Peer reviewed articles

Migration under Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Randomized Credit Access in China, 2020 Jan., Journal of Development Economics​ 142: 1-17. 

     [final draft] [online link]    Lead article

Permanent Income and Subjective Well-Being, with Albert Park, 2016 Oct.,  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 130: 298-319.  

     [final draft​] [online link]

Less Advantaged, More Optimistic? Subjective Well-Being among Rural, Migrant and Urban Populations in Contemporary China, 
     with Jia Wang, 2018 Dec., China Economic Review 52: 95-110. 

     [final draft] [online link]

​Working papers

Microfinance Can Raise Incomes: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in China, with Albert Park and Sangui Wang. [paper]

Can Mircorcredit Program Crowd out Informal Financial Networks? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in China. [abstract]

Migration and Experienced Utility of Left-behind Parents: Evidence from Rural China, with Albert Park and Winnie Yip. [paper] under review

Time Well Spent versus a Life Considered: Changing Subjective Well-Being in China, with Albert Park and Winnie Yip. [paper]
​R&R Oxford Economic Papers

Does Social Participation Delay Cognitive Deterioration in the Elderly? Evidence from China. R&R Journal of Population Economics

Trade Liberalization and Human Capital Acquisition: Evidence from China,  with Xinzhen Shi and Zhufeng Xu. [abstract]

​Book chapters

Urbanization and Subjective Well-Being in China: Differences between Urban, Migrant, and Rural Populations, with Jia Wang.
     In China Happiness Report 2020. Edited by Shun Wang. Forthcoming.