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​​​​​​​​* denotes the undergraduate and graduate students I advise at SUFE.

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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]

  2. Human Organ Trafficking and Missing Persons in China, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, forthcoming.

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Working Papers
  1. Silence and Stagnation (with Benlai Wang* and Rong Wang*).
  2. The Political-Economy Origins of Economic Geography (with Xin Hu* and Renliang Liu).[PDF]
  3. The Power of Social Networks (with Hong Yang*).[PDF]
  4. Dying to Survive: Unintended Consequences of Environmental Regulations on Industrial Accidents (with Xiaowei Chen*, Qiyue Shen*, Jian Xie, and Zhilong Zhang*). [PDF]
  5. Who Is Born Matters: The Demographic Origins of Inequality (with Chenxiao Shou and Junsen Zhang).  [PDF], [Appendix].
  6. Personality Traits and the Long-term Impact of Adolescent Adversity (with Junsen Zhang and Xi Deng* ).  [PDF].
  7. Housing Prices and Human Capital Investment: Wealth versus Substitution Effects (with Hongyan Shi*).
  8. Sex Imbalance and Cross-Border Marriages: Evidence from China (with Lixing Wu*). ​​
 
Selected Works in Progress​​​​​
  1. The Price of Prosperity: Institutional Evolution in the Context of Economic Growth Miracles (with Benlai Wang*).
  2. Personality, Ability, and Income (with Xi Deng*).
  3. Measurement Issues in Empirical Studies (with Xin Hu*). 
  4. The Long Shadow of Gender Stereotypes (with Lixing Wu* and Danyan Zha).
  5. Mixed Signals: Context-Dependent Interpretation of Educational Prestige in Academic Labor Markets.
  6. Bias in Historical Records (with Rong Wang*). 

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