Portrait of Issac Yurui Hu

WORLD BANK GROUP · DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, ASIA (DECPA)

Issac Yurui Hu

胡雨瑞

Junior Professional Associate · Analyst Economist · Data Scientist
Asia Pacific Chief Economist Office, World Bank Group

I use large-scale data and empirical methods to study how artificial intelligence (AI), trade, tariff, climate risks, and other economic shocks affect firms and households in emerging market and developing economies.

Research interests

AI · Labor market dynamic · International trade · Climate resilience · Firm behavior

I am a Junior Professional Associate in the World Bank Group’s Chief Economist Office for Asia Pacific. My recent work combines large-scale administrative, labor-market, firm-level, survey, and geospatial data with empirical methods and large language models.

I have contributed to World Bank research and flagship publications on artificial intelligence, labor markets, trade, climate resilience, and firms in developing economies.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

Master of Arts in International Relations

Focus in International Economics and Finance & Development, Climate, and Sustainability · 2023

Dickinson College

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations

Minor in Theoretical Mathematics · Magna Cum Laude · 2023

RESEARCH

Selected research

WORLD BANK POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER 11284 · 2026

Heat, Informality, and Misallocation: Firm Adaptation in the Short and Long Run

Research assistance.

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WORLD BANK POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER 11135 · 2025

From Patriarchy to Policy: Norms, Votes, and Gender Equal Laws

Research assistance.

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WORLD BANK POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER 10947 · 2024

Household and Firm Exposure to Heat and Floods in South Asia

Research assistance.

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WORLD BANK POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER 10946 · 2024

Education, Social Norms, and the Marriage Penalty: Evidence from South Asia

Research assistance.

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WORLD BANK POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER 10729 · 2024

Climate Change Adaptation: What Does the Evidence Say?

Research assistance.

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FLAGSHIP REPORTS

Selected World Bank reports

Jun 2025

From Risk to Resilience ↗

Head Research analyst for the full report; coordinated the analysts team and supported report-wide data, analysis, visualization, and production.

Apr 2025

Taxing Times ↗

Research analyst for the Spotlight and cross support for Chapter 1.