Research

Working Papers

10. Gender-Based Violence and Judge Responses (with Xiqian Cai, Zhengquan Cheng, and Emily Nix)

NBER Working Paper

9. The Anti-Corruption Campaign and the Inter-Generational Transmission of Bureaucratic Employment: Evidence from China (with Erqi Ge; Submitted)

IZA Discussion Paper, SSRN Working Paper, GLO Discussion Paper

8. #MeToo Movement, Women's Empowerment, and Judges' Gender Gap in Decisions (with Xiqian Cai, and Zhengquan Cheng; Submitted)

SSRN Working Paper

7. Model Minority Stereotypes and Attention to Inequality and Discrimination against Asian Americans (with Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee, and Juliane Wiese; Submitted)

Publications 

Peer-reviewed Journals

6. Rally Post-Terrorism 

Journal of Population Economics (2025), 38 (50).

Media Coverage: Research Luxembourg

5. Unemployment, Immigration, and Populism

The Journal of Law and Economics (2024), 67 (4), 951-986.

IZA Discussion Paper

Media Coverage: News Tilburg University 

4. 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 

3. 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

2. 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

1. 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