Publications
1. Migration, Housing Constraint, and Inequality: A Quantitative Analysis of China, with Min Fang, Labour Economics, October 2022, Volume 78: 102200 [PDF] [Slides] [SSRN]
2. Fertility and Delayed Migration: How Son Preference Protects Young Girls against Mother-Child Separation, with Xu Jiang and Ang Sun, Journal of Development Economics, January 2024, Volume 166: 103191 [PDF]
Working Papers
1. School Restrictions, Migration and Peer Effects: A Spatial Equilibrium Analysis of Children's Human Capital in China, with Junsen Zhang [PDF] [Appendix] [SSRN]
2. Fertility, Child Gender, and Parental Migration Decision: Evidence from One Child Policy in China, with Lin Lin and Junsen Zhang (Reject and Resubmit at The Review of Economics and Statistics) [PDF] [Slides] [SSRN]
3. Place-based Land Policy and Spatial Misallocation: Theory and Evidence from China
with Min Fang, Libin Han, Ming Lu and Li Zhang (Reject and Resubmit at International Economic Review) [PDF] [Appendix] [SSRN]
4. Labor Demand During Covid-19: Evidence from Online Job Postings in China, with Qin Chen, Lisa Kahn and Geunyong Park (Draft available upon request)
5. Biting the Hand That Teaches: Unraveling the Economic Impact of Banning Private Tutoring in China, with Yinan Liu, Mingming Ma and Leo Y. Yang [PDF] [Slides]
6. Place-based Land Policy and Firm Productivity: Evidence from China's Eastern-Inland Regional Border, with Min Fang, Libin Han, Ming Lu and Li Zhang [PDF]
Selected Work In Progress
1. What Do Alibaba Data Tell Us about Price and Quality in China?
with Mark Bils, Min Fang and Tianchen Song (Granted by Alibaba Huoshui Research Plan)
2. Offshoring of Jobs in Multinational Companies: Evidence from Online Job Postings in the U.S. and China
with Qin Chen, Lisa Kahn, Lindsay Oldenski and Geunyong Park
3. Effect of Technology on Migration and Social Welfare in China: A General Equilibrium Approach
with Suqin Ge, Naijia Guo, Junsen Zhang, and Li Zhang
In Chinese