Research

Publications:

• Metropolitan Social Networks and Migration: Insights from Facebook Connections (solo-authored) 

2025, Journal of Regional Science, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.70004 

• From School to Work: How Alumni Networks on LinkedIn Shape PhD Journeys (solo-authored)

2025, Economic Modelling, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2025.107419 

Working Papers:

• The Impact of Alumni Networks on First Job Location: Insights from LinkedIn Resumes (solo-authored) 

Revise & Resubmit at Empirical Economics

Presentations: SEA2024, The Society for Economic Measurement 2024; SRSA2024; Georgia Tech

• When Time Windows Widen: Fertility Timing and Women’s Career Trajectories in Academic Science

With Lanfang Deng, Feng Hu and Xuan Jiang

Presentations: SOLE2025 Poster*, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics*, Villanova University*, Hunan University*, South China Normal University*

• Tenure Track Reform and Research Productivity

With Lanfang Deng and Xin Gu

Presentations: SEA2024, WEAI2024*, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University*

Works in Progress: 

• Regional fiscal autonomy and migration patterns of highly skilled workers

With Vikrant Kamble

*Presented by coauthors