Publications
"Should Mothers Work? How Perceptions of the Social Norm Affect Individual Attitudes Toward Work in the U.S." with Patricia Cortes, Gizem Kosar, and Basit Zafar, Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming. [pdf] [nber wp] [cepr_dp]
"The Effects of Sexism on American Women: The Role of Norms vs. Discrimination," with Kerwin Charles and Jonathan Guryan, Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming. [pdf] [nber wp]
"Does Information on Age-Related Fertility Decline and Fertility Policies Affect University Students' Family and Career Expectations? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial." with Poh Lin Tan and Xing Xia, PLOS One, 2023, 18(11): e0287526.
"The Impact of COVID-19 on Workers' Expectations and Preferences for Remote Work," with Yuting Chen, Patricia Cortes, Gizem Kosar, and Basit Zafar, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113: 556-561. [link]
"Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and the Lab," with Patricia Cortes, Laura Pilossoph, Ernesto Reuben, and Basit Zafar, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138(4): 2069-2126. [pdf] [nber wp] [iza wp]
"The Returns to an Additional Year of Education for College Graduates," with Jie Gong, Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 218: Article 104796. [link]
"Do College Admissions Criteria Matter? Evidence from Discretionary vs. Grade-Based Admission Policies," with Rais Kamis and Kelvin KC Seah, Economics of Education Review, 2023, 92: Article 102347. [pdf]
Featured in: New York Times, Washington Post, Bustle, The Atlantic, CBS News, Independent, Boston Globe
"Children and the Remaining Gender Gaps in the Labor Market," with Patricia Cortes, Journal of Economic Literature, 2023, 61(4): 1359-1409. [pdf] [nber_wp] [iza wp]
"Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Gap Between Skilled and Unskilled Women," with Marianne Bertrand, Patricia Cortes and Claudia Olivetti, Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88(4): 1936-1978. [pdf] [nber wp] [appendix]
"Breadth of University Curriculum and Labor Market Outcomes," with Kelvin Seah and Poh Lin Tan, Labour Economics, 2020, 65: Article 101873 [iza wp]
"Age of Decision: Pension Savings Withdrawal, Consumption and Debt Response," with Sumit Agarwal and Wenlan Qian, Management Science, 2020, 66(1): 43-69. [pdf]
"Gender Gap under Pressure: Evidence from China's National Entrance Examination," with Xiqian Cai, Yi Lu and Songfa Zhong, Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101(2): 249-263. [pdf] [appendix]
"When Time Binds: Substitutes for Household Production, Returns to Working Long Hours, and the Gender Wage Gap Among the Highly Skilled," with Patricia Cortes, Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 37(2): 351-398. [pdf] [iza wp]
"Occupation and Gender", with Patricia Cortes, prepared for inclusion in the Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, ed. Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys and Saul D. Hoffman. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018) [pdf]
"Cross-Country Evidence on the Relationship Between Overwork and Skilled Women's Job Choices," with Patricia Cortes, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2017, 107(5): 105-109. [pdf]
"The Relative Quality of Foreign Nurses in the United States," with Patricia Cortes, Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50(4): 1009-1050. [pdf]
Featured in: Businessweek, WSJ
"Beauty, Weight, and Skin Color in the Charitable Market," with Christina Jenq and Walter Theseira, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 119: 234-253. [pdf]
Featured in: GOOD Magazine, The Atlantic, Business Insider, PS Mag
"Immigration and Occupational Choice: The Case of Nurses in the United States," with Patricia Cortes, CESifo Economic Studies (Special Issue on Migration), 2015, 61(3-4): 797-823. [pdf]
"The Composition Effect of Consumption around Retirement: Evidence from Singapore," with Sumit Agarwal and Wenlan Qian, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2015, 105(5): 426-431. [pdf]
"Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households," with Marianne Bertrand and Emir Kamenica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130(2): 571-614. [pdf] [nber wp] [appendix]
Featured in: Economist, Slate, Forbes, Financial Times, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, New York Times Blog, New York Times, VoxEU, Washington Post, The Upshot (NYT), New York Times (2), New York Times (3)
"Gender Segregation in Occupations: The Role of Tipping and Social Interactions," Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33(2): 365-408. (H. Gregg Lewis Prize for the Best Paper in the Journal of Labor Economics, 2015-2016) [pdf] [appendix]
Featured in: The Atlantic, Equitable Growth
"Performance Pay, Competitiveness, and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from the United States," with Andrew McGee and Peter McGee, Economics Letters, 2015, 128: 35-38. [pdf]
"Foreign Nurse Importation and the Supply of Native Nurses," with Patricia Cortes, Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 37, 164-180. [pdf] [appendix]
"Outsourcing Household Production: Foreign Domestic Helpers and Native Labor Supply in Hong Kong," with Patricia Cortes, Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31(2): 327-371. [pdf] [appendix]
"The Trouble with Boys: Social Influences and the Gender Gap in Disruptive Behavior," with Marianne Bertrand, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(1): 32-64. [pdf] [nber wp] [appendix]
Featured in: The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Le Monde, The Upshot (NYT)