Welcome!
I am an Economist at the World Bank in the Human Development Practice Group. My research interests lie in the areas of labor economics, family economics, development economics, and health economics. My work focuses on the formation of human capital under various circumstances and its policy implications.
I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan and my B.A. from Peking University.
Working Papers
- Intergenerational Persistence in Schooling: Evidence from the Past Two Decades in Egypt
(with Roberta Gatti) - Less is More: How Family Size in Childhood Affects Long-Run Human Capital and Economic Opportunity [pdf]
Publications
- Prep School for Poor Kids: The Long-Run Impacts of Head Start on Human Capital and Economic Self-Sufficiency [pdf]
(with Martha Bailey and Brenden Timpe)
American Economic Review, 111(12), 3963-4001, 2021. - Birth Order and Unwanted Fertility [pdf]
(with Wanchuan Lin and Juan Pantano)
Journal of Population Economics, 33(2), 413–440, 2020.
Work in Progress
- Identification of Quantity-Quality Trade-Off with Imperfect Fertility Control
(with Wanchuan Lin, Juan Pantano and Rodrigo Pinto) - Family Planning, Fertility and Gender Equality: Evidence from the One-Child Policy and Education in China