Department of Economics
Dalhousie University
6214 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Research Topics:
Empirical microeconomics
Development economics
Health economics
Labour economics
Economics of China
Selected Publications
“Early Childhood Health Shocks, Classroom Environment, and Social-Emotional Outcomes” (with Shun Wang) Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 87, 102698.
“ The Spillover Efects of Parental Confict on Classmates’ Cognitive and Noncognitive Outcomes” (with Andrew Hill) Economic Inquiry, 2023, 61(2), 342-363.
“Peer Discrimination in the Classroom and Academic Achievement” (with Andrew Hill), Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 0919-10460R3.
“The Curse of Modernization? Western Fast Food and Chinese Children’s Weight”
(with Nancy Kong) Health Economics, 2021, 30(10), 2345-2366.
“The Shattered “Iron Rice Bowl”, Intergenerational Efects of Economic Insecurity During Chinese State-Owned Enterprise Reform” (with Nancy Kong and Lars Osberg) Journal of Health Economics, 2019, Volume 67, 102220.
“Do Siblings Make Us Happy?” (with Shun Wang), Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, Volume 66, 827-840.
“The Unintended Long-term Consequences of Mao’s Mass Send-Down Movement: Marriage, Social Network, and Happiness” (with Shun Wang), World Development, 2017, Volume 90, 344-359.
“Family Structure and Home Ownership: Evidence from China” (with Shun Wang), China Economic Review, 2017, Volume 46, 165-179.
“Brothers, Household Financial Markets and Saving Rate in China” Journal of Development Economics, 2014, Volume 111, 34-47.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2014
M.A. Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
B.E. Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
