Emmers, D., & Rozelle, S. (2024). "Inequality in China: The Challenge of Common Prosperity." In: Ren, A. & B. Hillman (eds.), China's New Era, China Story Yearbook series, pp. 65-73.
Swinnen, J., Miehe, C., & Emmers, D. (2021). “COVID-19 en Voedselzekerheid.” In: Pattyn, B. & P. D’Hoine (eds.), Lessen voor de Eenentwintigste Eeuw, vol. XXI, pp. 69-84.
Xiao, Y., Emmers, D., Li, S., Zhang, H., Rule, A., & Rozelle, S. (2025). Screen Exposure and Early Childhood Development in Economically Underdeveloped Regions: Findings from a Population-based Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, forthcoming.
Wang, L., Emmers, D., Sylvia, S., Xian, Y., Bai, Y., & Rozelle, S. (2024). Rural-Urban Differences in the Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Capabilities in China. China Agricultural Economic Review, 16(4), 747-762.
Emmers, D., Wang, H., Wang, L., Zhang, S., Qian, Y., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, J., Jiang, F., & Rozelle, S. (2024). Investing in Disadvantaged Children for Common Prosperity in China. Chinese Sociological Review, 56(2), 129-175.
Emmers, D., Yu, W., Shen, Y., Feng, C., Misra, M., Peng, A., Wang, J., Wu, F., Ye, S., & Rozelle, S. (2024). Supporting Cognitive Catch-up: The Effects of Community-based Psychosocial Stimulation Interventions on Preterm Low Birthweight Children in Rural China, Child Development, 95(4), 1254-1270.
Abbey, C., Akhtar, M., Emmers, D., Fairlie, R., Fu, N., Johnstone, H.F., Loyalka, P., Rozelle, S., Xue, H., & Zhang, X. (2024). EdTech Innovations and K-12 Student Learning Outcomes in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Computers & Education, 6, 100161.
Jiang, Q., Wang, B., Qian, Y., Emmers, D., Li, S., Pappas, L., Tsai, E., Sun, L., Singh, M., Fernald, L., & Rozelle, S. (2023). Effectiveness of a Government-led, Multiarm Intervention on Early Childhood Development and Caregiver Mental Health: A Study Protocol for a Factorial Cluster-randomised Trial in Rural China. BMJ Open, 13, e076644.
Emmers, D., Caro, J.C., Rozelle, S., & Sylvia, S. (2022). Early Parenting Interventions to Foster Human Capital in Developing Countries. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 14(1), 169-192.
Wang, L., Xian, Y., Dill, S. E., Fang, Z., Emmers, D., Zhang, S., & Rozelle, S. (2022). Parenting style and the cognitive development of preschool-aged children: Evidence from rural China. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 223, 105490.
Bai, Y., Emmers, D., Li, Y., & Tang, L. (2022). Parental Locus of Control and Early Childhood Development: Evidence from Parent and Grandparent Caregivers in Rural China. China Economic Review, 74, 101814.
Emmers, D., Jiang, Q., Xue, H., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., ... & Rozelle, S. (2021). Early Childhood Development and Parental Training Interventions in Rural China: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Global Health, 6, e005578.
Garrone, M., Emmers, D., Olper, A., & Swinnen, J. (2019). Jobs and Agricultural Policy: Impact of the Common Agricultural Policy on EU Agricultural Employment. Food Policy, 87, 101744.
Luo, R., Yue, A., Emmers, D., Warrinnier, N., Rozelle, S., & Sylvia, S. (2019). Using Community Health Workers to Deliver a Scalable Early Childhood Development Program in Rural China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Social Science & Medicine, 239, 112545.
Garrone, M., Emmers, D., Lee, H., Olper, A., & Swinnen, J. (2019). Subsidies and Agricultural Productivity in the EU. Agricultural Economics, 50(6), 803-817.
Lei, W., Xian, Y., Zhang, S., Bai, Y., Emmers, D., Pradhan, M., & Rozelle, S. (2019). Zhongguo nongcun ertong zaoqi fazhan: Zhengfu touzi de xiaoying - chenben fenxi [Early Childhood Development in Rural China: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Government Investment Spending] (in Chinese). Huadong shifan daxue xuebao, 37(3), 118-128.
Emmers, D., Warrinnier, N., Qian, Y., Wang, L., Zhang, S., Chen, A., Ha, V., Li, R., Zhang, M., Zhu, S., Rozelle, S., & Sylvia, S. Big Data on Little People: Towards Early Skill Assessment at Scale in Resource-poor Field Settings, submitted to the Field Methods, under review.
Ma, Y., Feng, C., Chen, K., Ding, Y., Wang, Z., Weisberg, C., Yao, Z., Yeung, S., Zeng, Y., Zeng, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Jia, X., Medina, A., Emmers, D., & Rozelle, S. Too Cool for School? A Mixed Method Analysis of Low Caregiver Participation Rates in Early Childhood Programs in Rural China, submitted to Applied Developmental Science, under review.
Shen, Y., Emmers, D, Rozelle, S., & Zhou, J. Availability of Childcare Facilities and Maternal Labor Supply: Evidence from Rural China, Journal of Comparative Economics, under review.
Emmers, D., Luo, R., Rozelle, S., & Sylvia, S. Dynamics of Early Capability Formation: Evidence from a Cluster-randomized Parenting Experiment in Rural China, submitted to Journal of Human Resources, under review.
Emmers, D., Hou, Y., Jiang, Q., Wang, H., & Rozelle, S. China's Glass Ceiling: Tracking Gender Skill and Pay Gaps from Birth to Young Adulthood, working draft available.
Bai, Y., Emmers, D., Li, Y., Song, C., & Tang, L. A Government-led Parenting Training Program and Early Childhood Development in Rural China: A Randomized Controlled Trial, working draft available.
Garrone, M., Emmers, D., Olper, A., & Swinnen, J. (2018). Jobs and Agricultural Policy: Impact of the Common Agricultural Policy on EU Agricultural Employment. LICOS Discussion Paper No. 404.
Garrone, M., Emmers, D., Olper, A., & Swinnen, J. (2018). Subsidies and Agricultural Productivity: CAP Payments and Labour Productivity (Convergence) in EU Agricultural. LICOS Discussion Paper No. 409.
Rozelle, S., & Emmers, D. (2023). Early Parental Training to Foster Human Capital in Developing Countries. Think 7 Policy Paper.
Swinnen, J., Garrone, M., Emmers, D. et al. (2018). Thinking CAP: Supporting Agricultural Jobs and Incomes in the EU. World Bank EU Regular Economic Report No. 4. This report was undertaken by a multi-sectoral, multi-institutional team led by van den Brink, R., Azevedo, J. P. and H. Kordik (Task Team Leaders, World Bank).
Title: “The Experimental Economics of Parenting: Evidence from Rural China," Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jo Swinnen; Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Scott Rozelle; Committee members: Prof. Dr. Yu Bai, Prof., Prof. Dr. Sean Sylvia, Prof. Dr. Lei Wang, Dr. Nele Warrinnier, and Prof. Dr. Mariana Zerpa.