​WANG Xuebo

Publications

1. Beyond the Quantity–Quality Tradeoff: Population Control Policy and Human Capital Investment (with Junsen Zhang), Journal of Development Economics 135 (2018): 222–234. [PDF]

​Working Papers

1. A Tale of Hardships: Genes, Family Background, and Children's Response to Negative Shocks (with Junsen Zhang). [PDF]

2. Great Famine, Differential Fertility, and Income Inequality: Evidence from China (with Chenxiao Shou and Junsen Zhang).  [PDF], [Appendix]

3. Freedom of Speech, Spirit of Innovation, and Long-Term Economic Development: Evidence from the Qing Dynasty of China (with Benlai Wang). 

Selected Works in Progress

1. The Power of Social Networks: Information Elites and the Spread of Politically Sensitive Information under Media Censorship (with Hong Yang).

2. Human Organs Trafficking and Missing Persons in China (with Anbang Tan).

3. The Boundary of the Market and Government: Evidence from the Border of Central Cities and Their Neighboring Regions in China (with Xin Hu). 

4. Dying to Survive: Environmental Regulation and Industrial Accidents (with Xiaowei Chen, Qiyue Shen, and Zhilong Zhang).

5. Housing Price and Human Capital Investment: Perspective from Wealth Effect and Substitution Effect (with Hongyan Shi).

6. The Price of Prosperity: Economic Growth Miracles and Food Safety Problems (with Benlai Wang ).