Photograph shot in 2019 Summer
Selected Work in Progress
Gender-Based Violence and Judge Responses (with Xiqian Cai, Zhengquan Cheng, and Emily Nix; Draft coming soon)
Working Papers
The Anti-Corruption Campaign and the Inter-Generational Transmission of Working in Bureaucracy: Evidence from China (with Erqi Ge; Submitted)
IZA Discussion Paper, SSRN Working Paper, GLO Discussion Paper
!!New version!! #MeToo Movement, Women's Empowerment, and Judges' Gender Gap in Decisions (with Xiqian Cai, and Zhengquan Cheng; Submitted)
Model Minority Stereotypes and Attention to Inequality and Discrimination against Asian Americans (with Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee, and Juliane Wiese; Submitted)
Publications
Peer-reviewed Journals
Journal of Population Economics (2025), 38 (50).
Media Coverage: Research Luxembourg
Unemployment, Immigration, and Populism
The Journal of Law and Economics (2024), 67 (4), 951-986.
Media Coverage: News Tilburg University
Mental Health Effects of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization (with Jan C. van Ours)
Health Economics (2022), 31 (1), 42-56.
This paper is recognized as a Top Cited Article 2021-2022 in Health Economics.
Media Coverage: EEA Congress Press, and VoxEU.org
Symbolism Matters: The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization on Partnership Stability (with Jan C. van Ours)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2020), 178, 44-58.
This project is supported by a research grant (75,000 euro) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and Statistics Netherlands (CBS), under their open data infrastructure for social science and economic innovations program (ODISSEI).
Media Coverage: VoxEU.org, and interview with VoxTalks
Subjective Well-Being and Partnership Dynamics: Are Same-Sex Relationships Different? (with Jan C. van Ours)
Demography (2018), 55 (6), 2299-2320.
Media Coverage: Nederlands Dagblad (Dutch Daily), VoxEU.org, and What Works Centre for Wellbeing
Application of Data Mining in the Analysis of Insurance Claim Settlements (with Xi Chen, Di'an Li, Xing Gao and Ben-Chang Shia; In Chinese)
统计与决策 Statistics and Decision (2010), 4, 154-158.
Book Chapters
Happiness and Partnerships (with Jan C. van Ours)
Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (2021), Zimmermann K.F. (eds). Springer, Cham.
Media Coverage: Research Luxembourg
Policy Reports
Economic Effects of Covid-19 in Luxembourg (with researchers from LISER, the University of Luxembourg and STATEC)
Research Luxembourg Covid-19 Task Force Working Note.
Media Coverage: Research Luxembourg, and LISER News