Christina Jenq

Christina Jenq

Christina Jenq is an applied labor economist with research interests in gender inequality, development, and political economy. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and her BA in Physics from Harvard College.2

Prior to joining NYU Shanghai as an Assistant Professor of Practice in Economics, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Institute for Emerging Market Studies.14 Her research focuses on topics such as gender, discrimination, labor economics, and Chinese economic history.1

Some of her notable research includes:

• The Employment Gender Gap in Urban China: Why Women Benefited Less from China's Privatization Reforms36
• Beauty, weight, and skin color in charitable giving3

Jenq has also worked with Prof. Albert Francis PARK at HKUST.2 Her research has been featured in publications like Pacific Standard Magazine, Atlantic Magazine, and Business Insider.5