Li Li is an Associate Professor at East China Normal University (ECNU) with a Ph.D. in Economics from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining ECNU, she worked at the Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, supporting Singapore's Public Utilities Board. Her research focuses on labor economics, resource economics, and development economics. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Population Economics, and Journal of Econometrics. She is the PI of two projects under the National Natural Science Foundation of China (youth and general).