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Short-id: pzh150

Working Papers

2023

1. Understanding Trends in Chinese Skill Premiums, 2007-2018
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2019

2. Employer Learning and the Dynamics of Returns to Universities: Evidence from Chinese Elite Education during University Expansion
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2015

3. General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle
   Economics Working Papers, Hoover Institution, Stanford University View citations (3)
   Also in VfS Annual Conference 2012 (Goettingen): New Approaches and Challenges for the Labor Market of the 21st Century, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2012) View citations (1)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (74)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011) View citations (74)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2011) View citations (75)
   See also Journal Article General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Lifecycle, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2017) View citations (182) (2017)

2006

4. Quality-Consistent Estimates of International Returns to Skill
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (76)

Journal Articles

2017

1. General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Lifecycle
   Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52, (1), 48-87 View citations (182)
   See also Working Paper General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle, Economics Working Papers (2015) View citations (3) (2015)

2015

2. Public education spending and private substitution in urban China
   Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 115, (C), 124-139 View citations (26)

2013

3. Effects of college educational debt on graduate school attendance and early career and lifestyle choices
   Education Economics, 2013, 21, (2), 154-175 View citations (12)

2012

4. Classroom peer effects and academic achievement: Evidence from a Chinese middle school
   China Economic Review, 2012, 23, (2), 223-237 View citations (41)
5. Intergenerational Effects of Welfare Reform on Educational Attainment
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2012, 55, (2), 437 - 476 View citations (8)

2009

6. A value-added estimate of higher education quality of US states
   Education Economics, 2009, 17, (4), 469-489 View citations (6)
7. Quality-Consistent Estimates of International Schooling and Skill Gradients
   Journal of Human Capital, 2009, 3, (2), 107-143 View citations (63)
8. The effects of welfare reform on the academic performance of children in low-income households
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2009, 28, (4), 577-599 View citations (19)

2008

9. Political economy of income distribution dynamics
   Journal of Development Economics, 2008, 87, (1), 119-139 View citations (15)