Research

Working Papers

Women’s Property Rights and Marital Welfare: Evidence from a Unique Marriage Payment Tradition

Abstract: This paper investigates how enhancing women’s property rights can improve the welfare of both spouses. It examines the effects of a change in marriage law that protects wives’ property rights in the event of a divorce.

Degenderization and Collective Labor Supply

Abstract: I propose a refined Chiappori-style collective model to explore how degenderization influences labor allocation. This study addresses the shortcomings of Becker and Gronau’s time allocation theory, which inadequately explains labor behaviors solely through comparative advantages.

Does International Trade Drive Manufacturers to Go Green? Firm-level Evidence from China

Abstract: This paper delves into the question of whether trading with developed countries that have higher en- vironmental standards and customers with higher environmental awareness exerts spillover effects on firms’ environmental performances in China.

Work in Progress

The burden of crime victimisation in New Zealand

Abstract:This paper examines how crime victimization among minorities differs from that experienced by their counterparts in New Zealand

Publications

"Legal Status, Gendered Preferences, and Intra-household Allocations: Evidence from a Restrictive Household Registration System,” Rev Econ Household (2025) (with Kevin Lang)[Link]

"Firm Dynamics of Hi-Tech Start-ups: Does Innovation Matter?,” China Economic Review (2020): 101370 (with Richard B. Freeman and Dongyang Zhang)[Link]

“Regulation and innovation: Examining outcomes in Chinese pollution control policy areas,” Economic Modelling (2020): 89: 19-31 (with Richard B. Freeman and Matthew T. Higgins)[Link]