Ph.D. in Economics, Washington University in St. Louis 2019
B.S. in Mathematics and Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison 2013

1. Entry Barriers and Growth: The Role of Endogenous Market Structure (with Yu Zheng and Lijun Zhu), International Economic Review, Volume 65, Issue 3, August 2024, Pages 1221-1248. 

2. Haste Makes Waste? Quantity-Based Subsidies under Heterogeneous Innovations (with Linyi Cao, Gaungwei Li, and Lijun Zhu), Journal of Monetary Economics, Volume 142, March 2024.

3. Skill Biased Entrepreneurial Decline (with Faisal Sohail), Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 48, April 2023, Pages 18-44.

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Project), 2025-2027, PI. 

2. Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program Award. Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality. 2021-2024, PI. 

1. Breaking the “Iron Rice Bowl”: Misallocation in a Frictional Labor Market (with Linyi Cao, Runsheng Wang and Lijun Zhu).

2. Racial Discrimination, Persistent Inequality and Economic Growth (with Terry Cheung).

3. Talent Misallocation in Knowledge Hierarchy Economy (with Rongsheng Tang).

4. The Timing of Childbearing: Theory and Quantitative Analysis (with Hsien-Ming Lien, Ping Wang and Yin-Chi Wang). 

5. Green Revolution, Sex Selection and Sex Ratio (with Nikita Sangwan and Sounak Thakur). 

6. Cohabitation, Marriage, and Fertility: Divergent Patterns for Different Education Group.

Macroeconomics, Growth and Development, Labor Economics, Chinese Economy. 

Federal Reserve Bank Publications

1.District Households Buck the Trend to Pay Down Debt (with Juan M. Sanchez). The Regional Economist, April, 2016
2. Household Financial Distress and Household Deleveraging (with Juan M. Sanchez). Economics Synopsis, 2016, No. 18.
3. The Deleveraging of U.S. Household: Credit Card Debt over the Lifecycle (with Juan M. Sanchez). Economics Synopsis, 2016, No. 11.

4. The Dynamics of Mortgage Debt in Default (with Juan M. Sanchez). Economics Synopsis, 2016, No. 3.

Referee Services

Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Macroeconomics, Pacific Economic Review, Public Finance Review, International Studies of Economics, The World Economy.