Welcome! I am an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Development Economics at Peking University, and a faculty research fellow at the China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP). Previously, I was an associate and assistant professor in the School of Economics and Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) at Xiamen University. I earned my Ph.D. in management in 2020 from Renmin University of China, and a B.A. in finance and a B.S. in mathematics in 2014 from Southwest University. I was a visiting Ph.D student at Michigan State University, 2018-2019, and Nanyang Technological University, 2017-2018. I am also a research associate at China Finance 40 Forum and Shanghai Institute for National Economy, as well as a fellow and virtual young scholar with Global Labor Organization.
My research interests are in the fields of Development Economics; Urban, Rural and Regional Economics; Agricultural and Resource Economics. Early in my career, my research began with an inherent attraction to New Institutional Economics, which impelled me to examine the efficiency implications of land property rights. My current research combines empirical analysis of administrative data sets, applied theory, structural estimation, and randomized field experiments, to investigate: Misallocation of land and labor; Inter-regional capital allocation; Technology in agriculture; Consumer theory; Institutions and long-run development.
Feel free to reach out via email at: [email protected]
My research interests are in the fields of Development Economics; Urban, Rural and Regional Economics; Agricultural and Resource Economics. Early in my career, my research began with an inherent attraction to New Institutional Economics, which impelled me to examine the efficiency implications of land property rights. My current research combines empirical analysis of administrative data sets, applied theory, structural estimation, and randomized field experiments, to investigate: Misallocation of land and labor; Inter-regional capital allocation; Technology in agriculture; Consumer theory; Institutions and long-run development.
Feel free to reach out via email at: [email protected]
Publications:
Property Rights and Land Quality, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2024 (w/ H Li)
Cooperative Culture and the Birth of Modern Enterprises in China, European Economic Review, 2024 (w/ Y Cai)
Land Titling, Human Capital Misallocation, and Agricultural Productivity in China, Journal of Development Economics, 2023 (w/ S Liu, S Ma, & L Yin)
The Effect of Pension Income on Land Transfers, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022 (w/ S Jin, Z Tang, & A Titus)
The Agricultural Roots of Chinese Innovation Performance, European Economic Review, 2019 (w/ J Ang, & P Fredriksson)
Other Writings (in Chinese):
Elite Capture in the Agricultural Credit Market, Economic Research Jounal, 2016 (w/ T Wen & X Wang)
Understanding the Value of Cooperative Membership, Management World, 2015 (w/ T Wen, X Wang, & D Yang)
Property Rights and Land Quality, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2024 (w/ H Li)
Cooperative Culture and the Birth of Modern Enterprises in China, European Economic Review, 2024 (w/ Y Cai)
Land Titling, Human Capital Misallocation, and Agricultural Productivity in China, Journal of Development Economics, 2023 (w/ S Liu, S Ma, & L Yin)
The Effect of Pension Income on Land Transfers, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022 (w/ S Jin, Z Tang, & A Titus)
The Agricultural Roots of Chinese Innovation Performance, European Economic Review, 2019 (w/ J Ang, & P Fredriksson)
Other Writings (in Chinese):
Elite Capture in the Agricultural Credit Market, Economic Research Jounal, 2016 (w/ T Wen & X Wang)
Understanding the Value of Cooperative Membership, Management World, 2015 (w/ T Wen, X Wang, & D Yang)
