Postdoctoral Scholar (2024–2026)
Zhexun Mo is an economist whose research focuses on the intersection of political economics, development, and economic history. In particular, he explores inequalities in their multidimensional forms and their interactions with political forces over the long run, such as the long-term repercussions of coercive inequalities engendered by conscription and forced labor in colonial French Africa. He also constructs historical national wealth balance sheets and works on the development of better measurement methods for income and wealth inequalities in East Asian countries over the long term. Mo is expected to receive his Ph.D. in Economics from the Paris School of Economics in July 2024.
Mo joined the Stone Center in the fall semester of 2024.
Areas of Expertise
Economics of Inequalities
National Wealth
Redistributive Preferences
Colonial Legacies
Economies of East Asia
- Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 115: When Facts Fail: Experimental Evidence on Perceptions and Preferences towards Chinese Investments in Germany
- Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 114: Human Capital, Unequal Opportunities, and Productivity Convergence: A Global Historical Perspective, 1800–2100
- Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 113: Income Inequality in South Korea, 1933–2022: Evidence from Distributional National Accounts
- Blog Post: Socio-Economic Inequality in China Through a Cross-National Lens: Stone Center Workshop
- Journal Article: Reform Windfall as Redistribution: A Survey Experiment on Redistributive Preferences in Contemporary China
- Interview: Zhexun Mo on How the Chinese Public Views Inequality and Redistribution
- Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 97: Reform Windfall as Redistribution: A Survey Experiment on Redistributive Preferences in Contemporary China
- Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 96: Enforcing Colonial Rule: Blood Tax and Head Tax in French West Africa
- Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 93: Non-Meritocrats or Choice-Reluctant Meritocrats? A Redistribution Experiment in China and France
