Oct 2024 - present, Full Professor, Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University

Oct 2021 - Sept 2024, Tenured Associate Professor, Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University

Oct 2018 – Sept 2021, Associate Professor (without tenure), Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University

Sept 2016 – Sept 2018, Assistant Professor, Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University

Jan 2015 – June 2015, Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan

Ph.D., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

M.A., China Center for Economic Research, Peking University

B.L. & B.S., Peking University

Development Economics, Labor Economics, Health Economics

Cai, Shu, and Klaus F. Zimmermann. 2024. Social Identity and Labor Market Outcomes of Internal Migrant Workers, European Economic Review, 163, 104676. Lead article.

Cai, Shu, Xinzhen Shi, and Zhufeng Xu. 2024. Migration Networks, Export Shocks, and Human Capital Acquisition: Evidence from China, Journal of Comparative Economics, 52(2): 568-589.

Cai, Shu, and Wei Li. 2024. On the Origin of Cognition: How Childhood Conditions Shape Cognitive Function in Old Age, China Economic Review, 83, 102076.

Cai, Shu, Albert Park, and Winnie Yip. 2022. Migration and Experienced Utility of Left-behind Parents: Evidence from Rural China, Journal of Population Economics, 35(3): 1225–1259.

Cai, Shu. 2022. Does Social Participation Improve Cognitive Abilities of the Elderly? Journal of Population Economics, 35(2): 591–619.

Cai, Shu, Albert Park, and Winnie Yip. 2021. Time Well Spent versus a Life Considered: Changing Subjective Well-Being in China, Oxford Economic Papers, 73(3): 1099-1121.

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

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

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