Murong Yang
DPhil, MSc
Researcher in Health Economics
Murong Yang is a researcher in Health Economics, with a particular interest in health inequalities. Her current work focuses on applying econometric and epidemiological methods to investigate and explain disparities in infection incidence, treatment, and outcomes.
Murong originally joined the University of Oxford in 2019 as a DPhil student in Population Health. Her doctoral research examined income-related inequalities in child mental health from early childhood to adolescence in the UK. She holds an MSc in Industrial Economics from Shandong University and an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York.
Recent publications
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The changing role of family income in mental health from childhood to adolescence: findings from a UK longitudinal study.
Journal article
Yang M. et al, (2025), Arch Public Health, 83
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A longitudinal study of child mental health in the UK: the role of income and other risk factors
Thesis / Dissertation
Yang M., (2024)
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Child mental health and income gradient from early childhood to adolescence: Evidence from the UK
Conference paper
Yang M. et al, (2023), SSM - Population Health, 24
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Child mental health and income gradient from early childhood to adolescence: Evidence from the UK
Journal article
Yang M. et al, (2023), SSM - Population Health
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Eliciting risk preferences that predict risky health behavior: A comparison of two approaches
Journal article
Yang M. et al, (2022), Health Economics (United Kingdom), 31, 836 - 858