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Research interests
Historical economics, gender economics, family economics
Latest papers
A Taste of Communists’ Own Medicine: The Political Consequences of Land Reforms in Japan and Taiwan IZA working paper.
“Divorce Effects on Teenagers’ Higher Education – Evidence from One Million Siblings in Taiwan” (with Yen-chien Chen and Jin-Tan Liu) accepted by Demography.
Published papers
“The Impact of Female Political Leadership on Gender Attitudes: Evidence from Taiwan's Local Councils” (with Yen-chien Chen, Yu-Hsin Ho, Matthew Yi-Hsiu Lee and Jin-Tan Liu) Journal of Development Economics 174(2025): 103451.
“The direct and intergenerational behavioural consequences of a socio-political upheaval” (with Alison Booth, Meng Xin, and Dandan Zhang) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2022) 200: 31-958.
“Sweet Unbinding: Sugarcane Cultivation and the Demise of Foot-binding” (with Nora Cheng and Tsong-Min Wu) Journal of Development Economics 157 (2022), 102876.
“The Intended and Unintended Effects of Drunk Driving Policies: Evidence from Taiwan” (with Harrison Chang and Kehao Chang) Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 2020, 82(1): 23-49.
“A genomic signature for accurate classification and prediction of clinical outcomes in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade immunotherapy” (Mei Lu, Kuan-Han Hank Wu, Sheri Trudeau, Margaret Jiang, and Joe Zhao) Scientific Reports 2020, 10, 20575.
“Uterus at a Price: Disability Insurance and Hysterectomy” (with Hsienming Lien and Ching-To Albert Ma) Journal of Health Economics 2019, 66(C): 1-17.
“Gender Differences in Willingness to Compete: The Role of Culture and Institutions” (with Alison Booth, Xin Meng, and Dandan Zhang) Economic Journal 2019, 129(618): 734-764.
“Tenure Security and Long-term Investment on Tenanted Land: Evidence from Colonial Taiwan” (with Shu-jen Yeh) Pacific Economic Review 2019, 24(4): 570-587.
“Rates of Return to Four-Year University Education: An Application of Regression Discontinuity Design” (with Xin Meng, Zhichao Wei, and Guochang Zhao) Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2018, 120(4): 1011-1042.
“Is the Quarter of Birth Endogenous? New Evidence from Taiwan, the US, and Indonesia” (with Jin-Tan Liu and Yenchien Chen) Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 2017, 79(6): 1087-1124.
“End-Of-Life Medical Spending in Last Twelve Months of Life is Lower Than Previously Reported” (with E. French et al.) Health Affairs 2017, 36(7): 1211-1217.
“Women Rule: Preferences and Fertility in Australian Households” (with Pushkar Maitra) The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy April 2013 Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 1–30, ISSN (Online) 1935-1682, ISSN (Print) 2194-6108.
“Do public Incomes Induce More Consumption?” Economic Record 2010, 86(272): 15-27.
“Who Benefits from Public Old Age Pensions? Evidence from a Targeted Program” Economic Development and Cultural Change 2010, 58(2): 297-321.
“Health Status, Wealth, and Portfolio Choice: Causality or Heterogeneity?” (with Ruoyun Zhao) Journal of Banking and Finance 2009, 33(6): 1079-1088.
Works in progress
Firm size and gender equity
The persistent effects of sugarcane cultivation and female labor force participation
Formal education and nation building
Law or Justice? Judges’ Resistance to Commutation
Sibling spillovers on flagship university admission by gender
The positive and negative effects of railroads at early stage of development
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