"Economic Freedom, the Minimum Wage, and Food Insecurity," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2024, with Dean Stansel, https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13438
"Lockdown, Infection, and Expressed Happiness in China," Journal of Happiness Studies, 2024, with Mingming Ma and Shun Wang, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00752-9
"Child Gender and Subjective Well-being of Older Parents in China," Journal of Happiness Studies, 2023, with Lei Lei and Yiming Xia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00688-6
"The Arab Spring, a Setback for Gender Equality? Evidence from the Gallup World Poll," Journal of Asian Economics, 2023, with Robert Rudolf and Shun Wang, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2022.101578
"Intergenerational Support and Life Satisfaction of Older Parents in China: A Rural-Urban Divide," Social Indicators Research, 160(2), 1071-1098, 2022
"Economic Growth, Culture, and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Arctic Alaska," Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(6), 2621-2651, 2021
"An Examination of the Effects of Consumption Expenditures on Life Satisfaction in Australia," Journal of Happiness Studies, 21(8), 2735-2771, 2020
"Explaining Gender Differences in Socioeconomic and Political Objectives in the Middle East," Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 14(1), 2018, with Jeffrey B. Nugent
"Socio-political Attitudes across the World: to What Extent are They Affected by One’s Religion, Its Importance, Majority Status and Relative income?," Middle East Development Journal, 8(2), 291-328, 2016, with Jeffrey B. Nugent and Malgorzata Switek
"Measuring Happiness amid the COVID-19 Pandemic," Global Happiness and Well-being Policy Report 2022, 135-157, 2022, with Seonga Kim, Mingming Ma, and Shun Wang
"Policy Brief 2: Measuring Happiness during the Pandemic," Policy Brief 2: Resilience in Turbulent Times, 2021, with Seonga Kim, Mingming Ma, and Shun Wang
"Policy Brief 1: Measuring Happiness during the Pandemic," Policy Brief 1: Surviving COVID-19, 2021, with Seonga Kim, Mingming Ma, and Shun Wang
"COVID-19 Prevalence and Well-being: Lessons from East Asia," World Happiness Report 2021, 2021, with Shun Wang and Mingming Ma
"Happiness in the Aging Society," China Happiness Report, 2020, with Mingming Ma
"Child Loss and Health of Chinese Older Parents: The Role of Family Support and Social Security," with Mingming Ma
"Resilience to Adverse Conditions in Life: The Role of Social Capital," with Jeffrey B. Nugent