Working Papers

1. The Demographic Impact of Weather Disasters: Evidence from Extreme Rainfall Exposure in Rural China, (joint with Jinci Liu [JOB MARKET CANDIDATE] and Wenjie Tian), Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024

2. Investments and Innovation with Non-Rival Inputs: Evidence from Chinese Artificial Intelligence Startups, (joint with Jian Xie), Revise and Resubmit at Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025

3. Robots and Migrants: Evidence from China’s Industrial Policy, (joint with Lijuan Cui, Yanyan Xiong, and Junsen Zhang), 2026

4. No More Lethal Deportations: Institutional Barriers, Household Size, and Economic Development in China, (joint with Andrew D. Foster).  Draft available upon request. 

5. Aging in a Dual Economy: Urban Aging, Massive Migration, and Agricultural Development, (joint with Suqin Ge and Junsen Zhang), 2023

6. Cities with Invisible Walls: Labor Liberalization and Misallocation in China, (joint with Jingyi Fang), 2025 

Published Papers

1. Internal Migration and Labor Share: Theory and Evidence, (joint with Yang Yang, Qi Yu, and Junsen Zhang), Journal of Comparative Economics, forthcoming, 2026

2. Endogenous Migration Restrictions and Population Aging in China, (joint with Zhu Chen and Jipeng Zhang), Journal of Development Economics, 179 (2026): 103674.

3. Stepping Down from Life-long Posts: Layoffs, Fertility, and Educational Attainment in Urban China, (joint with Jian Xie and Junsen Zhang), Journal of Labor Economics,  forthcoming, 2024

4. Quota Removal, Destination-specific Export Shocks, and Skill Acquisition in China, (joint with Junsen Zhang), Journal of Development Economics, 165 (2023): 103149. Related popular writing: VoxChina

5. Trade Normalization, Export Quality, and In-migration of Skilled Workers: Evidence from China, (joint with Junsen Zhang), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 184 (2021): 375-387.

6. Overseas Market, Institutional Environment, and Origin Agglomeration(In Chinese), (joint with Yili Zhang and Junsen Zhang, Economic Research Journal (经济研究), 2018(10):142-158.