CEP | People | Yuanhang Yu

Biography

Yuanhang (Leo) Yu is a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and an Occasional Research Assistant at CEP. He is interested in international trade, technology and innovation. He also has a particular interest in environmental issues.

Current areas of research include:

International trade: Environmental implication of trade liberalisation
Agricultural trade
Volatility and gains from trade
Technology and innovation: Technology adoption and labour market
Patent networks

Publications

Blog

Automation creates the space for entirely new jobs: the UK must adopt, adapt and improve

Fears about robots taking people's jobs are overplayed, say Rui Costa and Yuanhang Yu. Their research shows the real fear to overcome should be Britain's lack of productivity-enhancing robots, software, artificial intell... Read more...

Rui Costa and Yuanhang Yu

27 February 2023

CentrePiece - The magazine of the Centre for Economic Performance

Adopt, adapt and improve

Fears about robots taking people’s jobs are overplayed, say Rui Costa and Yuanhang Yu. Their Economy 2030 Inquiry briefing shows the real fear to overcome should be Britain’s lack of productivity-enhancing robots, softwa... Read more...

Rui Costa and Yuanhang Yu

21 February 2023

External publications

Adopt, adapt and improve

Worries that jobs will be lost to automation are not new, but have been heightened since the release of Frey and Osborne's 2013 study, which warned that nearly half of jobs in the US were at 'high risk' of automation. Ne... Read more...

Rui Costa and Yuanhang Yu

10 November 2022