1. Endogenous Migration Restrictions and Population Aging in China, (joint with Zhu Chen and Jipeng Zhang), conditionally accepted,  Journal of Development Economics, 2025

2. 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

3. 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, 2023

4. Urbanization and Labor Share: Evidence from China's Great Migration, (joint with Yang Yang, Qi Yu, and Junsen Zhang), Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Comparative Economics, 2025

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

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

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

Published Papers

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.