Wei Shi is an Associate Professor and Deputy Dean at the Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University. His research interests include microeconometrics and urban economics, focusing on the theory and applications in topics such as social networks and peer effects. His research has been published in leading economics journals such as International Economic Review, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Population Economics, and Journal of Urban Economics. He received grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Education of China. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the Ohio State University in 2016.