Working Papers

1. Liquidity Constraints and Real-Time Adaptation to Extreme Heat: Evidence from Gig Workers

with Md Amzad Hossain (UArk) and Sheetal Sekhri (UVA)

Revise & Resubmit, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Coverage: Ideas for India (Hindi)

2. Credit Crisis and Strategic Human Capital Decisions: Evidence from Micro-Finance Regulation in India [Submitted]

with Md Amzad Hossain (UArk) and Sheetal Sekhri (UVA)

Publications

Economics

1. Gender-specific transportation costs and female time use: Evidence from India’s pink slip program

with Kerem Cosar, Devaki Ghose, Sheetal Sekhri, and Shirish Mahendru. The Economic Journal, forthcoming.

[NBER WP]

2. Consumer Bias, Provider Visibility, and Ranking Algorithms on Online Platforms

with Wei Jiang. International Review of Economics & Finance, 2026

3. Digitalization as a Double-Edged Sword: Winning Services and Losing Manufacturing in India

Journal of Development Economics, 2026. 

[Appendix] [Media: Ideas for India (Hindi), Substack]

4. How Do Political Connections of Firms Matter During an Economic Crisis?

with Gaurav Chiplunkar, Sheetal Sekhri, Anirban Sen, and Aaditeshwar Seth. Journal of Development Economics, 2025.

[Appendix] [Media: Ideas for India, VoxDev]

5. Effects of COVID-19 Shutdowns on Domestic Violence in the U.S. (Book chapter)

with Amalia Miller, Carmit Segal, and Melissa Spencer. In Handbook on Inequality and COVID-19, Edward Elgar, 2025. 

[NBER WP] 

6. Does the Gig Economy Discriminate Against Women? Evidence from Physicians in China

Journal of Development Economics, 2024.

 [Appendix] [Media: VoxDev, 劳动经济学与社保研究, 香樟经济学术圈]

Typo correction: The estimated coefficient in column 1 of Panel A of Table 3 should be "-0.023*", not "-0.023***".

7. The Impact of COVID-19 Containment Lockdowns on MSMEs in India and Resilience of Exporting Firms

with Sisir Debnath, Sheetal Sekhri, and Vishal Sekhri. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023

Interdisciplinary Health Research

8. Chen, Y., Xu, L., Jiang, W., & Fields, N. L. (2026). Staffing of Qualified Social Workers and Nursing Home Quality of Care. JAMA Network Open, 9(2), e260074.

9. Chen, Y., Kim, J., Chow, T. G., Hong, A. S., Liao, J. M., & Xie, L. (2026). Association between Asthma and Dementia Across Age Groups. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 14(3), 715-717.e1.

Coverage: Healio

10. Xie, L., Tang, Y., Felix-George, R. Il, Joo, J. H., Chen, Y., Rivera-Sanchez, Y., & Liao, J. M. (2025). Factors Associated with Cost Barriers to Asthma Management by Insurance Coverage Status Among U.S. Adults. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 13(6), 1412-1420

Coverage: Medscape

11. Padula, W. V., Chen, Y., & Santamaria, N. (2019). Five‐layer border dressings as part of a quality improvement bundle to prevent pressure injuries in US skilled nursing facilities and Australian nursing homes: a cost‐effectiveness analysis. International Wound Journal, 16(6), 1263-1272.

Works in Progress

1. Scorching Streets: Heatwaves and Gig Workers in India

with Sheetal Sekhri (UVA)

2. On the Supply Side of AI: Higher-Education Investments and the Distribution of Labor-Market Returns

with Sheetal Sekhri (UVA)

3. Cash Transfers, Liquidity Constraints, and Investment under Climate Risk

with Sabina Yasmin, Sheetal Sekhri (UVA), Poonam Tripathi, and Sankha Mitra

4. Historical Roots of Gender Equity

with Yiyu Xing (UCLA)