Dr. Wanting Jiang

Biography

Wanting Jiang is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Consumer Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research broadly examines how social policy contexts shape household economic behaviors and well-being, with a particular focus on spatial context. Her dissertation centers on financial engagement in the U.S., investigating how households access and utilize financial services. She explores immigrant populations and their pre- and post-migration experiences related to financial engagement outcomes. Additionally, she examines policy shocks—sudden changes in social welfare programs—and the unintended consequences that arise, alongside how spatial context influences community responses. By connecting these themes, she employs behavioral models to predict the impacts of policy changes and to capture the heterogeneity of household financial engagement.

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