Luyi Han

Luyi Han

  • Assistant Professor in Regional and Agricultural Economics
112A Armsby Building,
216 Curtin Rd
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Regional and Urban Economics
  • Rural Economic Development
  • Entrepreneurship Economics
  • Labor Economics

Websites

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, Oklahoma State University
  • Bachelor in Economics, University of Minnesota

My research focuses on Regional and Urban Economics, Rural Economic Development, Entrepreneurship Economics, and Labor Economics.
I hold U.S. Census Special Sworn Status (SSS) and have conducted extensive research within the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDC).

Publications

Broadband adoption and self-employment-Evidence from the American Community Survey''
Economics Bulletin, Han, Luyi, 2026

Extending Place-Based Innovation Policy to Rural Areas: Using Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition to Identify Endowment Deficiencies, Tian, Z, Han, Luyi, Wojan, Timothy, Goetz, S, 2026

Do Prior Residents Benefit from Energy Booms?
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Han, Luyi, Winters, John, Betz, Michael, 2026

Early growth, limited persistence: User entrepreneurship and firm employment growth
Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Tian, Z, Han, Luyi, Wojan, Timothy, Goetz, S, 2026

Rural Innovative Firms and Credit: Findings from the Annual Business Survey
Finance Research Open, Han, Luyi, Wojan, Timothy, Rupasingha, Anil, Goetz, Stephan, 2025

Design: a critical input to rural innovative entrepreneurship
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Wojan, Timothy R., Han, Luyi, Tian, Zheng, Goetz, Stephan J., 2025

Did the US Fracking Boom Shale-Shock Regional Patenting?
Growth and Change, Han, Luyi, Winters, John, 2024

Testing biasedness of self-reported microbusiness innovation in the annual business survey
PLoS One, Han, Luyi, Tian, Z, Wojan, Timothy, Goetz, Stephan, 2024

Accounting for Differences in Female Labor Force Participation between China and India
The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Azam, Mehtabul, Han, Luyi, 2020

Effect of product obsolescence on wages: Role of international trade and skill levels
Economics Letters, Lahiri, Bidisha, Han, Luyi, 2020

Industry Fluctuations and College Major Choices: Evidence from an Energy Boom and Bust
Economics of Education Review, Han, Luyi, Winters, John, 2020