Professional activities
Projects
- 'Understanding the effects of parental education on child health outcomes', Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA), AUD$191,912, 2018.
Publications
J Li, N Menon
(2021), Journal of Development Studies, C1
S Szawlowski, P Choong, J Li, E Nelson, M Nikpour, A Scott, V Sundararajan, M Dowsey
(2019), Vol. 9, BMJ Open, C1
Accuracy of patient recall for self-reported doctor visits: is shorter recall better?
Kim Dalziel, Jinhu Li, Anthony Scott, Philip Clarke
(2018), Vol. 27, pp. 1684-1698, Health economics, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
Barbara Broadway, Guyonne Kalb, Jinhu Li, Anthony Scott
(2017), Vol. 26, pp. e52-e66, Health economics, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
P Contoyannis, J Li
(2017), Vol. 180, pp. 907-922, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: series A (statistics in society), Chichester, Eng., C1-1
Does more education lead to better health habits? Evidence from the school reforms in Australia
J Li, N Powdthavee
(2015), Vol. 127, pp. 83-91, Social science and medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Retaining rural doctors: Doctors' preferences for rural medical workforce incentives
J Li, A Scott, M McGrail, J Humphreys, J Witt
(2014), Vol. 121, pp. 56-64, Social science and medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Physician response to pay-for-performance: evidence from a natural experiment
J Li, J Hurley, P DeCicca, G Buckley
(2014), Vol. 23, pp. 962-978, Health economics, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
The evolution of health outcomes from childhood to adolescence
P Contoyannis, J Li
(2011), Vol. 30, pp. 11-32, Journal of health economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Understanding the effects of parental education on child health outcomes
Dr Jinhu Li
ARC DECRA - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
- 2019: $112,102
- 2018: $202,054
Supervisions
Bo Yu
Thesis entitled: How do environmental mandates impact internal migration in Chinese cities?
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Economics