Details about Xi Chen

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Workplace:	Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Yale University, (more information at EDIRC) Economics Department, Yale University, (more information at EDIRC) Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, (more information at EDIRC) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), (more information at EDIRC) Peking University Institute for Global Health and Development Global Labor Organization (GLO), (more information at EDIRC) World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2016

Old-Age Pension and Extended Families: How is Adult Children's Internal Migration Affected?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
See also Journal Article in Contemporary Economic Policy (2016)
Valuing Air Quality Using Happiness Data: The Case of China
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
See also Journal Article in Ecological Economics (2017)

2015

Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Subjective Well-being?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2015) View citations (12)
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2015) View citations (10)
Old-Age Pension and Intergenerational Living Arrangements
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
Status Concern and Relative Deprivation in China: Measures, Empirical Evidence, and Economic and Policy Implications
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)

2014

Commercial Plasma Donation and Individual Health in Impoverished Rural China
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
Fetus, Fasting, and Festival: The Persistent Effects of in Utero Social Shocks
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
Gift-giving and Network Structure in Rural China: Utilizing Long-term Spontaneous Gift Records
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
See also Journal Article in PLOS ONE (2014)

2013

Relative Deprivation in China
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

2012

Costly Posturing: Relative Status, Ceremonies and Early Child Development in China
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (12)
Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2012) View citations (11)
PEER EFFECTS, RISK POOLING, AND STATUS SEEKING: What Explains Gift Spending Escalation in Rural China?
Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management View citations (8)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (13)
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2011) View citations (12)

2011

Accounting for social spending escalation in rural China
IAMO Forum 2011: Will the "BRICs Decade" Continue? – Prospects for Trade and Growth, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) View citations (1)
Anatomy of Stigmatized Behavior: Peer Influence and Relative Concern
2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (3)
Costly posturing: Relative status, ceremonies and early child development
IAMO Forum 2011: Will the "BRICs Decade" Continue? – Prospects for Trade and Growth, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) View citations (12)
Peer Effect, Risk-Pooling and Status Seeking: Which Matters to Gift Spending Escalation in Rural China?
2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (4)
Pure Entertainment or Social Harmony? Understanding Private Returns to Social Spending on Household Ceremonies in China
2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

2010

Relative income, network interactions and social stigma
IAMO Forum 2010: Institutions in Transition – Challenges for New Modes of Governance, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)

2009

Blood for Social Status: Preliminary Evidence from Rural China
2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (3)
Do Consumers Really Care about Biotech Food Label? What Do We Know? What Else Should We Know?
2009 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
How does biotech food labelling affect consumers’ purchasing preferences and the market? Evidence from urban China
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
The Distribution of Income and Well-Being in Rural China: A Survey of Panel Data Sets, Studies and New Directions
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)

2006

How does Biotech Labeling Affect Consumers' Purchasing Behavior? A Case Study of Vegetable Oils in Nanjing, China
2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2022

Childhood Circumstances and Health Inequality in Old Age: Comparative Evidence from China and the USA
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2022, 160, (2), 689-716
Key links in network interactions: Assessing route-specific travel restrictions in China during the Covid-19 pandemic
China Economic Review, 2022, 73, (C)
See also Working Paper (2022)
Neighborhood built environment associated with cognition and dementia risk among older adults: A systematic literature review
Social Science & Medicine, 2022, 292, (C)
Role of professionalism in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Does a public health or medical background help?
China Economic Review, 2022, 71, (C)
See also Working Paper (2021)
Something in the pipe: the Flint water crisis and health at birth
Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 35, (4), 1723-1749
See also Working Paper (2021)

2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and the transformation of health policy: a syndemic perspective
Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2021, 19, (3), 239-255
See also Working Paper (2021)

2020

Health inequality among Chinese older adults: The role of childhood circumstances
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2020, 17, (C) View citations (4)
See also Working Paper (2020)
Impacts of social and economic factors on the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China
Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33, (4), 1127-1172 View citations (113)
See also Working Paper (2020)
Leaving money on the table? Suboptimal enrollment in the new social pension program in China
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2020, 15, (C) View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2019)
Social security expansion and neighborhood cohesion: Evidence from community-living older adults in China
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2020, 15, (C)
See also Working Paper (2020)
The State-Owned Enterprise as an Identity: The Influence of Institutional Logics on Guanxi Behavior
Management and Organization Review, 2020, 16, (3), 543-568
The effects of prenatal exposure to temperature extremes on birth outcomes: the case of China
Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33, (4), 1263-1302 View citations (6)

2019

Associations of genetics, behaviors, and life course circumstances with a novel aging and healthspan measure: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
PLOS Medicine, 2019, 16, (6), 1-22
Does money relieve depression? Evidence from social pension expansions in China
Social Science & Medicine, 2019, 220, (C), 411-420 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper (2018)
The evolution of female labour force participation in urban China
The Economics of Transition, 2019, 27, (1), 267-299 View citations (1)

2018

Social norms and female labor force participation in urban China
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46, (4), 966-987 View citations (25)
Socio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China: A Decomposition Method
IJERPH, 2018, 15, (7), 1-13 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2018)
The impact of social pensions on intergenerational relationships: Comparative evidence from China
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2018, 12, (C), 225-235 View citations (16)
See also Working Paper (2017)

2017

Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect mental health and subjective well-being?
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 85, (C), 81-94 View citations (81)
See also Working Paper (2017)
Old age pension and intergenerational living arrangements: a regression discontinuity design
Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 15, (2), 455-476 View citations (6)
Valuing Air Quality Using Happiness Data: The Case of China
Ecological Economics, 2017, 137, (C), 29-36 View citations (34)
See also Working Paper (2016)

2016

OLD-AGE PENSION AND EXTENDED FAMILIES: HOW IS ADULT CHILDREN'S INTERNAL MIGRATION AFFECTED?
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2016, 34, (4), 646-659 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper (2016)

2015

A sharper image? Estimates of the precision of nighttime lights as a proxy for economic statistics
Journal of Economic Geography, 2015, 15, (1), 217-246 View citations (47)
A two-stage method for member selection of emergency medical service
Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 2015, 30, (4), 871-891 View citations (8)
Relative deprivation and individual well-being
IZA World of Labor, 2015, 140 View citations (10)

2014

Gift-Giving and Network Structure in Rural China: Utilizing Long-Term Spontaneous Gift Records
PLOS ONE, 2014, 9, (8), 1-14 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2014)

2010

Do Consumers Really Care about Genetically Modified (GM) Food Label? What Do We Know? What Else Should We Know?
Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 2010, 53, (2), 32-56 View citations (2)