My research interests encompass the economics of education, health economics, rural developments and urban transitions in China. Several of my papers are available for download below in pdf form. Given that I do not update this page often enough, please feel free to email your request for any of my papers. I welcome any comments and suggestions.
Papers
When a Son is Born: The Impact of Fertility Patterns on Family Finance in Rural China (March 2011)
Experimental Estimates of the Impacts of Class Size on Test Scores: Robustness and Heterogeneity (March 2011)
The above paper presents a subset of findings that are reported in this earlier working paper Class Size and Student Achievement: Experimental Estimates of Who Benefits and Who Loses from Reductions (July 2008)
The Impact of Poor Health on Education: New Evidence Using Genetic Markers (January 2007, for the published version please follow this link to the journal website (subscription required)).
"Estimating Treatment Effects from Contaminated Multiperiod Education Experiments: The Dynamic Impacts of Class Size Reductions (July 2009, for the published version please follow this link to the journal website (subscription required)).
The above paper was previously circulated under the title "Estimating Dynamic Treatment from Project STAR" (November 2006).
Accounting for Unobserved Ability Heterogeneity within Education Production Functions (July 2007)
Do Peers Affect Student Achievement in China’s Secondary Schools? (February 2005, for the published version please follow this link to the journal website (subscription required)).
Using Performance Incentives to Reward the Value Added of Educators: Theory and Evidence from China (November 2001)
The Interaction of Education and Housing Policies on the Ghettoization of Urban China (in Chinese, June 2009)
Educational Equity and Efficiency: Can We Have Both? (in Chinese, June 2005)