​​Published or Forthcoming Papers
(* denotes students or research assistants)

​1. The National-Integration Effect of Compulsory Schooling: Evidence from Chinese Minorities
with Zhi-An Hu
Journal of Development Economics, volume 178, (2026): 103582. .  [published version]
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2. Robots as Guardians: Industrial Automation and Workplace Safety in China
with Lixin Tang, Yaxin Yang*, and Xianqiang Zou
Journal of Development Economics, volume 172, (2025): 103381. [published version]
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3. The Educational and Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Exposure to Rural Land Decollectivization in China
with Zhi-An Hu, Wei Huang, Wuyue You, and Chuanchuan Zhang
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 228 (2024). [published version]
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4. Social Norms and the Impact of Early Life Events on Gender Inequality
with Wei Huang and Albert Park
Journal of Human Resources (forthcoming).[published version]

5. Demographic Impacts of China’s Trade Liberalization: Marriage, Spousal Quality, and Fertility
with Xianqiang Zou 
​Journal of Population Economics, 37, no. 3 (2024): 63.  [published version]
* Best paper award, 2023 Annual Conference of the Labor Science Education Branch, China Association for Labor Studies