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Working Papers

2008

1. Altruism, Favoritism, and Guilt in the Allocation of Family Resources: Sophie's Choice in Mao's Mass Send Down Movement
   Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics
   Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2008)

2007

2. Long-Term Effects Of The 1959-1961 China Famine: Mainland China and Hong Kong
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
3. More Men, More Crime: Evidence from China’s One-Child Policy
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
4. The Quantity-Quality Tradeoff of Children in a Developing Country: Identification Using Chinese Twins
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations

2006

5. Economic Returns to Communist Party Membership: Evidence from Urban Chinese Twins
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2007)
6. Income, Income Inequality, and Health: Evidence from China
   Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations
   Also in Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics (2004) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2006)
7. Mother's Education and Child Health: Is There a Nurturing Effect?
   Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2009)
8. Why Does Spousal Education Matter for Earnings? Assortative Mating or Cross-productivity
   Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics

2005

9. Does Education Pay in Urban China? Estimating Returns to Education Using Twins
   Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations
10. Economic Returns to Communist Party Membership: Evidence from Chinese Twins
    Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations
11. Ownership, Efficiency, and Firm Survival in Economic Transition: Evidence from a Chinese Science Park
    Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics
12. Relative Earnings of Husbands and Wives in Urban China
    Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in China Economic Review (2006)
13. Relative Performance Evaluation and the Turnover of Provincial Leaders in China
    Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2005)
14. The Effect of the One-Child Policy on Fertility in China: Identification Based on the Differences-in-Differences
    Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics
15. Why Do Entrepreneurs Enter Politics?
    Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations

2004

16. Why Do Governments Privatize?
    Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (2001) View citations

2003

17. Political Turnover and Economic Performance: The Disciplinary Role of Personnel Control in China
    Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations
18. Privatizing Rural China: Insider Privatization, Innovative Contracts, and the Performance of Township Enterprises1
    Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations

2002

19. Bank Discrimination in Transition Economies: Ideology, Information or Incentives?
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2003)

2001

20. INSIDER PRIVATIZATION WITH A TAIL: THE BUYOUT PRICE AND PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATIZED FIRMS IN RURAL CHINA
    Working Papers, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Undated

21. Effects of longevity and dependency rates on saving and growth: Evidence from a panel of cross countries
    MRG Discussion Paper Series, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2007)

Journal Articles

2009

1. Mother's education and child health: Is there a nurturing effect?
   Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, (2), 413-426
   See also Working Paper (2006)
2. Ultrasonography and Sex Ratios in China
   Asian Economic Policy Review, 2009, 4, (1), 121-137
3. Winter Heating or Clean Air? Unintended Impacts of China's Huai River Policy
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 184-90

2008

4. Political connections, financing and firm performance: Evidence from Chinese private firms
   Journal of Development Economics, 2008, 87, (2), 283-299 View citations

2007

5. Do High Birth Rates Hamper Economic Growth?
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 89, (1), 110-117 View citations
6. Economic Returns to Communist Party Membership: Evidence From Urban Chinese Twins
   Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (523), 1504-1520 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
7. Effects of longevity and dependency rates on saving and growth: Evidence from a panel of cross countries
   Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 84, (1), 138-154 View citations
   See also Working Paper
8. Incentive contracts and bank performance
   The Economics of Transition, 2007, 15, (1), 109-124
9. Testing the collective model of household labor supply: Evidence from China
   China Economic Review, 2007, 18, (4), 389-402

2006

10. Income, income inequality, and health: Evidence from China
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34, (4), 668-693 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2006)
11. Relative earnings of husbands and wives in urban China
    China Economic Review, 2006, 17, (4), 412-431 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2005)
12. Why Do Entrepreneurs Enter Politics? Evidence from China
    Economic Inquiry, 2006, 44, (3), 559-578 View citations

2005

13. Banks and Enterprise Privatization in China
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2005, 21, (2), 524-546 View citations
14. Parental childcare and children's educational attainment: evidence from China
    Applied Economics, 2005, 37, (18), 2067-2076
15. Partial privatization and screening
    Applied Economics Letters, 2005, 12, (11), 653-655
16. Political turnover and economic performance: the incentive role of personnel control in China
    Journal of Public Economics, 2005, 89, (9-10), 1743-1762 View citations
17. Relative performance evaluation and the turnover of provincial leaders in China
    Economics Letters, 2005, 88, (3), 421-425 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

18. Insider privatization with a tail: the screening contract and performance of privatized firms in rural China
    Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 75, (1), 1-26
19. Micro-credit programs and off-farm migration in China
    Pacific Economic Review, 2004, 9, (3), 209-223

2003

20. Bank discrimination in transition economies: ideology, information, or incentives?
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (3), 387-413 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)
21. Government's budget constraint, competition, and privatization: evidence from China's rural industry
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (3), 486-502 View citations
22. Reversing privatization as a screening mechanism
    Economics Letters, 2003, 78, (2), 267-271

2000

23. Saving or stripping rural industry: an analysis of privatization and efficiency in China
    Agricultural Economics, 2000, 23, (3), 241-252 View citations

Chapters

2008

1. Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Development: Evidence from the 1959-1961 China Famine
   A chapter in The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia, NBER-EASE Volume 19, 2008