Research

Working Papers:

"Can the Black Lives Matter Movement Reduce Racial Disparities? Evidence From Medical Crowdfunding" (Under Review)

(with Jiwei Zhou and Junda Wang)

This work uses high-frequency medical crowdfunding data to study the effect of BLM movements on racial disparity. We contribute in three ways to the literature: (i) topic on economic outcomes (ii) causality methods (iii) the interplay between social media (Facebook) and political activities

2. "The Value of Unemployment Insurance: Liquidity v.s. Insurance Value" (Under Review)

(with Victor Hernandez) 2021 Young Economist Award by the European Economics Association

This work highlights the individual value of UI has two edges: insurance value (literature ignores it but is quantitatively critical) and liquidity value (literature's main point). The separation between them is critical for policy design.

3. "Estimating Duration Dependence on Re-employment Wages when Reservation Wages are Binding" (Under Review)

(with Victor Hernandez and Richard Grice)

This work uses quasi-experimental data to estimate duration dependence (the causal effect of non-employment duration on re-employment wage). We fill the gap between the popular IV method proposed by Schiemider (2016) and the wide range of UI moments that do not fit in their preassumption.

4. "Positive Selection During the Unemployed Job Search: Nature of Heterogeneity and Limited Predictability" (Draft Request on Call)

(with Victor Hernandez)

This work intends to solve an empirical puzzle in job search literature: why current literature find that higher productive workers delayed their job finding, which contradicts the belief of previous literature. Answering this question is important to understand wage dispersion, adverse selection, and help design better unemployment policies.

Work In Progress:

"Expansion of Maternity Leave in China Hurts Young Female's Labor Participation" (with Shiko, Wei Luo, Zhe Yang, and)
"The Effect of Foreign-Aid Famine on Taxation Tools of Developing Countries" (with Yuxiao Hu)
"One-Child Policy Destroys Social Norm Of Fertility in China" (with Yuting Bai, Wei Lin, and Jiayi Wu)
"Direct Evidence on Gender Identity Norm Within Households and Implications for Marriage Sorting" (with Junsen Zhang, Zibin Huang)