I work on applied microeconomics using various methodological approaches (structural / reduced-form / survey design / applied econometrics).
Publication
"Is Sex Ratio a Valid Distribution Factor in a Collective Model?" (with Toan Nguyen) , January 2025, Labour Economics
Hypothesis Testing Based On a Theory [SSRN Version]
"Structural Analysis of Xenophobia", (with Huan Deng) Forthcoming in the Review of Economics and Statistics [Replication Package]
Structural / RCT project [SSRN Version]
"Bounding Omitted Variable Bias Using Auxiliary Data with an Application to Estimate Neighborhood Effects" [R package : bndovb] Forthcoming in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics [Replication Package]
Reduced-form / Applied Econometrics project [SSRN Version]
"Conditional Choice Probability Estimation with an Imperfectly Measured Latent State," , May 2026, Quantitative Economics [Replication Package] [SSRN Version]
Applied Econometrics / Structural project
Under Review
"General Equilibrium Effects of Biased News Media on Xenophobia", (with Huan Deng) Under Review
Structural project with Own Survey Data Collected
"Designing an Ethnic Minority Social Integration Policy" , Under Review
Structural project, Awarded HCEO Dissertation Prize from U of Chicago
Under Revision
"The Rise of Online Dating and Heterogamous Marriages " (with Aureo de Paula and Fangzhu Yang) Revise and Resubmit at Economic Journal
Reduced-Form Project with Own Survey Data Collected [Mentioned in Financial Times]
"Is There a Bamboo Ceiling for Asian Economists? Challenges for Asian Economists in the Profession", (with Jay Jung, Roma Yinuo Wang)
Reduced-Form Project with Own Survey Data Collected / Restricted-Access Data / Web-Scraped Text Data / Interview Data