I am an Assistant Professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), School of Economics. My research interests are labor and development economics.

Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, 2020

M.A., Economics, Tsinghua University, 2015

B.A., Economics (Honors Program), Tsinghua University, 2012

Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2020-

Visiting Scholar, Center on China’s Economy and Institutions, Stanford University, July 2023

Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, June 2023

1. “Curriculum, Political Participation, and Career Choice,” with Hongbin Li (Stanford) and Yang Wang (SJTU). Revised & Resubmitted at Review of Economics and Statistics.

2. “Toward an Understanding of the Returns to Cognitive Skills Across Cohorts,” with Judith Hellerstein (Maryland and NBER) and Sergio Urzua (Maryland and NBER). Revised & Resubmitted at Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics. Available as NBER Working Paper No.32229.

3. “Money or Monitoring: Evidence on Improving Worker Effort,” with Jing Cai (Maryland and NBER) and Shing-Yi Wang (Wharton and NBER). Available as NBER Working Paper No.33977. AEA RCT Registry (RCT ID AEARCTR-0000773). Under review.

4. “More than a Degree: China’s College Expansion and the Marriage Market,” with Ming Fang (JNU). Under review.

5. “Racial Gaps in the Early Careers of Two Cohorts of American Men”

Work in progress

1. The Role of Financial Incentives in Screening and Inducing Effort: Evidence from a Manufacuring Firm in China. with Jing Cai and Shing-Yi Wang. AEA RCT Registry (RCT ID AEARCTR-0000773).

2. Role Model and Gender Gaps in STEM. with Hongbin Li.

3. Gender Differences in College Major Choices in China. with Hongbin Li and Binzhen Wu.

4. Household Enterprises in Rural Malawi. with Jessica Goldberg and Susan Godlonton.