Working Papers

1. "The Long-Term Effect of Air Pollution on Human Cognition: Evidence from China" (Lanlin Ding and Peng Nie) 

2. "Intergenerational Mobility and Childhood Obesity: Evidence from Genes " (with Yanhong Jin and Man Zhang), Resubmitted to Demography 

3. "State Ownership and Cost-effectiveness of Environmental Policy: Firm-level Evidence" (with Shunqi Ge, Haoyang Li, and Jinhua Zhao), Revision requested by Economic Inquiry

4. "Education and Fertility: New Evidence from Genetic Analysis"  (with Yanhong Jin and Man Zhang), under review at Canadian Journal of Economics 

Journal Publications

1. "Stock Market and the Psychological Health of Investors" (with Chang Liu), Lead Article, Financial Review  [PDF]

Media coverage: [alpha architect][Irish Times][Pareto Asset Management]

2. "Institutional Pressure and Analyst Behavior: Evidence from the Financial Sector" (with Chang Liu and Manoj Athavale), forthcoming, Financial Review [PDF]

3. "Beyond Particulate Matter: New Evidence on the Causal Effects of Air Pollution on Mortality" (with Hanchen Jiang and Maigeng Zhou), Vol. 91, September 2023, Journal of Health Economics [PDF][JHE Link]

4. "Genetic Risk, Childhood Obesity, and Educational Achievements " (with Yanhong Jin and Man Zhang), Vol. 94, June 2023 , Economics of Education Review [PDF][EER Link]

5. "Clean Water and Infant Health: Evidence from Piped Water Provision in China" (with Guojun He), Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Vol. 10, No. 1, January 2023 [PDF][JAERE Link]

6. "Unintended Environmental Consequences of Place-based Economic Policies" (with Junji Xiao, Qu Tang, and Jianxin Wu), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 105, Issue 1  [PDF][AJAE Link]

7. "Command vs. Market in China’s Energy Intensity Reduction Strategies: Firm-Level Evidence " (with Jing Cao, Kuangyuan Zhang, and Zhen Lei), PLOS ONE, February 2022 [PDF]

8. "The Winter Choke: Coal-Fired Heating, Air Pollution, and Mortality in China" (with Guojun He and Maigeng Zhou), Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 71, May 2020 [PDF][JHE Link]

9. "The Impact of PM2.5 on Mortality in Older Adults: Evidence from Retirement of Coal-fired Power Plants in the United States" (with Yi Wang), Environmental Health, Vol. 19, No. 1,  [PDF]

10. "Do Minimum Wage Laws Affect Those Who Are Not Covered? Evidence from Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Workers" (with Anita Pena), PLOS ONE, Vol. 14, No. 10, October 2019 [PDF]

11. "Decomposing U.S. Political Ideology: Local Labor Market Polarization and Race in the 2016 Presidential Election" (with Anita Pena), Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Vol. 4, March 2021 [PDF]

12. "New Evidence on the Impact of Sustained Exposure to Particulate Matter on Life Expectancy from China's Huai River Policy"  (with Avraham Ebenstein, Michael Greenstone, Guojun He, Maigeng Zhou), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 114, No. 39, September 2017, pp. 10384-10389 [PDF]

13. "Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in China: A Time-Series Analysis in the 38 Largest Chinese Cities" (with Guojun He, Maigeng Zhou etc.), British Medical Journal, Vol. 356, March 2017 [PDF]

14. "Long-term Effects of Famine on Chronicle Diseases: Evidence from China's Great Leap Forward Famine" (with Xuefeng Hu and Gordon Liu), Health Economics, Vol. 26, No. 7, July 2017, pp. 922-936 [PDF]

15. "Interaction Terms in Poisson and Log Linear Regression Models" (with Shengwu Shang and Erik Nesson), Bulletin of Economic Research, Vol. 70, No. 1 [PDF]

16. "Effects of the Great Recession on the U.S. Agricultural Labor Market" (with Anita Pena and Jeff Perloff), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 98, No. 4, July 2016, pp. 1146-1157 [PDF]

17. "The Effect of Air Pollution on Mortality: Evidence from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games" (with Guojun He and Maigeng Zhou), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 79, September 2016, pp. 18-39 [PDF][Best Paper Award, China Health Policy and Management Society][Chicago Policy Review]

18. "Discounting of Medical Savings Accounts," (with Zhen Lei and Gordon Liu), American Journal of Health Economics, Vol.2, No. 2, Spring 2016, pp. 161-183 [PDF]

19. "Growth, Pollution, and Life Expectancy: China from 1991-2012," (with Avraham Ebenstein, Michael Greenstone, Guojun He, Peng Yin, Maigeng Zhou), American Economic Review, Vol. 105, No. 5, May 2015, pp. 226-31. [PDF]

20. "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Childhood Obesity in the U.S.: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997," (with Yanhong Jin), American Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 1, No. 4, Fall 2015, pp. 432-460.  [PDF]

21. "Why Do Fewer Agricultural Workers Migrate Now?" (with Susan Gabbard, Anita Pena and Jeffrey Perloff), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 97, No. 3, April 2015, pp. 665-679.  [Lead Article][PDF]

Media Coverage: [Oxford University Press Blog][High Plains/Midwest Journal][The LSE US Centre’s daily blog][IRLE]

22. "The Effects of Weight Perception on Adolescents’ Weight-Loss Intentions and Behaviors: Evidence from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey" (with Yanhong Jin), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 12, No. 11, November 2015, pp. 14640-14668. [PDF]

23. "The Associations Between Ambient Air Pollution and Adult Respiratory Mortality In 32 Major Chinese Cities, 2006-2010," (with Guojun He and Maigeng Zhou etc.), Environmental Research, Vol. 137, February 2015, pp. 278-286  [PDF]

24. "Smog Episodes, Fine Particulate Pollution and Mortality in China," (with Maigeng Zhou, Guojun He etc.), Environmental Research, Vol. 136, January 2015, pp. 396–404. [PDF]

25. "The Gain of Cadre Status in Rural China: Investigating Effects and Mechanisms," (with Yanhong Jin, Mingwang Chen and Qinghua Shi), China Economic Review, Vol. 31, December 2014, pp. 185-200. [PDF]

26. "Overweight Misperception among Adolescents in the United States," (with Yanhong Jin and Jagdish Khubchandani), Journal of Pediatric Nursing, Vol. 29, No. 6, 2014, pp. 536-546. [PDF]

27. "Health Care Reform: Understanding Individuals’ Attitudes and Information Sources," (with Carolyn K. Shue, Kerry Anne McGeary, Ian Reid, Jagdish Khubchandani), BioMed Research International, Vol. 2014, pp. 1-8. [PDF]

28. "Obesity and Self-Control: Food Consumption, Physical Activity and Weight-loss Intention," (with Yanhong Jin), Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Vol. 36, No. 1, March 2014, pp. 125-145. [PDF] [Oxford University Press Blog]

29. "Do Neighborhood Parks/Playgrounds Reduce Childhood Obesity?" (with Yanhong Jin), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 96, No. 1, January 2014, pp. 26-42.  [PDF]

30. “Firm Market Value and Production Technology” (with Simon Firestone), International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 28, No. 5, September 2010, pp. 434-440. [PDF]

31. "Do Food Stamps Contribute to Obesity in Low-Income Women?  Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 92, No. 4, July 2010, pp. 1165-1180. [PDF]

32. “Balancing Grower Protection Against Agency Concerns: An Economic Analysis of Contract Termination Damages” (with Myoungki Lee and Steven Wu), Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, August 2008, pp.154-168. [PDF]

Other Journal Publications

1. "How vulnerable are U.S. crop workers?: Evidence from representative worker data and implications for COVID-19" with (Anita Pena), Journal of Agromedicine, Vol. 26, No. 2

2. “Where Did All the Migrant Farm Workers Go?” ARE Update, Vol. 19, No. 6, Jul/Aug 2016, pp. 5-7. 

3. "Singleton Status and Childhood Obesity: Investigating Effects and Mechanisms," (with Yanhong Jin), Economics Bulletin, Vol. 35, Issue 4, October 2015, pp. 2126-2140. [PDF]

4. "Determinants of Child Labor in the Modern United States: Evidence from Agricultural Workers and their Children and Concerns for Ongoing Public Policy," (with Anita Pena and Mimi Huston), Economics Bulletin, Vol. 36, Issue 1, March 2014, pp. 125-145. [PDF]