Journal Articles
Zhan, Crystal, 2023. “Book Matters: The Effect of Cocky’s Reading Express on Student Performance,” Economics of Education Review, 94, 102395. doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102395.
Gordanier, John, Orgul Ozturk, and Crystal Zhan, 2023. “Pencils Down? Computerized Testing and Student Achievement,” Education Finance and Policy, 18(2): 232-252. doi: 10.1162/edfp_a_00373.
Sheldon, Tamara and Crystal Zhan, 2022. “The Impact of Natural Disasters on Domestic Migration,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 115, 102726. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102726.
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina and Crystal Zhan, 2021. “The Determinants of Immigrant Health Insurance in the United States: Understanding the Role of Health Care in Origin Societies,” Health Economics, 30(6): 1498-1516. doi: 10.1002/hec.4270. [Online Appendix]
Zhan, Crystal, 2021. “Wage distributions in origin societies and occupational choices of immigrant generations in the USA,” Journal of Population Economics, 35: 89-133. doi: 10.1007/s00148-020-00811-4.
Gordanier, John, Orgul Ozturk, Breyon Williams, and Crystal Zhan, 2020. “Free Lunch for All! The Effect of Community Eligibility Provision Program on Student Outcomes,” Economics of Education Review, 77, 101999. doi: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.101999.
Jones, Daniel and Crystal Zhan, 2020. “Ethnic Diversity and Citizens’ Support for Local Public Good Provision.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 174: 108-130. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2020.03.012.
Sheldon, Tamara and Crystal Zhan, 2019. “The Impact of Natural Disasters on US Home Ownership,” Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 6(6): 1169-1203. doi: 10.7910/DVN/8EC9FK. [Online Appendix]
Zhan, Crystal, 2018. “School Choice Programs and Location Choices of Private Schools,” Economic Inquiry, 56(3): 1622-1645. doi: 10.1111/ecin.12560.
Zhan, Crystal, 2016. “Institutions, Social Norms, and Educational Attainment,” Education Economics, 25(1): 22-44. doi: 10.1080/09645292.2016.1158788.
Zhan, Crystal, 2015. “Money vs. Prestige: Cultural Attitudes and Occupational Choices,” Labour Economics, 32: 44-56. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2014.12.003.
Zhan, Crystal, 2015. “Schools and Neighborhoods: Residential Location Choice of Immigrant Parents in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area,” Journal of Population Economics, 28: 737-783. doi: 10.1007/s00148-015-0545-0.
Book Chapters
Sheldon, Tamara and Crystal Zhan, 2024. “A Better Place to Call Home: Natural Disasters, Climate Risk, and Regional Migration,” in Robert Sauer, ed., World Scientific Encyclopedia of Global Migration (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing). doi: 10.1142/9789811248139_0010.
Yang, Rui, Xinran Wang, Rongjian Yu, and Crystal Zhan, 2025. “Information Flows in a Fragmented World: A Quasi-Experiment on the Impact of Regional Conflicts on Cross-border Google Traffic.” Accepted, Journal of International Business Studies.
Sheldon, Tamara and Crystal Zhan, 2025. “Wildfires, Smoke Pollution, and Household Purchasing Behaviors.” [Link]
Zhan, Crystal and Chen Zhou, 2025. “Marching Left or Marching Right, What If I Want Neither: Polarized Curricular Laws and School Choices.” [Link]
Bilen, Eren, Tamara Sheldon, and Crystal Zhan, 2025. “Learning from the Storm: The Impact of Hurricane Experience on Future Disaster Preparedness.” [Link]
Zhan, Crystal and Sumit Deole, 2025. “Economic Preferences and the Self-selection of Immigrants.” [Link]
Harrison, Sayward, Tamara Sheldon, Crystal Zhan, David M. Anderson, and Xiaoming Li, 2025. “In the Wake of California Wildfires: Promoting Psychological Resilience for Individuals and Communities.” [Link]
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina, Tamara Sheldon, and Crystal Zhan, 2025. “Airborne Disruptions: The Effect of Wildfire Smoke on School Absenteeism in California.” Draft available upon request.
Ozturk, Orgul and Crystal Zhan, 2019. “Mission Statements, Location Choices, and the Supply of Charter Schools.” [Link]