Publications

No Pain, More Gain: 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

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

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

Social Return of University Establishment (with Yanjun Li, Ryuichi Tanaka‪) 

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)