Published / Accepted Papers

"Migration, Tariffs, and China's Export Surge," with Chen Liu, Journal of International Economics, Volume 140, January 2023. published version draft VoxChina

"College Expansion, Trade, and Innovation: Evidence from China," Solo Author, International Economic Review, Volume 65, February 2024. published version draft WTO Essay Award for Young Economists

"Human Capital Investment and Development: The Role of On-the-job Training," with Alejandro Nakab and Daniela Vidart, Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics, Volume 2, March 2024. published version draft

"Exporting, Wage Profiles, and Human Capital: Evidence from Brazil," with Marc Muendler and Alejandro Nakab, forthcoming at The Review of Economics and Statistics. paper

Working Papers

“Multinational Expansion in Time and Space," with Stefania Garetto, Lindsay Oldenski, and Natalia Ramondo. paper online appendix

"Skill Acquisition and the Gains from Trade: A Cross-country Quantitative Analysis," with Alejandro Nakab and Yiran Zhang. paper

"Expecting Floods: Firm Entry, Employment, and Aggregate Implications," with Ruixue Jia and Victoria Wenxin Xie. paper 

"How do Workers Learn? Theory and Evidence on the Roots of Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation," with Alejandro Nakab and Daniela Vidart. paper

"The Motherhood Training Penalty," with Alejandro Nakab, Camila Navajas-Ahumada, and Daniela Vidart. paper

"Who Pays for Training? Theory and Evidence on Firm-Level Differences in Training Investments," with Alejandro Nakab and Daniela Vidart. paper

“How do Multinational Firms Impact China’s Technology? The Role of Quid Pro Quo Policy and Technology Spillovers,” with Yiran Zhang. paper

"Improving Regulation for Innovation: Evidence from China’s Pharmaceutical Industry," with Ruixue Jia, Jianan Yang, and Yiran Zhang. paper

Selected Work in Progress

"Comparative Advantage and Economies of Scale under Uncertainty," with Natalia Ramondo.

"Why do Agricultural Productivity Gaps Persist?" with Douglas Gollin, David Lagakos, and Shraddha Mandi.

Papers in Chinese

"'Debt-Deflation' Risks and Coordination between Monetary and Fiscal Policies," (corresponding author), with Xiaoliang Chen, Economic Research Journal (''经济研究''), 2016. paper 

"Factor Price Distortions, Firm Investment, and Output," with Yanbin Chen and Zhexi Liu, The Journal of World Economy (''世界经济''), 2015. paper