​Publications & forthcoming

Robots as Guardians: Industrial Automation and Workplace Safety in China. [published version]
with Lixin Tang, Yaxin Yang, and Xianqiang Zou. Journal of Development Economics, volume 172, (2025): 103381. 

The Educational and Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Exposure to Rural Land Decollectivization in China. [published version]
with Zhi-An Hu, Wei Huang, Wuyue You, and Chuanchuan Zhang. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 228 (2024). 

Social Norms and the Impact of Early Life Events on Gender Inequality. [published version]
with Wei Huang and Albert Park. Journal of Human Resources (forthcoming).

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

Working papers 

The National-Integration Effect of Compulsory Schooling: Evidence from Chinese Minorities. 
with Zhi-An Hu. Revision Requested at Journal of Development Economics

Shaping Gender Role Attitudes: Intergenerational Impacts of Parental Occupational Difference during Adolescence. 
with Shu Cai and Zheng Zhong. Under review
* Best paper award, 2024 Annual Conference of the Labor Science Education Branch, China Association for Labor Studies

Family Leave Policies and Gender Inequality in Executive Positions: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms. 
with Yanghui Chen, Wei Lin and Kaixin Liu.

Selected work in progress

Nutrition Improvement Program, with Zhi-An Hu, Wei Huang and Yinghao Pan.

Long-term Care, with Shu Cai and Ying Wang.

Marriage Sorting, with Ming Fang.