Jiangnan Zeng (Jeanine)
Jiangnan Zeng (Jeanine)
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Assistant Professor
Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics
University of Guelph, Canada
I am an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of public, labor, and urban economics. My research agenda focuses on racial bias, representation, and inequality across multiple contexts—mass media, policing, migration, and political economy.
Email: jiangnan@uoguelph.ca
Working papers
Working papers
"Casting roles, casting votes: Lessons from Sesame Street on media representation, racial biases, and voting", with Claire Duquennois
Media: VoxDev
"Racial Retaliation and Updating: Black Athletes Leadership and Racial Hate", with Claire Duquennois
"Racial Representation, Segregation, and Sorting"
"Racial Representation in Local Government and Racial Disparities in Policing", with Daniel Jones and Xiaohong Wang,
Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
Publications
Publications
“Meritocracy and Subnational GDP Manipulation in China”, with Qiyao Zhou, Journal of Urban Economics, 2025
“The City Council Member Next Door”, with Daniel B. Jones and Randall Walsh, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2025
“Estimating the Economic Impact of Intensifying Environmental Regulation in China”, with Dali Yang and Qiyao Zhou, Environmental and Resource Economics, 2023
Work in Progress
Work in Progress
“Drafting Role Models: How Minority NBA Superstars Shape Teens’ Racial Attitudes, Schooling, and Early-Career Outcomes”, with Claire Duquennois
“Media Representations of Race: Impacts on Residential Sorting”, with Claire Duquennois
"Local Politics and Migration Choice", with Noah McKinnie Braun
Teaching
Teaching
Urban Economics, University of Guelph
Introductory Mathematical Economics, University of Guelph
Introduction to Microeconomic Theory, University of Pittsburgh
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