Details about Binzhen Wu

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Working Papers

2015

1. How Do You Feel? The Effect of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme in China
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2015)
   See also Journal Article How Do You Feel? The Effect of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme in China, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) (2015)

2010

2. Income Inequality, Status Seeking, and Consumption
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Labor Market Experience and Returns to College Education in Fast-Growing Economies
   Journal of Human Resources, 2025, 60, (1), 289-325

2020

2. Matching inequality and strategic behavior under the Boston mechanism: Evidence from China's college admissions
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2020, 123, (C), 1-21 View citations (2)
3. Scientific personnel reallocation and firm innovation: Evidence from China’s college expansion
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2020, 48, (3), 709-728 View citations (10)

2017

4. Human Capital and China's Future Growth
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017, 31, (1), 25-48 View citations (31)

2016

5. Linear regression with an estimated regressor: applications to aggregate indicators of economic development
   Empirical Economics, 2016, 50, (2), 299-316 View citations (5)
6. The retirement consumption puzzle revisited: Evidence from the mandatory retirement policy in China
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2016, 44, (3), 623-637 View citations (12)

2015

7. Effects of pharmaceutical price regulation: China's evidence between 1997 and 2008
   Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2015, 20, (2), 290-329 View citations (2)
8. How Do You Feel? The Effect of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme in China
   Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51, (12), 1585-1602
   See also Working Paper How Do You Feel? The Effect of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme in China, Post-Print (2015) (2015)
9. Railways and the Local Economy: Evidence from Qingzang Railway
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2015, 63, (3), 551 - 588 View citations (23)
10. The Retirement Consumption Puzzle in China
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 437-41 View citations (39)

2014

11. Health insurance and consumption: Evidence from China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42, (2), 450-469 View citations (54)
12. Matching mechanisms and matching quality: Evidence from a top university in China
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, 84, (C), 196-215 View citations (26)

2012

13. Does attending elite colleges pay in China?
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40, (1), 78-88 View citations (50)
14. Does having a cadre parent pay? Evidence from the first job offers of Chinese college graduates
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99, (2), 513-520 View citations (23)
15. The End of Cheap Chinese Labor
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012, 26, (4), 57-74 View citations (111)

2011

16. Income inequality, consumption, and social-status seeking
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2011, 39, (2), 191-204 View citations (39)

Chapters

2012

1. Social Insurance and Household Consumption in China
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)