Lei Xu is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics and The Ohio State University. Lei received her undergraduate degree in Economics from University of Oregon with departmental honors and Summa Cum Laude. During her undergraduate studies, she conducted honor paper about predictions of graduation rates based on results of early curriculum courses, and she also worked on project about predictions of Oregon nonfarm payrolls by using RATS. During her graduate studies at Cornell University, she conducted research about measuring the impact of microfinance on household well-being.

Advisor: Dr. H. Allen Klaiber