Inside the Mind of

Jing Li

Li Jing serves as the Associate Professor of Economics; Pillar Lead (Urban Growth), SMU Urban Institute at SIngapore Management University. Her research focuses on Urban Economics, Real Estate Finance and Health Economics.


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Why do people choose to live in cities? What is the benefit? Traditionally researchers tend to focus on productivity in the labour market. We would like to introduce a relatively new perspective. We want to think about the benefits in terms of the marriage market.

Jing Li, Leaving for love?: How migration to cities is affected by marriage incentives