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Working Papers

2026

1. Household Financial Decisions, the Role of Child Gender and Background Risk
   Working Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Economics

2022

2. Higher Education Expansion and Crime: New Evidence from China
   Working Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Economics View citations (10)

2019

3. Universal Childcare for the Youngest and the Maternal Labour Supply
   Working Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Economics View citations (8)

2017

4. Dynamic Skill Accumulation, Education Policies and the Return to Schooling
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (16)

2016

5. Estimating More Precise Treatment Effects in Natural and Actual Experiments
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (1)
6. On or Off – Are Treatment Effects of Policy Changes Symmetric? Evidence from Unemployment Insurance Reform with Incomplete Information
   VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

2015

7. How the Demand for Labor May Adapt to the Availability of Labor: A Preliminary Exploration with Historical Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER
8. Risk Attitudes and Migration
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Risk attitudes and migration, China Economic Review, Elsevier (2016) View citations (51) (2016)

2014

9. Country of Origin and Immigrant Earnings, 1960-2000: A Human Capital Investment Perspective
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (1)
10. Educational Attainment of Second-Generation Immigrants: A U.S.-Canada Comparison
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER
11. Expropriation with Hukou Change: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (7)

2013

12. A Structural Model of Educational Attainment in Canada
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (2)

2012

13. Dynamic Skill Accumulation, Comparative Advantages, Compulsory Schooling, and Earnings
    Working Papers, HAL
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2011)

2011

14. Estimating Labor Supply Responses and Welfare Participation: Using a Natural Experiment to Validate a Structural Labor Supply Model
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (25)
    Also in CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO (2011) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Estimating labour supply responses and welfare participation: Using a natural experiment to validate a structural labour supply model, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (2015) View citations (9) (2015)

Journal Articles

2016

1. Risk attitudes and migration
   China Economic Review, 2016, 37, (C), 166-176 View citations (51)
   See also Working Paper Risk Attitudes and Migration, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (9) (2015)

2015

2. Estimating labour supply responses and welfare participation: Using a natural experiment to validate a structural labour supply model
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2015, 48, (5), 1831-1854 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Estimating Labor Supply Responses and Welfare Participation: Using a Natural Experiment to Validate a Structural Labor Supply Model, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (25) (2011)

Chapters

2014

1. State Dependence in Social Assistance Receipt in Canada
   A chapter in Safety Nets and Benefit Dependence, 2014, vol. 39, pp 81-105 View citations (11)