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Publications

1. "COVID-19 and Mental Health: Natural Experiments of the Costs of Lockdowns" (with Climent Quintana-Domeque). 

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. [link to the article] [link to replication files]

2. "Internet and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the UK" (with Climent Quintana-Domeque and Xiaohui Zhang). 

Oxford Open Economics, Volume 2, 2023, odac007 [link to the article] [link to replication files]

3. "LESO: A ten-year ensemble of satellite-derived intercontinental hourly surface ozone concentrations (with Zhu, S., Xu, J., Yu, C., Wang, Y., Wang, H., Shi, J.)

Scientific Data, Volume 10, 741, 2023. [link to the article].

4. "Satellite-derived estimates of surface ozone by LESO: Extended application and performance evaluation" (with Zhu, S., Xu, J., Yu, C., Wang, Y., Yan, H.).

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 113, 103008, 2022. [link to the article].

Working Papers

Broadband Internet and Mental Health: Evidence from UK

Abstract: This paper examines how broadband availability affects mental health in the UK. The study's approach takes advantage of a unique feature of the telecommunications infrastructure that causes significant variation in the quality of internet access between households. Specifically, the speed of a home's internet connection decreases rapidly as the distance between the user's line and the network's node serving the area increases. By combining information on the network's topology with geocoded longitudinal data on individual mental health from 2000 to 2008, this paper demonstrates that fast internet access has a positive effect on the mental health of women but a negative impact on men.

Childhood experiences of parenting and later life depression (with Prof Eleonora Fichera and Dr Xiaohui Zhang)

Abstract: The paper examines whether the experienced parental style in childhood affects depression in old age and whether factors such as health behaviours, social connections, socioeconomic status, and socio-emotional attributes mediate this relationship. The study uses data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging and applies a statistical method to estimate the direct and indirect effects of childhood experiences of parenting on later-life depression. The results show that people who had positive parental experiences, such as receiving care and less over-protection, in childhood are less likely to experience depression later in life. This relationship is influenced by personality and social capital factors. The study controlled for gender, childhood SES, adverse childhood experiences, and genetic risks of major depression.

Current Teaching (2023/2024)

Module Leader: 

• Applied Econometrics (BEE2032, UG 2nd Year) ~ Spring 2024

Tutorials: 

• Econometrics (BEE2031, UG 2nd Year) ~ Fall 2023

• Bitcoin, Money and Trust (BEE3109, UG 3rd Year) ~ Fall 2023

• Economics II (BEE1037, UG 1st Year) ~ Spring 2024

• Introduction to Econometric Theory (BEE2020, UG 2nd Year) ~ Spring 2024