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Professional Experience

01/2023-present Professor, School of Economics at Minzu University of China 

07/2020-12/2022 Associate professor, School of Economics, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China

01/2020-06/2020 Assistant professor, School of Economics, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China

07/2016-12/2019 Assistant professor, Center for Experimental Economics in Education (CEEE), Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China

Research Interests

Development Economics, Human Capital

Early Childhood Development, Migration, Rural Education, Rural Development, Policy Evaluation

Education

Ph.D. in management of agricultural economy, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

MS in rural development,  Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

BA in  Physics, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

Mar  2023

Publications

1. 白钰, 宣智翀, 刘承芳; 农村父母外出对婴幼儿早期发展的影响——来自云南省891个家庭的证据; 中国农村经济; 2023(8): 184-167.

2. Bai, Yu, Bin Tang, Boya Wang, Di Mo, Linxiu Zhang, Scott Rozelle, Emma Auden, Blake Mandell. Impact of online computer assisted learning on education: Experimental evidence from economically vulnerable areas of China. Economics of Education Review. 2023(94), 102385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102385.

3. Lyu, Lidan, Danyang Sheng, Yu Chen, and Yu Bai. 2023. "Parental Ethnicity and Adolescent Development: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Dataset" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 5: 3799. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20053799

4. Li, Y., Li, S., Tang, L., & Bai, Y. (2022). The effect of ECD program on the caregiver’s parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices: based on a cluster-randomized controlled trial in economically vulnerable areas of China. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14268-5

5. Bai, Yu, Reyila Abulitifu, Dan Wang. Impact of an Early Childhood Development Intervention on the Mental Health of Female Caregivers: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(18), 11392; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811392. 

6. Bai, Yu; Ning Yang, Lei Wang, Siqi Zhang. The impacts of maternal migration on the cognitive development of preschool-aged children left behind in rural China. World Development. 158 (2022): 106007

7. Bai, Yu, Dorien Emmers, Ying Li, and Lei Tang. Parental locus of control and early childhood development: Evidence on parent and grandparent caregivers in rural China. China Economic Review (2022): 101814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2022.101814

8. 白钰,郭达,刘承芳.照养人性别社会化态度与儿童早期发展[J].中国农业大学学报社会科学版,2022(2)

9. 詹筱媛,梅自颖 & 白钰.(2022).兴边富民行动对中国边疆地区教育人力资本的影响——基于倾向得分匹配法的实证分析. 贵州民族研究(01),168-175. doi:10.13965/j.cnki.gzmzyj10026959.2022.01.025.

10. Bai, Y., Liu, B., Wang, L. et al. Parenting Practices and Cognitive Development of Preschool-Aged Children: Evidence from Rural China. J Child Fam Stud (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02134-8.

11. Zhang, S., Wang, L., Xian, Y., & Bai, Y. (2021). Mental Health Issues among Caregivers of Young Children in Rural China: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Links to Child Developmental Outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(1), 197.

12. Li, Ying, Lei Tang, Yu Bai*, Shuhang Zhao, Yaojiang Shi. Reliability and validity of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) in impoverished regions of China. BMC Pediatrics. (2020) 20:475 doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02367-4

13. Lei Wang, Ruirui Dang, Yu Bai*, Siqi Zhang, Buyao Liu, Lijuan Zheng, Ning Yang, Chuyu Song. Teacher Qualifications and Development Outcomes of Preschool Children in Rural China. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Volume 53, 4th Quarter 2020, Pages 355-369. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.05.015

14. Di Mo, Yu Bai*, Yaojiang Shi, Matt Boswell, Linxiu Zhang, Scott Rozelle. Institutions, implementation, and program effectiveness: Evidnce from a randomized evaluation of computer-assisted learning in rural China. Journal of Development Economics. (146)2020. doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102487

15. Yue, Ai, Yu Bai*, Sean Sylvia, Renfu Luo, Scott Rozelle. The Effect of Maternal Migration on Early Childhood Development and Health in Rural China. Demography. 57, 403-422(2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-019-00849-4. 

16.  Bai, Yu, Michael Neubauer, Tong Ru, Yaojiang Shi*, Kaleigh Kenny, Scott Rozelle. Impact of Second-Parent Migration on Student Academic Performance in Northwest China and its Implications. Journal of Development Studies. 2019:1-18 . 

17. Bai, Yu, Siqi Zhang, Lei Wang, Ruirui Dang, Cody Abbey & Scott Rozelle. Past Successes and Future Challenges in Rural China’s Human Capital, Journal of Contemporary China, 2019. DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2019.1594102. 

18. Bai, Yu, Linxiu Zhang, Chengfang Liu, Yaojiang Shi, Di Mo, and Scott Rozelle. "Effect of Parental Migration on the Academic Performance of Left Behind Children in North Western China." Journal of Development Studies (2018): 1154-1170. 

19. Bai, Yu, Di Mo*, Linxiu Zhang, Matthew Boswell, Scott Rozelle. The impact of Integrating ICT with Teaching: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Schools in China. Computers & Education. 96 (2016):1-14. 

20.  Bai, Yu, Guanminjia Shang, Lei Wang*, Yonglei Sun, Annie Osborn, and Scott Rozelle. "The relationship between birth season and early childhood development: Evidence from northwest rural China." PloS one 13, no. 10 (2018): e0205281. 

21. Wang, Xiaobing, Yu Bai*, Linxiu Zhang, Scott Rozelle. Migration, Schooling Choice and Student Outcomes in China. Population & Development Review. (2017): 4(43): 625-643. 

22.  Shi, Yaojiang, Yu Bai*, Yanni Shen, Kaleigh Kenny, Scott Rozelle. Effects of Parental Migration on Mental Health of Left-behind Children: Evidence from Northwestern China. China & World Economy. 24.3 (2016): 105-122.

23.  Zhang, Siqi, Ruirui Dang, Ning Yang, Yu Bai*, Lei Wang, Cody Abbey, and Scott Rozelle. "Effect of Caregiver’s Mental Health on Early Childhood Development across Different Rural Communities in China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 11 (2018): 2341. 

24.  Wang, Lei, Yonglei Sun, Buyao Liu, Lijuan Zheng, Mengjie Li, Yu Bai*, Annie Osborn, Maggie Lee, and Scott Rozelle. "Is Infant/Toddler Anemia a Problem across Rural China? A Mixed-Methods Analysis." International journal of environmental research and public health 15, no. 9 (2018): 1825. 

25.  Lai, Fang, Linxiu Zhang, Yu Bai, Chengafng Liu*, Fang Chang, Yaojiang Shi, Scott Rozelle. More is Not Always Better: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Computer Assisted Learning in Rural Minority Schools in Qinghai. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 8.4 (2016): 449-472. 

26. Lei Wang, Wilson Liang, Siqi Zhang, Laura Jonsson, Mengjie Li, Cordelia Yu, Yonglei Sun, Qingrui Ma, Yu Bai, Cody Abbey, Renfu Luo, Ai Yue, Scott Rozelle. Are infant/toddler developmental delays a problem across rural China?[J]. Journal of Comparative Economics, 47.2(2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2019.02.003. 

27.  Liu, Chengfang, Louise Lu, Linxiu Zhang, Yu Bai, Alexis Medina, Scott Rozelle, Darvin Scott Smith, Changhai Zhou, and Wei Zang. "More Poop, More Precision: Improving Epidemiologic Surveillance of Soil-Transmitted Helminths with Multiple Fecal Sampling using the Kato–Katz Technique." American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 97, no. 3 (2017): 870-875. 

28. 白钰，党瑞瑞，郑丽娟，刘国强，王蕾. 农村中小学生自我控制力水平与其在校表现的关系研究. 世界农业. 2020. 

29. 汤蕾，马静，刘涵*，岳爱，白钰，孟春，马成俊. 打开教育政策研究的“黑盒子”--基于理论的影响评估在随机干预实验研究中的应用.  华东师范大学学报（教育科学版）.2020.  

30. 张偲琪，王蕾，杨宁，刘步瑶，白钰，城镇化背景下的农村儿童早期发展与其照养人养育行为关系的实证研究.   华东师范大学学报（教育科学版）.2020.  

31. 史耀疆等，教育精准扶贫中随机干预实验的中国实践与经验. 华东师范大学学报（教育科学版）.2020. 

32. 白钰，郑丽娟，刘步瑶，杨宁，陈鹏. 中国农村贫困地区养育行为现状及其影响的实证研究[J]. 华东师范大学学报（教育科学版）, 2019(3).

33. 岳爱，蔡建华，白钰，汤蕾，史耀疆，罗仁福，罗斯高. 中国农村贫困地区0-3岁婴幼儿面临的挑战及可能的解决方案[J]. 华东师范大学学报（教育科学版）, 2019(3).

34. 李英，贾米琪，郑文廷，汤蕾，白钰. 中国农村贫困地区儿童早期认知发展现状及影响因素研究[J]. 华东师范大学学报（教育科学版）, 2019(3).

35. 王蕾，贤悦，张偲琪，白钰，杜燕，缅诺·普拉丹，罗斯高. 中国农村儿童早期发展：政府投资的效益—成本分析[J]. 华东师范大学学报（教育科学版）, 2019(3).

36. 诺伯特·斯查迪，贤悦，王蕾，白钰. 儿童早期发展项目：拉丁美洲的实践和政策推广[J]. 华东师范大学学报（教育科学版）, 2019(3).

37. 王妍，白钰*，刘承芳，史耀疆. 父母返乡对留守儿童学业表现的影响——基于西北贫困农村130所学校的研究[J]. 劳动经济研究, 2019 (1).

38. 高玉娟, 白钰*, 马跃, 史耀疆. 正负效应的先来后到: 父母外出对留守儿童学业表现的影响研究[J]. 劳动经济研究, 2018 (3). [全文转载至China Economist & 人大复印资料]

39. 梅自颖, 史耀疆, 白钰. 农村寄宿初中生心理健康影响因素分析[J]. 中国学校卫生, 2018, 39(4): 563-565.

40. 易红梅, 张林秀, 白钰, 易红梅, 张林秀, 白钰, 白云丽, 马晓晨, 史耀疆, Scott Rozelle. 西部农村小学生视力不良影响因素分析[J]. 中国公共卫生, 2016, 32(4):474-477.

Books & Chapters

1. 白钰 著.《农村劳动力流动对子女人力资本的影响》，中国农业出版社，2022

2. 陈媛媛，罗楚亮，白钰，陆铭主编.《为了明天——中国教育制度改革》，格致出版社，上海人民出版社，2020.

3. 史耀疆，白钰等 著.《影响评估手册——经济学实验方法在中国农村教育与健康领域的实践与发展》，华东师范大学出版社，2022

Contact me: yubai@muc.edu.cn