Kewei (Benedict) Xu

I am currently PhD student of Economics at Northeastern University. I was a dual master student of Social and Economic Policy at Northwestern University and Applied Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. I graduated with a bachelor degree in Commerce, majoring in Finance and minor in Accounting, from the University of Sydney in December 2022. From September 2021 to June 2022, I had one year exchange at the Guanghua School of Management in Peking University. In 2025, I was a sponsored guest PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

My research interests include labor economics, the economics of education, health economics, public policy, and machine learning applications. I am proficient in various coding languages such as Python, Stata, Matlab, SQL, html, CSS, Bash, Git, and LaTeX. Except Mandarine and English, I also have advanced language skills in Japanese and beginner-level skills in French.