Ph.D. Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2018
M.E. Communication and Information Systems, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2005
B.E. Telecommunications, Xidian University, 2003

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Associate Professor, 2020 - present
Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2018 - 2020

1. “College Networks: The Importance of Employer Connections” Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming (with Ben Ost and Doug Webber)

2. “Firm-Specific Pay Premia and the Returns to Higher Education: Evidence from Community College” Labour Economics, 2025, Vol. 93

3. “College Entrance Exam-taking Strategies in Georgia”, Southern Economic Journal, 2021, 88(2): 587-627 (with Michael Bloem and Jonathan Smith)

4. “The Returns to College Persistence for Marginal Students: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from University Dismissal Policies,”  Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, Vol. 36, No. 3 (with Ben Ost and Doug Webber)

5. “The Impact of Mass Layoffs on the Educational Investments of Working College Students,” Labour Economics, 2018, Vol. 51: 1-12 (with Ben Ost and Doug Webber)

6. “The Impact of Parental Layoff on Higher Education Investment,' Economics of Education Review, 2014, Vol. 42: 53-63 (with Ben Ost)
   

1. “Institution, Major, and Firm-Specific Premia: Evidence from Administrative Data” (with Ben Ost and Doug Webber)
   

2. “Class Diversity, Test Scores, and the Role of Parents” (with Zhiyuan He)