Google Scholar IDEAS/RePEc

Selected recent economics articles: 

1. "Taking back control? Quasi-experimental evidence on the impact of retirement on locus of control" (with A.E. Clark)

Economic Journal, 134, 1465–1493, 2024.

2. "Does retirement (really) increase informal caregiving? Quasi-experimental evidence from Australia" (with I. Onur)

Journal of Health Economics, 87, 102713, 2023.

3. "Targeted poverty alleviation and children's academic performance in China" (with H. Nong, Q. Zhang, and H. Zhu)

Review of Income and Wealth, 68, 951–969, 2022. 

4. "Retirement and voluntary work provision: Evidence from the Australian Age Pension reform"

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 190, 674–690, 2021.

5. "Job quality and workplace gender diversity in Europe" (with A.E. Clark and C. D'Ambrosio)

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 183, 420–432, 2021.

6. "Living in the shadow of the past: Financial profiles and well-being" (with A.E. Clark and C. D'Ambrosio)

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 123, 910–939, 2021.

7. "Social spillovers of China's left-behind children in the classroom" (with H. Wang)

Labour Economics, 69, 101958, 2021.

8. "Disabled peers and student performance: Quasi-experimental evidence from China" (with B. Huang and H. Lu)

Economics of Education Review, 82, 102121, 2021.

9. "Peer effects of low-ability students in the classroom: Evidence from China's middle schools" (with B. Huang)

Journal of Population Economics, 33, 1343–1380, 2020.

10. "Cognitive abilities, non-cognitive skills, and gambling behaviors" (with X. Gong)

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 165, 51–69, 2019.

Others: 

11. "Global evidence on the Russia–Ukraine conflict and energy stock returns" (J. Kakhkharov, I. Onur, and E. Yalcin)

International Review of Economics and Finance, 93, 413–435, 2024. 

12.  "Does social integration matter for cohort differences in the political participation of internal migrants in China?" (with H. Lu and I.T. Kandilov)

Review of Development Economics, 26, 1555–1573, 2022.

13. "COVID-19 compliance behaviors of older people: The role of cognitive and non-cognitive skills" (with A.E. Clark, C. D'Ambrosio, and I. Onur)

Economics Letters, 210, 110158, 2022.

14. "Compensating for academic loss: Online learning and student performance during the COVID-19 pandemic" (with A.E. Clark, H. Nong, and H. Zhu)

China Economic Review, 68, 101629, 2021. [Elsevier China Economic Review Best Paper Award 2023]

15. "Longitudinal evidence on social trust and happiness in China: Causal effects and mechanisms" (with H. Lu and P. Tong)

Journal of Happiness Studies, 21, 1841–1858, 2020.

16.  "Does internet use affect netizens' trust in government? Empirical evidence from China" (with H. Lu and P. Tong)

Social Indicators Research, 149, 167–185, 2020.

17. "Second language skills and labor market outcomes: Evidence from the handover of Hong Kong" (with Y. Zhou and X. Zheng)

China Economic Review, 59, 101366, 2020.

18. "The impact of internal migration on the health of rural migrants: Evidence from longitudinal data in China" (with H. Lu and I.T. Kandilov)

Journal of Development Studies, 56, 840–855, 2020.

19. "China's only children and their spillover effects on academic performance in the classroom" (with H. Wang)

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 19, 20190058, 2019.

20. "Crime victimisation over time and sleep quality" (with A.E. Clark and C. D'Ambrosio)

SSM – Population Health, 7, 100401, 2019.

21. "Does kindness lead to happiness? Voluntary activities and subjective well-being" (with E. Magnani)

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 77, 20–28, 2018.

22.  "The effect of a wife's retirement on her husband's mental health" (with K. Atalay)

Applied Economics, 50, 4606–4616, 2018.

23. "The impact of public smoking bans on smoking behaviour: Evidence from an Australian experiment"

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 17, 20170064, 2017.

24. "Public–private sector wage differentials in Australia" (with S. Mahuteau, K. Mavromaras, and S. Richardson)

Economic Record, 93, S105–S121, 2017.

25.  "Retirement and its consequences for women's health in Australia"

Social Science & Medicine, 163, 117–125, 2016.

26. "Crime victimisation and subjective well-being: Panel evidence from Australia" (with S. Mahuteau)

Health Economics, 25, 1448–1463, 2016.

27. "Overeducation, overskilling and mental well-being" (with L. Chen)

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 16, 20150187, 2016.

28.  "Disability, and social and economic inclusion: Who is in and out of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme?" (with A. Cebulla)

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 18, 256–268, 2016.

29. "Changes in the distribution of land prices in urban China during 2007–2012" (with Y. Qin and H. Zhu)

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 57, 77–90, 2016.

30. "Fear of nuclear power? Evidence from Fukushima nuclear accident and land markets in China" (with H. Zhu, Y. Deng, and X. He)

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 60, 139–154, 2016.

31. "Fertility and female labour force participation: Causal evidence from urban China" (with X. He)

Manchester School, 84, 664–674, 2016.

32. "Wage differentials between urban residents and rural migrants in urban China during 2002–2007: A distributional analysis"

China Economic Review, 37, 2–14, 2016.

33. "Labour force participation of older men in Australia: The role of spousal participation" (with K. Mavromaras)

Oxford Economic Papers, 67, 310–333, 2015.

34. "How does women's life satisfaction respond to retirement? A two-stage analysis" (with X. He)

Economics Letters, 137, 118–122, 2015.

35. "Social mobility and inequality in urban China: Understanding the role of intergenerational transmission of education" (with E. Magnani) 

Applied Economics, 47, 4590–4606, 2015.

36. "Heterogeneity in the economic returns to schooling among Chinese rural–urban migrants, 2002–07"

Economics of Transition, 23, 135–167, 2015.

37. "The impact of major–job mismatch on college graduates' early career earnings: Evidence from China"

Education Economics, 22, 511–528, 2014.

38. "Family income and child health in China" (with A. Goode and K. Mavromaras)

China Economic Review, 29, 152–165, 2014.

39. "A reduction in public funding for fertility treatment – an econometric analysis of access to treatment and savings to government" (with G.M. Chambers, V.P. Hoang, and P.J. Illingworth)

BMC Health Services Research, 12, 142, 2012.

40. "Gender wage differentials among rural–urban migrants in China" (with E. Magnani)

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 42, 779–793, 2012.

41. "Individual heterogeneity in returns to education in urban China during 1995–2002"

Economics Letters, 113, 84–87, 2011.