Research Interests
Development Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
Published and Accepted Papers
"Less Restrictive Birth Control, Less Education? Evidence from Ethnic Minorities in China." (with Yishen Liu), Economics of Education Review, 2021 [PDF version]
- Previously circulated under the name "Birth Control, Family Size and Educational Stratification: Evidence from the Han and Ethnic Minorities in China." for UNU-WIDER project on "Discrimination and Affirmative Action: What have we learnt so far?"
"Agricultural Extension, Intra-household allocation and Malaria" (with Saurabh Singhal), Journal of Development Economics, 2019 [PDF version]
"Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda." (with Stephen Smith and Munshi Sulaiman), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018 [PDF version]
"The Impact of Removing Selective Migration Restrictions on Education: Evidence from China." Journal of Human Resources, 2017 [PDF version]
- Previously circulated under the name "The Positive Effect of Labor Mobility Restrictions on Educational Attainment in China"
"Understanding the Rural and Urban Household Saving Rise in China." Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2016 [PDF version]
Working Papers
"Successful Social Programs over Local Political Cycles." (with Jing You) [PDF version]
"Emerging Trade Battlefield with China: Export Competition and Firms' Coping Strategies" (with Katariina Nilsson Hakkala) [PDF version]
"Agriculture and Deforestation" (with Ryan Abman, Teevrat Garg and Saurabh Singhal) [new version coming soon]
"Educational responses to migration-augmented export shocks: Evidence from China" (with Jessica Leight) [new version coming soon]
"Education and Labor Market Consequences of Removing Migration Selectivity: Evidence from the Abolition of Rural-Urban Dual Hukou."[new version coming soon]
Work in Progress (selected)
"Maternity Leave, Child Health and Long-term Implications." (with Saurabh Singhal)
"Voted or Appointed Leader: Experimental Evidence on Group Training Efficiency." (with Munshi Sulaiman)
"Aging and Structural Change." (with Yu Sun) |
