Peer reviewed articles

Migration under Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Randomized Credit Access in China [final draft] [online link]    
​​     ​2020 Jan., Journal of Development Economics​ 142: 1-17. Lead article

Permanent Income and Subjective Well-Being [final draft​] [online link]
​​     ​with Albert Park, 2016 Oct.,  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 130: 298-319.  

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

​Does Social Participation Improve Cognitive Abilities of the Elderly? [final draft] [online link]
    2020, Journal of Population Economics forthcoming.
Time Well Spent versus a Life Considered: Changing Subjective Well-Being in China [final draft] [online link] [online appendix]
​     with Albert Park and Winnie Yip,  2020, Oxford Economic Papers forthcoming.

​Working papers

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

The Impacts of Microcredit on Informal Risk Sharing: Experimental Evidence from China. [paper]

Migration and Experienced Utility of Left-behind Parents: Evidence from Rural China, with Albert Park and Winnie Yip. [paper]
​​     ​R&R Journal of Population Economics

​Migration Networks, Export Shocks, and Human Capital Acquisition: Evidence from China,  with Xinzheng Shi and Zhufeng Xu. [paper]

Social Assimilation and Labor Market Outcomes of Migrants in China, with Klaus F. Zimmermann. [paper]

​Book chapters

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