Econometrics, Labor Economics, Development Economics and Health Economics
Labor and Development Economics
Specific Interests: Wage Structure, Decomposition of Wage Distribution Function, Wage Inequality, Gender Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Migration, Publication in Economics Profession
Published Papers:
20. The Effects of Political Participation on Missing Women: Evidence from the Egyptian Protests of 2011-2014 with Firat Demir and Zhengang Xu. Forthcoming at Journal of Comparative Economics.
19. Vaccine Production and Innovation: Insights from Tort Reform and Medicare Expansion with Myongjin Kim, Firat Demir, Qi Ge, Ahmed El Fatmaoui, and Junying Zhao. Forthcoming at Economics of Innovation and New Technology.
18. The Puzzle of Changes in Employment and Wages in Routine Task-intensive Occupations with Zexuan Liu. Empirical Economics, 2023. Volume 65, pages 1965-1980
17. Effects of Motherhood Timing, Breastmilk Substitutes and Education on the Duration of Breastfeeding: Evidence from Egypt with Firat Demir and Zexuan Liu. World Development, 2020. Vol 133, pages 1-14
16. Coauthorship and the Gender Gap in Top Economics Journal Publications with Zexuan Liu. Applied Economics Letters, 2020. Vol 27(7), pages 580-590
15. Do State Minimum Wages Affect Incarceration Rate? with Gary Hoover and Zexuan Liu. Southern Economic Journal, 2020. Vol 86(3), pages 845-872
14. The Short-Run Effects of the Great Recession on Crime. Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2018. Vol 1(2), pages 92-111
13. Decomposition of the Changes in Korean Wage Inequality During the Period 1998-2007 with JaeYoon Lee. Journal of Labor Research, 2016. Vol 37(1), pages 1-28
12. The Contribution of Human Capital Variables to Changes in Wage Distribution Function. Labour Economics, 2014. Vol 28, pages 58-69
Working Papers:
Does Computerization Affect Crime? with Yao-Yu and Zexuan Liu (Under Review)
2. A Study on Long-Run Substitutability Between Men and Women
3. Children Who Witness: Early Life Exposure to Unilateral Divorce Laws and the Likelihood of being a Victim of Intimate Partner Violence with Mahla Shourian
4. When the Marriage Market Fails: How Changes in Relative Wages Shape Childbearing Decisions with Mahla Shourian
Econometrics
Specific Interests: Linear and Non-Linear Quantile Regression, Unconditional Quantile Regression, Non Parametric Quantile Regression, Panel Data Quantile Regression, Spatial Quantile Regression, Panel Data, Non-parametrics
Published Papers:
11. Box-Cox Power Transformation Unconditional Quantile Regressions With An Application on Wage Inequality. Journal of Applied Statistics, 2021. Volume 48(16), pages 3086-3101
10. Heterogeneous Endogeneity with Jaeho Kim and Kevin Grier. Statistical Papers, 2021. Vol 62(2), pages 847-886
9. Partial Distributional Policy Effects Under Endogeneity with Badi H. Baltagi. Sankhya B, 2019. Vol 81(1), pages 123-145
8. Replication of Unconditional Quantile Regressions by Firpo, Fortin and Lemieux (2009) with Badi H. Baltagi. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2017. Vol 32(1), pages 218-223
Reject and Resubmit:
Unconditional Quantile Regressions Under Endogeneity at Journal of Econometric Methods
Health Economics
Specific Interests: Vaccine Policy, Maternal and Child Health, Health Service Funding, Public Health Recommendations
Published Papers:
7. Empirical Evidence and Conceptual Framework to Address the Indian Health Service Underfunding Challenge with Rashmi Jaggad, and Junying Zhao. Forthcoming at Value in Health
6. Power of Public Health Advice: Effectiveness and Spillover Effects of Federal Vaccine Recommendations with Mahla Shourian, Ahmed El Fatmaoui, and Junying Zhao. Forthcoming at Public Health in Practice
5. The Indian Health Service Is Chronically Underfunded. Here Is How To Close The Gap with Junying Zhao, Rashmi Jaggad, James R. Kennedye, Kylie Stewart, Janis E. Campbell. Forthcoming at Health Affairs Forefront
4. Did the Medicaid expansion improve immunization among pregnant women? with Rashmi Jaggad, Ahmed El Fatmaoui, and Junying Zhao. Forthcoming at Preventive Medicine Reports
3. Multi-level Determinants of Vaccination of the American Indian and Alaska Native Population: A Comprehensive Overview with Junying Zhao, Rashmi Jaggad, Tauqeer Ali, Ying Zhang, and James Kennedye. Frontiers in Public Health, 2025.
2. Impacts of the US CDC recommendation on human papillomavirus vaccine uptake, 2010-2015 with Ahmed Chaudhry, Janis Campbell, Myongjin Kim, Kyle Smith, Firat Demir and Junying Zhao. Frontiers in Public Health, 2024.
Reforming the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program for COVID-19 and Beyond: An Economic Perspective with Junying Zhao, Firat Demir, Myongjin Kim and Austin Earley. Journal of Law and Biosciences, 2022. Volume 9(1), 1-31
Reject and Resubmit:
Impacts of Federal Recommendation on Neonatal Vaccination and Mortality: HBV Vaccine Evidence with Ahmed El Fatmaoui, and Junying Zhao at Pediatrics Open Science
Working Paper:
Vaccine Hesitancy and Neonatal Mortality: The Life-Saving Power of Hepatitis B Immunization with Ahmed El Fatmaoui, and Junying Zhao (Under Review)
Revise and Resubmit
Does Flu Vaccination Affect Wages? State-Level Evidence from the US with Junying Zhao, Firat Demir, Myongjin Kim and Ahmed Chaudhuri at Applied Economics
2. Maternal Immunization, State Medicaid Expansion, and National ACA Interplay for Infant Mortality: A US Pooled Cross-sectional Triple-difference Study with Rashmi Jaggad, and Junying Zhao at BMJ Public Health
Work in Progress
Coauthorship and Gender Gap in Top Economics Journals
2. Marijuana and Demand for Vaccination with Myongjin Kim and Ahmed El Fatmaoui
3. Does Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Affect Children's Mental Health in Adulthood? with Myongjin Kim and Mieon Seong
4. Environmental Causes of the Obesity Epidemic with Tyler Ransom
5. The SNAP Paradox: Does Food Assistance Encourage Teen Childbearing? with Waleed Wasti and Judith Liu
6. Shaken to the Core: The Effect of Nepal's 2015 Earthquake on Infant Death with Ramesh Dulal