Associate Professor
senma2@jnu.edu.cn
Professional Experience
2023/10 - present, Assistant Professor, Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University
2018/09 – 2023/09, Assistant Professor, Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
M.Phil., Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, 2012
Research Fields
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
“Overseas Chinese Networks and Processing Trade in China”, with Bin Xie and Yan Zhou, Review of International Economics, Forthcoming.
“Inter-group Contact and National Identity: Evidence from Hong Kong and Macau Students in the Mainland of China.”, with Li, Zehui, Haoye Liao, Junjie Qiu, and Sen Xue, Journal of Development Economics, 2025: 103625.
“Cultural Ties, FDI and Firm Performance: Evidence from Investment in China Originating in Hong Kong and Macau.” The World Economy, 2025.
“ Deterrent Effects of Targeted Sanctions by Mainland China on Taiwan: Evidence from 2021-2 sanction Events”, with Fengze Han, Runliang Li, and Tzu‐Chang Forrest Cheng.Economica 92, no. 365, 2025: 259-284.
“Land Titling, Human Capital Misallocation, and Agricultural Productivity in China”, with Liu, Shouying, Lijuan Yin, and Jiong Zhu, Journal of Development Economics, 165, 2023,103165.
“Does School Shutdown Increase Inequality in Academic Performance? Evidence from COVID-19 Pandemic in China”, with Haoye Liao and Hao Xue, China Economic Review, 75, 2022, 101847.
“Who Coresides with Parents: An Analysis Based on Sibling Comparative Advantage”, with Fangqi Wen, Demography, 2016, 53(3), 623-647.
