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View allYimei Zou was a research analyst at the Peterson Institute from July 2010 to July 2012 and worked with Senior Fellow William R. Cline. Prior to this position, she held a research assistantship at Swarthmore College with Professor Thomas S. Dee. A Chinese native, she graduated with honors from Swarthmore College with double majors in economics and mathematics.