Research Interest: Econometrics; Labor and Demographic Economics and Development Economics;

                           Public Economics; Growth Empirics

    

1. Econometrics

 

     [1] Estimating Semiparametric Panel Data Models by Marginal Integration (with Junhui Qian),

          Journal of Econometrics Forthcoming

 

     [2] Fertility and the Health of Children: A Nonparametric Investigation (with Daniel J. Henderon,

          Daniel L. Millimet, and Christopher Parmeter), Advances in Econometrics, 2008, vol. 21

 

    

2. Labor and Demographic Economics; Micro-development Economics

 

     [3] How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China 1995-2002?

          Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics Forthcoming

         

          Working Paper Version [IZA DP No. 6173]

 

     [4] Heterogeneity in Schooling Rates of Return (with Daniel J. Henderson and Sol Polachek)

          Economics of Education Review Forthcoming

 

     [5] Economic Transition and College Premium in Urban China , China Economic Review Forthcoming

 

     [6] The Effects of 9/11 on Intermarriage between Natives and Immigrants to the U.S. , (with Chunbei Wang),

          Review of Economics of the Household Forthcoming

         

             Featured in Hispanically Speaking ; HispanicMPR

         

     [7] Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-off a Trade-off for All, None, or Some? (with Daniel L. Millimet),

           Economic Development & Cultural Change, 2011, Vol. 60, No. 1, page 155-195

 

     [8] Language Skills and the Earnings Distribution among Child Immigrants (with Chunbei Wang),

           Industrial Relations, 2011, Vol. 50, No. 2, page 297-322

 

     [9] A Distributional Analysis of the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China, (with Daniel L. Millimet),

          The B.E. Journal of Economic Anlysis & Policy (Contributions), 2006, vol. 5, no. 1, article 5

 

     [10] Fertility and Employment Choice: A Differential Game Approach (with Joao Ricardo Faria),

          Economics Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 10, No. 8 pp. 1-8

 

     [11] Estimating Returns to Education when the IV sample is Selective,

          Economics of Education Review Revision Requested

 

     [12] Does Marriage Delay Really Pay Off? Exploiting Marriage Market Shocks as a Natural Experiement,

 

     [13] Birth Space and Child Health in Indonesia (with Daniel L. Millimet),

         

3. Public Economics/Political Economy

 

     [14] Are Politicians Office or Policy Motivated? The Caseof U.S. Governors' Environmental Policies

          (with Per G. Fredriksson and Khawaja A. Mamun),

          Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Forthcoming

 

     [15] Sex and Environmental Policy (with Per G. Fredriksson), Economics Letters Forthcoming

 

     [16] Party Politics, Governors and Economic Policy (with Per G. Fredriksson and Patrick L. Warren),

          Southern Economic Journal Revision Requested

 

4. Growth Empirics and Related

 

     [17] Economic Reform, Growth and Convergence in China (with Essie Maasoumi), Econometrics Journal,

           2008, vol. 11, no. 1

 

     [18] Time Series Analysis of Income Convergence in China (with Hening Liu), Applied Economics Letters,

          2010, vol. 17. no. 1

 

     [19] The Oh-So Straight and Narrow Path: Can the Health Care Expenditure Curve Be Bent?

          (with Robert S. Woodward), Health Economics Forthcoming [Appendix]

    

             Featured in Washington Post ; The Incidental Economist ; Mother Jones ; Washington Post, Research Desk ;

                               Healthcare Economist ;

         

5. Miscellaneous

 

     [20] Debts on Debts, (with Joao Ricardo Faria and Zhongmin Wu),

          North American Journal of Economics and Finance Forthcoming

 

     [21] Do Central Banks Affect Tobin's q?, (with Joao Ricardo Faria, Andre V. Mollick, and Adolfo Sachsida),

          International Review of Economics & Finance Forthcoming

 

     [22] The Risk-Return Trade-off: Evidences from Chinese Stock Markets, (with Hening Liu and Dongmin Kong),

           Frontiers of Economics in China, 2008, vol. 3, no.1