
Associate Professor
Professional Experience
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Rutgers University, 2017
B.A., Economics, Peking University, 2010
Research Fields
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
The Aggregate and Distributional Effects of Immigration Restrictions: The 1920s Quota Acts and the Great Black Migration
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2025, 53(1): 25-55
The Abolition of People's Communes and Fertility Decline in Rural China (with Shuo Chen)
Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 172: 103375
Institutional Discrimination and Assimilation: Evidence from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 (with Shuo Chen)
Explorations in Economic History, 2024, 94: 101615
Can High-Skilled Immigrants Transfer Their Human Capital to the United States?
Southern Economic Journal, 2024, 90(4): 1002-1034
How Restricted is the Job Mobility of Skilled Temporary Work Visa Holders? (with Jennifer Hunt)
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, 38(1): 41-46
Research Grants
Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2020-2022
Honors / Awards
Best Teaching Award, IESR, 2019
Monroe Berkowitz Memorial Award, Rutgers University, 2017
Affiliations / Memberships