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Working Papers

2024

1. Social Norms and the Impact of Early Life Events on Gender Inequality
   ADB Economics Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank

2021

2. Non-linear Incentives, Worker Productivity, and Firm Profits: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
3. Teacher Characteristics and Student Performance: Evidence from Random Teacher-Student Assignments in China
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Teacher characteristics and student performance: Evidence from random teacher-student assignments in China, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2018

4. How Do Households Adjust to Trade Liberalization? Evidence from China's WTO Accession
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)

2016

5. A Real Estate Boom with Chinese Characteristics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
   Also in Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar View citations (81)
   Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar View citations (76)
   See also Journal Article A Real Estate Boom with Chinese Characteristics, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (149) (2017)
6. Economic Conditions and Mortality: Evidence from 200 Years of Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
7. Fertility Restrictions and Life Cycle Outcomes: Evidence from the One Child Policy in China
   Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Fertility Restrictions and Life Cycle Outcomes: Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2021) View citations (26) (2021)
8. The Power of Social Pensions
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)

2015

9. China's “Great Leap Forward” in Science and Engineering
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
10. Collaborating with People Like Me: Ethnic Coauthorship within the United States
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (76)
    Also in Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar (2014) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Collaborating with People Like Me: Ethnic Coauthorship within the United States, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (69) (2015)
    Chapter Collaborating with People Like Me: Ethnic Coauthorship within the United States, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) (2012)
11. One-Child Policy, Marriage Distortion, and Welfare Loss
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (12)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (19)
12. Overconfidence and Health Insurance Participation among the Elderly
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
13. The Great Expectations: Impact of One-Child Policy on Education of Girls
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (6)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (6)
14. Understanding the Effects of Education on Health: Evidence from China
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (43)

2014

15. Collaborating With People Like Me: Ethnic Co-authorship within the US
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (26)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (26)
16. Collaboration: Strength in diversity
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Collaboration: Strength in diversity, Nature, Nature (2014) View citations (14) (2014)
17. One-Child Policy and the Rise of Man-Made Twins
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article One-Child Policy and the Rise of Man-Made Twins, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2016) View citations (28) (2016)
18. When Does Education Matter? The Protective Effect of Education for Cohorts Graduating in Bad Times
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (14)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article When does education matter? The protective effect of education for cohorts graduating in bad times, Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier (2015) View citations (56) (2015)

2012

19. Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2012) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Health, Height, Height Shrinkage, and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (36) (2013)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Poverty spillovers in human capital Formation: Evidence from randomized class assignments in China
   Journal of Public Economics, 2025, 244, (C)
2. Public pensions and family dynamics: Eldercare, child investment, and son preference in rural China
   Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 172, (C) View citations (1)
3. The motherhood penalty and low fertility in China: a pseudo-event study
   Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, (1), 1-29 View citations (1)

2024

4. Economic policy uncertainty, health status, and mortality
   Social Science & Medicine, 2024, 362, (C)
5. How does undervaluation in medical savings accounts (MSAs) affect healthcare utilization? Evidence from administrative data in China
   Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 98, (C)
6. Land expropriation, household behaviors, and health outcomes: Evidence from China
   Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 171, (C) View citations (1)
7. The educational and labor market consequences of teenage exposure to rural land decollectivization in China
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 228, (C)

2023

8. Early childhood exposure to health insurance and adolescent outcomes: Evidence from rural China
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 160, (C) View citations (13)
9. Teacher characteristics and student performance: Evidence from random teacher-student assignments in China
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 214, (C), 747-781 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Teacher Characteristics and Student Performance: Evidence from Random Teacher-Student Assignments in China, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (2) (2021)

2021

10. Fertility Restrictions and Life Cycle Outcomes: Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103, (4), 694-710 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Fertility Restrictions and Life Cycle Outcomes: Evidence from the One Child Policy in China, Working Paper (2016) View citations (4) (2016)
11. How do households adjust to tariff liberalization? Evidence from China's WTO accession
    Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 150, (C) View citations (24)
12. The Power of Social Pensions: Evidence from China's New Rural Pension Scheme
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13, (2), 179-205 View citations (44)

2020

13. Persistent effects of initial labor market conditions: The case of China's tariff liberalization after WTO accession
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 178, (C), 566-581 View citations (9)

2017

14. A Real Estate Boom with Chinese Characteristics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017, 31, (1), 93-116 View citations (149)
    See also Working Paper A Real Estate Boom with Chinese Characteristics, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (9) (2016)
15. How does the one child policy impact social and economic outcomes?
    IZA World of Labor, 2017, 387 View citations (2)

2016

16. One-Child Policy and the Rise of Man-Made Twins
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (3), 467-476 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper One-Child Policy and the Rise of Man-Made Twins, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (11) (2014)

2015

17. Collaborating with People Like Me: Ethnic Coauthorship within the United States
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33, (S1), S289 - S318 View citations (69)
    See also Chapter Collaborating with People Like Me: Ethnic Coauthorship within the United States, NBER Chapters, 2012, 289-318 (2012) (2012)
    Working Paper Collaborating with People Like Me: Ethnic Coauthorship within the United States, Scholarly Articles (2015) View citations (76) (2015)
18. DO ABCs GET MORE CITATIONS THAN XYZs?
    Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53, (1), 773-789 View citations (27)
19. When does education matter? The protective effect of education for cohorts graduating in bad times
    Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 127, (C), 63-73 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper When Does Education Matter? The Protective Effect of Education for Cohorts Graduating in Bad Times, Scholarly Articles (2014) View citations (14) (2014)

2014

20. Collaboration: Strength in diversity
    Nature, 2014, 513, (7518), 305-305 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Collaboration: Strength in diversity, Scholarly Articles (2014) View citations (16) (2014)

2013

21. Effects of education on cognition at older ages: Evidence from China's Great Famine
    Social Science & Medicine, 2013, 98, (C), 54-62 View citations (20)
22. Health, Height, Height Shrinkage, and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5, (2), 86-121 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

Chapters

2012

1. Collaborating with People Like Me: Ethnic Coauthorship within the United States
   A chapter in US High-Skilled Immigration in the Global Economy, 2012, pp 289-318
   See also Journal Article Collaborating with People Like Me: Ethnic Coauthorship within the United States, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (69) (2015)
   Working Paper Collaborating with People Like Me: Ethnic Coauthorship within the United States, Harvard University Department of Economics (2015) View citations (76) (2015)