Research
My work is organized around three primary fields: economics of education, digital economics, and family and household economics, within the broader field of applied microeconomics.
Publication
Restricting video games in China: Effects on time use, educational achievement, and health Journal of Development Economics, 182, 103812 (2026) · DOI
Working Papers — Education, Human Capital, and Family
Higher-Education Expansion and Upper-Secondary Choice (with Yiqun Tong and Ruoming Zhang)
Premarital Property Rights and Marriage Timing: Evidence from Urban China (with Ruoming Zhang)
From Seats to Status: China’s 1999 Higher-Education Expansion and Urban–Rural Occupational Mobility (with Yiqun Tong and Ruoming Zhang)
Working Papers — Digital Economics and Technology Policy
Restricting Minors’ Online Gaming: Compliance, Evasion, and Market Responses in China
Work in Progress
When Success Becomes Salient: Local Role Models and Schooling Decisions (with Wei Huang and Ruoming Zhang)
Generative AI as a Product Feature: Causal Evidence from iOS Apps
Generative AI and Scientific Production
Less Paperwork, More Marriages: Registration Frictions and Marriage Outcomes (with Ruoming Zhang)