Working Papers
"Cities with Invisible Walls: Labor Liberalization and Allocative Efficiency in China," (with Jingyi Fang)
R&R at The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2026
"Non-Economic Attributes and Marriage Matching: An Analysis of China's Hukou Inheritance Reform," (with Liang Chen, Junsen Zhang, Yangyang Zhang), 2026
"Robots and Migrants: An Analysis of China’s Industrial Policy," (with Lijuan Cui, Yanyan Xiong, and Junsen Zhang), 2026
No More Lethal Deportations: Institutional Barriers, Household Size, and Economic Development in China, (with Andrew D. Foster). Draft available upon request.
"Aging in a Dual Economy: Urban Aging, Massive Migration, and Agricultural Development," (with Suqin Ge and Junsen Zhang), 2023
Publications
"The Demographic Impact of Weather Disasters: Evidence from Extreme Rainfall Exposure in Rural China" (with Jinci Liu and Wenjie Tian)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 249 (2026): 107695.
"Investments and Innovation with Non-Rival Inputs: Evidence from Chinese Artificial Intelligence Startups" (with Jian Xie)
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2026
"Internal Migration and Labor Share: Theory and Evidence" (with Yang Yang, Qi Yu, and Junsen Zhang)
Journal of Comparative Economics, Volume 54, Issue 2, 2026
"Endogenous Migration Restrictions and Population Aging in China" (with Zhu Chen and Jipeng Zhang)
Journal of Development Economics, (2025): 103674.
"Stepping Down from Life-long Posts: Layoffs, Fertility, and Educational Attainment in Urban China" (with Jian Xie and Junsen Zhang)
Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming, 2024
"Quota Removal, Destination-specific Export Shocks, and Skill Acquisition in China" (with Junsen Zhang)
Journal of Development Economics, 165 (2023): 103149. Related popular writing: VoxChina
"Trade Normalization, Export Quality, and In-migration of Skilled Workers: Evidence from China" (with Junsen Zhang)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 184 (2021): 375-387.