Publications

Anti-domestic Violence Law and Female Labor Income (solo-author), Conditionally Accepted  at Journal of Law and Economics

The Long-term and Heterogenous Impact of Education Policy on Crime (with Yanjun Li, Ryuichi Tanaka‪, Yu Bai), Journal of Comparative Economics, 2025

Highway Havens for Hidden Horrors: Expressway Connections and Child Trafficking in China. (with Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, Yajie Sun) , Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024.

Migration Barrier Relaxation and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Hukou Reform in China.(with Yunjiao Xu, Jian Zou), Labor Economics, 2024.

Media Coverage: South China Morning Post

Better School, Better Score? Evidence From a Chinese Earthquake-Stricken County.(with Xuan Leng), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2022.

Unexpected Opportunity for Girls: Earthquake, Disaster Relief, and Female Education in China’s Poor Counties.(with Yunjiao Xu), China Economic Review, 2021.

Working Papers

Why Boys Lag Behind: The Role of Parental Discipline in Early Childhood Development (with Astghik Mavisakalyan) 

Historical Roots of Political Instability (with Yanjun Li, Yu Bai) 

One Laptop Per Student: ICT Equipment and Student Academic Performance (with Ryuichi Tanaka)

Effects of gender imbalance within and across generations: Men’s marrying up and family dynamics (with Yanjun Li, Yu Bai, Midori Wakabayashi, Wataru Kuerishi)