Welcome! I am a PhD candidate in the Economics Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. I am a 2026-2027 NBER Doctoral Dissertation Fellow.
I study topics at the intersection of economics of education, information economics, and experimental economics, examining how the private tutoring market, standardized testing policies, and college admission mechanisms affect student outcomes and access to higher education. I am also interested in the consequences of human-AI interactions.
Here's my Curriculum Vitae.
You can contact me at hchen915@umd.edu.
A small parameter that justifies most research performed in Economics: 1/ego, where ego is the author’s ego.