Tenured Associate Professor
boshiyu@outlook.com
Professional Experience
Tenured Associate Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic and Social Research (IESR), Jinan University, 2021 - present
Associate Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic and Social Research (IESR), Jinan University,
2020 - 2021
Assistant Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic and Social Research (IESR), Jinan University,
2016 - 2020
Education
Ph.D. Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 2016
B.A. Economics & B.S. Statistics, Peking University, 2011
Research Fields
Development Economics, Political Economy and Urban Economics
Publications
"Environmental Regulations, Political Incentives and Local Economic Activities: Evidence from China". Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
"Centralization and Regional Development: Evidence from a Political Hierarchy Reform to Create Cities in China". Journal of Urban Economics, 2020.
"Media Attention and Choices of Major: Evidence from Anti-Doctor Violence", with Joy Chen, Yan Song and Sen Zhou. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020.
"Flattening of Government Hierarchies and Misuse of Public Funds: Evidence from Audit Programs in China", with Yiping Wu and Lingna Zhong. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020.
"Admission Mechanisms and the Mismatch between Colleges and Students: Evidence from a Large Administrative Dataset from China", with Jing Liu, Ji-liang Shiu, Yan Song and Sen Zhou. Economics of Education Review, 2019
"Son Preference, Children's Gender and Parents' Time Allocation: Evidence from China". Applied Economics, 2018
Research Grants
National Natural Science Foundation Grant
Guangzhou Philosophy and Social Science Grant
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
