[Research Statement]
Working Papers
1. "Fare Structure and the Demand for Public Transit," with Yizhen Gu, Qu Tang, Yacan Wang. Sep 2023. [PDF]
2. "The Dual Local Markets: Family, Jobs, and the Spatial Distribution of Skills," with Jingting Fan. Nov 2021. [PDF]
3. "China’s Commuting-based Metropolitan Areas," with Ting Chen and Yizhen Gu. May 2023. [PDF] [List of Metro Areas]
Revise and resubmit, Journal of Urban Economics.
Publications
10. "Home Location Choices and the Gender Commute Gap," with Yizhen Gu, Naijia Guo, and Jing Wu. Sep 2021.
Journal of Human Resources, 59(2): 545-575, Mar 2024.
[working paper version]
9. "The Motherhood Penalty in China: Magnitudes, Trends, and the Role of Grandparenting," with Lingsheng Meng and Yunbin Zhang.
Journal of Comparative Economics, 51(1): 105-132, Mar 2023.
[published version] [working paper version]
8. "A Marriage-Market Perspective on Risk-Taking and Career Choices," with Hanzhe Zhang.
European Economic Review, vol 152, 104379, Feb 2023.
[published version] [working paper version]
7. "Industrializing from Scratch: The 'Construction of Third Front' and Local Economic Development in China's Hinterland," with Jingting Fan.
Journal of Development Economics, vol 152, Sep 2021.
[published version] [working paper version] [appendix]
- About the Third Front Movement (Wikipedia, 维基百科)
6. "Subways and Road Congestion," with Yizhen Gu, Chang Jiang and Junfu Zhang.
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 13(2): 83-115, Apr 2021.
[published version] [working paper version]
- Featured in Baidu Maps 2018Q3 Report, Caixin (in Chinese).
5. "The Alibaba Effect: Spatial Consumption Inequality and the Welfare Gains from E-commerce," with Jingting Fan, Lixin Tang, Weiming Zhu.
Journal of International Economics, 114: 203-220, Sep 2018.
[published version] [working paper version] [online appendix]
- Featured in VoxDev.
4. "The Local Economic Impacts of Military Personnel Contractions."
Journal of Labor Economics, 36(3): 589-621, Jul 2018. [lead article]
[published version] [working paper version]
3. "Incomplete Disclosure: Evidence of Signaling and Countersignaling," with Ben Bederson, Ginger Zhe Jin, Phillip Leslie, Alex Quinn.
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 10(1): 41-66, Feb 2018.
[published version] [working paper version]
- Featured in AEA Research Highlights.
2. "The Effect of Aid on Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment," with Sebastian Galiani, Stephen Knack and L. Colin Xu.
Journal of Economic Growth, 22 (1): 1-33, Mar 2017. [lead article]
[published version] [working paper version]
- Also available as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper.
- Mentions in the media: Marginal Revolution, The IGC Blog, The Economist, VoxEU, NBER Digest, Chicago Policy Review.
1. "Business Cycles and Divorce: Evidence from Microdata", with Judith K. Hellerstein and Melinda Sandler Morrill.
Economics Letters, 188: 68-70, Jan 2013.
[published version] [working paper version] [online appendix]
Resting Papers
1. "Interactions among Donors' Aid Allocations: Evidence from an Exogenous World Bank Income Threshold," with Stephen Knack and L. Colin Xu. Jun 2014. [PDF]
Working Papers
1. "Fare Structure and the Demand for Public Transit," with Yizhen Gu, Qu Tang, Yacan Wang. Sep 2023. [PDF]
2. "The Dual Local Markets: Family, Jobs, and the Spatial Distribution of Skills," with Jingting Fan. Nov 2021. [PDF]
3. "China’s Commuting-based Metropolitan Areas," with Ting Chen and Yizhen Gu. May 2023. [PDF] [List of Metro Areas]
Revise and resubmit, Journal of Urban Economics.
Publications
10. "Home Location Choices and the Gender Commute Gap," with Yizhen Gu, Naijia Guo, and Jing Wu. Sep 2021.
Journal of Human Resources, 59(2): 545-575, Mar 2024.
[working paper version]
9. "The Motherhood Penalty in China: Magnitudes, Trends, and the Role of Grandparenting," with Lingsheng Meng and Yunbin Zhang.
Journal of Comparative Economics, 51(1): 105-132, Mar 2023.
[published version] [working paper version]
8. "A Marriage-Market Perspective on Risk-Taking and Career Choices," with Hanzhe Zhang.
European Economic Review, vol 152, 104379, Feb 2023.
[published version] [working paper version]
7. "Industrializing from Scratch: The 'Construction of Third Front' and Local Economic Development in China's Hinterland," with Jingting Fan.
Journal of Development Economics, vol 152, Sep 2021.
[published version] [working paper version] [appendix]
- About the Third Front Movement (Wikipedia, 维基百科)
6. "Subways and Road Congestion," with Yizhen Gu, Chang Jiang and Junfu Zhang.
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 13(2): 83-115, Apr 2021.
[published version] [working paper version]
- Featured in Baidu Maps 2018Q3 Report, Caixin (in Chinese).
5. "The Alibaba Effect: Spatial Consumption Inequality and the Welfare Gains from E-commerce," with Jingting Fan, Lixin Tang, Weiming Zhu.
Journal of International Economics, 114: 203-220, Sep 2018.
[published version] [working paper version] [online appendix]
- Featured in VoxDev.
4. "The Local Economic Impacts of Military Personnel Contractions."
Journal of Labor Economics, 36(3): 589-621, Jul 2018. [lead article]
[published version] [working paper version]
3. "Incomplete Disclosure: Evidence of Signaling and Countersignaling," with Ben Bederson, Ginger Zhe Jin, Phillip Leslie, Alex Quinn.
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 10(1): 41-66, Feb 2018.
[published version] [working paper version]
- Featured in AEA Research Highlights.
2. "The Effect of Aid on Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment," with Sebastian Galiani, Stephen Knack and L. Colin Xu.
Journal of Economic Growth, 22 (1): 1-33, Mar 2017. [lead article]
[published version] [working paper version]
- Also available as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper.
- Mentions in the media: Marginal Revolution, The IGC Blog, The Economist, VoxEU, NBER Digest, Chicago Policy Review.
1. "Business Cycles and Divorce: Evidence from Microdata", with Judith K. Hellerstein and Melinda Sandler Morrill.
Economics Letters, 188: 68-70, Jan 2013.
[published version] [working paper version] [online appendix]
Resting Papers
1. "Interactions among Donors' Aid Allocations: Evidence from an Exogenous World Bank Income Threshold," with Stephen Knack and L. Colin Xu. Jun 2014. [PDF]