Yuchen Feng

(he/him)

Overview

Feng is a PhD student in Economics, funded by ESRC Wales DTP collaborative studentship with the Office for National Statistics. He is supervised by Professor Andrew Henley and Dr Anna Kochanova.

He mainly focuses on firm productivity in the UK with particular attention on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). He is trying to explain the productivity difference by innovation and management practices. His research is involving in some firm survey databases conducted by the ONS, such as the Annual Business Survey (ABS), the UK Innovation Survey (UKIS), and the Management and Expectations Survey (MES) etc. He has completed the Secure Research Service training as an Accredited Researcher at the ONS.

He completed the two training years of 2+2 PhD route at Cardiff Business School: MRes Advanced Economics with Merit in 2022 and MSc Economics with Distinction in 2021. Prior to PhD programme, he completed MSc Financial Economics with Distinction in 2020 at CARBS and Bachelor of Finance in 2018 at Harbin University of Commerce.

Alongside his academic studies, he has gained practical experience through internships at a Trust Company and an Investment Bank, as well as serving as a Teaching Assistant. In 2024, he worked as a Research Assistant on a project led by Dr. Jin Ho Kim, focusing on labor market concentration in the UK semiconductor industry. He is currently a Research Assistant for The Productivity Institute Wales Forum, working under Professor Melanie Jones.