Yifei Yan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4010083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yifei Yan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yifei |
| FAMILY NAME | Yan |
| SIGNATURE | YAN Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2833-5972 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Policy Capacity Matters Differently Over Time: The Emergence and Persistence of Participatory Budgeting in China
The persistence of participatory budgeting (PB) in selected Chinese localities challenges the conventional wisdom that deliberative democratic practices can only take root in liberal political environments. Yet, existing literature has not sufficiently elucidated the factors underpinning the rise and sustained operation of PB in this seemingly incongruous environment. This study addresses this gap by analysing the policy capacities critical to PB…
Policy Capacity in the Global South: Linking Theory and Empirics
Policy capacity is a central concept in public policy and administration. It addresses a fundamental concern over the poor conceptualization of capacity and offers a more comprehensive framework to examine the inner workings of policymaking and administration. However, its transformative potential is constrained by its inadequate exploration of, and engagement with, Global South contexts. This special issue addresses this critical gap. This edito…
Accountability for policy decisions: Addressing gaps in theory and practice
Despite accountability’s centrality to good governance , policymakers such as senior government officials are rarely held responsible for the quality of and reasoning behind their policy choices. Conventional accountability mechanisms are mostly fixated on procedural compliance , without sufficiently attending to whether policies are well-designed , evidence-based , or achieve intended outcomes. This paper argues that “policy choice accountabilit…
Association of dietary isoflavones intake with all-cause mortality and heart disease mortality: A prospective cohort study
Our findings suggest dietary intake of total isoflavones, genistein, and daidzein in the right amounts was associated with lower all-cause mortality and exhibited an association of results for mortality from heart disease with daidzein to diminish the chances of heart disease mortality. The present study reveals a U-shaped association between dietary isoflavones and all-cause mortality in female participants
Association of dietary health indices with frailty
Higher HEI-2015 scores are linked to lower frailty risk. Promoting healthy eating may prevent frailty, especially in high-risk groups, with education and demographic factors influencing this relationship
Policy Capacity Matters for Education System Reforms: A Comparative Study of Two Brazilian States
It is increasingly recognized that various competencies are needed for education systems in the developing world to succeed in fulfilling SDG4. However, reform efforts are often hampered by a lack of conceptual clarity regarding what these competencies are and how they matter. This article fills the gap by developing a comprehensive conception of policy capacity to explain the educational outcomes in two states in Brazil. The comparative case ana…
The double-edged-sword effect of empathy: The secondary traumatic stress and vicarious posttraumatic growth of psychological hotline counselors during the outbreak of Covid-19
The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak increases public mental stress and pandemic-related trauma. Timely and comprehensive online mental health services have been deployed across China. Hotline counselors can be exposed to the stress and trauma experienced by callers indirectly. They may experience secondary traumatic stress (STS) as a result of their empathetic engagement with traumatized clients, and they may also experience vi…
Policy capacity matters for capacity development: Comparing teacher in-service training and career advancement in basic education systems of India and China
Capacity development is central to the study and practice of public policy and administration, but ensuring its effectiveness requires a substantial amount of policy capacity from government agencies tasked to design and implement it. Identifying the right mix of policy capacity that governments should possess has been made difficult due to conceptual and operational problems. This article addresses the gap by developing a framework that conceptu…
Public sector innovation, e-government, and anticorruption in China and India: Insights from civil servants
Both China and India are adopting information and communication technologies to facilitate openness and transparency in their governments, and hence reduce corruption. Distinctive from their traditional anticorruption approaches, is the innovative e-government approach an effective solution to corruption in these two large developing countries? This paper addresses the question through comparative in-depth interviews with 44 mid- or senior-level …
Public sector innovation, e-government, and anticorruption in China and India: Insights from civil servants
Both China and India are adopting information and communication technologies to facilitate openness and transparency in their governments, and hence reduce corruption. Distinctive from their traditional anticorruption approaches, is the innovative e-government approach an effective solution to corruption in these two large developing countries? This paper addresses the question through comparative in-depth interviews with 44 mid- or senior-level …
Policy Capacity Matters for Education System Reforms: A Comparative Study of Two Brazilian States
It is increasingly recognized that various competencies are needed for education systems in the developing world to succeed in fulfilling SDG4. However, reform efforts are often hampered by a lack of conceptual clarity regarding what these competencies are and how they matter. This article fills the gap by developing a comprehensive conception of policy capacity to explain the educational outcomes in two states in Brazil. The comparative case ana…
Policy capacity matters for capacity development: Comparing teacher in-service training and career advancement in basic education systems of India and China
Capacity development is central to the study and practice of public policy and administration, but ensuring its effectiveness requires a substantial amount of policy capacity from government agencies tasked to design and implement it. Identifying the right mix of policy capacity that governments should possess has been made difficult due to conceptual and operational problems. This article addresses the gap by developing a framework that conceptu…
Public sector innovation, e-government, and anticorruption in China and India: Insights from civil servants
Both China and India are adopting information and communication technologies to facilitate openness and transparency in their governments, and hence reduce corruption. Distinctive from their traditional anticorruption approaches, is the innovative e-government approach an effective solution to corruption in these two large developing countries? This paper addresses the question through comparative in-depth interviews with 44 mid- or senior-level …
The double-edged-sword effect of empathy: The secondary traumatic stress and vicarious posttraumatic growth of psychological hotline counselors during the outbreak of Covid-19
The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak increases public mental stress and pandemic-related trauma. Timely and comprehensive online mental health services have been deployed across China. Hotline counselors can be exposed to the stress and trauma experienced by callers indirectly. They may experience secondary traumatic stress (STS) as a result of their empathetic engagement with traumatized clients, and they may also experience vi…
Policy capacity matters for capacity development: Comparing teacher in-service training and career advancement in basic education systems of India and China
Capacity development is central to the study and practice of public policy and administration, but ensuring its effectiveness requires a substantial amount of policy capacity from government agencies tasked to design and implement it. Identifying the right mix of policy capacity that governments should possess has been made difficult due to conceptual and operational problems. This article addresses the gap by developing a framework that conceptu…
Policy Capacity Matters for Education System Reforms: A Comparative Study of Two Brazilian States
It is increasingly recognized that various competencies are needed for education systems in the developing world to succeed in fulfilling SDG4. However, reform efforts are often hampered by a lack of conceptual clarity regarding what these competencies are and how they matter. This article fills the gap by developing a comprehensive conception of policy capacity to explain the educational outcomes in two states in Brazil. The comparative case ana…
Association of dietary isoflavones intake with all-cause mortality and heart disease mortality: A prospective cohort study
Our findings suggest dietary intake of total isoflavones, genistein, and daidzein in the right amounts was associated with lower all-cause mortality and exhibited an association of results for mortality from heart disease with daidzein to diminish the chances of heart disease mortality. The present study reveals a U-shaped association between dietary isoflavones and all-cause mortality in female participants
Association of dietary health indices with frailty
Higher HEI-2015 scores are linked to lower frailty risk. Promoting healthy eating may prevent frailty, especially in high-risk groups, with education and demographic factors influencing this relationship
Policy Capacity Matters Differently Over Time: The Emergence and Persistence of Participatory Budgeting in China
The persistence of participatory budgeting (PB) in selected Chinese localities challenges the conventional wisdom that deliberative democratic practices can only take root in liberal political environments. Yet, existing literature has not sufficiently elucidated the factors underpinning the rise and sustained operation of PB in this seemingly incongruous environment. This study addresses this gap by analysing the policy capacities critical to PB…
Policy Capacity in the Global South: Linking Theory and Empirics
Policy capacity is a central concept in public policy and administration. It addresses a fundamental concern over the poor conceptualization of capacity and offers a more comprehensive framework to examine the inner workings of policymaking and administration. However, its transformative potential is constrained by its inadequate exploration of, and engagement with, Global South contexts. This special issue addresses this critical gap. This edito…
Accountability for policy decisions: Addressing gaps in theory and practice
Despite accountability’s centrality to good governance , policymakers such as senior government officials are rarely held responsible for the quality of and reasoning behind their policy choices. Conventional accountability mechanisms are mostly fixated on procedural compliance , without sufficiently attending to whether policies are well-designed , evidence-based , or achieve intended outcomes. This paper argues that “policy choice accountabilit…
Medicine (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (3 works) · Biostatistics (2 works) · Capacity development (2 works) · China (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Epidemiology (2 works)