Shibin Yan, PhD

Shibin Yan

Senior Research Assistant, Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs; Senior Affiliate, Fox Leadership International

Shibin Yan is a Senior Affiliate of Fox Leadership International and Senior Research Assistant at the Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs. Dr. Yan plays an important role in several regional policy evaluation programs while he serves in the Walter Rand Institute. He earned his PhD in Public Affairs in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers University-Camden. His research interests include eldercare, comparative public policy, policy evaluation, and community-based long-term care. Before joining Rutgers and Penn, he worked at a local research institute in China—Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences—for two years. He received his MA in public administration from Guangzhou University and his BA in public administration from Guangdong University of Finance and Economics.

Dr. Yan’s current research is based on the World Health Organization Multi-Country Study on Global AGEing (SAGE) and adult health. He seeks to apply Esping-Andersen’s care regime framework to analyze the eldercare system in China and India and to establish a new theoretical tool that can provide a systematic comparison to comparable emerging countries with huge elderly populations.