Publications

Journal Articles

• • One Country, Two Systems: Evidence on Retirement Patterns in China, with Xiaoyan Lei, Gewei Wang, Yafeng Wang, Yaohui Zhao. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 22(2) (April 2023): 188-210.

  • The Path to Healthy Ageing in China: A Peking University-Lancet Commission, with Xinxin Chen, Yao Yao, Winnie Yip, ..., James Smith, John Strauss and Yaohui Zhao. The Lancet 400(10367) (December 2022): 1967-2006.

  • The Effect of Height on Earnings: Is Stature Just a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills? with Laurent Bossavie, Harold Alderman and Cem Mete. Economics and Human Biology 43 (December 2021), 101046.

  • Can Information Influence the Social Insurance Participation Decision of China’s Rural Migrants? with Xin Meng, Sen Xue and Guochang Zhao. Journal of Development Economics 150 (May 2021), 102645.

  • Is Consanguinity an Impediment to Child Development? with Cem Mete, Laurent Bossavie and Harold Alderman, Population Studies, 74:2 (June 2020): 139-159.

  • Migration and Human Capital Accumulation in China, with Yang Huang (World Bank, Beijing). IZA World of Labor (May 2020): 476.  

  • The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and Returns to Schooling in Urban China, with Albert Park (HK UST) and Meiyan Wang (CASS-IPLE). Economic Development and Cultural Change 68 (October 2019): 131-164.

  • The Gender Patterns of Eldercare in China, with Xinxin Chen (Peking University), Yafeng Wang (Peking University) and Yaohui Zhao (Peking University). Feminist Economics 24(2) (March 2018): 54-76. 

  • Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity and Rural to Urban Migration: Evidence from China, with Ren Mu (Texas A&M University). American Journal of Agricultural Economics 100(2) (March 2018): 521-544. 

  • Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China,  with Alan de Brauw. World Bank Economic Review 32(1) (February 2018): 1-18.

  • Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China, with A. de Brauw, Journal of Human Resources 52(1) (Winter 2017): 274-313. 

  • Protecting Child Nutritional Status in theAftermath of a Financial Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia, with E. Satriawan, Journal of Development Economics 114(1) (May 2015): 97-106. 

  • A Policy Evaluation of China’s New Rural Pension Program: Income, Poverty, Expenditure, Subjective Well-Being and Labor Supply (in Chinese), with C. Zhang and Y. Zhao. China Economic Quarterly 14(1) (October 2014): 203-230.

  • Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China, with D. Wang and A. Park. Research in Labor Economics 37 (July 2013): 123-179.

  • A Control Function Approach to Estimating Dynamic Probit Models with Endogenous Regressors , with I. Murtazashvili. Journal of Econometric Methods. 2(1) (July 2013): 69-87.

  • Does it pay to be a cadre? Estimating the returns to being a local official in rural China , with J. Zhang and S. Rozelled. Journal of Comparative Economics. 40(3) (August 2012): 337-356.

  • Did higher inequality impede growth in rural China? with D. Benjamin and L. Brandt, Economic Journal 121(557) (December 2011): 1281–1309.

  • The impact of the global financial crisis on off-farm employment and earnings in rural China, with J. Huang, H. Zhi, Z. Huang and S. Rozelle. World Development 39(5) (May 2011): 797-807.

  • Can China's rural elderly count on support from adult children? Implications of rural-to-urban migration, with D. Wang and C. Zhao. Journal of Population Ageing 3(3-4) (March 2011): 183-204.

  • Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China, with J-Y. Duclos and A. Araar. Journal of Development Economics 91(2) (2010) 266-77.

  • Precautionary Behavior, Migrant Networks and Household Consumption Decisions: An Empirical Analysis Using Household Panel Data from Rural China, with K. Yoo. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(3) (August 2007): 534-551. June 2006 Version

  • Elderly Parent Health and the Migration Decision of Adult Children: Evidence from Rural China, with R. Mu. Demography 44(2) (May 2007): 265-288. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2333.

  • How Well Do Children Insure Parents Against Low Retirement Income? An Analysis Using Survey Data from Urban China, with F. Cai and X. Meng. Journal of Public Economics 90(12) (December 2006): 2229-2255.

  • Is Life More Risky in the Open? Household Risk-Coping and the Opening of China’s Labor Markets , Journal of Development Economics, 81(1) (October 2006): 25-60.

  • Reemployment of Dislocated Workers in Urban China: The Roles of Information and Incentives , with A. Park and F. Cai, Journal of Comparative Economics 34(3) (September 2006): 582-607.

  • How has Economic Restructuring Affected China’s Urban Workers ?, with A. Park and F. Cai. China Quarterly, 185 (March 2006): 61-95.

  • The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China , with D. Benjamin and L. Brandt.Economic Development and Cultural Change, 53(4) (July 2005): 769-824. Additional materials: English language documentation on NBS in-kind income valuation procedures [NBS-Inkind]. Original Chinese Langauage documentation [ NBS-Inkind-Chinese].

  • What is China’s True Unemployment Rate ?, with A. Park and J. Zhang. China Economic Review, 16(2) (June 2005): 149-170.

  • Competition Under Credit Rationing: Theory and Evidence from Rural China , with A. Park and L. Brandt. Journal of Development Economics 71(2) (August 2003): 463-495.

  • Leaving China's Farms: Survey Results of New Paths and Remaining Hurdles to Rural Migration, with S. Rozelle, G. Li, M. Shen and A. Hughart, China Quarterly 158 (June 1999): 367-393.

Books

• The Elderly and Old Age Support in Rural China. Directions in Development Series. with F. Cai, P.O’keefe, D.Wang Washington, DC, The World Bank, March 2012.

• New Insights into the Provision of Health Services in Indonesia: A Health Work Force Study with C. Rokx, J. Giles, et al., Washington, DC, The World Bank, 2010.

Chapters in Books

• "The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective." with D. Wang and W. Cai. Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives, J.P. Smith and M. Majmundar (eds.), Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 2012.

• "Patterns and Correlates of Intergenerational Non-Time Transfers: Evidence from CHARLS." with X.Lei, Y Hu, A Park, J Strauss, and Y Zhao. Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives, J. P. Smith and M. Majmundar (eds.), Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. 2012.

• "Income Inequality During China’s Economic Transition," with D. Benjamin, L. Brandt and S. Wang. China's Great Transformation, L. Brandt and T. Rawski (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Other Publications

• "Do Food Supplements Help Children in Times of Economic Crisis?" with E. Satriawan . From Evidence to Policy. Washington, DC, World Bank, 2011.

• "Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?" with D. Benjamin and L. Brandt. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2344.

• "Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China," with A. de Brauw. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2326.

• "Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China," with J-Y. Duclos and A. Araar. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2078.