Qian Liu

Working papers/Work in progress:

Returns to Skill and the Evolution of Skills for Older Men (with Lance Lochner, Youngmin Park, and Youngki Shin)

College Enrollment, Parental Transfers, and Student Loans

Private information, limited insurance, and loan repayment: Evidence from the Canadian Student Loan Program (with Martin Gervais and Lance Lochner)

Publications:

7. Beyond the Gender Binary: Wage Inequality and Occupational Segregation among Transgender and Nonbinary Workers (with Yihong Bai and Antony Chum)

Review of Economics of the Household, 2026

6. The Effects of Need-Based Financial Aid on Educational Decisions and Outcomes: Evidence from Canada

Canadian Journal of Economics, 2025, 58(4), 1470-1518

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5. Investigating Graduation and Dropout among Doctoral Students in Canada: A Duration Model Analysis

Canadian Public Policy, 2025, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 124-149

4. Chinese Minimum Wages and Health (with Yihong Bai, Qiaoge Li, Michael Veall)

Social Science & Medicine, 2024, 363, 117430 

3. Assessing the impact of the 2012 National Student Loan Forgiveness on Rural Health Human Resources (with Michel Grignon, Yihong Bai, Balqis Etoom)

Health Reform Observer, 2024, Vol. 11, No. 3 

2. The Insurance Implications of Government Student Loan Repayment Schemes (with Martin Gervais and Lance Lochner)

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, Vol. 113, pp. 535-540 

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1. Innis Lecture: Returns on Student Loans in Canada (with Lance Lochner and Martin Gervais) 

Canadian Journal of Economics, 2021, 54(4), 1495-1524  

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