Published & Forthcoming Papers:
When Opportunity Knocks: China's Open Door Policy and Declining Educational Attainment (with Kendall Kennedy and Jiatong Zhong), Labour Economics, 81 (2023): 102312
Determinants of Disparities in COVID-19 Job Losses (with Laura Montenovo, Felipe Lozano Rojas, Ian M. Schmutte, Kosali I. Simon, Bruce A. Weinberg, Coady Wing), Demography, (2022) 59 (3): 827–855
Sibling Spillover in Rural China: A Story of Sisters and Daughters (with Cynthia Bansak and Guanyi Yang), China Economic Review, 76 (2022), 101873. (Previous version: IZA Discussion Paper NO. 13127)
Women in STEM: Ability, Preference, and Value, Labour Economics, 70 (2021): 101991 [ungated version]
Man Versus Machine? Self-Reports Versus Algorithmic Measurement of Publications (with Wan-Ying Chang and Bruce Weinberg), (2021) PLoS ONE, 16(9): e0257309
Fertility Expectations and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Mothers of China's Sibling-less Generation, Contemporary Economic Policy, 38, No. 3 (2020): 530-545
Working Papers:
Retaking to Succeed: Causal Evidence on Optional Course Retaking in College (with Kelly Chen and Yingying Dong), revised and resubmitted to Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
A Second Chance at Success? Effects of College Grade Forgiveness Policies on Student Outcomes (with Kelly Chen, Zeynep Hansen, and Scott Lowe)
Featured in: [NBER Digest] [Brookings] [Inside Higher Ed]
A Tale of Two Fields? STEM Career Outcomes (with Joseph Staudt and Bruce Weinberg) [NBER WP Series][CES WP Series]
Is the Cure Worse than the Problem Itself? Immediate Labor Market Effects of COVID-19 Case Rates and School Closures in the U.S. (with Felipe Lozano Rojas, Laura Montenovo, Kosali I. Simon, Bruce A. Weinberg, Coady Wing), NBER Working Paper No. 27127
Train and Publish or Perish: Valuing the Early Career Outcomes of STEM Ph.D. Recipients (with Joseph Staudt and Bruce Weinberg. Draft available upon request.)
Works in Progress:
When Time Windows Widen: Gendered Career Trajectories and Unintended Competition in China’s Science Funding Reforms (with Lanfang Deng, Feng Hu, and Haoqian Zou)
Federal Research Funding's Spillover on the Scientific Community (with Bruce Weinberg)
Beyond the Wage Premium: Cultural Norms, SkillMismatch, and the Long-run Value of Human Capital (with Guanyi Yang)