Publications:
- Hukou status and Children’s Education in China (with Yue Sun and Zhong Zhao), Economic Development and Cultural Change, accepted.
- Public Long-term care insurance and consumption of elderly households: Evidence from China (with Hong Liu and Jinqiu Ma), Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 90, 102759.
- Does a “bad apple” spoil the bunch? The impact of low-achieving students on non-cognitive outcomes (with Li Li), China Economic Review, 2022, 76, 101875.
- Gender Social Norms and Gender Gap in Math: Evidence and Mechanisms (with Can Tang), Applied Economics, 2023.
- Welfare developmentalism with interactive central–local relations: Understanding the recent expansion in pension coverage in China (with Yu Guo), Social Policy Administration, 2022, 56(6), 891–909.
- “Protective Effect of Adult Children's Education on Parental Survival in China: Gender Differences and Underlying Mechanisms” (with Ying Cui and Hong Liu), Social Science & Medicine, 2021, 277, 113908.
- "Disruptive Peers in the Classroom and Students’ Academic Outcomes: Evidence and Mechanisms"(with Zhong Zhao), Labour Economics, 2021, 68, 101954. [Link]
- "Education and Gender Role Attitudes" (with Huichao Du and Yun Xiao), Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34, 475–513. [Link]
- “Trade Liberalization and Child Labor in China”(with Fei Wang and Zhong Zhao), China Economic Review, 2021, 65. [Link]
- “Does free education help combat child labor? The effect of a free compulsory education reform in rural China” (with Can Tang and Zhong Zhao), Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33, 601–631.[Link]
- "Mother’s education and child development: Evidence from the Compulsory School Reform in China"(with Ying Cui and Hong Liu), Journal of Comparative Economics, 2019, 47(3), 669-692. [Link]
- “Unintended consequences of China's new labor contract law on unemployment and welfare loss of the workers” (with Randall Akee and Zhong Zhao), China Economic Review, 2019, 53, 87-105. [Link]
- “The impact of Chinese Hukou reforms on migrant students' cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes” (with Yu Guo), Children and Youth Services Review, 2019, 101, 341-351. [Link]
- “Do Only Children Have Poor Vision: Evidence from China’s One Child Policy” (with Minghai Zhou), Health Economics, 2018, 27(7), 1131-1146.[Link]
- “New Trends in Internal Migration in China: Profiles of the New-generation Migrants” (with Shouying Liu and Wei Zhang), China & World Economy, 2018, 26(1), 18-41. [Link]
- “Education on the cheap: The long-run effects of a free compulsory education reform in rural china” (with Yun Xiao and Li Li), Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45(3), 544-562. [Link]
- “Can the minimum living standard guarantee scheme enable the poor to escape the poverty trap in rural China?” (with Yu Guo and Ting Shao), International Journal of Social Welfare, 2017, 26(4), 314–328. [Link]
- “Does Local Social Capital Deter Labor Migration? Evidence from Rural China” (with Xianguo Yao), Applied Economics, 2017, 49(43), 4363-4377. [Link]
- “China’s Family Planning Policies and Their Labor Market Consequences” (with Fei Wang and Zhong Zhao), Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30(1), 31–68. [Link]
- “Child Labor in China” (with Can Tang and Zhong Zhao), China Economic Review, 2018, 51, 149-166. [Link]
- “Does Everybody Need Good Neighbors? Labor Mobility Costs, Cities and Matching” (with Wouter Torfs), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2015, 55, 39-54. [Link]
- “What Determines Pension Insurance Participation in China? Triangulation and the Intertwined Relationship among Employers, Employees and the Government” (with Yu Guo, Mo Tian, Keqing Han, and Karl Johnson), The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2016, 27(18), 2142-2160. [Link]