Yana Jin

Yana Jin 靳雅娜

Assistant Professor · Peking University

Department of Environmental Management
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

My research focuses on non-market valuation and the economic analysis of energy and environmental policies. Before joining Peking University, I was a High Meadows Postdoctoral Economist at Environmental Defense Fund and a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at William & Mary. I received my Ph.D. in Environmental Economics (2017), B.S. in Biology, and B.A. in Economics (2011) from Peking University.

靳雅娜，北京大学环境科学与工程学院助理教授、博导、研究员，主要从事环境价值评估及能源与环境政策的经济分析。加入北大前，曾在美国环保协会和威廉玛丽学院从事博士后研究。博士毕业于北京大学，并拥有北京大学生命科学和经济学双学士学位。

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Selected publications

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† Student or advisee coauthor* Corresponding author§ Equal contribution

Rooftop solar responds to extreme heat and reduces energy poverty among rural households

Shunlin Jin†, Xianling Long*, Yana Jin*, Weidong Wang, and Shiqiu Zhang

Nature Climate ChangeAccepted

Citation counts from Google Scholar, November 2026.

Selected working papers

Titles are subject to change. † Student or advisee coauthor.

Down the drain? The impact of wastewater treatment plants on residential property values

with Tingwei Gao† and Cheng Fang†

Corresponding author: Yana Jin

Changes in stated willingness to pay for air-pollution-related health risk reductions: Evidence from repeated discrete choice experiments in Beijing, 2016 and 2024

with Yanying Wang† and Shiqiu Zhang

Under review · Corresponding author: Yana Jin

When cancer is less fatal: How illness type and baseline fatality shape the valuation of mortality and morbidity risk reductions

with Yanying Wang† and Shiqiu Zhang

Corresponding author: Yana Jin

The effects of ambient air pollution and survey mode on sample composition and stated health risk valuations

with Henrik Andersson and Shiqiu Zhang

Under review · First and corresponding author: Yana Jin

Teaching

Peking University

Environmental Economics
Graduate · 2 credits
Independent instructor
Benefit-Cost Analysis
Undergraduate & graduate · 2 credits
Independent instructor

William & Mary

Environmental Policy in China
2019 · Undergraduate · 3 credits
Independent instructor
China’s Green Transition
2020 · Undergraduate · 1-credit seminar
Organizer
Insect Conservation
2019 · 1-credit seminar
Session leader
Independent Research in Sustainability
2019 · 1–3 credits
Advisor

Students

Initial placements and internships are listed where available.

Ph.D. students

Current

Hengxing Yin, Tianyu Xia, Qinzhang Wang, Wenrui Shen, Zixiao Li

Alumni

  • Tingwei Gao — Ph.D. 2026; postdoctoral researcher at Tsinghua SEM

Master’s students

Current

  • Qiandelong Zhang — Peking University–LSE double master’s program
  • Siyuan Lee — Peking University–LSE double master’s program
  • Zewei Fu — Peking University–LSE double master’s program

Alumni

  • Mengyu Liu — Peking University–LSE double master’s program; Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, Flagship Fellowship
  • Yi Yang — Peking University; Huawei
  • Chelsea Townsend — Yenching Academy, Peking University
  • Xinran Kang — Yenching Academy, Peking University; Boston Consulting Group
  • Yuhan Hu — Peking University; co-advised with Shiqiu Zhang; Ph.D. at Oregon State University
  • Xuzhou Qin — Toulouse School of Economics; co-advised with Henrik Andersson
  • Zixiao Li — Ph.D. student in my group at Peking University

Undergraduate students

Current

Shiya Peng — Peking University

Alumni

Peking University

  • Yetong Li — Master’s in Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
  • Cheng Fang — Ph.D. in Economics at Tsinghua SEM
  • Qiandelong Zhang — Peking University–LSE double master’s program
  • Haoyang Huang — Ph.D. in Environmental Management at CESE, Peking University

Wuhan University

  • Yubei Li — Ph.D. at The Ohio State University
  • Jingtong Lin — ByteDance
William & Mary alumni
  • Qianyin Lu — Duke University
  • Naixin Kang — Cornerstone Research
  • Grace Williams — House Committee on Natural Resources
  • James Li — Morgan Stanley
  • Xiaoshu Lin — Yale University
  • Qingyu Tao — Johns Hopkins SAIS
  • Bingling Wang — University of Pennsylvania
  • Rong Qin — Johns Hopkins SAIS
  • Wenzhi Pan — University of Pennsylvania
  • Emeline Walker
  • Xuejia Tong
  • Daniel Morgan
  • Tara Clark
  • Dongyang Wang