Yihao Yuan

Yihao Yuan
  • Doctoral Student

Contact Information

  • office Address:

    726.7 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
    3730 Walnut Street
    University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

Overview

Yihao Yuan joined the Wharton Marketing Doctoral Program in fall 2019. He received his BA in Economics from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, and an MS in Social Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Knowledge at Wharton

Automatic Enrollment, Tax Fears, and the 401(k) Surge

Professor and director of the Pension Research Council at the Wharton School breaks down new data on rising 401(k) contributions, the influence of automatic enrollment, and the savings behaviors of younger generations.…Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 7/9/2025
How Minimum Wages and Taxes Can Combat Income Inequality

The ideal way to reduce income inequality is to use minimum wages and income taxes in a complementary way instead of one substituting the other, according to new Wharton research.…Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 7/8/2025
A Simple Way to Boost Math Progress in Elementary School

Researchers from Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative and their collaborators conducted a megastudy to investigate whether low-cost nudges — informed by behavioral science — could help teachers accelerate student progress in math.…Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 7/8/2025