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Working Papers

2022

1. The global divergence in the de-routinisation of jobs
   IBS Working Papers, Instytut Badan Strukturalnych

2020

2. Impacts of the Belt and Road in the Eurasian Heartland
   HKUST IEMS Thought Leadership Brief Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies
3. The Global Distribution of Routine and Non-Routine Work
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
   Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2020) View citations (9)
   IBS Working Papers, Instytut Badan Strukturalnych (2020) View citations (5)
   HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (2020) View citations (2)

2019

4. Technology, Skills, and Globalization: Explaining International Differences in Routine and Nonroutine Work Using Survey Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (30)
   Also in IBS Working Papers, Instytut Badan Strukturalnych (2019) View citations (28)
   HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (2019) View citations (28)
5. Which Countries Have Benefited the Most from China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
   HKUST IEMS Thought Leadership Brief Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies

2018

6. Can Chinese Manufacturing Firms Cope with Rising Labor Costs?
   HKUST IEMS Thought Leadership Brief Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies

2017

7. Cognitive Skills, Noncognitive Skills, and School-to-Work Transitions in Rural China
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (29)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Cognitive skills, noncognitive skills, and school-to-work transitions in rural China, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2017) View citations (21) (2017)
8. Promotion Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from Chinese Schools
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (15)
   Also in HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (2015) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2017) View citations (15)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Promotion incentives in the public sector: Evidence from Chinese schools, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (15) (2017)
9. Wellbeing of the Elderly in East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan
   Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)

2016

10. A Better Vision for Development: Eyeglasses and Academic Performance in Rural Primary Schools in China
    HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article A better vision for development: Eyeglasses and academic performance in rural primary schools in China, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (30) (2016)
11. Benefiting from Disaster?: Public and Private Responses to the Wenchuan Earthquake
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
    Also in HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (2016) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Benefiting From Disaster? Public and Private Responses to the Wenchuan Earthquake, World Development, Elsevier (2017) View citations (12) (2017)
12. The Impact of Early Childhood Rainfall Shocks on the Evolution of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College
13. Travel Behavior, Energy Use, and Carbon Emissions: Evidence from Shenzhen, China
    HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies

2015

14. Credit Distribution and Exports: Microeconomic Evidence from China
    HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies View citations (1)
15. How Do Minimum Wage Policies Affect Workers in Emerging Markets?
    HKUST IEMS Thought Leadership Brief Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies
16. Magnet High Schools and Academic Performance in China: A Regression Discontinuity Design
    HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Magnet high schools and academic performance in China: A regression discontinuity design, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (16) (2015)
17. Permanent Income and Subjective Well-Being
    HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies
    See also Journal Article Permanent income and subjective well-being, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2016) View citations (7) (2016)
18. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
    Also in HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (2015) View citations (10)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2019) View citations (15) (2019)

2013

19. China's 2008 Labor Contract Law: Implementation and Implications for China's Workers
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (2)
20. Expanding social insurance coverage in urban China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
    See also Chapter Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2013) View citations (19) (2013)

2012

21. Patterns and correlates of intergenerational non-time transfers: evidence from CHARLS
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
22. School Meals as a Safety Net: An Evaluation of the Midday Meal Scheme in India
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article School Meals as a Safety Net: An Evaluation of the Midday Meal Scheme in India, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (48) (2014)
23. Visualizing Development:Eyeglasses and Academic Performance in Rural Primary Schools in China
    Working Papers, University of Minnesota, Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy View citations (3)
24. Weathering a storm: survey-based perspectives on employment in China in the aftermath of the global financial crisis
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)

2011

25. Cognitive Skills, Non-Cognitive Skills, and the Employment and Wages of Young Adults in Rural China
    2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (6)

2010

26. Community-based Development and Poverty Alleviation: An Evaluation of China?s Poor Village Investment Program
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (54)
    See also Journal Article Community-based development and poverty alleviation: An evaluation of China's poor village investment program, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (55) (2010)
27. Explaining Rising Returns to Education in Urban China in the 1990s
    Trade Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research View citations (9)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (10)
28. Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2013) View citations (26) (2013)
29. Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (36)
30. Migration and Urban Poverty and Inequality in China
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)

2009

31. Exporting and Firm Performance: Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
    Also in Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (2006) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Exporting and Firm Performance: Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2010) View citations (152) (2010)

2006

32. The Impact of Eyeglasses on the Academic Performance of Primary School Students: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural China
    Conference Papers, University of Minnesota, Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy View citations (3)
    Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2006) View citations (3)

2003

33. How has Economic Restructuring Affected China’s Urban Workers?*
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (20)

2002

34. A Refinancing Model of Decentralization with Empirical Evidence from China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (2)

2001

35. Joint Liability Lending and the Rise and Fall of China's Township and Village Enterprises
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Joint liability lending and the rise and fall of China's township and village enterprises, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (32) (2003)

1999

36. Market Emergence and Transition: Transaction Costs, Arbitrage, and Autarky in China’s Grain Markets
    1999 Conference (43th), January 20-22, 1999, Christchurch, New Zealand, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
37. Tests of Financial Intermediation and Banking Reform in China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Tests of Financial Intermediation and Banking Reform in China, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (87) (2001)

1998

38. Collective Ownership and Privatization of China's Village Enterprises
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (1)

1997

39. Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: The Changing Role of Rural Financial Institutions in China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (11)

Undated

40. Returns to Education in Rural China
    REAP Papers, Rural Education Action Project at Stanford University View citations (6)

Journal Articles

2021

1. School entry age and educational attainment in developing countries: Evidence from China's compulsory education law
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021, 49, (3), 715-732 View citations (7)
2. Time well spent versus a life considered: changing subjective Well-Being in China
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2021, 73, (3), 1099-1121

2019

3. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019, 68, (1), 131 - 164 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (10) (2015)

2017

4. Benefiting From Disaster? Public and Private Responses to the Wenchuan Earthquake
   World Development, 2017, 94, (C), 38-50 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Benefiting from Disaster?: Public and Private Responses to the Wenchuan Earthquake, CEPR Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (1) (2016)
5. Cognitive skills, noncognitive skills, and school-to-work transitions in rural China
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 134, (C), 141-164 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper Cognitive Skills, Noncognitive Skills, and School-to-Work Transitions in Rural China, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (29) (2017)
6. Comment on “The Labor Contract Law, Macro Conditions, Self-Selection, and Labor Market Outcomes for Migrants in China”
   Asian Economic Policy Review, 2017, 12, (1), 66-67 View citations (1)
7. Promotion incentives in the public sector: Evidence from Chinese schools
   Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 146, (C), 109-128 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Promotion Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from Chinese Schools, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (15) (2017)

2016

8. A better vision for development: Eyeglasses and academic performance in rural primary schools in China
   Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 122, (C), 170-182 View citations (30)
   See also Working Paper A Better Vision for Development: Eyeglasses and Academic Performance in Rural Primary Schools in China, HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (28) (2016)
9. Permanent income and subjective well-being
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 130, (C), 298-319 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Permanent Income and Subjective Well-Being, HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series (2015) (2015)

2015

10. Magnet high schools and academic performance in China: A regression discontinuity design
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2015, 43, (4), 825-843 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Magnet High Schools and Academic Performance in China: A Regression Discontinuity Design, HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (17) (2015)

2014

11. School Meals as a Safety Net: An Evaluation of the Midday Meal Scheme in India
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62, (2), 275 - 306 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper School Meals as a Safety Net: An Evaluation of the Midday Meal Scheme in India, CEPR Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (7) (2012)

2013

12. Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (3), 850-867 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms, CEPR Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (5) (2010)

2011

13. Relative Deprivation and Health: Which Reference Groups Matter?
    Journal of Human Resources, 2011, 46, (3) View citations (62)

2010

14. Community-based development and poverty alleviation: An evaluation of China's poor village investment program
    Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94, (9-10), 790-799 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper Community-based Development and Poverty Alleviation: An Evaluation of China?s Poor Village Investment Program, CEPR Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (54) (2010)
15. Exporting and Firm Performance: Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92, (4), 822-842 View citations (152)
    See also Working Paper Exporting and Firm Performance: Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (22) (2009)

2008

16. Refinancing and decentralization: Evidence from China
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 66, (3-4), 703-730 View citations (7)

2006

17. Reemployment of dislocated workers in urban China: The roles of information and incentives
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34, (3), 582-607 View citations (30)
18. Risk and Household Grain Management in Developing Countries
    Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (514), 1088-1115 View citations (57)

2005

19. Economic returns to schooling in urban China, 1988 to 2001
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (4), 730-752 View citations (221)
20. Migration and rural poverty in China
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (4), 688-709 View citations (213)
21. What is China's true unemployment rate?
    China Economic Review, 2005, 16, (2), 149-170 View citations (59)

2003

22. Competition under credit rationing: theory and evidence from rural China
    Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 71, (2), 463-495 View citations (28)
23. Joint liability lending and the rise and fall of China's township and village enterprises
    Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 71, (2), 497-531 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Joint Liability Lending and the Rise and Fall of China's Township and Village Enterprises, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series (2001) View citations (1) (2001)

2002

24. Education and poverty in rural China
    Economics of Education Review, 2002, 21, (6), 523-541 View citations (125)
25. Market Emergence and Transition: Arbitrage, Transaction Costs, and Autarky in China's Grain Markets
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2002, 84, (1), 67-82 View citations (72)
26. Regional poverty targeting in China
    Journal of Public Economics, 2002, 86, (1), 123-153 View citations (97)

2001

27. China's poverty statistics
    China Economic Review, 2001, 12, (4), 384-398 View citations (22)
28. Microfinance with Chinese Characteristics
    World Development, 2001, 29, (1), 39-62 View citations (33)
29. Tests of Financial Intermediation and Banking Reform in China
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2001, 29, (4), 608-644 View citations (87)
    See also Working Paper Tests of Financial Intermediation and Banking Reform in China, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series (1999) View citations (10) (1999)

2000

30. Bureaucrat to Entrepreneur: The Changing Role of the State in China's Grain Economy
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2000, 48, (2), 227-52 View citations (19)

1998

31. Christine P. W. Wong (Ed.), Financing Local Government in the People's Republic of China
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1998, 26, (3), 603-605
32. Reforming state‐market relations in rural China1
    The Economics of Transition, 1998, 6, (2), 461-480 View citations (11)
33. Targeted poverty investments and economic growth in China
    World Development, 1998, 26, (12), 2137-2151 View citations (28)
34. The emergence of a futures market: Mungbeans on the China Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange
    Journal of Futures Markets, 1998, 18, (4), 427-448 View citations (9)

1997

35. Liberalization and Rural Market Integration in China
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997, 79, (2), 635-642 View citations (22)

1995

36. Rural Development and Dynamic Externalities in Taiwan's Structural Transformation
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1995, 44, (1), 180-208 View citations (7)

1994

37. China's grain policy reforms: Implications for equity, stabilization, and efficiency
    China Economic Review, 1994, 5, (1), 15-33 View citations (8)

Chapters

2013

1. Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China
   A chapter in Labor Market Issues in China, 2013, pp 123-179 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Expanding social insurance coverage in urban China, The World Bank (2013) View citations (20) (2013)