"Unexpected pressure? The effect of a curriculum reform on household educational investments and student outcomes", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 190 (2021): 730-746.
Working paper
Human capital accumulation:
"Academic backgrounds, peer effects and student outcomes: Evidence from quasi-randomly assigned roommates" (with Qi Gao and Jiayu Zhang).
"How changes in labor market structure impact college major choice: Evidence from COVID-19 lockdown policies" (with Jiayu Zhang).
Political institution:
"Career incentives, tournament competition, and performance manipulation: Evidence from Chinese cities" (with Gang Xu, Lixin Colin Xu, and Ruiting Wang).
"Patronage networks, personal ties and political selection: Evidence from China's subnational officials" (with Gang Xu).
"How can anti-corruption campaigns backfire under weak institutions? Political risk, bureaucratic incentives, and economic development" (with Zhenyu Shen and Gang Xu).
Rural-urban integration:
"Migration or reclassification? The economic consequences of misunderstood urbanization" (with Li Gan, Qing He, and Daichun Yi).
"Tenure security and agricultural land abandonment: Evidence from China" (with Qing He).