Employment
Research Associate Fellow, School of Education, Nanjing University, August 2022 - Present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, China Institute for Educational Finance Research, Peking University, June 2019 - May 2022
Education
Ph.D. in Economics of Educuation, Peking University, July 2018
M.A. in Economics of Educuation, Peking University, July 2011
B.A. in Economics, Peking University, July 2007
B.S. in Urban Planning, Peking University, July 2007
Research Fields
Economics of Education
Publications
1. Gender Differences in Reactions to Failure in High-stakes Competition: Evidence from the National College Entrance Exam Retakes (with Ziteng Lei, Yang Song, and Peng Zhang), Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2 (2), 355-397, 2024
2. College Matching Mechanisms and Matching Stability: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China (with Wei Ha and Yang Song), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 175, 206-226, 2020
Working Papers
1. Dynamic Matching Mechanism and Matching Stability in College Admissions: Evidence from Inner Mongolia (with Wei Ha, Haoyuan Marty Chen, and Yuhao Deng)
2. Matching Mechanisms, Justified Envy, and College Admissions Outcomes (with Wei Ha, Yang Song, and Sen Zhou)
3. The Value of Late Specialization in Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from China’s Meta-major Reform (with Di Wang, Xu Wei, Xiaoyang Ye, and Yi Zhou)
4. Gone with the Aid: How Paired Assistance Program Affects High-Stakes College Choices (with Shuo Li, Qinrui Xiahou, and Peng Zhang)
5. Unveiling Educational Inequality: The Divergent Effects of School Consolidation in Rural China (with Naijia Guo, Shuangxin Wang, and Peng Zhang)
6. Information Access and College Admission Outcomes (with Li Chen and Yang Song)
7. From Rural Schools to City Factories: Assessing the Quality of Chinese Rural Schools (with Eric A. Hanushek, Xueying Li, and Lei Zhang)
Teaching
Econometrics (Graduate)
Economics of Education (Graduate)
Refereeing
Economics: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, China Economic Quarterly, Education Economics
Other Fields: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Higher Education, International Journal of Educational Development, Asia Pacific Education Review, Cogent education